Rieta untied her hair and changed into comfortable clothes.
She stood in front of the mirror and stared at her own face.
She suddenly found herself kidnapped.
Sold into marriage.
Changed younger brothers.
Rieta had to set her course of action.
What would she do first?
Of course, her answer had been decided a long time ago.
[Elisha is kind to me because you trust me to find dignity.]
Rieta had work to do in this kingdom.
There were also many who pressed their foreheads on the back of her young hand, hoping for that.
And above all, Rieta already had someone she had special feelings for.
… Noel
Although she hadn’t made any promises to him, she still wanted to cherish her feelings for him.
So, I.
Rieta gripped her dress tightly.
“I can’t marry quietly like this.”
* * *
Meanwhile, the Mekidian Empire.
The Mayer family has lost all the lively atmosphere it had until recently.
The only thing missing was Rieta, but there was always silence in the mansion, as if no one existed.
“…Father.”
Darrel greeted the Duke, who just returned at the front door.
“What about the Princess? Any news?”
At Darrel’s urgent question, the Duke shook his head with a heavy expression.
“…I’m sorry.”
After Rieta disappeared, they immediately sent a quick-footed man to the border.
From then on, the Duke used movement magic to the extent that his body was overburdened and opened up all the points of contact from the Empire to the Kingdom one by one.
Even in the midst of that, he had to do the things he had to do as a Duke perfectly.
As the Duke dismounted, his body staggered for a moment.
Darrel hastily grabbed his father’s arm. At first glance, he felt a warm energy from the Duke’s body.
“Father!”
Darrel yelped in surprise and turned to the butler to call the doctor quickly.
But the Duke waved his hand to tell them to stop.
“It’s a mild side effect of the movement magic. They said there is no separate medicine.”
“You better rest for a while. Noel and I are still tracking…”
“By the way, what about Noel?”
Noel, who was always anxiously waiting for news, was nowhere to be seen.
“Noel went to the Jenkins mansion.”
“…”
The Duke’s eyebrows narrowed for a moment.
In fact, he hadn’t informed anyone about this yet. Except for a few people who might help.
The reason he didn’t make this official was because he wanted to leave the best option: ‘Let Rieta come back quietly.’
“Still, he should… be informed. It’s about his master.”
“Yes.”
Silence fell between them again. As long and distant as Rieta’s absence.
“… I guess.”
The Duke calmly spoke. However, his eyes were filled with cold anger.
“It seems that the line for this matter to be resolved quietly has been crossed.”
“Father.”
The Duke entered the mansion with sharp eyes.
“Call someone.”
As soon as he gave the command in a low voice, the butler bowed.
“Among them, there should be those who can freely enter and leave the Kingdom and the empire.”
“But, Father.”
Darrel followed him, looking concerned. In fact, it was almost the only problem for them.
“While we’re sending someone to the Kingdom to check the situation, I wonder if the Princess will be alright…”
Even the Duke couldn’t say anything about the matter. But he believed in one thing about Rieta.
“She’s not weak.”
The Duke closed his eyes for a moment and recalled Rieta’s eyes.
“Until we go… she will do her best to protect herself.”
So Rieta’s wait could not be ruined in vain with hasty moves.
However, it was inevitable with the heart of a parent who has lost his child.
There was nothing he could do to stop the trembling of his hands.
* * *
The day after reuniting with her father and her siblings, Rieta finished a meal until she was full.
There were so many meals given in the first place that even if she ate so much, most of them went untouched.
Naturally, all the people working in the Princess’s palace were able to enjoy plentiful meals.
“I’ll take a walk and come back.”
Rieta took a parasol and went out into the garden.
Immediately, Agnes followed her.
Rieta checked the structure of the palace bit by bit, relying on her childhood memories.
Overall, it was almost the same. But despite having wandered around, she could barely see any soldiers guarding the surroundings.
She also saw several empty guard posts.
There had always been someone when she was little…
Every time she went to the guard posts, there would be someone who always greeted her.
Well, maintaining troops costs money.
Did King Liz reduce the guards to freely use the money?
He called mercenaries to solve the essentials.
At this point, the existence of this place as a ‘royal palace’ itself became strange.
The opposition of the people of Liz was likely to be directed to this place, the pinnacle of luxury, and King Liz did not even have soldiers to fight against them.
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