Chapter: 10

Those days are now over.

Now Astelle didn’t care about how this man looked at her.

“I didn’t have time to change clothes. It’s too early.”

Well, there’s nothing better to change than this.

Astelle raised Theor in the old mansion of her maternal grandfather located at the eastern edge.

Because it was a poor household without any servants, Astelle planted, cultivated, made, and cooked food from the garden herself.

She was not a noble lady now, but a commoner.

All her beautiful and colorful dresses were disposed of a long time ago.

“Why did you keep running away?”

Kaizen looked at Astel as if he couldn’t understand her.

He has been trying to find Astelle for the past two months.

If Astelle hadn’t run away so cautiously, she would have been caught long ago.

After holding out for two months, she ended up being caught like this.

Well, she couldn’t run away forever.

Where was she going to go? The entire continent was part of the empire, all of which belonged to this man.

When Astelle couldn’t answer, he laughed.

“Did you think I would catch and kill you?”

“……”

Until two months ago, Astelle didn’t run away.

At the house of her maternal grandfather, it was tiring for her body, but her heart was still at ease. One day, she was surprised by the news that the emperor’s knights were looking for her, so she ran away.

She couldn’t figure out what was going on, so she had no choice but to run away first.

Just in case.

She couldn’t meet this man until she knew for sure whether it was related to the child or not.

Still, after running away for the past two months, she found out that it wasn’t related to this child.

It would’ve been upsetting if they were looking for the hidden prince.