Chapter: 948

Kaizen, who was lying next to her, hugged her by the shoulder.

“We should go back now.”

A familiar warmth wrapped around her body.

Astelle smiled softly as she turned to him. “Yes, Your Majesty.”

It was really time to go back.

As Astell tried to get up, Kaizen raised his hand.

He carefully smoothed her messy hair.

“… … are you all right?”

There was concern and tension in his low voice.

Astelle smiled as he gently stroked her ear.

“I’m fine.”

The party left early in the morning and returned to the marquis’ mansion.

The scenery outside the carriage window was covered in snow.

If the guards and servants hadn’t cleared the snow early on, the carriage would have been unable to move.

“Your Majesty!”

Upon arriving at the mansion, the marquis rushed out to greet the three.

“Grandpa!”

Before Astelle and Kaizen could even approach him, Theor energetically ran to his arms.

The marquis looked at the two of them while hugging Theor. Seeing that all three were safe, he heaved a sigh of relief.

“Thank goodness you three are okay. I was worried all night waiting for news.”

“I’m sorry. The snow was so bad that I couldn’t reach you.”

Sending out a courier when it’s snowing and getting lost can be life-threatening

“Fortunately there was a farmer’s house nearby. Otherwise, we would have stayed up all night on the street.”

Astelle also nodded at Kaizen’s words.

Before leaving, she thanked the owner of the house several times.