The day passed soon. I didn't even get a chance to spend more time with Lucy before the bodyguards dragged me back to my room. At first, I was stupefied, and then I looked at them in suspicion. They weren't dragging her away when I was simply moving around alone. Why did they have to bring me away when I was talking to Lucy?!

They perhaps didn't want me to converse with my sister for long. Who knows what kind of excuse they said to Lucy to bring her on their side. She had always been an innocent girl who could agree with anyone. It had been too easy to...