Chapter 21

The attendants working in the palace were held in good discipline. They were overly careful and careful in all their conduct. But not one, but all four fell asleep while on duty.

Feeling strange, Annette tried to shake one of them awake. Then, as in the case of Ludwig, the initially bewildered attendant jumped up in amazement. Dozing off while serving a VIP visiting the Crown Prince's palace! Nothing to say even if he was beaten by Chi Dogon for his lack of discipline his.

“No, what disrespect… !! I'm terribly sorry, Marquis of Kanesis. I sincerely apologize.”

The waitress politely apologized to Annette from the front, and kicked her colleagues hard to wake them up from the back. Other attendants rose shortly after, bowing their heads and apologizing. Annette, who was buried in the wave of his drowsiness her, shook his hand and readily apologized, saying that it was okay.

The ignorant attendants all looked at Annette with sparkling eyes. Even if it wasn't enough to get angry right away, Annette, who smiled kindly and showed mercy, was literally an angel. A person like that should have become the Crown Princess, but it was very disappointing.

Annette, however, had a slightly different idea. When she turned around, the smile disappeared from her face and a serious expression appeared. At this moment, only one thought filled Annette's head her.

She said, 'In the book, it is clear that the regressors have a 'special ability' one by one that they did not have before.

Maybe it's to put people to sleep with a song.A shudder ran through Annette's body her her whose thoughts she had gone mad up to this point.She had already put Lapel, who was suffering from sleepwalking, to sleep once.

She thought at the time that she thought the effect of her lullaby was insignificant. But looking back now, she wondered if she might have used her 'her ability' her to learn lapel. Was cautious in everything, was willing to try a few more times if possible.

'Even though it's not a grandiose skill like spirit magic, in some cases it might be more useful.'

Annette, who had been thinking this far, strangely gave her goosebumps.Because she felt more than ever that she had truly returned.She really was living another new life.And her future was entirely in her own hands.

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It took longer than expected, and the sun had already set. The carriage going home through the pitch darkness was slower than usual. But Annette, immersed in her own thoughts of her, did not know that she was bored. Use her new abilities of her. So even after she got home she didn't realize it.

“We have arrived, madam.”

The coachman, who had stopped her horse her cautiously informed Annette of her arrival her her.Annette, still lost in her thoughts of her, put her foot out of her carriage.But before she could even touch the ground with her feet, she suddenly swung her body up into the air.

“Kyaaak!”

The feeling of floating beneath her feet her startled Annette. She couldn't help but be surprised, especially since it happened while she was wandering. Annette clung on desperately, instinctively tugging on anything she could get unexpectedly her hands on. Black hair on her.

It was Lapel who snatched Annette from her carriageHe looked very displeased that Annette had grabbed her hair of her Her.A silent growl seemed to come from between his bared lipsHer her giving Annette chills.

“Mi, I'm sorry. Stop being so surprised…….”

Annette, who hastily let go of Lapel's hair her, trembled and apologized. Her liver her was on the small side, and she was still gasping for breath as her heart she wouldn't subside in her surprise her. Looking down at such Annette , Lapel, who seemed like he would curse at her right now, grabbed her breath with his teeth clenched. She had a clear expression on her face as if she was putting up with something.

'Why are you so angry?'

Seeing this, Annette's heart sank for no reason in her anxiety about her. Rafel's anger had little to do with her grabbing hold of her hair. He had been waiting for Annette, enraged for some reason. Proved this.

Annette did n't know why he was doing this, so she bit his lip her Lapel's capricious and violent temperament was too difficult a puzzle for Annette Lapel, who pressed her face tightly, questioned her for what she said.

“Who did you meet at the palace today?”

“Yes? That's right, her step-sister her…… Ah.”

Annette, who was answering at a loss, realized something on the way and sighed.I don't know how, but Rafel seemed to know that she was meeting with her Crown Prince Ludwig today.Only then did Annette understand why Lapel was so upset.

In fact, it was natural for Rafel to be displeased.It was as if his wife had fake dating someone else and had a tryst with her ex-fiancéher Seeing the embarrassed look on Annette's face her her , Lafel became even colder and sarcastic.

“He said he would come back soon. The reunion was so much fun that you didn't even notice the time passing, right? Has he been so good to you?”

In front of his nose his, Lapel's deep blue eyes stared at him with a light colder than the ice of the North Sea. Even after returning, it was still painful to receive his hated in one body. Annette lowered her eyes in pity and carefully Reached out and grabbed Lapel's collar.

“It's not like that, Lapel. She only bumped into her on the way back from meeting her new sister her. The marriage conversation broke up so suddenly that we couldn't even properly say goodbye. So I just finished the relationship well. Will never have to face Her Highness the Crown Prince again. I promise you.”

Annette raised her head and looked up at him with longing eyes.Rafel looked at her with her expressionless face without saying anything from her.Annette's face her was so innocent and calm that it was clear that she most would be fooled.

But Lapel was not fooled. He was in a very bad mood now. After reading Annette's note, Lapel headed to the palace.

Rafel intended to meet his biological father his, King Celgratis, and ask him about Annette.It was because the rumors the king had insinuated to Rapel before the wedding were somewhat different from the reality.Rafel felt the need to ascertain where the hell this cacophony had come from.

However, Celgratis did not meet Rafel.He acted like he cared for Lapel in public, but avoided interaction in his private settings his.It really could not have been a pretense.

Because of this, Raffel made a fuss and returned from the palace. Naturally, he was in a bad mood, and he decided to go home with Annette as soon as he came to the palace.

'What the hell are you doing in the crown prince's palace?'

When Lapel found out where Annette was, she was very angry. In terms of temperment, I wanted to see with my own eyes what the two yeonnomims were doing right away, but the place was the crown prince's palace. No one was allowed to enter the palace without permission from the owner, Ludwig.

Turning his back and leaving the palace, Rafel's mood was even worse than before. Returning to the mansion, Lapel literally gnashed his teeth and waited for Annette to return. Originally, it wasn't his business his to know where a woman like that was doing, but Rafel didn't realize that his behavior his was strange. Looking at Annette trapped in his arms, he felt a rage he could not understand.

“Lapel, it's true. Nothing happened with Her Highness the Crown Prince. It's all about just saying goodbye. Maybe if you ask the attendants at the crown prince's palace, you'll be able to confirm the facts.”

Annette lowered her eyes sullenly and earnestly pleaded for innocence.However, today did not seem to be Young Annette's day.The coachman, who was inspecting the carriage from afar, came this way without notice, holding something in his hand.

“Madam, this is the item you left here.”

When Annette saw the gift box presented by the coachman, she gave up on everything.A hollow laugh escaped from her mouthHer her.Her god must have decided to forsake her today.

Rafel set her down on the floor, took her box her, and peered inside her. Before long, Lapel checked the contents of the box and laughed. The leather choker that came up with his fingertips his dangled in the air needlessly and nakedly. To see it, the lapel that was thrust in front of Annette's nose her coldly spat out.

“Yes, if you ask the palace attendants, you will get a very interesting answer.”

“No, Lapel! That's Claire's sister…… Wait, wait!”

Embarrassed by the growing misunderstanding, Annette hurriedly reached out and snatched the gift box. Then, uncharacteristically, with hasty hand movements, he rummaged around inside. Claire was the type to usually enclose a letter inside a gift, so he believed it.

Fortunately, one of the envelopes attached to the inside of the box caught on my fingertips. Annette hurriedly held it out to Lapel without even taking time to check the contents of the letter inside.

“Look at this. This is really a gift from my step sister. It has nothing to do with Her Highness the Crown Prince!”

Rafel frowned and took out the letter and read it.His deep blue eyes His his slowly scanned the contents of the letter.It was actually only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity to Annette.

Before long, Lafel, smiling as if he had collapsed, thrust a letter right in front of her nose. There, Claire's distinctive sharp handwriting made up concise sentences. I don't know if that's a good joke or a bad joke.

― I hope you have a thrilling night with him, Annette! Let the woman who is you be put on a leash very firmly!

Your lovely family, Claire—

Ah, Claire……. Annette was speechless, covering her face with both hands in frustration. Thanks to her letters to her, it becomes clear that she is a gift from Claire. Scribbled 'him' in her letter, she couldn't tell if it meant Lapel or Ludwig.

Here are the candid comments Claire wrote…… Even now, it blended with the leather choker dangling from her manly long fingertips on the lapel of her, which made Annette even more embarrassed. She could not bear to lift her head and begged earnestly that she would disappear from this world forever.

But this time, too, Annette's sad wish she didn't come true.

“Great. Let's see what a thrilling goodbye you said at the crown prince's palace.”

Lapel laughed cruelly, revealing his teeth her her, and pulled her arm her her.