Book 3: Chapter 22: Epilogue
In addition to being a celebration, the birthday party was also the occasion where Her Highness, Princess Folcenia made her official debut. And in addition to that, albeit unofficially, a meeting took place that led to the strengthening of our friendship with the Flamefield Empire. And thus, Prince Lancelot’s birthday party ended as a success.
Despite the meeting’s contents being private, it was announced that the friendship between the two countries was expected to grow even stronger than before. While there were people who speculated that His Highness, Imperial Prince Harold and Lady Sophia got engaged, these speculations were immediately shut down by Prince Lancelot. Moreover, because the guests who had witnessed the party’s events unfold followed the Prince’s footsteps in denying these theories, it seemed that the rumors of Lady Sophia’s engagement were extinguished right on the spot.
Such being the case, the contents of the meeting still remained a mystery.
‘But since there were a few unusual magical tools used at the party venue, it’s probably related to that.’
It seemed that the general opinion was settling in that direction. Since Fol was involved as well, it seemed that the existence of the magical tool that served as a countermeasure against the Magical Overcharge Illness wouldn’t be announced anytime soon.
The important thing was that Lady Sophia’s political marriage did not come to fruition. This matter should have now been settled. However, a few days after the party, I was summoned by Master Grave and went to his office.
“…Is that you, Cyril?”
The moment he saw me, Master Grave let out a deep sigh—a sigh that seemed deeper than the ocean itself.
…There were too many reasons for why he could be sighing, so I had no idea which one was the actual cause. For the time being, I had no choice but to decide on the reason after hearing what he would tell me.