Nadia waved her hands to answer her maids.

“You sure have a lot to say. Just go and rest. I’m thinking of getting things sorted out, too.”

“To win a man’s heart, you need to plant seeds of anxiety in them.”

“Lisa is right!”

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.

‘Then the reason for devoting myself to Winterfell would be gone.’

Wasn’t the “for the man she loved” her justification that made people around her don’t 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.

“Don’t be ridiculous, you guys. How do I keep my face as his wife if I am embarrassed to show my love for him?”

“But…”

The maids pouted after Nadia gave her answer. They must have felt sorry for Nadia.

“Men are so stupid. They take a woman who sincerely likes them for granted.”

“That’s right.”

“His Grace is very cold-hearted, too. Isn’t it time to accept Madam’s heart?”

Nadia thought.

‘No, it’s not good if he accepts it. It’s going to be really difficult.’

But Nadia couldn’t say it as it is. She looked sad and said lamentably.

“That’s true. I could only hope that some magical love potion will fall from the sky.”

“I wish there was such a thing.”

At that time, Aidyn’s eyes glistened slightly at the word love potion. She carefully opened her mouth.

“Madam, do you happen to know the legend of the millennium tree?”

“No, I’ve never heard of it.”

“You’ve heard of a big tree on the north gate of the castle, right? It’s a thousand-year-old tree. I’m not sure if it actually lived a thousand years.”

“Yes.”

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.

“It’s a tree that blooms only one day in spring and only at night. Come to think of it, it’s supposed to be during this time.”

“The buds are already starting to open. It only blooms three days after the buds open. Do you want to go see it?”

Nadia replied sourly.

“I don’t really…. I don’t have a hobby of seeing flowers.”

“What?”

Aidyn then added shyly.

“There 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! It’s a one-day chance a year…… Are you sure you don’t want to go see it?”

“Is that a superstition that descends on Winterfell?”

“There are a lot of couples that are born from that superstition.”

“That’s true. It was two years ago.”

“It’s not that far because it’s inside the inner border. Don’t miss it, Madam, and make a wish on the millennium tree. Who knows, maybe His Grace’s mind will change?”

It was a famous superstition, but even other maids responded to Aidyn’s words.

Their eyes were glistening on the interesting subject.

Nadia, who was staring at Aidyn’s, opened her mouth.

“Just be honest, it’s just you guys who want to see the flowers, right?”

“Oh, how did you know?”

“Last year, I secretly left the dorm to see it, and you don’t know how pretty it was!”

“But if we leave the compound by ourselves at night, the head maid will scold us…. It’s good for us, and it’s good for you, right? I mean, it’s like killing one bird with two stones.”

“I’m sure you mean to kill two birds with one stone.”

“Oh.”

Laughing, they burst into laughter at the same time. Nadia said with a cute smile.

“All right. Let’s go see it. It’s the night in three days, right?”

“Yes, it happens to be a full moon in three days! We’re lucky. They say that the thousand-year-old tree flowers seen under the moonlight are so pretty.”

In fact, even if the flowers were beautiful, Nadia thought it was just flowers, but she matched the rhythm of the excited maids.

“All right, then it’s three nights later. Make sure you don’t forget.”

“Thank you, Madam!”

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