* * *

Dodging the servant, Fersen ran away aimlessly to anywhere. It wasn’t because he couldn’t decide.

Upon reflection, there was nowhere to escape from the Duke’s eyes. Although he thought there were quite a lot of people around, when a crisis hit and he tried to hide, he couldn’t think of anyone in particular.

Of course, just one person. Seira could surely help him, but her parents likely wouldn’t.

Moreover, she was likely to be staying at the Duke’s house, so she wasn’t in a position to help.

‘Dammit!’

In the end, right now, there was no one who could help him.

It was like a cliff at the end of a dead-end, so without realizing, Fersen yanked the reins hard.

Then the horse, startled, tried to stop but its legs buckled and it fell over.

“Ahh!”

Due to this, Fersen also fell from the horse and rolled on the ground.

It wouldn’t have been strange if he had died from falling off a galloping horse, but fortunately, it was on a soft dirt road, so he just barely managed to save his life.

The horse, with its injured leg, rolled on the ground in pain.

‘Dammit, dammit, dammit!’

Damn! If this wasn’t a curse from God, how could such terrible things happen one after another?

With his arms and legs not moving well as if they were broken, Fersen lay on the ground for a moment, shedding tears.

He didn’t want to cry over this, but he couldn’t help crying at the moment.

It was all because of that bastard Antes. Everything became miserable after that bastard intervened in his life.

In that moment of pessimism, a beautiful mansion caught Fersen’s eye.

‘The Rose Mansion…?’

It was the Rose Mansion that Luna had bought last year. He thought he had run somewhere aimlessly, but unknowingly he had come near Luna’s mansion.

She had already sided with Antes, so she wouldn’t help him, yet with such thoughts, Fersen slowly got up and headed towards Luna’s mansion.

“Eh? Eh eh?! Are, are you alright?!”

As they moved towards the mansion for a while, Luna’s servant found Fersen. It was obviously a serious situation, so the servant hurriedly began to call people. Finally, with people quickly bringing in a carriage, Fersen lost consciousness.

* * *

“Miss! Miss! You need to come out!”

Upon hearing the urgent voice, Luna descended to the lower floor in confusion.

“My goodness… Fersen?!”

Then, the battered Fersen, who had been brought in on a carriage, caught her eye.

It hadn’t been long since he was mocked as a runaway youth, but here he was, appearing as a patient.

“Uh, what should we do?! Shall we call a doctor?!”

“Let’s do that! And also contact the Duke’s residence-“

Before she could finish, Fersen suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed Luna’s clothes.

“…Please, don’t contact my father.”

What the heck is he talking about? Asking not to call the family after such a serious injury?

It was such nonsense that Luna shook off Fersen’s hand with a fierce expression. Then, suddenly, he tried to get up with all his might.

“What are you doing!?”

“If you contact my father, I’ll just leave.”

Upon hearing that, Luna pounded her fist on his chest. No, leaving was a great idea, but saying he would go when he couldn’t was the problem.

He might faint and die on the spot. That would unluckily frame her for murder.

Being irritable in many ways, Luna pushed Fersen’s shoulder, laying him back on the carriage.

“Alright, alright! I won’t contact the Duke, okay!”

Luna’s response seemed to reassure Fersen, who then relaxed and closed his eyes.

“Miss. What about the Duke’s residence…”

“Just contact the doctor for now. Tell him to treat Fersen just enough so he won’t die.”

With that, Luna stomped away, extremely frustrated.

* * *

“They said it was a fall from a horse, but fortunately, it’s not as serious as thought. There are fractures in the left arm and right leg, and bruises all over the body.”

A fall from a horse but only such injuries. Fersen really seemed to be the male lead.

While Luna marveled inwardly, the doctor said that he would recover soon if he rests for a while.

“Pay attention to his meals and if he stays still as much as possible, he’ll recover soon. I’ll prepare some medicine and visit again.”

Luna bid farewell to the doctor who bowed his head and exited the room.

As soon as they were alone, Luna hit Fersen’s shoulder, venting her anger.

“What the hell was that? Are you crazy? If you want to die, do it alone, why make a fuss here!”

She wanted to hit his fractured left arm and right leg hundreds of times, but she wasn’t the type to gain satisfaction from hitting injured areas, so she hit Fersen’s head and shoulders instead.

Despite that, Fersen didn’t seem to mind too much. No, he was rather happy that Luna didn’t contact the Duke and helped him.

Surely Luna, deceived by Antes, had just made a wrong move, but there was no doubt that deep down she still had affection for him.

“Miss, a guest has arrived.”

While thinking so, a servant knocked on the door, announcing a guest’s visit.

Upon hearing that, Luna stopped hitting Fersen, tidied up her clothes, and responded.

“Let them in.”

A guest? Fersen suspected it might be Antes and glared.

But fortunately or unfortunately, it wasn’t Antes. And it wasn’t Luna’s guest either.

“Lady Seira..?!”

The guest who visited Rose Mansion was none other than Fersen’s lover, Seira. After Fersen disappeared, she seemed to have lost sleep as she looked extremely pale, unlike usual.

Following her were familiar faces, the servants of the Duke’s residence.

They too, looking no different from Seira in terms of paleness, hurried inside.

“Why…! We agreed not to contact, didn’t we?!”

When Fersen yelled, Luna responded with her arms crossed as if asking what he was talking about.

“You told me not to contact the Duke. So, I contacted your lover Seira, okay? If you didn’t like it, you should have told me not to contact Seira from the beginning.”

Of course, if she had said that, any servant or butler would have made contact.

He was hurt, but it was to quickly send Fersen out of the mansion.

She had finally regained peace, but being entangled with him again was a hassle she didn’t need.

“How could you, how could you do this to me!”

Upon realizing the meaning of his words, Fersen squared off against Luna, while Seira, who had been worried and couldn’t sleep, showed a menacing look in her eyes.

The first to notice this was Luna, worried that this time again Seira would blame her for spouting nonsense.

Slap-!

Unexpectedly, Seira slapped Fersen’s cheek.

“Lady… Seira?”

Fersen, not understanding what was happening, called Seira with a dumbfounded face.

As if it was a signal, Seira began to shed clear tears from her beautiful eyes, and again harshly struck Fersen’s cheek, pouring out the anger she had been holding back.

“How could you do this to me, Fersen! How!”

Oh my gosh! Surprised, Luna covered her mouth with her hand.

“How could you come looking for Lady Peils again?! I’ve always believed it wasn’t so! I believed it even knowing that Lady Peils was not at fault!”

Seira hit Fersen’s chest and slid down to the floor.

“Because you said so, Fersen! Because I love you, Fersen! That’s why I believed, but why do you disappoint me like this every time! Why on earth, why!”

Seira started crying like a child, similar to the way Luna had seen her at her mansion before.

‘So, she was suspecting Fersen back then.’

But she loved him so much that she endured believing his lame words, and now that he showed such a reaction, it shattered her faith.

“I don’t understand what you’re saying, Lady Seira…!”

Fersen, finally getting up from the bed, reacted as if he’d been struck by lightning, and turned Seira’s clothes inside out.

Stopping her crying, Seira, now glaring at Fersen with menacing eyes again, pushed him with all her might off the bed and left the Rose Mansion alone.

“Ahh!”

Reflexively, Fersen screamed as he supported himself on the floor with his broken arm. Luna frowned, imagining his pain without even realizing it.

Goodness, they say quiet ones are scarier when angry. How could she push a fallen person off the bed? Surely, his arm must be broken this time.

“Er, sorry, but could you take him and leave? I think if we don’t treat him quickly, he may not be able to use either his arm or leg.”

Before Luna could finish speaking, the servants from the Duke’s household quickly carried Fersen.

Falling off the horse and now falling off the bed, he really needed quick medical attention as Luna had said.

“…Well.”

Not even a thank you. Leaving only a cold farewell with no gratification for making contact, the butler from the Duke’s house disappeared from the mansion with a gust of chilly wind.

‘Phew, see if I help again. Next time this happens, I’ll just leave him in the forest.’

Once everyone disappeared, peace returned to the Rose Mansion.

No, although she had hoped for it, could this be called peace when the male and female leads have had such a terrible parting?

Though doubtful, now that the matter was out of her hands, Luna soon turned around and disappeared into the mansion.