#14. To Her Hometown (1)

The West Wing of the Townhouse.

Ever since House Béarn’s townhouse was built on the outskirts of Lutes, the capital, the great estate’s west wing had always been reserved for those who bore the Béarn name.

That space, furnished more elegantly and in a more old-fashioned style than any other residence in the capital, was simply left empty whenever no member of House Béarn was staying in the townhouse. It had never been granted to anyone with another name.

At least, that was how things had been until recently.

The second floor of the west wing.

Opposite Eleonore’s bedroom, at the center of the long corridor.

The room of Eugenie Roelcelar, maid to Eleonore, the youngest daughter of House Béarn, was right next door to her young lady’s.

No matter how closely a maid served her lady, the townhouse’s tradition had always been that she stay in the east wing, not the west.

Ever since the townhouse was first built, that tradition had endured for ages, unbroken to this day.

But thanks to Eleonore, who had barely returned from the brink of death, that venerable tradition had finally been broken...