Chapter 6 (2/2)

Of course! Wasn’t she so?! How could I have forgotten! Although in hindsight, rather than forget, perhaps I chose to avoid it altogether Speaking with your former fiancé’s mother is…difficult To put it nicely And to make matters worse, this ‘mother’ is also the Queen

Prince Leon’s mother is Queen Rachel

Throughout , Queen Rachel would periodically coress There weren’t many chances to meet with her because of her station and the duties that came with it, but Queen Rachel found the time She took a shi+ne to me

Nevertheless, I chose to stand by the annulment If ere to e to meet her eyes

I have no regrets over the annuluilt, knowing that the neould no doubt disappoint Queen Rachel

Would it be acceptable to request a private audience with the Queen?

Father saas lost in hts and snapped me back to reality with an idea

「Lillina Before you go back home, you must meet with Queen Rachel You owe her at least one visit for all the times she looked after you」

I couldn’t argue with that logic Father was right; I should pay my dues It would be terribly rude not to see her After all, ht if I didn’t have the decency to inform Queen Rachel of my departure

I decided to meet with Queen Rachel But wouldn’t she be too busy to see me? I voiced my concern to Father

「There’s no need to worry Queen Rachel said that wants to meet with you at once I think she even made room in her schedule for you」

You say that Father, but I don’t think it was necessary for her to go to such lengths…

For the ti, I need to write to the Queen to confirm this It seeain

I headed back to my room and wrote the letter It was brief and concise一Queen Rachel had little time to spare and I didn’t want to waste it with flowery prose I handed over the completed letter to Sebastian

Father urged me to meet with the Queen at once, but our efforts may be in vain Does Queen Rachel know? Prince Leon was the one who proposed the annulment

Yesterday, I was able to reasonand Father, but with Queen Rachel as an opponent, I’m not confident I’ll yield the same result

During the queen training, I yearned for words of encouragement There were times where my resolve一my spirit一crumbled under the severe curriculuentle words that healed me And in these stressful ti aimlessly near where the lessons took place Yet, all he ever did was stare at ht Prince Leon aze head-on, but he scurried away as if in fear What was his reason for this?

At first, I was under the impression he did this out of spite, but when I discussed it with Father and Ricardo, they told me that it wasn’t true

There was knocking on my door and Sebastian’s voice was on the other side

「Lady Lilliana, please excuse me」

「Go ahead and enter」

Sebastian strode to my side and handed me a letter

「Lady Lilliana, I present the Queen’s response」

「What? Already?!」

「As you say, Lady Lilliana Once she read your letter, she made haste with her reply」

How can Queen Rachel be so quick? An hour still has yet to pass, right? I started to read her letter and I was stunned as my eyes drifted further down the paper There’s tiht now to come to the Royal Palace…?!

I was still reeling fro into action He called Sana to begin the preparations for my visit to the royal palace Their uniforms streaked across the room as the two rushed to shi+p me off to see the Queen The shock hadn’t worn off and soon enough, I was on route to the Royal Palace with our residence far behind me