When she entered her room with a depressed heart, she was greeted by three unfamiliar maids.
They bowed their heads, saying, “The King has asked us to assist the Princess.”
“Two during the day and one at night. We will take turns serving the Princess.”
“What about Mrs. Maureen?”
“We don’t know much about it either. She’s a very busy person…”
Rieta nodded at the maid’s muted expression.
Well, since she had been away from the palace for so long, Mrs. Maureen must have been put in charge of another palace.
When she took care of Rieta yesterday and today, it must have been temporary.
Rieta returned to her room after leaving the words, ‘Please take care of me’ to them.
She offered them for them to eat, so they took it as how Rieta had received it.
According to the law of the royal family of Liz, court ladies could eat what Rieta had left over.
The meal is served quite luxuriously.
Surprisingly, Rieta blinked her eyes.
It was amazing that the King cared about her health.
Since I’m priced so high, is he pampering me?
After she had everyone dismissed, she closed the window.
The air in the room, which had been moving ceaselessly following the wind, calmly stopped, and a terrible stillness came to visit her.
Rieta now immersed herself in her thoughts.
In fact, her thoughts about her younger brothers came to her mind first, but she brushed them off.
I have to think about the marriage first.
Especially what King Liz was really after.
She recalled the words of the marriage contract.
It was a brief moment, but Rieta remembered the main issue of the content.
And it wasn’t ‘money’.
The biggest problem was something else.
There was a clause to revoke my succession rights in Liz.
It was a common thing that happened to royalty who married into other countries, so it wasn’t really a big problem.
However, with this, Rieta seemed to understand why King Liz brought her here even taking the risk of kidnapping her.
It was clear that he was somehow trying to make Rieta’s place unthreatening before she was sixteen.
He loved to be king.
Euplana must have known that and seduced Father.
The money problem was solved, and he could get rid of the successor who threatened him, so it was a good deal.
Ever since I was little, I’ve had the feeling that Father hated us quite a bit.
Perhaps her father thought of his successors not as ‘the one who will succeed him’, but as ‘the one who will take his place someday.’
So, that was why he neglected them without proper education or upbringing…
Maybe the reason why my younger brothers grew up so coldly is because of that?
In such an inhospitable environment . . . It may have been something they had no choice to do to survive.
No, that’s. It’s not just Father’s fault.
Rieta neglected those children too.
She had affection that she should share as their only sister.
Just like how Darrel loved Noel and Rieta.
It can’t be helped… even if I’m hated.
Rieta thought so and lowered her head.
If she knew this would happen, she would have somehow found a way to take care of those children.
As she thought that far, there was a small knock.
When she gave permission, an armed person approached Rieta.
It was a tall, muscular woman.
“You are?”
“Until the day Princess departs for Euplana, I have been commissioned to guard the Princess.”
Unlike a ‘knight’ or ‘vassal’, she answered while standing stiffly in front of Rieta.
“Commissioned to protect me…”
“Yes.”
Rieta immediately recognized her identity.
King Liz seemed to have hired mercenaries this time as well.
Where had all the knights ins this land gone?
“I see. How long is the request period?“
“A week.”
Hearing the impending due date, Rieta laughed a little.
It seemed that her impetuous father had already completed all preparations for Rieta’s marriage.
“Alright, I will be living with you for a short while. What is your name?”
“I am Agnes Lang.”
“Dame Agnes Lang.”
When Rieta uttered her name, the woman shook her head.
“I am not a knight.”
“I know.”
Rieta turned around and opened the window again.
The wind that had been waiting outside rushed impatiently.
“But you’re doing a knight’s job, aren’t you?”
Rieta’s question made the woman’s eyes twitch for a moment, but she didn’t answer.
“Do you not like being called that?”
The woman affirmed it a little slowly.
Since Rieta didn’t have the heart to insist on the title if she didn’t like it, Rieta quickly apologized to her and corrected the title.
“Agnes.”
“… I’ll be at the door.”
Her answer gave Rieta another realization.
The work request.
It was probably to keep an eye on Rieta so she didn’t go anywhere.
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