Chapter 61.2: 5. The Circumstances of Jaden Polariwood
Even in the detached palace, the rumors had made their rounds.
“Did you hear? His Highness the Crown Prince collapsed from heartbreak.”
“They say the one who rejected him was Namia Roafi, the Minister of the Scroll Department.”
The servants whispered and gossiped among themselves as they cleaned.
SLAM—!
The door flew open.
“Don’t chatter while cleaning.”
The voice belonged to a boy with hair as golden as sunlight. He was eight years old, still small, his cheeks round and adorably plump.
The prince residing in the detached palace—Jaden Polariwood.
“You’re disturbing my reading.”
But there was a wooden practice sword gripped between the child’s teeth.
“Just because a child lives here, does that mean you all slack off and gossip while you work?”