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forbidden to leave the house, but they do not appear to have been harmed in any way.

“I hope so, but I am concerned.”

Mariabelle continued onward, her feet quickening.

Her mother, Christina, and her brother, Julian, were in the mansion.

Until she was sure that they were safe, she would not feel at ease.

After walking for a while, a steep staircase appeared.

She boldly pulled up her dress and began to climb the stairs.

Each time she took a step up, her white ankles came into view, and Renato, who was right behind her, stopped in a panic.

“Turn around and step back!”

Renato's voice sounded impatient, and the guards, who had been walking single file, pushed each other backward.

He heard Carlo swearing at the tail end of the line.

Meanwhile, Mariabelle arrived at the door at the top of the stairs.

Then she operated the lever next to the door.

After taking a breath, Mariabelle slowly opened the door and peeked through the gap.

The office was lit and there seemed to be someone inside.

As Mariabelle kept her breath under control, she heard a man's voice ask in a low voice, “Mariabelle?”

When she did not answer, the voice came again, “I'm the only one here.”

At the voice, Mariabelle opened the door a little more and looked inside the room.

Suddenly moving from the dark to the light, it was too bright to clearly see what was going on inside.

Still squinting her eyes, she heard the sound of someone coming and the door opened from the other side.

He hugged her tightly.

“Mariabelle!”

The person who hugged her was her older brother Julian, who had been gently watching over her ever since she returned to the estate.

“Big brother!”

“Have you come through the hidden passageway…? Are you alone?”

“No.
I am with His Highness Renato.”

“Of the Empire?”

As if on cue from Mariabelle, Renato slowly entered the room.

He had black hair and eyes as blue as the sea.

Julian understood that this was indeed the Crown Prince of the Empire.

Julian immediately knelt down, but Renato stopped him.

“I would rather call you my brother-in-law.”

To the casually speaking imperial prince, Julian asked Mariabelle to explain what this meant.