To be more precise, the Duke of Lancaster had asked Baron Ruskin, "What do you think about stealing the spring from Segrave?"

Fragments of memory began to assemble in Vanilla’s mind.

When she first saw the notes on the Happy House blueprint, she hadn’t connected them to her past. But as more clues piled up, long-forgotten memories started to resurface.

Ten years ago, in Kintne.

While plagued by debt, Baron Ruskin had settled in a townhouse in Kintne, moving from village to village.

It was a rainy day.

Baron Ruskin and his wife stood with Vanilla at the entrance of the mansion.