Prologue
The sun is shining brightly up high in the clear blue sky. Despite the strong sunshine outside, the air is not still at all, making the weather suitable for the outdoor activities.
Under this warm sunshine, a large mansion which located in a beautiful garden seems to be surrounded by a cold and lonely atmosphere. All the windows in the mansion are covered by dark purple window curtains, not allowing any light entering the rooms. No one can look inside and find out what happens there.
" Master? Today's weather is nice. The flowers in the garden are all blooming beautifully. Will you want to go out and take a look? "
A servant enters a dark room and asks with a formal bow.
With the light emitted from the aisle outside the room, he can barely see that someone is moving aimlessly inside. Soon, a small weak voice belonged to a little boy echoes from somewhere to him.
" No need... Please leave me alone... "
His sound is lack of energy and emotion, just like the voice of a dead person.
The servant stares into the darkness and sighs softly. " Okay, my master. If you need anything else, please call me at once. I leave for work now. "
" Sure. "
The door is closed again. The room is back into absolute darkness.
The little boy sits on a chair in front of a giant piano and collapses on it with a long sigh. He slowly closes his eyes with furrowed brows. His hands are still clutching the crumpled sheet music.
" Should I continue my dream? Or should I meet my parents' expectations...? "
" Wow!!! Here is so beautiful!!! Is it a secret garden? "
An energetic girl's voice comes to his ear from below. His eyes shut opened with shock. He tries to refresh his memory, but he cannot remember that there is a little girl among his servants.
He slowly walks to the the window and opens the window curtain slightly. Looking downwards, he immediately discovers a girl running along the green archways happily. Watching detailedly, her long blonde curly hair and her peacock green dress are flowing in the mid-air when she is dancing around. He cannot move his gaze away her. Without his notice, her glittering eyes and endearing smile under the warm sunshine have already been etched on his mind.
Suddenly, there are some servants rushing to her. They catch her and lift her off the ground. The girl struggles defiantly, but due to the difference of height, she cannot escape from their tight grip. Tears start to form around her eyes.
He watches it all and rushes down to the garden at once. Fortunately, he arrives on time before they call the police.
" What happened here? " He shouts when regulating his breath.
The servants look at him with fear. " Sorry master... We forgot to close the gate in the backyard. Therefore, this girl enters the garden accidentally. If we have disturbed you, please forgive us... " They end up with a 90 degree angle of bow.
He ignores them and walks directly to the girl, who is crying loudly on the bench and using her hands to wipe away her tears. Since she is crying so hard, so her whole face is stained by red color. And her face is almost filled with traces of tears.
He softly puts his hand on her head. The girl looks up to meet his eyes with tears surrounding her eyes. Looking at her innocent face, he cannot help but shows a light smile to her. Maybe due to this kind smile, the girl finally stops crying and chuckles with a soft voice.
What surprises him, she suddenly holds his larger hand with her smaller one. And she gazes at him with a bright smile. The tears which are still hanging on her eyes are just like a delicate decoration, making her smile even cute.
He grips her hand tighter, and turns to his servants, who are staring at him with shock. " You can leave now. "
They immediately bow with nervousness, and stutter, " Y-yes... My master... " Then, they all leave.
He turns back to the girl behind him. The girl just stares at him with a bright smile.
" Are you okay? Did they hurt you? "
She shakes her head, still showing her large smile.
" Why are you coming to here? "
Her smile is fading when hearing this question.
" I don't know... When I was having picnic with my classmates, I saw a very beautiful butterfly flying. I chased after it and I finally came here... "
" So you got lost? "
She nods with tears.
He smiles at her calmly, and says, " Let us find them together? "
She looks at his eyes with widened eyes, then, she nods heavily with a lovely smile.
Then, they hold each other's hands and leave the mansion. They walk down the hill with chat and laugh. Soon, they hear someone shout in the forest loudly.
" Rosalia! Where are you? "
" Rosalia! Come out! You worry us so much! "
" Rosalia White!!! "
The girl gets startled when hearing these voices. She immediately shakes away his hand and runs to the direction where the voices emitted.
On her way, she suddenly turns back with a grateful smile, " Thank you! Bye bye! " Then, she runs away to them.
He looks at her leave. After she vanishes into the distance completely, her smiling face never leaves his mind.
" She is called Rosalia White... Hmm...? "
Then, he finally turns his way back to his mansion. A smile appears on his rarely warm face unconsciously.
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