On the veranda covered by the autumn sun, Audrey wore a refreshing vacation straw hat and sat on a lawn chair as she leisurely flipped through a fashion magazine.
There were exquisite pastries and a cup of black tea made from tea leaves from her family's manor on the round table beside her.
Suddenly, she looked up to the edge of the veranda and saw Gehrman Sparrow walking over in a black trench coat and silk top hat.
Audrey turned her head and glanced at her maid, Annie, and realized that she, like the servants around her, ignored the stranger who had appeared out of nowhere.
At the same time, Audrey noticed that the surroundings seemed to darken a little.
She stood up, lifting the corners of her skirt as she curtsied.
