(From Blue''s Perspective)


    It was not a surprise that Luc knew what I wanted. His and my thinking were the same most of the time.


    I wanted him to teleport and somehow bring the Duke of Ataraxia here or take me there. Since the Duke of Ataraxia was a dark mage, I needed him to try to awaken my power. I had a feeling that he would not be able to awaken my power fully. But I was hoping that he could awaken at least just a bit of my power so I could take werewolf medicines.


    Since the full moon was near, I needed to take pregnancy preventing pills. And moreover, it was not like Dem and I would never do it again.


    "Your husband doesn''t know about it, right?" Luc asked.


    "No," I shook my head. "He only knows that I havee to meet you. But he doesn''t know why. I mean, he won''t let me if he knows. I don''t know what he is nning. I mean, he can''t be nning to never do it again, right?"


    "Judging Demetrius''s character, he is a horny dude even though he might not seem so," Luc muttered under his breath.


    "Pfft...," I burst outughing. "My god..."


    "It''s true, isn''t it? I don''t have to see to know..."


    "... It''s not a lie... Anyway, will you help me?"


    Even without asking him, I knew that he was going to help me. Though he never admitted it, he cared for Demetrius since they were best friends. He would do anything to help him.


    "Then we have to do it as soon as possible," he said.


    "Thank you," I said.


    "You don''t have to thank me. You are my friend. I will do it to help you, not that bastard..."


    "Yeah, yeah..."


    "I can go now."


    "No. Not now. I have to have lunch with Mother. She invited me herself. It''s the first time, so I can''t refuse."


    "What''s wrong with refusing? Just tell her you can''t join her today. It''s no biggy," he shrugged.


    "It is! You don''t understand... You are talking just like Dem," I said. "Anyway, today won''t do. After having lunch with Mother, I have to take a rest. Then I have to join Evelyn''s tea invitation in the afternoon.


    After that, I have to work. And at night, I have a dinner date with Demetrius."


    "Are those even important? The only thing important is the moment when you have to work. Other times, they are just useless.


    "I am free tomorrow," I said, ignoring him. "Tomorrow evening. Dem will go out to investigate Baron Gustav''s weapons smuggling. I cane here at that time. He will be backte or might not evene back that night. So, there won''t be any problem."


    "Alright then. Tomorrow evening it is. Don''t forget the timing," he said.


    "Yeah, I won''t forget. Anyway, what about you and Ruby? What''s the situation between you two now?"


    "I proposed to her. You know about it."


    "Yeah, you wrote me a letter. Ruby told me this as well."


    "She has not given me a reply yet."


    "She will soon, I guess. I mean, she told me that she will."


    "Yeah... What do you think her response will be?" he asked.


    "Who knows? Let''s just wait until she says it herself," I said.


    I actually knew what her answer would be. It was pretty clear. But I decided not to tell him that. He seriously seemed like he had no idea what she would say. It was better if he heard the result directly from her.


    After chatting a bit more with Luc about insignificant things, we returned to the pce again. Ava seemed to like Sapphire a lot. She had been smiling a lot at Sapphire.


    "You know, you cane to my room to meet her at any time," I said.


    "But Uncle Dem said it''s not okay to get inside a couple''s bedroom," she replied innocently.


    "Eh?"


    "I don''t know why Uncle Dem said it. But he did. Mother said Uncle Dem and you are the only couple who needed the most privacy and then sheughed. I don''t understand... Do Blue and Uncle Dem do something in secret that others can''t see?"


    "Pfft... oh my god!" Perita startedughing, shaking furiously.


    "Um... It''s... We..."


    I waspletely taken aback. Kids'' innocence was truly a dangerous thing. It was a fortunate thing that she said it only in front of me. What if others were near and heard it? I would not be able to show my face to others again.


    "Is it something I cannot know?" she asked sulkily.


    "Actually, we rx... Yeah, we rx. Couples like to rx together and talk among themselves. It''s something that no one else can hear. That''s why they need privacy. It''s the same reason your uncle and I need privacy," I said, feeling a bit proud foring up with something.


    "Only to talk?"


    "Yes, among other things... Anyway, is Sapphire still sleeping?"


    "Yes. You can take her now," she said. Thankfully, she took the bait and I finally managed to change the subject.


    After Ava left, I took my dress off quickly and went to take a quick shower. Even though my body was not, my face was sweaty. Because of the temperature-shifting clothing, I did not get sweaty and felt much heat. But my face and arms were burning.


    I told Ruby to go out. I wanted some privacy. Sometimes, it felt great to be by myself and enjoy some free time.


    As I stood under the water, many thoughts came back to me just like always. Was Mother really the one who did it all? But why would he go against his own son and mess with his mind? It was not like he was not her real son. Demetrius told me clearly that it was not the case and she was her biological mother. They always had a bad rtionship, but it was not to the point that she would harm her own son.


    She was notpletely okay. She had a belief that her husband was a loving person and they were so in love with each other. But it was not the case. Dem told me that she and his father did not have a good rtionship since his father forced her to marry him. Why would someone be happy in a forced rtionship especially when they did not match at all?


    "Haa, my mind is a mess... Mother would not do it, would she? Should I try to ask her something during lunch?" I muttered to myself.


    Even if Mother did it, she did a great job hiding it. No one ever suspected her. She had always been out of the list until I found the nk page of the book Dem gave me and then somehow unveiled the book''s secret. That was the moment I found out that the female werewolves with ck eyes who did not have any special power could absorb a dark mage''s power by killing them.


    She came into our suspicion list after that.


    Actually, after that time, I was a bit afraid to be with Mother alone. It was not like this before. Before when I did not know about any of those things and my life was much easier, I was veryfortable with Mother. We could talk for hours. I quite liked her actually, mostly because she was the first person to show me motherly love. I did not feel any kind of danger when I was with her.


    So, I wished so bad that she was not the person who was behind it.


    We did not have any proof or anything. So, we could not do anything about it as well even though we suspected her.


    Dem knew that I was going to have lunch with Mother. He was not that worried because it was in the main pce and no one could do anything to me here.


    Though only the king and queen shared the main pce usually, Mother also lived with us here. Evelyn came to the main pce whenever she was staying here as well. It was mostly because no one ever had a proper conversation about the fact that they were supposed to live in separate pces. No one just cared.


    It showed clearly how much distance they had between themselves.