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The focus shifts to Valar and Mehen. Their relationship is complicated but close. They joke with each other, but beneath that is serious tension. Valar talks about how he cannot love normally and questions whether his feelings for Arel are love or just attachment because she reminds him of his lost sister. Mehen challenges him but cannot fully answer. It becomes clear that Arel is extremely important to Valar rather more than revenge, power, or anything else. Valar even says that he would go to extreme lengths, possibly even war, to protect her. Despite acting cold and unstable, he shows moments of weakness and relies heavily on Mehen, who stays by his side even though he finds Valar difficult. Then the story moves to Arel, she decides to reset her life goals. Her first goal is to become healthy because she knows her illness is serious. Since she has knowledge of the future from the novel she read, she believes there might be a way to cure herself. Her second goal is to protect Halbern in case she dies. She believes that as long as Mehen stays, Halbern will be safe, so she makes him promise not to leave. Her final goal is to enjoy her life and create happy memories with the people around her.
✕Arel also spends time playing music every day, which becomes a special event in the mansion. Everyone gathers to listen, and her performances bring joy to others. One day, the twins Ciel and Noel come to talk to her. Ciel suggests that Arel perform in a grand public hall, believing her music is too amazing to keep hidden. However, Arel refuses because her weak stamina makes it difficult. Noel disagrees with Ciel, but for a different reason because he wants Arel’s music to remain something special that only a few people can hear. This leads to an argument between the twins, something that has never happened before. They both turn to Arel and ask her to choose between them, leaving her confused and unsure of what to say. Arel wanted the twins to help her with one of her plans, but before she could even explain it, they suddenly started arguing. They both blamed each other for the problem. Arel was shocked because the twins had never fought before, not even in the original story she knew. She asked Pession what to do, but he simply told her to leave them alone and spend time with him instead. The twins stayed angry for several days, and everyone at the Sperom family mansion was surprised. Ciel and Noel always worked perfectly together, but now they ignored each other and made life difficult for everyone around them. The servants became so desperate that they decided only one person could fix the situation and that was Arel herself.
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