Arielle took Irene with her to have breakfast together, while Ronan was not yet seen at the dinner table. The man said he had to see William for a bit. As the two sat together, Irene tugged at Arielle’s sleeve to speak.
"Yes, Irene? Is there sothing you want to ask?"
Irene held her chin, looking a bit doubtful. "Last night ... I heard a voice in my window," she said reluctantly, and Arielle gave her full attention to the child.
"Voice? Is there sothing in your room? Did you call the guards nearby?" Arielle asked worriedly..
Irene shook her head. "That... I wanted to call you, but... Sir William said maybe you were very busy taking care of the dragon eggs that Maxieno had left?" Irene replied, making Arielle’s face instantly beco red.
The girl imdiately turned her face away so Irene wouldn’t see it. Last night... she had a vague feeling that she heard a knock on the door, but Ronan said he didn’t hear anything, so Arielle thought it was just a hallucination.
She was really embarrassed. Did her voice reach outside too? Arielle cleared her throat to erase the awkward feeling she was feeling. Irene was really still innocent, and she was utterly shaless in making noises that were not suitable for a child to hear.
Arielle would be very embarrassed if she t William again later.
"Ah, y-yes... last night, I was working hard on th-that," Arielle answered in a bit of a stamring voice because she wasn’t used to lying.
Irene just nodded, as if everything Arielle said was true. The girl didn’t suspect anything at all, making Arielle breathe a sigh of relief right now.
"Th-then... early this morning, I saw Aie sleeping with you? Did you call Aie?"
Irene shook her head. "Sir William called her to accompany . I ... did not dare to go out or enter my room again. I just happened to et him who said he also wanted to et you."
"Oh... William checked your room too?" asked Arielle.
"Yes, and it turned out to be only the sound of tree branches blowing by the wind and hitting on the window. Sir William also cleared the branch, and after that, there was no more sound."
Arielle nodded while stroking Irene’s hair, which this ti was in a two ponytail style and was given a dark blue ribbon that matched her dress. So, it ant that the shoes and the n’s coat in Irene’s room she saw earlier belonged to William. Arielle could breathe a sigh of relief now.
As they were talking about the possibility that they would go outside the palace, a guard announced the king who had just arrived at the dining table. Arielle got up first then followed by Irene. Ronan hugged his wife and gave the girl a quick peck on the cheek after lifting his mask slightly.
Ronan slowly got used to being seen by people without a mask. However, because today was the agenda to open the palace so that many people would visit, he decided to put his mask back on. Ronan was too overwheld if he showed his face without any announcent. It was like he was naked.
Ronan would really take off his mask again later when he accepted Arielle’s hand as his queen in the procession of his wife’s coronation.
Then, Ronan only looked at Irene who was still not completely comfortable with him. The little girl was still looking down, unable to greet him freely. He then told Arielle to sit back down. After Arielle sat down, then Irene sat down too.
Several maids arrived to bring breakfast for them.
Ronan gave Arielle an envelope sealed with a red wax belonging to the Nieverdell Kingdom. The girl blinked a few tis then looked at Ronan in turn.
"Archie?" she asked in disbelief.
Ronan just shrugged his shoulders. He didn’t have the right to see or peek at the letter sent by the Nieverdell courier specifically to Arielle.
Arielle put down her cutlery and opened the envelope enthusiastically. Ronan hadn’t even had ti to offer him a small knife to break the seal because Arielle had torn it off right away. She opened a letter with Archie’s handwriting on it.
Arielle held Archie’s letter carefully. She bit her lip as Archie wrote his regret for not forbidding Arielle to go alone to Birwick. Archie was worried about her all the ti and was always waiting for Arielle to co back and send him a letter.
Arielle could feel the relief Archie expressed through his letter. She smiled faintly when she got the news that Archie would be arriving in a few days with Duke Ambrose to attend her coronation.
Arielle folded the letter again. She would keep it in the collection of letters she had obtained from Archie. She then turned to Ronan, and from the twinkle in his wife’s face, Ronan knew that the letter Arielle had read really made her happy.
"Good news from Nieverdell?" asked Ronan who was still continuing his breakfast.
"Yeah. Archie will be arriving at Northendell in a few days to participate in my coronation," Arielle replied with a broad smile on her face.
Ronan also smiled seeing Arielle who couldn’t contain her excitent.
"Eat your breakfast first. You will be busy today. I don’t want you to get sick again," Ronan said, and Arielle put her letter on the dining table.
She took back her cutlery and started eating her breakfast with Ronan and Irene.
After breakfast finished, Ronan returned to his office right away. He was ready to listen to the many problems of his people. Arielle went to the cathedral to learn a few things about her coronation procession, while Irene went with Aie to pass the ti until Arielle finished.
Arielle t with Priest Jill. She learned about the procession and started morizing so of the vows she would take later. Even though her progress was really slow, Arielle studied diligently.
While the girl was morizing one of the processes, Priest Jill said that so of the people Arielle had saved from Birwick wanted to et her to express their gratitude in person because Arielle had saved their precious lives.
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