Duke of Freau

The girls walked around the garden, admiring the various sights.

It was a beautifully designed forest, teeming with small critters and birds flitting about, with odd statues and sculptures scattered here and there.

Large trees clustered in certain areas, creating unique scenes among them. Wooden sculptures of people engaged in various activities stood between the trunks, as if frozen in time.

"Look, I'm falling, catch me!" Ley pretended to fall into the arms of one of the wooden sculptures, laughing loudly.

Xia approached a sculpture posed as if dancing and grabbed its arms, pretending to waltz. "My first dance, and with such a lovely partner." She swayed playfully, laughing, but her eyes kept flickering toward Yur.

No matter what, he never seemed to smile.

He wasn't gloomy, just exceptionally calm—so unaffected that it almost felt unnatural. If anything, he looked bored.