Chapter 65

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Mary's private room in the Albert household.

On the high-quality desk lay a mountain of letters, all addressed to Mary, from various senders.

Next to them, an even taller mountain of gifts had formed, though this was not the main mountain. The sheer volume of gifts was so great that they were placed in a separate room, from which Mary had selected notable items to bring into her room, forming the mountain.

All of these were thank-you notes for the party a few days ago.

The letters started arriving one after another as soon as Mary and her family returned home. Despite only a few days having passed, the room was already in this state. Moreover, more letters were still arriving, and the maids and servants could be seen frequently walking around the mansion carrying boxes.

Even now, Addy entered the room with four letters in hand and placed them on Mary's stomach, where she lay on the bed. There were already about ten letters on her stomach.

"They're all so conscientious..."

"Of course, it's the first party of the next generation of the Albert family. Those who were invited wouldn't want to miss this opportunity. The ones just now were from the same family, sent separately by the head, the lady, and their two sons."

"I wish they would all fit their greetings on one sheet of paper."

With a drawn-out voice, Mary pulled one letter from her stomach and started reading it.

It began with a polite greeting, praised the party, complimented Mary as the host, praised her brothers for their cooperation, and then... concluded with words to build a connection. While there were slight differences, they were all similar letters.

I wonder if they have a template somewhere... Thinking this, Mary picked up another envelope. The thought that it would likely contain the same content made her feel disheartened, but reading them was the host's duty.

Sending thank-you letters for the gifts was part of the party.

"This is the same... Oh, the lady mentions my memories from my past life."

"What does she say?"

"'I would like to hear more about Miss Mary's mysterious knowledge. I would be honored if you could join me for tea...' Ah, an invitation to tea."

After placing the read letter back on her stomach, Mary let out a heavy sigh.

As she moved to sit up, Addy collected the letters from her stomach. Taking the offered cup of tea, Mary sat on the edge of the bed.

Letters arrived in mountains, and all of them, of course, mentioned the party a few days ago.

Some even touched on Mary's major announcement—her memories from her past life—and expressed various reactions: shock, interest, and admiration.

...Various, but only to a certain degree. The letters showed interest in learning more, but they also revealed an attempt to build a closer relationship with Mary. Some even suggested bringing "friends" along, trying to connect with Princess Alicia, Patrick, and the noble Gynas from the neighboring country. Their greed was almost admirable.

To them, Mary's memories from her past life were merely a pretext to invite her to their parties or tea gatherings.

Even letters from her friends followed this pattern.

Parfait, with slightly blurred handwriting—likely from crying while writing—asked, "Do you have memories of sweets and cakes we don't have here?" Gynas asked a completely unrelated question: "Is the secret sauce of the migrating bird donburi from your past life?"—Mary wrote "Minus ten points" on the entire sheet in her reply.

Margaret's letter was mostly filled with her infatuation with Bernard, and after reading it through to the end, Mary weakly picked up a pen with a feeble voice, thinking, "I have to reply to this."

Alicia's letter, as always, was straightforward: "I would like to hear more about your memories from your past life. Let's have tea." This was a common and reasonable request, and Mary had read it many times. There were probably several similar letters in the mountain of letters.

...But Alicia had brought this letter to the Albert household and, after handing it to Mary, grabbed her hand and took her to the palace.

As a result, Mary read Alicia's letter while having tea at the place Alicia had taken her. She didn't feel like replying and instead took a bite of Alicia's cake as a response.

"I agonized over this so much, but to everyone, it's just something like that."

Feeling let down, Mary sighed, and Addy, sitting next to her, chuckled.

"Everyone values the present you more than your past. It's because you are you."

"Being myself, huh."

"I'll support you so you can always be yourself."

Mary smiled at Addy, who spoke to her, and his hand rested on her waist. The hand that had always supported her would continue to do so.

He stood by her side and supported her when they were master and servant.

He stood by her side and supported her when her memories from her past life resurfaced and she acted on them.

Now, as her partner, he stands by her side, holds her close, and supports her.

If Mary remains Mary, Addy will always be by her side.

This has been a fact since the past, a bond that even her memories from her past life cannot break.

"Maybe I'll be myself and stay 'Miss' for a while, as Addy says."

Smiling mischievously, she kissed his lips, which called her "Miss."

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Chapter 6 is now complete!

I hope you enjoyed it.

I plan to release more short stories, so I would be grateful if you could continue to follow along.