Dear Eddert

Year 178 of the Imperial Calendar

The third winter since Christian’s reign

Sernotti Estate, Hawk Tower.

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Looking at the unfamiliar stone ceiling, Hyemi blinked for a moment. As soon as she came to her senses, what had happened to her was summed up briefly in her mind.

After she jumped up, she bowed her head and looked at her body first. Fortunately, she wasn’t naked. She could easily guess who gave her the white tunic.

“Are you up?”

Walter, who had suddenly appeared at Hyemi’s house and slept with her, asked lowly. Instead of answering, she glanced at the people who lined up behind him. Last night wasn’t a dream. It was hard to believe, but it seemed certain that she did move through dimensions.

If so, where the hell is this?

The number of those who lined up in groups of five was a little less than twenty. Regardless of gender or appearance, their sharp gazes, who had a strangely similar atmosphere, were all directed towards Hyemi, who had just woken up.

“Are you… really Eden?”

Among those who could not speak easily, a slender man standing next to Walter broke the silence and opened his mouth. He was a very handsome man with gray-blonde hair, but his eyes were cold. He was probably the oldest of the group, exuding an atmosphere that was not easily approachable.

“Can’t you see with your own eyes?”

“Walter, I asked Eden.”

Walter took a step closer to the gray-haired man who was raising his eyebrows.

“It’s not too late to check later, Cedric. For now, it is important to move Eden to a safe place.”

The gray haired man called Cedric gave Hyemi a cold look again.

“Eden, how are you feeling?”

Eden.

Both Benedict and Walter called her by the same name. The gazes of those lining up and watching her was as cold as a blade. It’s like being a sample in a laboratory.

She had a foreboding that something bad was going to happen if she spoke the wrong words here. Hyemi opened her mouth as naturally as possible as she swept her soft neck.

“It’s not bad. I’m in good condition.”

The moment she answered, the twenty pairs of eyes narrowed in an instant and looked at her and Cedric alternately. To put it a little exaggeratedly, the sound of the eyeballs spinning was audible.

… what did she do wrong?

Feeling the tension flowing through the room in an instant, Hyemi swallowed a gulp. She smiled vaguely, remembering the old saying that people won’t spit on a smiling face.

“Except for the fact that I can’t remember what happened…Everything is fine.”

Cedric’s gray eyebrows gathered between his forehead and twitched. It was just a bad sign.

“Is this Eden?”

The cold voice grew even colder. When the man’s hostility was felt in her body, Hyemi panicked.

“That… what I mean… .”

“Cedric. Eden is in a confused state right now… !”

It was when Walter took a step forward instead of the stuttering Hyemi that was unable to answer properly.

Swish.

Cedric’s sword cut through the air without a sound. From drawing the sword to swinging it, the attack occurred in the blink of an eye.

“… Cedric!”

A white goose feather flew over Walter’s head, who shouted wildly. The long sword that had cut the pillow in Eden’s place in half made a soft scratching sound and disappeared into the sheath. Cedric muttered to himself lowly.

“I guess it’s the same person.”

Hyemi widened her eyes and looked down at her feet, gasping for breath.

Nonsense.

Her body reacted spontaneously. Away from the bed, she jumped out to the small window just below the high ceiling. It’s like flying without seeing it with her own eyes.

Unless the human body was a spring, it was impossible to leap beyond her height. There weren’t many things she was good at from the beginning, but she could say that sports weren’t the absolute best.