Even though hardly anyone came up here, the place was kept remarkably clean. There was even a swing set on the small platform, large enough for two or three people to sit on together. However, there were no guardrails, and the entire platform lacked any kind of barrier. If the swing swung out too far and the person on it couldn't hold on tight, they could easily fall off. Violet invited Jaina to sit on the swing and began to gently rock it back and forth, facing the river view.

Jaina felt a flutter of fear in her heart. Her martial arts skills weren't very good, and her Lightfoot Skill was mediocre at best. She clutched the rope next to her in a death grip.

"When I met you at Grovehill Estate, you didn't know my identity. How could you be so sure afterward?" Jaina was puzzled. Everything felt too coincidental, as if it had been carefully orchestrated.

Violet replied, "That day, you seemed somewhat familiar to me because of the mole on your lip. The Hell Monarch's princess consort's mother also had a mole at the corner of her mouth. Plus, you bear a resemblance to the Hell Monarch's wife, and there were some familiar mannerisms about you. I felt I knew you, but I couldn't quite place who you reminded me of. Now I realize it was Jacob."

"Jacob?" Jaina repeated the name, feeling a strange sense of unfamiliarity. She vaguely recalled a boy who once brought her pound cakes under an apple tree. The sunlight shone on his face, and his smile was broad and bright.

Yet, she couldn't recall what he looked like. And now, that boy had grown up and became the head archivist at Hell Monarch Estate.

"You still haven't told me how you knew I was Jaina," Jaina said again.

Violet continued, "Actually, we already knew that Eleanor intended to betroth someone to Thomas, who happens to be my godbrother. They want to place their people within the military. I imagine she didn't keep that from you. If she wanted you to carry out a task, she'd naturally need to inform you."

you're right about

Harmony Palace for so long, right? Have

shook her head. "I've never

was infatuated with the Duke of Northwatch. You would know him as Hector Sinclair, the grand general who lost his life on the battlefield. He was a marquis back then. However, the duke married Melanie, a lady from the

Eleanor hate

Henry's concubines, forcing them to bear children only to mistreat them later. You also bear some resemblance, especially with that beauty mark on

we suspected there might be more to the story. So, I thought about having Kyle paint your portrait and send someone to Stonebridge County to investigate. But

when I went to see Kyle. In his search for you, Jacob had Kyle infer what you might look like now. This calculation was made based on your childhood appearance

opened the

we weren't entirely sure you were Jacob's sister. So, I brought out that rabbit figurine and told you that story. Everything I mentioned

that you truly are Jaina

art, and couldn't grasp how someone could predict her current appearance based on how she looked like when she was younger and that of her parents. However,

though they were blurry. As those memories surged back, a deep pain and bitterness filled her

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