BELLE'S P.O.V

"How's everyone?"

I had given that question a thought before I asked her.

I know that it is me who runs away from my obligations in the mansion in the south, and I am the one who avoids them and pushes myself away from them, but I am also concerned about those people who genuinely care for me and who might be thinking about me right now.

It is not a question directly to Hendrick but to Charlotte and the other nobles that I became friends with.

"They are just fine, my lady. Although they were asking for you sometimes, like when you will come back when I...