Unlike the Winter Tree garden, the beauty of my garden was seen through its compactness and simplicity . Of course, itâs a bit scary to see that my small and compact standard was the scale of the royal family, but my personal garden was nothing compared to the Winter tree garden . Well, it was still big enough for small children to play around .
Besides, the atmosphere of this place changed little by little every passing season, so there were more attractions here than in the Winter Tree garden . It indeed looked like paradise to me, who was once a city girl . Come to think of it, winter was coming soon . The wind blowing from the pavilion was quite chilly .
Agrigent was the only country in the central continent that had four distinct seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter . I heard it was because of the winter spirit . For example, in neighboring countries, such as Langre, it was always summer throughout the year while Ancief enjoyed a perpetual spring; meanwhile, Parten-Kihernâs seasons were spring, summer, and fall . Thus, when they looked at the snow of Agrigent, itâs intrigued them even if they were from the same Central Continent . Anyways, there were many exciting things here .
I was reading a book call , and Elyne suddenly ran into the pavilion . I tilted my head to see what the commotion was all about . What was going on? Elyneâs looked like a dog that needed to go to the bathroom because of her expression .
âPrincess, something terrible has happened!â
âHuh? Whatâs wrong?!â
Even Serira was curious . Assisi looked nervous too . This looked terrible .
âHis Majesty⊠His Majesty!â
âStop stuttering . Youâre making me even more nervous . â
âHis Majesty found your broken sculpture!â
A massive alarm rang in my head .
Um⊠Did I hear that correctly? I blinked my eyes, but Elyne was still there . I moved my head and looked at Serira; I then looked at Assisi . Oh, no!
âI⊠I donât know . â
âI mean, how did he find it?â
âHe must have said something to the maids . The emperor always seems angry, so they just ended up telling him everythingâŠâ
Were their lives the only ones on the line? What about me? What about my right to live?
My vision started to get hazy . I couldnât see the light, and I couldnât think of what words to say . I was so screwed .
I knew that he would find it out someday, but this was too soon .
When I looked at Elyne, she shook her head as if to say, âI donât know . â I then looked at Assisi .
âHeâs probably in a meeting . â
âIâll be seeing him at dinner then?â
The troubling part was the fact that the sun had already set, and we would be dining soon⊠the garden after sunset was beautiful, but I couldnât seem to marvel at its beauty .
Ah, I couldnât think of anything else to do . I wished that everyone would disappear . I wanted to be aloneâŠ
âBut itâs not like youâre the one who broke it, PrincessâŠâ
Silly Elyne, did she really thought that Caitel would care?
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