Chapter 21: Speculation

Seeing Arthur’s demeanor and expression—looking completely nonchalant as if nothing were amiss—Evelyn smiled out of sheer exasperation rather than anger: "Those letters were meticulously stored away by the General inside a golden-silk Phoebe nanmu box, placed right in the de

Chapter 22: Hot Spring

Arthur straightened abruptly. “It’s clean now. You can use it.”

Evelyn snapped back to her senses and quickly looked away.

“Thank you for your trouble, General. Then… I won’t stand on ceremony.”

She rose, signaling for him to move aside.

Arthur pulled the wooden valve and

Chapter 23: Intentional

"At such a late hour, why is Father calling us over?" Evelyn grew nervous, her sleepiness completely frightened away as she asked anxiously, "Could he have discovered that we are sleeping in separate beds?"

Arthur rose to his feet, analyzing the situation while putting on h