Chapter 19
The boy swallowed hard as he looked at the noblewoman crouched in front of him.
She looked like a fairy—so beautiful it was almost unreal.
From the way the guards had responded to her, she was clearly someone important.
What if he said something wrong?
The boy was sharp for his age.
"Today, you got lucky. The world is full of strange people, so be careful out there."
At her words, he instinctively nodded. It was pure reflex.
But the only thought running through his mind was—
Isn’t she the strangest person here?
As if she had read his mind, the expressionless noblewoman gazed at him in silence before raising a single finger—
And flicked his forehead.
It didn’t hurt, but it caught him off guard. He raised a hand to rub his forehead, confused.