‘Anyway, everyone should take the route of living warmly for a long, long time. Preserving my life is natural……’

She moved her steps again while thinking of the conditions she would propose to Felix when making the contract.

“Marina, have a good trip!”

The baroness kept sending encouragement to the back of her head as she left the house, saying she must do well and have a good trip.

Normally, she would have responded half-heartedly with a sad heart. But today was an important day when she would make a deal with Felix, so she felt grateful for that greeting.

“Yes, I’ll be back, Mother.”

She smiled brightly at her family and followed Kale out to the yard.

“Please get in first.”

Kale, standing in front of the carriage, politely escorted her.

“Oh…… yes. Thank you.”

She got into the carriage with Kale’s help. She, who had been bewildered by the busy preparations, could regain her composure only after sitting in the carriage.

‘Ah, right. Why did he call me in such a clingy way?!’

Though it was a belated reaction, she shot at Kale who sat facing her.

“Do we have to go this far? Wouldn’t one letter solve it simply?”

“Hmm…… are you talking about His Highness Felix’s cunning behavior of wanting to see his lover?”

“Yes, I got goosebumps!”

She complained while rubbing her arms with both hands as if something had really risen on her skin. Kale replied with a natural face.

“The acting must be perfect, lady. His Highness desires it too.”

“Tsk……”

‘He was making a displeased expression himself……’

She snorted while recalling Kale who had been conveying Felix’s words with an unpleasant expression. Regardless, Kale added to her with a serious face.

“Actually, a serious situation has occurred, so we had no choice. Please understand.”

At Kale’s low-profile reaction, she blinked her eyes. Wasn’t she just going to write a contract?

“A serious situation……”

“Well……”

Kale made a troubled expression and couldn’t easily continue his words.

“Is there a reason you can’t explain in advance? If it’s something that requires taking me, it’s something I’ll soon know anyway.”

“Ah! It’s not as serious a situation as the Founding Day banquet. Just aftereffects……”

“Aftereffects……”

“Since then, His Highness hasn’t been able to easily recover his body.”

She was relieved at Kale’s words, but only briefly. What kind of medicine did he take to have aftereffects?

‘It must have been that fatal a medicine?’

Come to think of it, Kale’s face looked particularly gaunt compared to yesterday. It seemed Felix was suffering quite a bit.

‘Aftereffects added to the sun power……?’

She recalled when she had contact with Felix. Even though she had stopped his rampage at the ball, his body was still hot like a fireball. Unconsciously, worry for Felix popped out.

“Does he often have difficulty because of the sun power in normal times as well?”

At my question, Kale hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head.

“It would be difficult to keep it secret in a situation where you’ve already decided to make a contract. Yes, that’s right. But he doesn’t suffer as much as he does now, so it seems like this time it had long-lasting aftereffects.”

“Ah……”

“Currently, only you…… can uniquely help His Highness.”

Kale was genuinely worried about Felix. He continued speaking with difficulty, hoping that she would seriously help Felix.

‘I’m the only one……’

At Kale’s words, the content of the original work suddenly came to mind. The Solium Empire, which had won conquest wars with the power of the sun, had one weakness.

‘The sun power was sometimes unstable.’

It was a powerful yet mysterious force. Not letting enemy countries discover the weakness of that power was the nation’s destiny. Therefore, only a very few people knew about Felix’s condition.

At this moment, a thought suddenly occurred to her.

‘I’ll have to make a contract anyway…… how about using my power to protect Felix and help him ascend to the throne.’

She hadn’t made contact with Kervic yet.

‘If I help Felix’s succession to the throne, wouldn’t I be able to live long?’

“Miss, your ability to control the sun power…… have you ever shared it with other people?”

While she was lost in thought, Kale broke the silence and asked.

Having plotted a way to survive in that short time, she judged that she needed to make a good impression. Wetting her lips briefly to choose an appropriate answer, she recalled a part briefly mentioned in the original work.

“Actually…… when I was young, I naturally came to know that I had a special power.”

“What do you mean by special power? What does that mean?”

“Without realizing it, I would freeze water glasses or make dry floors damp. Because of this power.”

Marina’s power was easy to explain. However, she had no choice but to lie about the following question.

“Can’t you use it freely?”

“No! Not at all. This, it’s not something I can easily handle at will.”

The transmigrated her couldn’t properly use the water power.

‘I tried to use the power when I was alone at the mansion just in case……’

She couldn’t even get a sense of what or how to use the water power. It was a miracle that she had been able to calm Felix’s power.

“I see…… We’ll need to learn more about what kind of power you possess. Anyway, thank you for helping His Highness who is suffering.”

“Ah, no. Since you’re giving sufficient compensation, I should work hard!”

When she showed her clenched fist, Kale blinked at her active appearance, unlike before.

‘Haha…… I answered like a slave without realizing it.’

She quietly lowered her fist and leaned back against the carriage.

‘Right. Today let’s just hold hands briefly, examine the contract carefully, and go home.’

She leisurely looked out the window while thinking about finishing work and returning home. Not knowing what situation would unfold.

⁕⁕⁕

When they arrived at the palace where Felix stayed, an unusual atmosphere could be felt. Guards were protecting the palace with fierce expressions.

“I’ll guide you.”

Kale got out of the carriage first and then escorted her. The guards who had been creating a stern atmosphere welcomed him with bright faces as soon as they saw him.

“Have you come, aide? We’ve been waiting for quite a while!”

“Hmm. Were you guarding well?”

“Yes, of course. We’ve been guarding well so no one could get near His Highness Felix.”

Soon the guards’ eyes sparkled as they looked at her who had followed behind Kale.

“The secret plan to lift His Highness Felix’s low mood…… could it be?”

‘Huh? What does that mean?’

Kale whispered low to her who made a puzzled expression at the guard’s words.

“Didn’t I tell you that His Highness is currently in a very un.plea.sant.mood. He’s dismissed all attendants and is alone.”

“Yes? Ah, yes……”

‘He lied to hide from the palace people that he can’t control the sun power.’

Not only the guards, but everyone serving Felix in the palace seemed to think that his personality was just a bit sensitive.

‘And he made it seem like I’m the one who calms that pickiness, right?’

Guided by Kale into the separate palace where Felix resided, she couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows. Because the inside of the separate palace was as quiet as a mouse.

“We’ve taken measures so no one can go to His Highness’s room without His Highness’s command.”

“While making excuses that everything is because of His Highness’s sensitive personality?”

“It’s not making excuses. He’s actually quite sensitive.”

At Kale’s attitude of shrugging his shoulders while speaking, she let out a “pfft” laugh.

‘Haha…… right. Sensitive and persistent and threatening too……’

She moved her steps while recalling the circumstances that led to the contract. From the corridor where his room was located, intense heat was transmitted. And…… following Kale to the front of Felix’s room, she couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Please go in.”

“Uh…… alone?”

“Yes. As I mentioned, I have to guard this floor so other people can’t get close to His Highness’s room.”

With those words, Kale left. She swept her parched lips with her hand and entered Felix’s room.

“Your, Your Highness……?”

“……Hrng.”

Instead of an answer, Felix’s low moan was heard.

— Click click

‘The temperature inside the room is really no joke.’

She carefully closed the door and quietly walked to the bed in the middle of the room.

“Huh?”

On the bed lay Felix, sweating coldly and suffering in pain. He wasn’t even wearing a top, as if he couldn’t bear the heat.

Thanks to this, she could see with her eyes his scars that she had read about in the original work. The traces of him suffering with both arms tied by himself after entering a secret room to suppress the sun power.

‘In just one night, his power became this unstable…… and these wounds!’

New wounds on his wrists caught her eye. He must have called her because enduring it in the secret room alone wasn’t enough.

“Um…… Your Highness, I’ve arrived.”

“……”

Felix still didn’t answer. He even seemed to be gradually losing consciousness.

‘This won’t do!’

Surprised by the heat surging from his body and his wounds, she immediately placed her hand on his arm without considering the consequences. The intense power felt through her fingertips pulled her in.

‘The sun power……’

The heat that crept up through her fingertips was calling her with strong force. Then she felt something inside her rippling and responding to that call. She could feel with her body that his sun power and her water power were pulling each other.

‘I want to feel more.’