Beast of the Frozen Night Chapter 76.2

After a while, there was a little girl following the chief handmaid. Behind her, an unfamiliar woman and man bowed their heads.

The man who patted the woman’s shoulder once, who was trying to hold back tears. He took off his hat, buried it on his chest, and lowered his head.

Anne stared at the man and woman’s faces for a moment, but then she remembered who they were. Her gaze moved to the little girl standing quietly between the husband and wife.

“If I remember correctly, you are… the Tahore villagers. Is this child another child?”

“This is my daughter whom the Grand Duchess tried to save before.”

“But the child…”

Hadn’t the child ended up losing her life?

Anne had been swept away by the landslide, so she had assumed that she could not have saved the child, who was in the house. Afterwards, she had wanted to ask around, but she couldn’t bear it in the end. She feared that if she heard it with her ears, she would feel even worse.

“No. At that time, at the place where the Grand Duchess was swept away, His Grace saved my daughter as well. We were late, but after hearing that you have been blessed with a child, we just wanted to thank you.”

“His Grace saved her?”

Anne doubted her ears. She knew that the Grand Duke took great care of the people of the territory, but he never thought that he was the type to personally rescue a child.

“Yes. You worked hard for people like us, but I couldn’t see you for a while because I was ashamed to hear that something big happened to you. I came to thank you before it is too late.”

The couple patted the girl on the head as well, telling her to thank the Grand Duchess.

Blinking her big eyes, the girl held out to the flower she had been holding the whole time to Anne. It wasn’t bought at a store nor was it packaged beautifully, it was roughly plucked from a field.

When Anne stared blankly at what was in the girl’s small hands, the woman bowed her head apologetically.

“I heard that Madam liked flowers so much that His Grace held a flower festival for you. The child insisted on bringing a flower that she picked herself… The child was waiting for the day when she could visit Your Grace. Oh, if you don’t like it, you can throw it away.”

“No. Thank you.”

Anne kindly accepted the flower held in the child’s small, dainty hands.

“I hope you have a healthy and safe delivery. Because this will be the heir to this castle.”

The innocent couple thanked Anne for a long time, then left.

Anne stared blankly as the lifeless white petals dried up. Even in the midst of it slowly withering, the shape of the flower did not collapse.

“It is said that there are many residents celebrating the Madam’s pregnancy. So even if it is hard, you have to be extra careful with your body so that you can repay them for their hard work.”

Then came Mrs. Wald’s voice, who still remained by Anne’s side. She added that she, too, had been concerned about the Grand Duchess’ health over the last few months.

“What did I do for them to like me?”

“Madam came and revitalized the Grand Duke’s castle. The Northern Territory too.”

Mrs. Wald added that the presence of the Grand Duchess invigorated the quiet place that had been surrounded by secrecy.

With Anne’s arrival and the Grand Duke opening the castle, people began to come in and out. Large and small events were held, so it finally looked like a place where people lived. The employee’s complexion was different from before.

Perhaps the warmer weather that coincided with it played a part, but there were far more people who attributed it to her.

It’s because of me…

Contrary to Anne’s idea that they would not like the cold Grand Duchess, the resident and the employees liked her. There were rumors that she had saved lowly commoners, and that she worked hard in person.

For those who did not know that Anne had a propensity to value the noble moral responsibility, that was the most plausible evaluation of the Grand Duchess.

There were even rumors that this city, which had been covered in a particularly gloomy atmosphere in winter, may be different this winter when the child is born in the Grand Duke’s castle.

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Certainly, after word came out that the Grand Duchess was pregnant, everyone wanted to do something more for her. Even the cold-hearted handmaids soon began to answer her nicely.

It was more than welcome for the people who had been like hard wooden dolls without emotion becoming normal, but Anne was not happy with those eyes.

I’m leaving this place.

The more they loved Anne, the heavier her heart was. She was full of thoughts of leaving this place after giving birth. She should not become attached to this place and get her feet tied.

Even after that, Mrs. Wald smiled kindly, saying that her masters were the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess. The words from the strict woman made Anne feel strange.

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