Chapter 5: The place I want to leave (1)
Chapter 5: The place I want to leave (1)
The promise was broken.
Count Roxen, who had vowed to return after ten days, failed to appear even as the sun set on the tenth day.
The siblings gazed endlessly into the forest, only to reluctantly accept his breach of promise late into the night.
A sticky unease enveloped the inside of the cabin.
Our endurance here over the ten days hinged solely on Count Roxen’s promise.
It was the belief that Count Roxen would honor his word that allowed us to live carefreely with smiles. Now, with that belief shattered, the siblings’ anxiety was beyond imagination.
They were children who seldom mingled even with nobility.
They were direct descendants of Eilencia, reputed to have the purest bloodline on this continent, and even members of the royal family hesitated to speak lightly before them.