Five years ago, I sent a letter without expecting a reply. However, a reply came. I was surprised when I first received it. I was also curious about who was writing back to me. That was how we began exchanging letters every two days.

One day, my brother returned from the Bellunita estate and told me a story. He said a maid named Guest had arrived to care for Vincent. He mentioned that she had asked about ink, and it seemed she was the one sending the replies. I wanted to go to the estate immediately. But I found it difficult to visit the home of the man I had caused to go blind. So, I satisfied myself with hearing news and exchanging letters.

However, those letters gave me courage. They gave me the strength to finally visit Vincent. It was my first visit to the estate since the maid had arrived. I gave her a letter written in gold ink, saying I had found it on the way. Do you remember what the maid said then? She said this letter was precious to her. It felt as if she was telling me that I, a worthless person, was precious. That was how I came to love her.

It was the last day I visited the Bellunita estate—the day I spent time alone with the maid. Do you remember? That night, I was stabbed by my half-brother. I thought no one would come. But the maid heard my voice and came running. That was even before my half-brother had left. The maid herself was almost in danger. The last thing I remember was the sight of her shouting loudly for help, even though she must have been terrified.

After that, I fell into a coma, and my brother kept his word to transplant my corneas to Vincent if I died. Vincent regained his sight as before, and I lost mine. Afterward, my brother killed the half-brother who tried to kill Vincent and me, and ascended to the title of Count Christopher. And after some time had passed, I woke up.

Everyone called it a miracle. They said the probability of survival was slim because I had been weak since I was a child. My brother found you, who had cared for Vincent during his blindness, and brought you here as my maid. That is how it happened. It has been a long time, Maid.