Book 1: Chapter 12
I stood up and looked up at the two rows of retainers on both sides which were as long as the length of a table, and said: “Is that all for today? You may all leave if there’s nothing else you wish to bring up.”
Mom isn’t available, so I meet with the retainers when they have something to discuss. There are no major issues to handle in the Elf nation. Most of the topics they bring up are about taxation, natural disasters and developmental areas requiring financial funding etcetera. They were relatively minor matters.
They nodded, stood up in succession, proceeded to bid farewell and then turned around to leave. I watched as they left one-by-one. I let out a sigh, passed on all the documents pertaining to their reports today to my servant, and then turned around and asked: “Ah, call Miss Lucia over. I need to speak to her.”
“Did you forget, your highness? She has to go and replenish her energy today. She is supposed to head to the wind elves temple alone.” My servant looked at me, titled his head and said: “It looks like you’re having trouble since no one is accompanying you today. It looks like dealing with the nation’s matters has kept you busy. How about you have a good rest for now?”
How would I know that? Lucia’s wind elves don’t give her an eternal buff, she needs to go replenish it every once in a while. She never told me… Ah, she must’ve told the original owner of this body. She probably didn’t complain and went to the temple alone after seeing how I had to handle all these national affairs alone day-after-day. My servant looked at me silently, slightly bowed and left with the documents, leaving me to stand there in a daze.
What can I do without Lucia? Am I supposed to go to the Black Forest on my own? Get real~ if I were to run into an Earth Dragon, I’d wind up dead even if I rode a fast steed, since they’re faster than horses. In short, I can’t go anywhere until Lucia returns. I can only stay in the palace.
The question is: When is she going to be back?! I really want to know, but I can’t ask! From a logical standpoint, I should know. What? Am I supposed to ask something that would cause everybody to go into a gossiping-frenzy like: “Hey, uhh, I forgot when my fiancé is supposed to return, could you tell me?” What would I do if Lucia found out I forgot about something so important and thought that I didn’t care about her…?
Are elves that petty? It’s safer to presume so than presume otherwise. If they turn out to be, then I’ll be screwed! I imagine Lucia would be pretty scary if she got angry… She does get buffs from wind elves after all…
“Bang!”