Out of the corner of his eyes, Leal observed the foreign princess conversing with Viscount Renard inside the carriage.
Ever since their first meeting earlier in the middle of a deserted road, it had been one strangeness after another with this princess called Hilde of Arnica. He didn't quite know what to make of her.
Days ago, when he had given Leal the order to go to this Queendom, his father had also imparted a handful of information. The nature of these bits of knowledge could be classified as "sensitive." Among other things, they were information that King Madelon had no business knowing at all in the first place.
Very few were privy to the fact, but along with running a kingdom, Leal's father also operated a spy network. One of the things the secret spy king had told only his son
