“Now, this child will be staying with you from today.”

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Even though she was covered with dirt and her hair was messy, she’s still pretty like a doll.

 

“Hey, greet them!”

 

When the director, a middle-aged man with a large build, spoke, the child flinched and shrugged in fright, and sniffed, then she greeted in a loud voice.

 

“Ah, hello… I am Dana!”

 

(T/N❥ Her name is Diana but since she’s still young she can only pronounce it as ‘Dana’.)

 

After greeting, unlike other children in the nursery, the child raised its plump arms and waved her hands like maple leaves swaying in the wind.

 

It was the same situation just like my memories of the past without an inch of error.

 

‘Am I dreaming?’

 

No, it’s not a dream…

 

With my lips wide open and eyes twitching, I shook my confusing thoughts.

 

Haven’t I been struggling with hunger all day, desperately feeling that this wasn’t a dream?

 

I stood frozen in thought at the undeniable reality.

 

‘…Was that today?’

 

The first day I returned after my death in the Duke of Elrad was the day Diana, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Elrad, entered the Tessar orphanage.

 

It’s hard to even accept the fact that I returned to my childhood, but I’m utterly perturbed because Diana was right in front of me.

 

As I was about to close my eyes and think deeply to somehow try to understand this situation, there was a whimper somewhere.

 

“Hoo, snif.”**sob**

 

At the sound of little sobs, my eyes widened, lowering my gaze to find the source of the cry.

 

Immediately, my eyes met the clear blue eyes of the child clutching the hem of her sleeve.

 

“Ah…”

 

I was also embarrassed for a moment when I saw her eyes moist with tears.

 

Unknowingly, I stared blankly at the child’s eyes.

 

Then, as if natural, a man with the same color as her eyes… A man with eyes as cold as ice, came to mind.

 

And the moment I met my death.

 

 

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The day before, in the headquarters of the information guild ‘Terencium’.

 

After taking a deep breath, I climbed up a few steps and pushed open the huge closed door.

 

Then instantly paused and froze at the spot.

 

‘Whatㅡ, what?!’

 

The guild executives, who were sitting at the round table, turned their heads all at once as if woven together like they had planned it and stared at me.

 

Belatedly I realized something.
I was wondering why everyone had gathered here for a meeting.

 

‘It’s the day when the full moon rises.’

 

At this time of the year, the guild’s executives, including the master, were especially busy and away for a while.

 

As I’m not close to my colleagues except for the executives, it’s a moment that felt like being isolated on a remote island.

 

“Lia, couldn’t you see the sign in front of the door?” Then the Master asked.

 

Unlike the senior executives, sitting at the upper seats, he only looked like twenty-six years old.

 

‘But I don’t know exactly how old he is.’

 

This mysterious man, who’s the head of the information guild that collects all kinds of information, had no information known to anyone, and he’s my boss.

 

Master sighed as he ruffled, sweeping through his black hair.

 

“I told you to check that first when entering this room.”

 

“I’m sorry, I forgot because I was in a hurry.”

 

When I answered awkwardly avoiding the master’s red eyes looking at me, I smiled and shook my head.

 

Then the executives around him rushed in and spoke.

 

“Master, are you going to just laugh at it? It goes that far every time, and you always fall for it so Lia can’t break her habit.”

 

“Yes.
Besides, it’s unbelievable that you even go as far as putting a sign in front of the door because of Lia.
Won’t it be better to just teach her to knock?”

 

“Knocking or not, who in the first place would open the Master’s office like that? I almost thought that this was Lia’s room for a moment.”

 

“Master, you’re too soft when it comes to Lia.”

 

The executives complained mischievously, but they were all mocking me simultaneously.

 

‘What do they mean soft? Where exactly? The master ignores me so much!’

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It was when I was grumbling inside that Master spoke.

 

“Everyone, be quiet.”

 

Suddenly, I was bewildered at the Master’s reaction as if weighing something.

 

Why are you going to take my side?

 

“Was Lia a child who would listen to your teachings such as courtesy?”

 

“…”

 

I’m an idiot for having expectations.

 

From the master to the guild executives as a group, they were treating me like a fool.

 

‘Do you still think I’m a 10-year-old bum walking around the streets?’

 

Since then, my face, which boasted to be the most competent person in this guild, has been frowned upon.

 

Besides, one of the best skills I have was ‘Hiding my Presence’, so I knew how to ‘knock‘ when entering a room!

 

In fact, it’s because I was in a hurry, but I wouldn’t forget about knocking first if I made up my mind.

 

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