Book 8: Chapter 13
‘The Royal Capital I’d been hearing of gave me an oddly familiar feeling. Perhaps the warm spring breeze that finally came brought life back, thereby returning the markets inside the city to the way they were when I first came. I don’t know when the most prosperous period is, but it’s not as bleak as it was in winter now.’
‘Warmth had finally arrived to the content, waking the city up again. Looking at the market in front of me gave me a feeling of familiarity and nostalgia, since Nier and I went through this area for many reasons in the past. This is where I bought Luna from, as well. What was relatively interesting was that when we went through the market and everybody saluted me, I saw the host look at Luna, who was next to me smiling, with shock.’
‘My guess is he never expected Luna to attain such a high status. Even if she wasn’t the Princess, to be able to walk side-by-side with the Prince was an extremely high honour.’
‘At least it was certain that a single word from her could have him depart from this world.’
‘Luna, however, had never brought up the topic of revenge with me so they don’t need to worry. Luna kept a tight lid on her past.’
“Your Majesty!”
The palace with “Long Live Your Majesty” written on it had its doors open for me. I entered the palace and the Valkyries took my horse. I led Luna and Freya to the outer court. Honestly, the palace feels as though it’s a foreign place without Elizabeth and Castell present. Despite the people in the most important posts being absent, the palace continued to maintain operations as per usual.
“Onii-sama, the earliest-to-arrive representative group might arrive in the next two days. The representative groups cannot stay in the palace. As such, we must organise where they will unload their stuff, and where they will reside. Although they will not be staying in the city for long, we still need to provide them with acceptable accommodation.”
I nodded then asked, “Which vassal state representative groups will be arriving first? Is there anybody we’re familiar with?”
