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Chapter 18 • ────── ✦ ────── • Kindergarten Interview The kindergarten attached to Eldarion Academy was located on the south of the imperial palace grounds, facing the plaza. Among the massive crowd of carriages parked out front, a black-haired mother and daughter duo were turning heads. Lucia wore a cream-colored silk blouse with a navy skirt, while Nia was in a matching silk dress and navy sandals—they looked like a pair of coordinated dolls. They gave off a warm, cl

Chapter 6 • ────── ✦ ────── • Negotiations (2) But Solita couldn't trust the marquess who was looking for his ex-wife and her child whom he had abandoned all this time. Rather, if Ethiel were alive, Solita would have felt reassured, but she couldn't leave this child alone. Young Calliope looked at her with determined, sunken eyes. Eyes she had never seen before while taking care of her with Ethiel. Solita, who had been taking care of her with her mother Ethiel since the chil

Chapter 5 • ────── ✦ ────── • Negotiations (1) After checking her hair, Calliope realized that she wasn’t having lucid dreams but had travelled back in time. Knock. Knock. The sound broke Calliope from her reverie and lifted her head. A gentle knock was coming from the dilapidated door. Knowing who was on the other side of the door, she quietly approached and opened it. A man with dark circles under his eyes stood there, immaculately dressed against the backdrop of the cloud

Chapter 4 • ────── ✦ ────── • A Goal You Must Achieve The next day, Calliope headed to Dora's smithy. Dora, who used to be a member of a successful mercenary group, had settled in this town with her husband. Her husband's parents lived here, and whenever she drank, "Settling in this village was the stupidest decision of my life!" To put it bluntly, Baron Hubert is a terrible ruler of the manor, who does not do the slightest bit for the manor, does not lower the tax rate, fil

Chapter 3 • ────── ✦ ────── • Survive But that's not the case with death in real life. As though in a rush, her strength drained out, her dry and quivering eyelids froze as if frozen in time. That particular moment happened so fast. “M-Mother.” No tears came out. Her mother’s death was something she had experienced once. Contrary to Solita’s words that she had died comfortably without opening her eyes, the reason her mother’s eyes opened was not because of divine mercy. Soli

Chapter 2 • ────── ✦ ────── • Regression “Ah…….” Calliope unknowingly let out a groan. The cold wind that was seeping through the gaps of the broken shutters was hitting her cheeks. She sucked in a cold breath and gripped the worn quilt she pulled to her out of habit, clutching it so tightly as if it were to tear. Waking up what seems to be like a long dream, she felt a stabbing pain digging through her hazy head. This was the house where she lived when she was young. Is t

Chapter 1 • ────── ✦ ────── • A Joyous Day WARNING: Suicide A day when all humans except herself is blessed. The sky is blindingly blue, and the sun is higher than ever before. A day when a cruel god bestows light upon her alone, caring for all living beings on the earth. Yes, a day when everyone else is intoxicated with joy, raising voices of exultation, and praising the human heroes. • ───────── ☽༓☾ ───────── • Like a sick person, Calliope’s hair which was now completely w

Chapter 17 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Rookie Teacher Inside the Great Hall of the Imperial Palace. For a newly founded Empire, whenever the ministers gathered, the hall—despite the palace’s solemn grandeur, was filled with arguments like a marketplace. What’s more, it had been especially noisy over the same agenda for several days now. “Your Majesty. If the child is five years old, doesn’t that mean at least a full year of pregnancy? That alone constitutes dereliction

Chapter 16 • ────── ✦ ────── • Practicing How to Call 'Mum' The orphanage was full of children with painful pasts, so they were often wary, and even kids the same age found it hard to become friends easily. So a situation like becoming friends so naturally was something completely new to Nia. Still, the child who had always endured everything just to survive might have thought that this situation wasn’t all that different. In the end, Nia believed that in order to stay h

Chapter 15 • ────── ✦ ────── • Gillie's Niece “Everything’s been taken care of. You may board the carriage now.” The Lewin’s coachman’s voice brought her back to reality. Ignoring the piercing stares of the young noble ladies, Lucia boarded the carriage without even offering a farewell. Whether it was discourteous or not, she didn’t care. All the way up the hill, with no time to spare for anything else, she thought about Airen’s intentions. No matter how much she checked

Chapter 14 • ────── ✦ ────── • He Knows the Secret “…If there’s anything that might be of help, please be sure to tell me.” “...” Lucia got into the carriage without saying anything in response to his words. In the carriage's mirror as they drove away, she could see the busy man staring after her suspiciously as the distance grew. His sudden claim of wanting to see her off had prompted him to call the carriage, but the thought of the anxious child waiting at the l

Chapter 13 • ────── ✦ ────── • Caught? “Well then, we’ll be going. It won’t take more than an hour.” “Yup! Heath is nearby, so don’t worry and wait. Little Commander!” Giliana and Vernon climbed into the carriage, waving their hands toward the dormitory. The coachman, who failed to notice the timid little eyes peeking out from behind the curtain, looked at them strangely. Gilliana had to leave urgently due to family matters, and Vernon had gone out to buy groceries f

Chapter 12 • ────── ✦ ────── • Our Vice-Commander “Then, let us begin the annual meeting of the division commanders.” As the son of the empire's most powerful man and the legitimate heir of a marquessate, Leon was in a position that even the hot-tempered Red Commander, Vengart could not afford to disrespect. Despite the frosty atmosphere, the meeting commenced with the timely arrival of an aide. But throughout the meeting, Ashan and Vengart couldn't take their eyes off

Chapter 11 • ────── ✦ ────── • Berl, The Delinquent Vice-Commander A classical building with large arched windows on the north side of the Imperial Palace. This four-story building houses the administrative offices of the knights order, the busiest of all the palace offices. As the hour approached when nobles would begin arriving with their various petitions, someone was anxiously pacing around the building's entrance. When someone approached, he would quickly disappea

Chapter 10 • ────── ✦ ────── • A New Emotion “You can go now. The child looks tired.” “Huh? But we still need to organise the gifts...” Gilliana answered worryingly but Heath quickly used his magic to stack the boxes all the way to the ceiling, clearing enough space to move around. “...Then let's clean up the rest tomorrow, Gilliana. Let's go.” Vernon grabbed the oblivious Gilliana and quickly pulled her out of the dormitory. Once they were gone, Nia was anxiou

Chapter 9 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Rival's Gifts The knights arrived at the training camp on the hill for work. Just as they promised, Vernon was teaching Nia, and Gilliana was cooking child-friendly meals. And Heath, as always, did not lift a single finger, instead using his magical creations to clean everything except the floor Lucia had mentioned to leave it. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the barracks quickly became clean suitable for a child to live in, with the warm

Chapter 8 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Rival Appears Lucia could not tolerate such a lack of integrity from knights who were supposed to protect the empire, no matter how reckless they were. A single vein throbbed on her usually emotionless face, and the corners of her lips slowly curved upward. Those who saw it shuddered. The crazed smile of the black monster. It was the commander’s most feared expression, even among enemies. The knights jolted in a panic. "W-Wait!

Chapter 7 • ────── ✦ ────── • Reuniting with Young Colleagues “Your name is Annie, was it?” The mother and daughter meet today. Naturally, they hadn’t even properly exchanged names yet. “I'm sorry, but I'd like you to change your name. It might be hard to get used to, but...” The child, repeating Lucia’s rules over and over in his head so as not to forget them, thought about her own name when she spoke. “Filthy Annie! Stinky Annie!” No matter how she thou

Chapter 6 • ────── ✦ ────── • Accidental Parenting Lucia hurriedly opened the door upon returning to the training camp quarters. Convincing the emperor hadn’t taken as long as expected, but the process itself had dragged on because she had registered the child’s birth with him as the guarantor. It’ll be quite amusing to see his reaction when he finds out the child he guaranteed is the Saintess. She had deliberately let the birth registration slip in front of him, yet

Chapter 5 • ────── ✦ ────── • Parental Leave Lucia, who had brought the child home in a hurry, took off her coat and put down her gloves. The child simply stood on the small mat in the entrance of the training centre without moving a single step. Even someone as oblivious as Lucia couldn't help but notice the child's strange behaviour, and she had a feeling she knew why. I didn’t think it was this bad... The child in front of her was covered in all sorts of filth, as if she