When I asked such a question, who said I had lost my memory, it was a natural response.
But the Archduke did not ask me why. He just nodded his head.
"I want to know."
"Your Majesty's life could be in jeopardy, but would you like to know?"
Confusion arose in the dark green eyes as they talked about their lives. Nevertheless, the Archduke answered firmly, as if there was nothing to worry about.
"If you know about Isabelle, you can take anything."
"Then, please write a pledge to keep it a secret."
The Archduke didn't answer right away, as if he was a little perplexed.
He is well aware that he cannot bind the Archduke with an oath that is only a piece of paper.
But even in this way, I wanted to make you feel the weight of this secret.
And I wanted to believe it.
Because Isabel, the jeweler, trusted, and loved so much that I wanted to keep my memories and pass it on to my daughter.
"Oath, let me write it."
The prince's troubles did not last long.
Edwin called Sarah and ordered her to bring her paper and pen.
Moments later, the Archduke wrote and signed an oath to keep it secret, risking his life.
"Can I do this?"
Edwin, who had been handed the oath from the Archduke, looked at it meticulously.
"Trust me for now. Don't forget that Crawford is always watching."
Edwin sent a cold glance to the Archduke.
"It's a promise in my name."
The tone of the tone was strengthened as if it would never be violated.
"Well, you will find out if you watch it."
Despite his sarcastic tone, the Archduke did not express any sympathy. His eyes were only on me.
With eyes mixed with anxiety and anticipation on the one hand.
I made up my mind as I prepared what I was going to say to the Archduke.
"I had the same ring as your majesty, and a man named Isabelle said that I resembled him, so he took control... ... I think it will be money."
"Sure."
"Then my uh... ... Money is probably dead."
In an instant, the archduke's eyes widened greatly.
"Hey, what does that mean? Didn't you say you don't remember?"
"I don't remember. But I don't know that the chances of you being alive are slim."
"Tell me more."
The Archduke leaned his upper body forward and worked.
"First of all, I want you to know that the story I'm going to tell you right now is at stake."
I ate that I had a strong heart, but when I finally revealed my identity, I became nervous.
A feeling of numbness in his fingertips, as he held them together, warmth enveloped them.
It was Edwin.
The strength in the hand that had been holding onto the strong hand was released.
When I looked in front of me with courage, I saw the Archduke staring at me with a firm expression on his face.
I opened my lips calmly.
"I am Jueri."
That one word was enough.
The Archduke understood everything, even the explanations I had not made.
The evidence of that was the trembling green eyes that were not able to widen and contain shock and confusion.
Pain seeped into his face, which was gradually distorted, and his neat eyelashes trembled sadly under his closed eyelids.
He didn't say anything for a long time.
The pain and sorrow that are about to burst out, and the force of the jaw that is tightly shut as if trying to swallow the regrets is only pouring in.
Just watching his pain as if it had transferred to me made my heart ache.
In an instant, the image of his father from his previous life was superimposed on the prince's face.
I was an adopted child. But that fact didn't hurt. It was because he received a lot of love from his parents.
So when my mother died, it seemed like the sky was falling.
Even though I was preparing my heart because I had been battling the disease for a long time, the death of my mother gave both me and my father a great shock and sadness.
After leaving Mom, Dad suffered like the Archduke.
He said he would have lived if he had found the disease a little earlier. The father who blamed himself for everything.
If you've heard of my accident, I'm sure your father will blame himself the same as he did back then.
It's all your fault. It's because he didn't keep it.
It was on my way to meet my father, who was working in a rural area during the summer vacation of high school, so if my father's self-blame was deep, it would never be less.
It is said that there is nothing more heartbreaking than parents putting their children first.
I'm sorry that I left in the first place, but it was so heavy that I had to carry the guilt on my back.
Had I known that was the last time, I would have called rather than texted.
I wish I had told you I love you.
I lowered my head, feeling like my eyes were getting hot.
However, as if it were counterproductive, tears seemed to flow rather than enter.
I didn't know what to do, but I was dragged to somewhere.
Embarrassed for a moment, he relaxed at the familiar body scent and buried his face.
Edwin hugged me tightly without saying a word.
There was silence in the drawing room for a while as both me and the Archduke were trying to control their feelings.
It was the Archduke's voice, which had sank in a low tone, that cut the silence.
"I never thought of it. Isabelle was a different clan."
"I will. At that time, no one would have known about Jueri."
Edwin nodded indifferently.
"You talk like you know it."
"Because they have their home in Crawford Estate. They have been under our family's protection for many years."
"There were a lot of things I didn't know."
I thought that the royal family would know about Jueri well, but he really didn't seem to know anything.
So, how did the emperor find out about Jueri?
How did you find out about your relationship with Crawford?
It felt like something was missing from the puzzle.
"Can you tell me a little bit more? About Jueri."
Edwin explained to the Archduke while exuding a troublesome look.
He seemed to think that it would not be easy to explain because I had no memory.
That didn't tell me everything.
As we discussed earlier, we only selected a few and delivered them.
The fact that Jeueri's home was in the Mujas Desert.
Even the emperor's conquest and the efforts of the previous dukes to protect them.
The Grand Duke, who had listened to the story calmly, hardened his face to the point of being frighteningly cold when the story of the emperor's conquest came out.
"Isabel was also... ... ."
The Archduke gave strength to his hand, which was rolled up to the point where the white bones came out.
"When my father left, there were no survivors. Even if the barbarians had not suddenly attacked me at that time, my father would have been protecting Jueri."
It was a low-pitched voice, but there was anger that had been lingering for a long time.
According to the original story, the emperor secretly instigated the barbarians across the border to invade Crawford's estate.
It was decided that there would be no chance of winning against Crawford in the Jueri conquest, so he diverted his troops to another place.
As soon as the previous duke and the Wolf Knights went out, the emperor dispersed the soldiers he had prepared in advance and entered the West like a stray cat.
It was a secret operation that only the West and Crawford knew.
"Well then, darling... ... How did you survive?"
The Archduke hesitated, not knowing what to call me.
Still, he couldn't hide his affection in his eyes towards me.
It's not that I didn't understand the sentiment, but that gaze was burdensome.
Because it is the attention and affection that Amber should have received, not me.
I couldn't meet those eyes, so I looked down.
I felt sorry for the Archduke, but I still couldn't figure out how to deal with him.
"What do you keep asking? Did you forget that my bride lost her memory?"
"Oh, yes. I'm sorry."
The Grand Duke wiped his face as if trying to calm his impatient mind.
"Then I ask you. If it were you, wouldn't you have investigated it?"
"I couldn't figure out anything. No trace was found."
It was the first time Edwin had mentioned the results of the investigation after he said he would find out about me.
I looked at him in amazement and Edwin patted my head as if to soothe him.
"Not 1 or 2 years, but 15 years. Do you think it's possible to erase your tracks like that?"
Edwin only shrugged his shoulders at the Archduke who asked with a confused expression.
As if he had told the truth.
It was embarrassing for me as well.
As the Archduke had said, it was impossible for a commoner to take a baby and erase his tracks like a hoax.
However, it was impossible for the nobleman to save Jueri while the emperor was chasing with his eyes wide open.
'What? Why don't you have any common sense?'
as well as falling from the sky. There were too many secrets hidden in this body.
"What is important now is not the past. How am I going to protect my bride from now on?"
Edwin tapped the oath signed by the Archduke not to forget.
"Right."
The green eyes that had been young with a complicated mind changed in an instant.
The Archduke pondered for a moment and looked straight at me.
"I know it's going to be very confusing right now. My existence may be a burden to those who have lost their memories."
"... ... ."
"But I don't want to obscure our relationship. Now, if I regret it, I am exhausted."
He took a small breath.
"As I said before, the fact that she was wearing the ring of the covenant I gave to Isabelle... ... It would be a daughter."
It was difficult to say the word 'daughter', but the corners of the Prince's eyes, which had been hard the whole time, were broken in an instant.
"A man who had never even known the existence of my bloodline is now here ah... ... It's funny to say something bad and come out."
As if holding back the rising emotions, strength entered the jaw of the jaw.
"... ... I'm sorry. come to me now I'm sorry. Because I couldn't protect Isabelle. I'm sorry, I left you alone."
In the end, the archduke lowered his head as if collapsed.
Resentment and remorse toward himself were deeply ingrained in the hot breath that was spitting out between his chapped lips.
Even though I'm not Amber, it's heartbreaking.
Without realizing it, I got up and took the Archduke's hand carefully.
Startled, he shook his head.
The corners of his eyes were dry, but to me they looked wet.
"You haven't given up for 17 years, uh... ... Thank you for finding Money. Your mother must have been grateful."
It would be ok to pass this on on behalf of Amber. She must be thinking the same thing.
"no. you would resent me Because I broke my promise. He must have thought he had been abandoned."
The Grand Duke was like that. His mother had a problem and had to return to the Imperial Palace in a hurry.
His mother was the Empress of the Emperor. It would not be a simple incident for the empress to have an affair.
So the Archduke couldn't come back right away.
It was fate, not the Archduke's fault, that caused the empress's misfortune and that Jueri was annihilated.
Still, I couldn't find any words to comfort him.
I couldn't find any resentment towards the Archduke in Isabelle's memory, but how can I know her true intentions with that alone?
But I could be sure of how much I loved Amber. Because I was waiting so long for her to be born.
I opened my mouth carefully.
"I think my mother must have gone to Ambria to protect me. That's why the two of them never met."
In fact, Isabelle realized she was pregnant and returned to Ambria.
If I hadn't been pregnant, I might have waited for the Grand Duke all the time.
"Why did your mother keep this ring? Why did I have this ring?"
The eyes that had wandered here and there, unable to make eye contact with me, became calm and immersed in thought.
"Maybe it was because I wanted to know about your Majesty?"
Had he been resentful, if he had thought he had been abandoned, would he have tried to tell Amber about his father?
I can't say anything about jewelery, so I can't tell you all about Isabelle's memory.
So it was up to the Archduke to find the answer.
I hope he doesn't blame himself any more, and hopefully he gets a little less sick.
I don't want my dad to blame himself for my death either.
Maybe that's why, I was arguing in an unanswered way.
"I do not resent the High Majesty. I know that your Majesty did not abandon my mother and me."
Because I'm not even Amber. Pretending to be Amber and lying.
I don't know what Amber will think, but I want him to be comforted.
"Thank you. Thank you for not giving up and looking for me."
Thank you for being sincere.
Thanks to the Archduke's search for Isabelle to the end, I found out who I was possessed by.
He smiled at the archduke who slowly raised his eyes.
stop hurting now That's enough.
The green eyes that contained only me trembled loudly.
The Archduke, who managed to hold onto the crumbling expression on his face, placed his hand on mine.
The hand that wielded the sword for a long time was rough and dry.
"I will keep it. I will never miss it this time."
As if he had promised himself, and as if he had promised to me, his voice was filled with strength.
"Call me Angelina."
I found out that they are a couple, but I don't think they're always calling them 'handmaiden', so I suggested it first.
Otherwise, the Archduke did not know what to call me and seemed to keep watching.
"... ... okay, ... ... Angelina."
When he smiled to indicate that you did well, the tensed Prince's face softened.