Chapter: 73

“Uh…… I have to tell Aunt Astelle……”

He almost accidentally said ‘mother’, but Theor managed to say ‘Aunt Astelle’.

Right. He’s still playing the play.

The maid, standing behind the child, bowed her head and said, “Lady Astelle told me to bring the young master before dinner time.”

Kaizen turned his gaze.

The gray sky has not yet gotten dark.

“You can come before that.”

He turned to the servants and ordered, “Prepare a carriage for the child too.”

The maid could not help it, because it was ordered by the emperor.

She held Theor’s hand and followed the emperor.

***

“Why haven’t you come yet?”

Astelle wandered around the room anxiously.

She managed to drive Vellian away and repair the doll, but Theor had not returned.

The sun was already set outside the window.

Astelle was nervous at the thought that the effects of the eye color-changing potion would wear off soon.

‘There’s still time, but……’

Astelle suddenly hid the potion in her pocket and went outside.

Astelle, trembling with anxiety, ran down the hallway, forcing herself to calm.

As she went downstairs, she sent the maid upstairs.

“Go to the other room and find the child.”

She went downstairs and searched here and there, but there were neither maids nor Theor.

As the emperor went hunting, the castle became quiet as many knights went to escort him.

As she went out into the castle’s corridor, Astelle met a middle-aged servant who had previously brought her a gift from the emperor.

“Lady Astelle, where are you going in such a hurry?”