"This is ridiculous, Eve. Making me wait two years for an answer to my proposal." Maeve felt her mind go completely blank. She couldn't understand at all why the Duke of Cardenas was here. She had clearly been told that he would be away from the ducal estate for a while to inspect the territory. It was information given to her by none other than this family's heir. It was what her former pupil, who hadn't hidden his joy at meeting his teacher after a long time, had told her with his own mouth. "Teacher, you said my father was very angry." "Aern!" The woman's head snapped back at the familiar voice coming from behind. Aern smiled brightly as he met his teacher's eyes, which were filled with shock and betrayal. "Yes, that's the look I wanted to see. I wanted you to feel the helplessness we felt when you betrayed us and left." Maeve stepped back. She couldn't get caught. "I missed you, Eve." "Teacher, can I call you mother now?" *** In my previous life, I couldn't protect anything. So I made a resolution: let's stop the rebellion. And I stopped it. Perfectly, just as planned. I resolved the misunderstanding between the Duke of Cardenas and the young duke, thwarted the emperor's gloomy schemes against the duke, and even completely handled his lack of affection by whispering love to him. The deep affection in the eyes looking at her was far from that of someone who would start a rebellion. So she left cleanly, celebrating the success of her rebellion-prevention plan! And yet, it seems he is preparing a rebellion once again. Is this a trap set to lure me back in?