"Good day, Your Grace."
A Holy Knight of the Order Church greeted the archbishop standing before the church.
Annan looked at the "good student" who had thrown him into the dungeon not long ago. "Lovely weather today. I like rainy days. And don't come to my office."
"Yes, teacher."
That should have sounded like Valencia this time...
Annan went up to the second floor of the church. But as he stood before his office door, he suddenly remembered there was no point in coming back. He returned outside. "Some flowers arrived from Flower Capital, didn't they? Bring me some, and prepare a Carriage."
He remembered Colette's gaze lingering on the flowers on the "second day."
Before long, a guard brought him the Blue Flower he had asked for. Annan boarded the Carriage and headed for Rosella House.
When he arrived at the manor again, the butler's welcome and his being stopped outside the residence played out just as they had "yesterday."
"I'm here to see Colette," Annan told Rosella, who looked much like her.
"Uncle, Colette said she doesn't want to see you..." Rosella's gaze fell on the bouquet in his hands. "Are you here to see Lily?"
"Yes. A father wants to apologize for the mistake he made yesterday."
Rosella opened her mouth at a loss. The refusal she had meant to give turned into an invitation. "Colette's in the living room. Please, come in..."
Having betrayed her sister, Rosella led Annan inside, only for them to run straight into Colette, who was blocking the doorway.
Her Amber Eyes settled on the blue flowers, and her expression shifted into a complicated mix of hatred and affection. "Are you trying to make up for the flowers you never brought to Mother's funeral?"
He hadn't even attended the funeral?
Annan couldn't