The Abandoned Baroness is one of the Black Knight’s favorites

"All my relatives knew I had no magic.... I just wanted to say thank you for leaving me alive outside the Baron's Mansion."

Sofia remembered that time. Parents who were not very wealthy when it came to barons and who always flew around for the territory and the people. It was only after the two of them disappeared that I learned that the antique furnishings at the Baron's Mansion, which I had arranged for Sofia, were expensive.

"I've never spoken much with my cousin Bianca of the same age. Unlike me, I felt like a bright, scary kid."

Sofia's right hand is under Gilbert's left. I felt like it would keep me connected so that I wouldn't get lost in the stars of the night sky filled with vision. It gets harder to talk. I touched the one-piece skirt with my left hand.

"─ ─ The first time I thought it was strange was when I realized that there were more magic tools. My antique schedule has decreased and I can't leave my room any more."

You can't turn on the lights alone or drink water from the tap. There were not as many servants as the Marquises, at least not as many maids. I could eat with my uncles, but everything else was inconvenient. It was natural for the cook to get water filled with water and drink little by little in the room so that they wouldn't find it. I don't think it's harassment or anything right now, and I'm sure you just didn't care about Sofia.

"Since then, I think my uncles have changed their eyes on me. For them, I was not a family, but a distraction. I'm sure he wanted to get rid of it somehow. ─ ─ But I had someone I promised to marry. It would be a lie to say that the family was the rightful son of the Earl's family... and not proud."

My uncle and aunt, who spend their money on the house, and my cousin, who grew up on their own. Sophia, who had ties to the Earl's family, would never be kicked out. I'm sure that was a mistake. Sofia withdrew from the room to become more closed due to routine verbal violence.

"I didn't love him. Maybe it seeped out. The exchange of letters has decreased, and you will no longer come to see me.... the day I couldn't stay at home, he broke my engagement and got engaged to Bianca instead."

Gilbert's left hand gripped Sofia's right hand. I feel like I'm being grasped with a stronger force than when it was just overlapping. My skin, which is a little cramped, tingled and irritated. My heart is troubled.

Sofia, feeling remorseful, could not turn her back on Gilbert. I can't see the beautiful starry sky that should be seen in the upward view anymore.

"... I didn't have a place. I was told not to take anything... with the trunk and the little magic stone my parents gave me... and I hid this little box and left the house."

Sofia took out the small box with her left hand. It was always in my pocket, and after I got the room, I left it in a locked lottery.

"─ ─ What about the box?

Gilbert, who remained silent until then, asked Sofia. Sophia finally looked at Gilbert and smiled over the rising sorrow. I don't have the confidence to laugh well at the still seeping vision and the feeling of tears passing through my cheeks. There were wrinkles between Gilbert's eyebrows.

"I'm sure my uncle and aunt... are desperately looking for Bianca. They sold everything else."

Sofia put a small box in her palm and presented it to Gilbert. Gilbert removes the hardware from the box with his right hand and opens the lid.

"─ ─ A necklace?

It was a necklace decorated with only one large diamond. Probably the most expensive of the barons' jewellery.

"They say it was a gift from my father to my mother. It was worn on the day of my mother's death... and there were matching earrings and earrings, but I'm sure it's sold."

It seems that the carriage accident occurred on the way home from the night club. It was a miracle that Sofia was able to get this necklace. On the day of my parents' funeral, I quietly took it out so that it could not be found from the lined up objects. I knew it wasn't really a good idea, but when I noticed it afterwards, I didn't have anything with a value. I am glad to do so now.

I see.

Gilbert's voice was quiet and familiar with the atmosphere at night. Sofia relieves her shoulders and exhales a deep sigh. The last tear fell down.

"─ ─ That's all I'm talking about, Master Gilbert. There's no more hiding."

Sofia thinks Gilbert would have expected it. Though the baron's house is in the woods, I encounter a scene where a noble lady is in the wilderness. Poverty in Baron Lannish territory over the past few years is rumored to be no strange, and a little research will give us an idea.

Gilbert lowered his eyebrows in trouble and stared at Sofia's eyes. In the darkness of the night, she hardly knew where her black eyes were, and without her tied hands, Sofia might have fled.

"Sofia, there's something I've been hiding from you."

Sofia looked at the words. There's still a lot you don't know about Gilbert, but it's important to say that you dared to hide it. Sofia stares straight into Gilbert's eyes, scared to hear. A little hesitant, Gilbert opened his mouth.

"─ ─ I have met Lord Alberto and Miss Bianca."