Chapter 208

Side Story 8. In Front of the Fountain (1)

When March arrived, the ducal garden began to wake up.

Fresh light-green sprouts seemed to sing of spring, bringing life back to places that had looked lonely just a short while ago.

The fountain in the back garden also started operating in March, and it was a place Harriet and Rainier especially loved.

“Mom! Look at that!”

Rainier, who had been begging since morning to go see the fountain, jumped up and down while pointing at the water flowing like a small waterfall.

“Watch where you’re going when you run, Rain!”

“Faster! Faster!”

In front of something so fascinating, warnings meant nothing.

In the end, Harriet couldn’t resist her daughter’s excitement and lifted her skirt slightly as she ran after her.

“Wow! Wow!”

When they reached the fountain, Rainier gasped in amazement and stretched out her tiny maple-leaf-like hands.

The scattered…