Comment by Introvert on Introvert

Vinter tries to deny knowing what she's talking about and asks her to come back tomorrow as it's too late. She asks how much must he disappoint her. He seen how much she suffered in that town and despite knowing she was the duke's lost daughter, he still left her alone. Vinter remembers his sin of turning away. For Penelope, who would be sad if Yvonne returned, he didn't say anything. Yvonne continues to tell him how she nearly died when the monsters attacked and the cut on her forehead hurt so bad. But what really hurt the most was how the Marquis distanced himself from her. She asks why he hasn't come to do volunteer work since. Vinter remembers that after they returned from Soleil and he took Penelope home, purple roses bloomed in his unconscious space. Without knowing the reason for why the flowers bloomed, he only watched Yvonne from afar and never met her again. Yvonne says she recognized him right away at Penelope's coming of age ceremony but he accused her of being a killer, she wonders aloud how he can be so cruel and begins to cry.

Vinter closes his eyes remembering there was a time he used to want to listen to whatever she said when he saw her blue eyes full of tears. But at some point it was replaced with dry turquoise eyes. Eyes that were resigned to the knowledge that no one would believe them (i.e. Penelope). Vinter opened his eyes and replied coldly that it was probably not monsters that hurt her but the magic of Penelope that day on Soleil. He points out the monster who supposedly attacked her normally leaves large legions with lots of bleeding but she was only a bit bruised with a cut on her forehead. As if she was hurt by something falling. That day on Soleil island, Penelope's wide area attack caused the cave to collapse so it was due to the fallen rubble.