My master. My heart. My blood. You’re my everything in this world.0

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I heard water dripping, slowly, very slowly, as if suspended in time for all eternity. For a brief moment, the sound of water droplets hitting the ground echoed, and the gravity became weaker as time slowed down around me.0

I looked up. Only then did I realize that I had been keeping my head down all along. For how long had I been doing this? A few seconds? More? I didn’t know.0

[Warning.]0

[The ego of the subject under the Skill penalty is unstable.]0

Groaning, I reflexively pressed a palm to my forehead. My head hurt a lot. It felt like I wanted to vomit but couldn’t, so the sensation just shot up straight into my brain.0

“River Eternal? A-Are you okay?”0

A soft voice was calling out to me. With some difficulty, I managed to open my eyes and glance around. A girl with hair as white as snow was looking at me with worry. It should have been my first time seeing her, but her title easily popped up in my mind.0

“Yes, I’m fine... Marchioness.”0

Marchioness Snowhite Rabbit turned sixteen this year. Due to the sudden death of the previous marquis, an overly heavy mantle had been placed on the shoulders of the young marchioness. 0

According to rumors from the family, there were talks of taking away her title. If Viscountess Amethyst hadn’t...0