Red Moon [4]

Ever since that day, Margaret Illenia had one lingering question.

How did Vanitas Astrea find her?

She had been hiding in a secluded forest. A place even the common citizens of Illenia struggled to navigate. 

And yet, an eight-year-old boy—a foreigner, a mere visitor—found her, saved her, and guided her to the refugees.

It was as if he already knew his way around Illenia.

And yet, she never dared to ask.

When they reunited after ten years, the boy she remembered didn't seem to recall her at all.

——You are?

Those were his words that day. The bright, lively boy she once knew had become someone sunken and cold.

But yesterday, he had called her something different.

——Princess Illenia.

It wasn't a secret that she was once a princess. But it wasn't something of great importance either.

Yet coming from Vanitas, those words carried weight.

Could it be…?