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I froze, trying to catch my breath and realizing that I got caught red-handed. After a few moments, I brought myself to turn back and saw lady Iris standing next to a tree in an elegant white dress. Her blonde curls were falling freely to her waist and her skin seemed glowing in the darkness. She smiled at me and I didn’t know how to react to this. She definitely saw my magic right now and she definitely was clever enough to know that no maid in the castle should possess power like that. Not to mention how rare light magic was. Mostly, only people of the White Archipelago had it with some rare exceptions like me.
“L-lady Iris,” I mumbled, standing up, “Do you need help of any kind? I'd be happy to...”
I really hoped that we could just pretend that she saw nothing. It was proba
