DID YOU OBTAIN THE TRUTH YOU DESIRED, YOUR GRACE?
YES...
I DID.
ONE LAST QUESTION. DID YOU...?!
DID YOU...
...APPEAR BEFORE ME TO KILL ME?
ARE YOU DEAF, GRAND DUKE?
I TOLD YOU, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR KNIGHTS, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!
LOOK HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOKE UP ON THAT BEACH.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M IN THIS EMPIRE TO BEGIN WITH...
JUST AS YOU SAID, MAYBE I DID COME HERE TO KILL YOU.
OF COURSE,
AFTER ALL, WE WERE MEANT TO KILL EACH OTHER.
BUT...
SURE, EVEN WITH THIS FRAIL BODY, I COULD PROBABLY HARM YOU.
HOWEVER, I WON'T.
AT LEAST NOT RIGHT NOW.
I...
JUST WANT TO LIVE.
HEY, GRAND DUKE.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME A GRACE PERIOD?
TWO YEARS.
JUST WAIT AND SEE FOR TWO YEARS.
WHO KNOWS?
WHAT KIND OF PERSON I'LL BECOME IN TWO YEARS.
SO...
GRARAND DUUUUKE...
FOR NOW...
TRY SAVING MY... LIFE INSTEAD...
SHE BEGGED FOR HER LIFE EVEN AS SHE LOST CONSCIOUS- NESS.
FOR NOW, I'VE DECIDED I WANT TO KEEP HER CLOSE AND WATCH HER.
SO START BY DRAFTING AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
WAIT, BUT YOUR GRACE...
ONE MUST KEEP SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE CLOSE.
...UNDERSTOOD.
FOR NOW... TRY SAVING MY LIFE INSTEAD...
IT IS PECULIAR.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD THAT TONE OF VOICE SOMEWHERE BEFORE...
PLEASE SAVE ME.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
FROM NOW ON, YOUR NAME IS SIA.
IT MEANS SHADOW.
AND I AM SERHIN TENASIS.
I AM THE HEIR TO THE THRONE OF THE TENASIS EMPIRE. I WILL STAY WITH YOU FROM NOW ON.
SO,
FOREVER,
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
ALWAYS STAY BY MY SIDE AS MY SHADOW.
MY SIA.
OF ALL THE DREAMS TO HAVE...
ARE YOU AWAKE ALREADY?
WHAT'S WRONG? IS YOUR LIE WEIGHING ON YOUR CONSCIENCE?
~CHAOS FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES~
UGH... THAT WAS...
I DON'T KNOW WHY HIS GRACE IS TAKING YOU IN.
ONE SHOULDN'T BRING IN SOMEONE WHOSE INTENTIONS ARE UNKNOWN...
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK AS WELL...
WAIT, TAKING ME IN?
YES, AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE STANDING UP YET, SO STAY SEATED.
I THOUGHT SHE WOULDN'T WAKE UP UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING, BUT SHE'S AWAKE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
SUSPICIOUS INDEED...
DON'T PRETEND TO BE WORRIED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT...?
HOW COULD I NOT BE WORRIED?
I, NORBERT MILLARD, AS A RETAINER, PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF HIS HIGHNESS
AND THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE ABOVE ALL ELSE.
SO I MUST TEST YOU.
YOU SAID YOU LOST ALL YOUR MEMORIES,
BUT YOUR ANSWERS AFTER DRINKING THE TRUTH SERUM SAID OTHERWISE.
... BUT, IT'S TRUE THAT I LOST MY MEMORIES.
THEN WHAT ARE THE MEMORIES YOU HAVEN'T LOST?
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING. IT WOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO GET MORE TRUTH SERUM AND MAKE YOU DRINK IT AGAIN.
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
GIVING HIM AT LEAST ONE TRUTH HERE WILL AROUSE LESS SUSPICION.
...ACTUALLY, THERE'S JUST ONE THING I REMEMBER.
FREYA.
MY NAME IS FREYA.
I DON'T DISLIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS A HASSLE.
The Grand Duke asks the woman if she appeared before him to kill him. The woman cannot explain waking up on the beach and being in this empire; she perhaps admits she may have come to kill him, but says that with her frail body she wants to live for now. She asks for a two-year period of tolerance and for him to save her life. As she loses consciousness, the Grand Duke decides to keep the pleading woman close and watch her, ordering an employment contract to be prepared. The awakened woman is questioned by retainer Norbert Millard about the truth serum and memory loss, and says the only thing she remembers is that her name is Freya.
