My Fiancé Fell in Love with My Older Sister. After Locking Myself in My Room for Five Days, 500 Years Had Passed. - 51 - Yes, I had a broken heart.

“─”

That was a question I never expected.

I gasped without meaning to.

As I opened my eyes wide, Magnolia spoke again.

“Don’t lie. I just want to know. Felicia, you will return to the Tsobellar Dynasty, right? Back to 500 years ago?”

“I…”

I thought for a moment, then I gave my answer.

I smiled and looked at Magnolia.

“…Yes, I will return. Because I belong to the time of the Tsobellar Dynasty.”

The answer had already been decided.

I already knew.

It was something that had been set from the start.

I have to go back to the timeline I came from.

Because in the current Lumos Empire, I’m nothing more than an outsider.

“What will you do after you return?”

“I’ll think about that once I get back.”

There are also those presentation papers I couldn’t give to Father.

That’s what I thought as I answered, but Magnolia frowned.

“…According to history books, you locked yourself in your room and never came out for 500 years. Do you get it? That means… you never left that room… ever.”

Magnolia opened her mouth again.

Maybe she was trying to make the meaning clearer for me.

Choosing her words carefully, Magnolia spoke slowly.

“According to the records, Felicia Frenzel went missing after April 17th, Year 368 of the Holy Calendar.”

That was the day I shut myself in my room.

“Does that… mean I won’t be able to return to the Tsobellar Dynasty?”

My voice came out stiff without meaning to.

At my question, Magnolia went silent for a moment like she had swallowed something sharp, then shook her head.

Every time she moved, her silver hair swayed.

“I don’t know. But what’s certain is that the person named Felicia Frenzel never appears in history after that date.”

“…………”

“I’m not really interested in what happens to you, and I don’t care much about you as a person either. I just want to say one thing.”

Magnolia said it clearly.

She really is an honest girl.

Her words never have hidden meanings.

“I want to be Prince Lian’s fiancée. I can’t stand the idea of some random girl taking him from me.”

“…I belong to the Tsobellar Dynasty. Our timelines are different. I don’t plan to start anything with anyone from this world.”

I smiled bitterly and shrugged my shoulders.

With that movement, my peach-colored hair hanging on both sides swayed.

Seeing me like that, she snorted.

“Hah. I don’t believe a word of that. People’s feelings always change. There’s no such thing as ‘never.’ …There’s no such thing as ‘absolute.’”

Magnolia spoke firmly.

I looked into her eyes.

Those crimson eyes.

“…You love Prince Lian, don’t you, Lady Magnolia?”

“Yes. …He was the only one who ever complimented these eyes.”

“My eyes?”

“My eyes. They look like bl00d, don’t they? Scary, right?”

“That’s not—”

I thought they looked cute, like raspberries. I never thought they were scary.

I tried to say that, but Magnolia cut me off.

“It’s fine. I’ve gotten used to people saying that. But Prince Lian was different. He told me they were beautiful, like rubies. That saved me… so much.”

She spoke slowly, as if remembering that moment.

Then she lowered her eyelashes and said,

“That’s why I love him. They say first love never comes true… but I’ll make it come true.”

Then she raised her face.

There was a strong will in her eyes.

She said clearly, like a declaration of war.

“I’ll steal the fruit of my first love, even if I have to force it.”

“…Lady Magnolia, you asked me if I love Lord Felix, didn’t you?”

I lowered my gaze to the white table in front of me.

By the way, Welno has been completely still this whole time, as if hiding his presence.

He must be feeling awkward because of this atmosphere.

Thinking of his feelings, I felt like I should end this conversation soon, but I still wanted to answer the question from earlier.

“I think… I did love him. But it was more like admiration. It never became a full romance.”

“Admiration?”

“When I first met him, I was struck by his cold beauty. I thought he would be my life partner, the only one for me. I looked at him with admiration. But—maybe it’s true that first love doesn’t come true.”

I gave a troubled smile.

“I could never be the one he loved.”

“…So you had your heart broken?”

“To put it simply, yes.”