“You went to the Fiore Manor again?” William, the second prince, asked his brother as soon as the crown prince arrived in his palace.He had been waiting for him to arrive because he had something to discuss with him but he ended up being curious as to why his brother spent a long time in there when he kept on babbling that he wanted to cut a bit of the Fiore House’s influence. Did he change his mind after a few encounters with the duke and his heir?“What’s the problem if I spend time on places that I wanted?” Ric said as he dropped his body on the couch.He went directly to the receiving room when his attendant informed him that William was waiting for him and it had been a few hours since he arrived. He didn’t want him to wait longer because he thought that he had something important to report but it turned out that he was just curious about his personal affairs.“You don’t easily change your mind,

“You intentionally went there, didn’t you?” Duke Fiore asked his wife that night. He heard that the duchess met Sera when she was having tea with Andrei so he had a hunch that she intentionally went there to meet his daughter.“You didn’t like it?” The duchess asked as she sat across the duke. It was already in the middle of the night but they were still both awake because of the works they had to do.“I told you not to go near her,” the duke’s voice was stern but not reprimanding. “Why would you even want to meet your husband’s daughter from another woman?”“Why?” Stephanie, the duchess, scoffed. “Do you think that I’ll harass her just because she was an illegitimate child?”“No…” The duke was out of words. No—he just couldn’t say the words that he wanted to tell her.How could he? He didn’t have the right to e

Since that day, Sera was asked to move to the main house and her room was one of the biggest rooms in the estate. She was told that she would need to attend the coming out banquet wherein most ten-year-old noble children and their parents would attend so that they could socialize with each other.As an aristocrat, they had to know the people in their generations so that they could form connections from different aristocratic families. Because of that, there had been a tradition that there will be three parties held in the imperial palace for the noble children to attend.First was the event called the light tea party. The light tea party was meant for children 5-7 years old. It should be the first time that a child of a noble family would attend a party and they could meet children of the same age. During those parties, groups of friends were already formed mostly based on the status of the family they belong to.The second one would be the coming-out banquet th

Sera excitedly ran to the center where the wooden sword was displayed. Matthew opened the cover and Sera reached out for it. As soon as the sword was in her hand, Sera felt something warm ran through her entire body. It was as if a part of her had been missing and was given back. She could feel her heart beating fast in excitement from the feeling of the sword in her hand.The hilt felt like it was meant for her to hold and the sword’s weight felt a little lighter than she expected. Was it because it was a wooden sword and not a real blade? In her entire life, including before her death, it was the first time she held a sword. People said that the Fiore family was born to hold one so she wanted to try it even once.Now that it was in her hands, she realized that what the people said was true. Though it was her first time, she felt like she could wield the sword easily.She was holding the sword with one hand when she tried to wield it. The sound of the win

“Sera?” His father carried her and caressed her back. “Why are you suddenly crying? Did Papa say something wrong?”Sera shook her head. Though she was in a body of a child, she was supposed to be a mature eighteen-year-old lady. However, at that moment, she felt as if it was okay to be a child again. She wanted to do the things that she couldn’t do in her past life. She wanted to create memories that she never had before. If it was with her current family, she believed that it could be possible.“I’m sorry for acting like this, Papa,” Sera said in between sobs. “I just thought that I would never belong to any family since my mother died.”Her tears poured like rain as she buried her face on her father’s neck. She could feel his father’s hand gently caressing her back as he started to walk.Alejandro’s heart broke when he heard Sera’s words. Sera lived without a father for