(At the royal family estate, the Bastios Kingdom)
Anastasha folded her hand fan as she listened to the mutters from behind her chair. She stared blankly at the door, sitting at her desk with the sunlight from the window behind her. She then looked at the scroll on her desk as she kept listening to the report.
"You may leave," Anastasha muttered.
A gentle gush of wind blew her hair as the presence behind her chair disappeared. She slowly reached out to the scroll and stood up from her chair to look out at the sea from the window.
"I thought it was a mistake coming all the way here. No, it was a mistake, but this mistake somehow ended up benefiting me in a way," Anastasha smiled softly as she leaned forward and stared out at the sea. "I wish we could see each other again, Count," she glanced at the scroll in her hand.
