Nadia waved her hands to answer her maids.
âYou sure have a lot to say. Just go and rest. Iâm thinking of getting things sorted out, too.â
âTo win a manâs heart, you need to plant seeds of anxiety in them.â
âLisa is right!â
With that being said, it was actually a pretty tempting offer.
Acting like a woman in love was very cumbersome and very embarrassing.
If Nadia pretended to be cool, she could stop playing that dramatic role.
Nadia, who had been thinking about it for a while, soon gave up.
âThen the reason for devoting myself to Winterfell would be gone.â
Wasnât the âfor the man she lovedâ her justification that made people around her donât wonder why she worked so hard throughout the day until just before she went to bed?
Nadia knew she still had a long way to go until her final goal.
Therefore, even if it was a little cumbersome, she needed to stick to her current character.
âDonât be ridiculous, you guys. How do I keep my face as his wife if I am embarrassed to show my love for him?â
âButâ¦â
The maids pouted after Nadia gave her answer. They must have felt sorry for Nadia.
âMen are so stupid. They take a woman who sincerely likes them for granted.â
âThatâs right.â
âHis Grace is very cold-hearted, too. Isnât it time to accept Madamâs heart?â
Nadia thought.
âNo, itâs not good if he accepts it. Itâs going to be really difficult.â
But Nadia couldnât say it as it is. She looked sad and said lamentably.
âThatâs true. I could only hope that some magical love potion will fall from the sky.â
âI wish there was such a thing.â
At that time, Aidynâs eyes glistened slightly at the word love potion. She carefully opened her mouth.
âMadam, do you happen to know the legend of the millennium tree?â
âNo, Iâve never heard of it.â
âYouâve heard of a big tree on the north gate of the castle, right? Itâs a thousand-year-old tree. Iâm not sure if it actually lived a thousand years.â
âYes.â
Come to think of it, Nadia remembered Gordon explaining it to her just after she came to Winterfell.
Did he tell her that the tree existed even before the castle was built?
It was said that they had to change the design of the fortress wall because it was impossible to cut down the spiritual tree as the spirit possessed it.
Nadia, a stranger, of course did not know, but it seemed to be quite a famous story for the local people here.
Other maids helped explain as if they were familiar with it.
âItâs a tree that blooms only one day in spring and only at night. Come to think of it, itâs supposed to be during this time.â
âThe buds are already starting to open. It only blooms three days after the buds open. Do you want to go see it?â
Nadia replied sourly.
âI donât reallyâ¦. I donât have a hobby of seeing flowers.â
âWhat?â
Aidyn then added shyly.
âThere is also a legend that if you make a wish on the flowers of a thousand-year-old tree, you will become a lover with your loved one! Itâs a one-day chance a yearâ¦â¦ Are you sure you donât want to go see it?â
âIs that a superstition that descends on Winterfell?â
âThere are a lot of couples that are born from that superstition.â
âThatâs true. It was two years ago.â
âItâs not that far because itâs inside the inner border. Donât miss it, Madam, and make a wish on the millennium tree. Who knows, maybe His Graceâs mind will change?â
It was a famous superstition, but even other maids responded to Aidynâs words.
Their eyes were glistening on the interesting subject.
Nadia, who was staring at Aidynâs, opened her mouth.
âJust be honest, itâs just you guys who want to see the flowers, right?â
âOh, how did you know?â
âLast year, I secretly left the dorm to see it, and you donât know how pretty it was!â
âBut if we leave the compound by ourselves at night, the head maid will scold usâ¦. Itâs good for us, and itâs good for you, right? I mean, itâs like killing one bird with two stones.â
âIâm sure you mean to kill two birds with one stone.â
âOh.â
Laughing, they burst into laughter at the same time. Nadia said with a cute smile.
âAll right. Letâs go see it. Itâs the night in three days, right?â
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âYes, it happens to be a full moon in three days! Weâre lucky. They say that the thousand-year-old tree flowers seen under the moonlight are so pretty.â
In fact, even if the flowers were beautiful, Nadia thought it was just flowers, but she matched the rhythm of the excited maids.
âAll right, then itâs three nights later. Make sure you donât forget.â
âThank you, Madam!â
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