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Chapter 144
At That Time, the Royal Palace ①
Translated by AmaLynne
Rachel Isle Skye, the second princess of the Skye Kingdom, was in a very bad mood.
Wearing a gorgeous, ornate red dress, she walked down the hallway with large thighs.
Her fingers fidgeted with her curly, bluish silver-blonde hair, and she did not attempt to hide her annoyance, which was not very princess-like.
The maids who pass by her, not wanting to upset Rachel, move to the end of the corridor out of her sight and bow their heads in a small, quiet gesture.
Without looking at the maids, Rachel went to her sister’s room.
She knows that the guards in front of her sister’s room are gone, so she opens the door vigorously and walks in.
“Stella-onee-sama!”
“Oh, Rachel. What’s wrong with you today?”
The woman who greeted the breathless Rachel was the first princess of the Skye Kingdom, Stella Isle Skye, who was tidying up her room.
The fact that her sister was cleaning up after herself when she could have left it to the maids, convinced Rachel that the stories she had heard were true.
“I heard that you had begun to leave your room
so I came to ask you how you were doing.”
“I am so glad you cared. Thank you.”
“As a sister, of course. But you really left your room. I thought you were lying. Besides, I heard that you have stopped studying, which you were so absorbed in.”
When Rachel asked probingly, Stella put on a cheerful face.
She feels a little annoyed by that but tries not to show her emotions.
“I haven’t stopped studying, but I’ve stopped putting so much time into it. Recently, I’ve also started exercising.”
“What kind of change of heart? You’ve been talking so much about study, study, study.”
Her sister has clearly changed.
She is a different person from when she used to lock herself in her room and study to be accepted as a princess. It was as if a ghost had been lifted from her, and she had taken on an air of serenity.
Rachel spat out inwardly, “She had been so good at shutting herself away from me.”
“I guess it’s thanks to Sam.”
“Sam? Who is it?”
“Would you recognize me if I said Samuel Scheidt?”
“ ――!? Samuel Scheidt? The Samuel Scheidt who not only became the court wizard but also took Albert’s place as the most powerful in the kingdom?”
“Yes, well, I didn’t know much about it, but Rachel must have watched Sam and Albert in their duel.”
Now, there is probably no one in the royal court who does not know the name Samuel Scheidt.
Albert, who had taken over the throne as the most powerful wizard in the kingdom, suddenly made a fuss about a duel.
And although his opponent was a minor child, he was said to be a disciple of Ulrike Scheidt-Walker.
It was a good topic of conversation for those who had nothing better to do.
Some of the nobles were even looking forward to seeing how brutal a show Albert would put on.
Aside from her sister, who had stayed indoors, Rachel was one of those who were interested in the duel and lined up to be a spectator.
“Of course I was there. Many people in the palace were looking forward to it because they had heard that Albert was going to beat up a child. But I didn’t expect him to be killed in an instant. Albert was a miserable man, wasn’t he?”
“Rachel. It’s not a bad thing to speak ill of the dead. Besides, Sam was strong, that’s all.”
“That’s true
but why did sister meet with this Samuel Scheidt?”
She doesn’t care about Albert, who was a nuisance to the kingdom even after he died. It was more about Sam.
Rachel couldn’t help but wonder why he, of all people, was meeting with her sister.
“Think of it, I haven’t told you. I’m engaged to Sam.”
“ ――Ha!?”