In the hallway within the Second Temple, Liz cleared the high ceiling after hearing from Prince Keefa about Eugene.

In mundane and chest-piercing sorrow, mundane and angry comes in. In the bright sunshine that plunges through the window, it is so strong an anger that it is unlikely to be deceived.

(Cecil and Eugene were both deceived)

To the deacons of the Howard family.

(I'm not kidding. Are you kidding me?

Whoa! And in front of Liz, who could feel the urge to rip her hair off, Keefa, who sat down along the wall and held her head with both hands, raised a sad groan, "Uhm".

"Wasn't that letter written by Cecil..."

I can't believe it was actually a lie, even though I would have given it up with the thought of spitting blood that it was my beloved Cecil's least wish. And I can't believe it was the butler who was on my side the whole time.

Eugene's - How much did Keefa suffer?

Liz asked reluctantly.

"You mean the butler wrote it like Cecil wrote it?

"- No, that was definitely Cecil's letter. So I think you hired a handwriting expert to let you write a fake letter, or you hired a magician with that ability."

Though distressed, Keefa seems desperate to work her head off.

And staring at a point in the hallway with his congested eyes, he snapped with a low voice squeezing out of the back of his throat.

"I finally get it. My father said in his mouth to me - he didn't have to succeed Eugene, but he didn't mean it. But I gave it up without being able to put it in my mouth from the beating on Eugene that I had left alone for eighteen years, and that's why Butler, the lead butler, ran it instead. Butler said he owed his father his life."

Is that what you mean?

residents of the collective dwellings where Cecil and the others at Cecil's workplace, as well as friends. "Cecil left the king's capital not dead, but married another man," he lied, including the butler.

Just as Eugene gives up Cecil and marries the lady of the Grud family.

Since the Grud family was the house that governed the Howard family's territory, Eugene, a civilian with circumstances, would be the target, but I can't complain. The gold ring the lady wore would also have been given to her by the butler, lying that it was from Eugene.

In that sense, I can't say lady or victim, but I can't forgive Eugene for slamming and lying to Cecil for not turning around.

Cecil's workplace was a subcontracted workshop for the tailors of the noblemen "Kisarakusa". Neither the people at work nor the residents of the collective dwellings will be able to live if the prestigious Howard family tries to impress them.

Perhaps a friend of mine disobeyed the butler when he suddenly moved out of Wang Du. That's why I can't stay in the King's City anymore.

The landlord's aunt, too, yes. "My niece had a twin baby" that was written in the letter is true. But Cecil didn't take care of him. Because the twins were admitted to a hospital in Wangcheng because of birth difficulties.

My aunt lied because, of course, she would be angry at Eugene for leaving Cecil to go to the Howard family, but she couldn't leave the Wang Capital without her daughter's adorable niece.

……

I regret it. I can't wait to regret it.

Cecil, Eugene, his aunts and friends were certainly civilians, and from a prestigious nobleman, they probably only looked like commas, but they shouldn't have the right to deceive people into doing that.

We betrayed Eugene for our own greed, tore apart Cecil's companionship, and threatened to hide it.

All the time, I kept cheating. You can't be allowed to do that.

Liz's red eyes sparkled quietly, but burning.

(When I become the Virgin -)

Would it change anything if I could be the next Virgin? Can it be changed?

Never again, don't feel sad like you did in your previous life.

Don't let anyone else feel sad.

(If I could be the Virgin -!)

Unexpectedly, Keefa asked with a blue face.

"What about the money? Cecil received the money while Eugene was at the Howard family, didn't she?

It was the last way I wanted it to be said.

Liz couldn't react properly. "Money?," he snapped.

Keefa looked desperate, but ate her teeth as a lukewarm anger and sadness came together all at once.

"What does he think of us...!!

It was five hundred years of anger.

Liz couldn't stop Keefa from putting up her nails and shaking her hair.

Eventually Keefa looked up.

"Sorry."

The faintly trembling voice sounded sincere.

"Because I didn't check properly. I never really took what the butler or father said and doubted it. I let you die alone, thinking you betrayed me. I'm sorry.

I know I'm sorry, but I'm really sorry. "

Keep your head down deep and deep. And he slowly raised his face and stared straight at Liz with his congested burnt brown eyes.

"Let's make amends. I'll spend the rest of my life atoning for you."

It was a face that did solidify its determination, even though it was crushing and mellow.

(Strong)

Even though Eugene herself said she had been deceived, there would be twice as much regret and resentment for being betrayed by the people she believed in.

I swallow everything without running away from being part of the Howard family myself, and I say to Cecil - I'll make amends to Liz. Spend your life.

(strong. And... serious)

It's not like Eugene in his previous life. Eugene was honest and all the way, but he wasn't as strong as he was going to be. I only got a little lonely and panicked to deny the idea.

(It's obvious, right?)

Because Keefa isn't Eugene anymore, just like Liz isn't Cecil.

You can never forgive a butler for lying to you. I want to smash him, smack him to pieces.

But the silver ring inscribed "to Cecil" was the very thought that put Eugene's life on the line.

There was no such thing as betrayal. Just as Cecil kept thinking about Eugene, so did Eugene.

I'm very happy to have found that out.

Even Cecil assumed that he had been dumped peddling the story of the butler and the lady of the Gurud family.

Both Cecil and Eugene lacked confirmation from each other. As for the two of us at the time, we did our best, but there may have been more we could have done.

(And -)

Liz also mistook me for the ring thing again and didn't even try to listen to Keefa. It was only recently that I finally decided to ask.

With a whole lot of embarrassment and pity in her heart, Liz squeezed her hands tight all over her.

(... Let's reflect)

And he blurred the living "I" in this world. Otherwise there is no point in being reborn with the memory of a previous life.

Liz grabbed the silver ring gently with both hands.

"You don't have to make amends, because they were both.... Cecil will keep this ring"

Cecil, not Liz.

I smiled slowly.

"Thanks"

Keep thinking about me till I die.

"I told you before, didn't I? It's not the same as in my last life. You're right. It's not Cecil and Eugene anymore. I'm Liz now, and you're Keefa. Let's live each other's new self in this world."

the life of this world.

Let's live forcefully.

Keefa across the street turned her sincere "shin" eyes to Liz.

"Then I will be in your power. Then let me. This time, be sure."

Claire, a descendant of the Howard family, took a bread-plump bag and looked back at the temple. I've fallen for the selection of a candidate for the Virgin, so I'm about to go home.

"I'm going home with my chest up," I told Liz, but honestly, I don't feel good.

(You have no choice...)

"Claire," he said on the verge of getting into the carriage with a cursory curse, hesitating to speak.

Turning around, what a look there was of Prince Keefa.

"Ki, Your Highness Keefa!?

I'm not surprised. That was in the temple behind the royal palace, so I've seen him a few times, but I can't believe he called. Besides, I know Claire's name. I was so surprised I almost dropped my bag.

Keefa has strangely looked at Claire like that.

"I'm sorry. It looks a lot like someone you used to know. [M] - It's Theo."

"My ancestors have Theo, too. That's the same name."

"Right."

No heart or Keefa's eyes look lukewarm. Why.

I was even more surprised because I was already surprised when Prince Wang spoke to me, but even more because Prince Wang lowered his head toward himself, who was just a civilian.

"So, Your Highness!?

"Thank you for passing on the ring. Thanks to you. I sincerely appreciate it."

Of the Howard family - I know about Eugene's ring, but I don't know why Keefa would thank me.

Still, I found out that Keefa's words were the heart out of the depths of my heart.

"I've heard of the unfortunate consequences of being a candidate for the Virgin. But I really appreciate you coming here as a candidate. Thank you. I may not be doing anything for you, but I think you're a fine magician."

"Oh, no...! I've been told I'm a much useless magician. But you're really right... you know, that's what your ancestor Theo was like...!

I panic and I don't know what I'm talking about.

Keefa smiled with certainty at Claire like that.

"That's not true. You and your ancestor Theo have made people happy. You have the best magic."

Claire got upset after she got pompous.

It was a pleasure.

Keefa's words were so truly delightful that they stained her mind, her body, because she had always been told she was a useless magician.

"Be well. Tell me if anything happens. Also, it will always help."

I stared behind Keefa leaving saying that with a serious face. And...

(That?)

Nearby man approaching Keefa. I felt like a man in a black cape in his mid-thirties looked like someone else.

The proximity looked at this one and gently met. There was a scar on his cheek.

……

A man who doesn't know anywhere that ten years ago, he saved Claire's family from a debt crisis. The man my parents searched for and couldn't find. Matches the characteristics of the man.

(... No way)

I laughed bitterly. 'Cause it's a side that moves on the orders of King Keefa's Prince. Even Keefa is only a nine-year-old when it comes to ten years ago. Besides, Keefa is Claire's family - because it has nothing to do with the Howard family.

Still lightened my mind. Hold the bag, face up refreshed and get in the carriage.

A large window in a wide car saw a white, shining temple.

Claire smiled and lowered her hips to the fuzzy seat.

Get your chest up and go home.

From the bottom of my heart, I thought so.