51 Unaware.

Inside a rocking carriage, four people are sitting silently facing each other. Jin averted his gaze outside, looking at the scenery of a green plain stretching far and wide.

On the side, Silvia's face stiffened like a statue. Her gaze dropped, cheek tainted with a flush of pink. She nervously curled her fingers on the skirt for being in such close distance to a boy around her age.

Worse, he was her admired person and a person she wanted to know.

In front of the two, Ryan and Marina, their gaze shrank for some reason.

The reason for that is that earlier, when the Duke had decided the issues and sent the two to investigate the cause, Silvia suddenly begged him to participate in this mission, bringing Jin as her guard.

"Um, Lord Midnight, Lady Marina. You must not blame Jin, for all of this was just my selfish wish all along." Silvia's clear voice broke the tension between the two parties as she noticed that his parents kept staring at him.