Chapter: 45

She laughed happily and wore the flower crown on her head to mend the embarrassing atmosphere.

As a happy queen of autumn, she endured the pain and tiredness and kept her place until the end, and at night she hosted the ball alone.

The next day, Kaizen said that he was too tired yesterday, and he asked Astelle for her forgiveness.

Astelle gladly forgave him.

She was rather deeply regretted that he felt her sadness, although she was for a while.

Now it was the memories that couldn’t be dustier.

Astelle muttered carelessly, “I was bored and struggling to sit all day and wait for the contest to end. It was so long ago that I can’t remember anything else.”

In response to Astelle’s grim response, Kaizen bit his lip firmly again.

There was a heavy silence over the table.

In a short silence, Marianne said a blunt voice, “I can’t remember anything at that time.”

Astell said casually, “Of course, because Lady Marianne was still an 11-year-old girl back then.”

It wasn’t really dismissive, but Marianne bit her lips with her face full of contempt.

The atmosphere was quickly ruined.

Kaizen, sitting in the upper seat, was also unpleasant, and Marianne stared at Astelle with her resentful glances.

Vellian turned the topic to rectify the disastrous atmosphere.

“Come to think of it, there were a lot of bears around here. If you go into the forest further, there is a hunting lodge. Sometimes Your Majesty—”

“Bear?”

Theor, who only listened to the adults talking, shouted unknowingly.

“Yes, it’s pretty much around here.”

“I want to see them.”

“Theor.”

Astelle quietly grabbed the child’s shoulder.

“It would be nice if you could see it, but it’s too dangerous for you to see it in person.”

At that time, one of the servants came to the dinner table and whispered something to Kaizen.

Kaizen listened to the words of the servant and he stood up from the seat.