Episode 0

“Hestia.”

A familiar voice. A familiar scent. Familiar sensations.

Hestia slowly lifted her head at the call, turning to face her opponent.

His dark indigo-blue hair was like the black night sky. His dark indigo-blue hair was like the black night sky, so when she looked at him in the dark, his sparkling golden eyes looked like stars in the night sky.

“Be still…… and stay where you are, didn’t I beg you so much?”

His golden irises flashed transparently.

There was a wistful emotion in his eyes, one that seemed to hold some anger, one that hid a deep longing, one that seemed to be tinged with a deep sadness.

They were so different from Linus’ eyes. Hestia saw familiarity in those eyes that she now dared not even think of as similar.

“Ah. Yes. It was you.”

It was you.

“Theo.”

Terhan’s expression changed subtly at the name he finally spat out.

It was a mixture of excitement and anxiety.

“.…..Finally, you remembered.”

“I don’t know why I didn’t recognize you, you look the same as you did then.”

This look. Why did I remember the look in his eyes now?

You looked so different from Linus.

A soft smile spread across their faces as they looked at each other.

At that moment, the sound of the hall’s music echoed in my ears, waking me from my distraction.

For a moment, I felt like I was back in the past. A time when we knew each other. I wondered if Terhan felt the same way.

“.…..Would you allow me the honor of dedicating my first dance to you?”

Terhan took a step back and held out his right hand to Hestia.

Hestia stared at his large hand, unsure of what to do, but she didn’t take it.

What kind of resolve did she need?

A small gasp escaped her lips, and she gently placed her hand over Terhan’s in a butterfly-like gesture.

A wistful smile tugged at the corners of her mouth.

“With pleasure.”

As she spoke, Hestia bent slightly at the knees in a curtsy, and Terhan bowed respectfully.

The true banquet on the terrace had begun.

They wrapped their arms around each other, leaned into each other, and swayed to the beat.

The night breeze felt a little chilly.

The heat of their bodies against each other.

The rustle of their clothes was louder than the music in their ears.

Everything about this situation made Hestia feel strange.

The closeness of their breathing sent a faint shiver down her spine.

“.…..Since when did you know?”

“Since the first day.”

“Why didn’t you pretend to know first?”

“I pretended, a lot.”

Hestia narrowed her brow at Terhan’s smirk.

She looked as if she wanted to ask him when he pretended to know her.

The corners of Terhan’s eyes curled up at the sight.

“I thought you said not to do that to me.”

Hestia’s eyes narrowed in disbelief.

Terhan chuckled and ran a finger across Hestia’s furrowed brow.

“Frowning. Come on.