“Hello, Marquis! Is <The Gate of Heaven> really here?”
“That’s right, princess. It’s a masterpiece by Lindel Beur. It’s amazing that you know so much about art at such a young age.”
The Marquis Onyx, who came to meet us directly in front of the gate with his wife, son, and servants, couldn’t hide his laughter.
Dad, who took my hand, said.
“It must have been a sudden request, but thank you for inviting me. My daughter wanted to see the work so badly.”
“No, Duke. You don’t know how happy it was to hear from Duke. I had a hobby of collecting small art pieces, but it came into contact with Duke—”
The corners of the Marquis’ lips caught on to Dad’s greeting.
‘It’s a chance to take care of his connections with my Dad, so it must be nice to him.’
Return after 7 years.
The highest power that all institutional aristocrats pay attention to.
Because there will be a line of nobles, who want to preoccupy Enoch Rubinstein, who has not made any significant political moves yet.
“This is my wife and son Jonathan. Say hello.”
“It’s an honor to meet you, Your Excellency.”
“Nice to meet you, Your Excellency Duke Rubinstein. I’m Jonathan Onyx.”
The Marquis’ wife, who dressed up to the fullest, greeted first, and her son Jonathan also bowed with a polite smile.
‘So it’s you? Jonathan Onyx.’
He looked like Marquis and Cheshire.
Black hair and red eyes.
Because his blood was mixed with the male lead, only the appearance was very shiny.
‘He’s a total bad luck.’
Eventually, I started thinking about Jonathan from the original story. He was the one who made fun of my Dad’s adoptive child, Cheshire, with cruel comments at a party.
Why does the passing extra 1 fight the male lead without fear? I was curious.
Chesire’s recollection of the past revealed the relationship between the two.
Half-brother.
In the past when he was beaten every day by his brother.
“And nice to meet you cute princess. If you don’t mind, can I introduce the art works in the annex to the princess?”
Jonathan reached out to me with a fresh smile.
‘Phew, you jerk!’
“Yes, thank you!”
I took Jonathan’s hand, being careful not to confuse the words in my head with the words that actually pop out of my mouth.
The Marquis and Jonathan burst into laughter at my shy expression.
“…my daughter seems to like your son.”
Dad muttered in a sulky voice.
Ugh. It’s not like that, Dad—.
“Haha, it’s an honor.”
“The two look so good together.”
Perhaps this was the time, but Dad’s face hardened when the Marchioness stepped in with a smile.
“Mother, don’t say embarrassed thing.”
“Why. Be nice to the princess. We’ll see each other more often. You don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, do you?”
“Hoho, this person really.”
I didn’t even think that anyone who would give me the food, but the three of them started playing something in front of my Dad and me.
“Don’t do this here, let’s go in and talk more.”
The Marquis led us into the house with a smile.
I mumbled, giving strength to Jonathan’s hand, which I had been holding sensibly.
“The Gate of Heaven. Hurry…”
“Ah, it looks like the princess wants to see it soon. Would you like to go to the exhibition room with me first?”
“Yes, Jonathan. That would be nice. We have educated people who will help you appreciate it here, so go with them.”
Finally!
As if in the background in the picture, attention was focused on the four servants with their heads bowed.
“I want to say hi!”
I rushed to them with a smile.
There’s one butler and three maids.
When I grabbed the hand of the male butler on the far left, Jonathan was bewildered.
“P, Princess? You don’t have to greet them that much—”
Then I could see the Marquis and his wife stopping Jonathan.
Since she has been living as a commoner all her life, there will be no discomfort at all in the behavior of baby Lilith, who has yet distinguished other people.
“Please take care of me!”
“Aah. Yes, princess.”
The butler and the maid were puzzled when they tightly held each other’s hands.
And—.
The maid who stood at the end.
A face with a mole around the mouth, with brown hair loose to the waist and the tail of the eyes up.
‘This is Rico’s guild member, Richell.’
I knew it from the first time I saw it.
I was just measuring the timing to get close.
I’m sure she’ll send me a signal at this point if Rico has contacted her in advance.
“I came to see the Gate of Heaven. Nice to meet you, Unnie!”
“Yes, princess.”
Richell folded her eyes, smiled, and held my hands tightly.
‘As expected.’
At that moment, she secretly put something in my hand.
A touch of cold iron and a rustling little piece of paper.
I have a rough idea of what it is.
The key to the room where Cheshire is locked up.
And on the note—.
I wonder if the location of the room is written.
We smiled at each other, with eyes that no one would notice.
*****
Enoch Rubinstein.
The aristocratic society was shaken by the news of his return, which had disappeared with his daughter.
Rubinstein’s tax remained the same while he disappeared, and now that he returned, he will monopolize all the emperor’s favours.
Of course, the capital nobles began to plot methods to get close to Enoch.
And in the meantime.
That Enoch Rubinstein contacted them first.
‘As father said, this is a chance from heaven. I have to look good to the Duke somehow this time.’
Jonathan made a promise.
Unlike his father, who was a 2nd Class Quarto, Jonathan was only a 4the Class Octava.
The reality is that people are treated more by class than by status. If he doesn’t build relationships or connections—.
Even if he inherited the title, he was well aware of his future of being ignored in the aristocratic society.
“Kyahaha! What is this?”
And the daughter that Enoch Rubinstein cherishes dearly.
“Where am I? Is there any place here? The house is really big! Wow!”
If they can talk to each other openly from now on and be able to tie her up with an engagement later, it would be perfect—.
“It’s amazing!”
—Damn it.
His ears seemed to bleed.
Jonathan secretly covered his ear and laughed haha.
“Princess? So this work is… Bertan, who left many masterpieces at the same time as Lindel….”
“Kyahahaha!”
Veins stood on Jonathan’s forehead.
He thought he could understand just because she was seven years old, but the child was indeed a child.
As soon as they enter the annex, she screams and changes the lobby and stairs or touches the artworks in the exhibition room.
When she showed ‘The Gate of Heaven,’ which she wanted to see so much, she didn’t seem to be very impressed.
‘Damn. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have returned the low people.’
His father said he couldn’t trust Jonathan, so he attached his servants to explain the work, but—.
He had prepared everything to look good to Enoch and his daughter, so he had just asked them to return with confidence.
‘I thought I should raise a child, not appreciate the work!’
Jonathan, who was screaming inwardly, closed his eyes.
‘No. Be patient, be patient. This little girl could change my life.’
Whoo, Jonathan, who took a deep breath and controlled his heart, opened his eyes and smiled broadly.
“Princess, then, let’s go to the next exhibition room—.”
…Huh? She’s not here?
The moment he closed his eyes and opened them, the little kid who was walking around the exhibition room on the second floor disappeared.
When he looked at the door, which was wide open, it seemed like she had gone somewhere else.
“Tsk, she didn’t listen to me.”
Jonathan clenched his teeth tight and trembled as he went out to look for Lilith.
* * *
There is a side door at the end of the corridor of the exhibition hall on the 3rd floor of the annex.
That door is the entrance to a secret passage leading to the basement.
After leaving Jonathan Onyx, I hurriedly followed the note Rachel gave me.
The child is on the second basement floor, in the very last room.
“Huh. ugh, it’s hard—”
I moved my short legs hard and went down the stairs.
Only four servants are aware of the child’s existence, and access to the exhibition room is strictly prohibited.
There are no escorts inside, so it will be easy to escape.
It looks like the servants don’t know anything about the Cheshire because there wasn’t even a single ant in the annex.
It was a good thing for me.
“Uh-huh. I’m out of breath…”
I arrived at the basement of the 2nd floor.
A scarlet lantern hung in every dark hallway.
‘If they keep it in a place like this, he won’t be able to find it. It would have been difficult if Dad had come alone.’
Thinking, I cleverly made a small gesture.
“Whoaa! There are a lot of rooms!”
If I open this door, there will be a Cheshire.
Maybe it’s because I’m running too fast, or because I’m expecting to meet Cheshire soon.
I grabbed my pounding heart and, without delay, inserted the key into the lock hole.
Clack.
The door opened.
“….”
The room is dark.
Someone was buried in the darkness, where it was impossible to see more than an inch ahead.
I opened the door wide.
The child, who was lying down, slowly got up in a room where the door had to be opened as far as possible for it to light up.
“….”
“….”
And the moment our eyes met.
My head went blank and I couldn’t say anything.
“Ah…”
A face that is full of signs of assault.
His right eye was so swollen from being hit that it wouldn’t open all the way, and a crust had formed on his lips.
It’s so miserable that I can see clearly even in the dark—.
‘No way.’
“Uh… I, uh…”
“….”
“I…”
“I, I. I, quickly….”
…I should have come sooner.
I was wrong.
It was stupid.
I should’ve just asked my Dad to come here the day we first met.
Every minute and every second would have been hell for him.
A week that was just happy for me in the capital would have been a hellish day for Cheshire.
“Ah…”
Reflexively, tears flowed down.
I clenched my teeth and wiped the tears running down my sleeve roughly.
“Hello, Marquis! Is <The Gate of Heaven> really here?”
“That’s right, princess. It’s a masterpiece by Lindel Beur. It’s amazing that you know so much about art at such a young age.”
The Marquis Onyx, who came to meet us directly in front of the gate with his wife, son, and servants, couldn’t hide his laughter.
Dad, who took my hand, said.
“It must have been a sudden request, but thank you for inviting me. My daughter wanted to see the work so badly.”
“No, Duke. You don’t know how happy it was to hear from Duke. I had a hobby of collecting small art pieces, but it came into contact with Duke—”
The corners of the Marquis’ lips caught on to Dad’s greeting.
‘It’s a chance to take care of his connections with my Dad, so it must be nice to him.’
Return after 7 years.
The highest power that all institutional aristocrats pay attention to.
Because there will be a line of nobles, who want to preoccupy Enoch Rubinstein, who has not made any significant political moves yet.
“This is my wife and son Jonathan. Say hello.”
“It’s an honor to meet you, Your Excellency.”
“Nice to meet you, Your Excellency Duke Rubinstein. I’m Jonathan Onyx.”
The Marquis’ wife, who dressed up to the fullest, greeted first, and her son Jonathan also bowed with a polite smile.
‘So it’s you? Jonathan Onyx.’
He looked like Marquis and Cheshire.
Black hair and red eyes.
Because his blood was mixed with the male lead, only the appearance was very shiny.
‘He’s a total bad luck.’
Eventually, I started thinking about Jonathan from the original story. He was the one who made fun of my Dad’s adoptive child, Cheshire, with cruel comments at a party.
Why does the passing extra 1 fight the male lead without fear? I was curious.
Chesire’s recollection of the past revealed the relationship between the two.
Half-brother.
In the past when he was beaten every day by his brother.
“And nice to meet you cute princess. If you don’t mind, can I introduce the art works in the annex to the princess?”
Jonathan reached out to me with a fresh smile.
‘Phew, you jerk!’
“Yes, thank you!”
I took Jonathan’s hand, being careful not to confuse the words in my head with the words that actually pop out of my mouth.
The Marquis and Jonathan burst into laughter at my shy expression.
“…my daughter seems to like your son.”
Dad muttered in a sulky voice.
Ugh. It’s not like that, Dad—.
“Haha, it’s an honor.”
“The two look so good together.”
Perhaps this was the time, but Dad’s face hardened when the Marchioness stepped in with a smile.
“Mother, don’t say embarrassed thing.”
“Why. Be nice to the princess. We’ll see each other more often. You don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, do you?”
“Hoho, this person really.”
I didn’t even think that anyone who would give me the food, but the three of them started playing something in front of my Dad and me.
“Don’t do this here, let’s go in and talk more.”
The Marquis led us into the house with a smile.
I mumbled, giving strength to Jonathan’s hand, which I had been holding sensibly.
“The Gate of Heaven. Hurry…”
“Ah, it looks like the princess wants to see it soon. Would you like to go to the exhibition room with me first?”
“Yes, Jonathan. That would be nice. We have educated people who will help you appreciate it here, so go with them.”
Finally!
As if in the background in the picture, attention was focused on the four servants with their heads bowed.
“I want to say hi!”
I rushed to them with a smile.
There’s one butler and three maids.
When I grabbed the hand of the male butler on the far left, Jonathan was bewildered.
“P, Princess? You don’t have to greet them that much—”
Then I could see the Marquis and his wife stopping Jonathan.
Since she has been living as a commoner all her life, there will be no discomfort at all in the behavior of baby Lilith, who has yet distinguished other people.
“Please take care of me!”
“Aah. Yes, princess.”
The butler and the maid were puzzled when they tightly held each other’s hands.
And—.
The maid who stood at the end.
A face with a mole around the mouth, with brown hair loose to the waist and the tail of the eyes up.
‘This is Rico’s guild member, Richell.’
I knew it from the first time I saw it.
I was just measuring the timing to get close.
I’m sure she’ll send me a signal at this point if Rico has contacted her in advance.
“I came to see the Gate of Heaven. Nice to meet you, Unnie!”
“Yes, princess.”
Richell folded her eyes, smiled, and held my hands tightly.
‘As expected.’
At that moment, she secretly put something in my hand.
A touch of cold iron and a rustling little piece of paper.
I have a rough idea of what it is.
The key to the room where Cheshire is locked up.
And on the note—.
I wonder if the location of the room is written.
We smiled at each other, with eyes that no one would notice.
*****
Enoch Rubinstein.
The aristocratic society was shaken by the news of his return, which had disappeared with his daughter.
Rubinstein’s tax remained the same while he disappeared, and now that he returned, he will monopolize all the emperor’s favours.
Of course, the capital nobles began to plot methods to get close to Enoch.
And in the meantime.
That Enoch Rubinstein contacted them first.
‘As father said, this is a chance from heaven. I have to look good to the Duke somehow this time.’
Jonathan made a promise.
Unlike his father, who was a 2nd Class Quarto, Jonathan was only a 4the Class Octava.
The reality is that people are treated more by class than by status. If he doesn’t build relationships or connections—.
Even if he inherited the title, he was well aware of his future of being ignored in the aristocratic society.
“Kyahaha! What is this?”
And the daughter that Enoch Rubinstein cherishes dearly.
“Where am I? Is there any place here? The house is really big! Wow!”
If they can talk to each other openly from now on and be able to tie her up with an engagement later, it would be perfect—.
“It’s amazing!”
—Damn it.
His ears seemed to bleed.
Jonathan secretly covered his ear and laughed haha.
“Princess? So this work is… Bertan, who left many masterpieces at the same time as Lindel….”
“Kyahahaha!”
Veins stood on Jonathan’s forehead.
He thought he could understand just because she was seven years old, but the child was indeed a child.
As soon as they enter the annex, she screams and changes the lobby and stairs or touches the artworks in the exhibition room.
When she showed ‘The Gate of Heaven,’ which she wanted to see so much, she didn’t seem to be very impressed.
‘Damn. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have returned the low people.’
His father said he couldn’t trust Jonathan, so he attached his servants to explain the work, but—.
He had prepared everything to look good to Enoch and his daughter, so he had just asked them to return with confidence.
‘I thought I should raise a child, not appreciate the work!’
Jonathan, who was screaming inwardly, closed his eyes.
‘No. Be patient, be patient. This little girl could change my life.’
Whoo, Jonathan, who took a deep breath and controlled his heart, opened his eyes and smiled broadly.
“Princess, then, let’s go to the next exhibition room—.”
…Huh? She’s not here?
The moment he closed his eyes and opened them, the little kid who was walking around the exhibition room on the second floor disappeared.
When he looked at the door, which was wide open, it seemed like she had gone somewhere else.
“Tsk, she didn’t listen to me.”
Jonathan clenched his teeth tight and trembled as he went out to look for Lilith.
* * *
There is a side door at the end of the corridor of the exhibition hall on the 3rd floor of the annex.
That door is the entrance to a secret passage leading to the basement.
After leaving Jonathan Onyx, I hurriedly followed the note Rachel gave me.
The child is on the second basement floor, in the very last room.
“Huh. ugh, it’s hard—”
I moved my short legs hard and went down the stairs.
Only four servants are aware of the child’s existence, and access to the exhibition room is strictly prohibited.
There are no escorts inside, so it will be easy to escape.
It looks like the servants don’t know anything about the Cheshire because there wasn’t even a single ant in the annex.
It was a good thing for me.
“Uh-huh. I’m out of breath…”
I arrived at the basement of the 2nd floor.
A scarlet lantern hung in every dark hallway.
‘If they keep it in a place like this, he won’t be able to find it. It would have been difficult if Dad had come alone.’
Thinking, I cleverly made a small gesture.
“Whoaa! There are a lot of rooms!”
If I open this door, there will be a Cheshire.
Maybe it’s because I’m running too fast, or because I’m expecting to meet Cheshire soon.
I grabbed my pounding heart and, without delay, inserted the key into the lock hole.
Clack.
The door opened.
“….”
The room is dark.
Someone was buried in the darkness, where it was impossible to see more than an inch ahead.
I opened the door wide.
The child, who was lying down, slowly got up in a room where the door had to be opened as far as possible for it to light up.
“….”
“….”
And the moment our eyes met.
My head went blank and I couldn’t say anything.
“Ah…”
A face that is full of signs of assault.
His right eye was so swollen from being hit that it wouldn’t open all the way, and a crust had formed on his lips.
It’s so miserable that I can see clearly even in the dark—.
‘No way.’
“Uh… I, uh…”
“….”
“I…”
“I, I. I, quickly….”
…I should have come sooner.
I was wrong.
It was stupid.
I should’ve just asked my Dad to come here the day we first met.
Every minute and every second would have been hell for him.
A week that was just happy for me in the capital would have been a hellish day for Cheshire.
“Ah…”
Reflexively, tears flowed down.
I clenched my teeth and wiped the tears running down my sleeve roughly.
