"NOONA!"
Neoma smiled at Skylus who greeted her so enthusiastically. "Hello, our baby saint."
"Princess Neoma, please address the new saint properly," Lord Manu scolded her. "Moreover, Prince Skylus is no longer a baby."
Not a baby?
But look at Skylus running towards her, his plump cheeks bouncing.
[That's a baby.]
Anyways, Neoma returned to the Imperial Palace after talking to Hanna and her parents last night.
She left Lewis with Hanna when she went to the palace.
After all, she had a few things that she needed to do first before leaving.
"Noona, more people are praying to Lord Yule now!" Skylus said cheerfully while clinging to Neoma's leg. "The devotees who have gone astray for a while because of the enemies' lies are starting to find the right path again! They're praying diligently to Lord Yule now!"
It was probably because of the prayer rally that Skylus and Lord Manu had been doing these past few days.
[I feel bad that Skylus has learned to tell a white lie, but it must be done.]
Skylus was a good boy anyway.
"Good job, Skylus," Neoma said, gently patting the top of Skylus' head. "You're on a break, aren't you?"
"Yes, Noona," Skylus said, and then he paused for a mont. "Can I do sothing for you, Noona?"
"Aunt Brigitte is still at the Exton Estate, isn't she?"
"That's right, Noona."
"Do you miss your family?"
Uncle Glenn and Skylus' siblings had already returned to the Hazelden Kingdom.
[Aunt Brigitte has to stay in the Exton Estate until she gives birth, so Uncle Glenn has to return to Hazelden with Monik and Claude.]
Skylus' face bead upon the ntion of his family. "Can I see them, Noona?"
"Of course," Neoma said confidently. "Let's go to Exton Estate first, then we'll go to Hazelden with your mother."
[I have sothing I need in the kingdom, after all.]
***
"YOUR IMPERIAL Majesty, Princess Neoma was here earlier."
"I know," Nero said without looking up at lvin since he was busy stamping important docunts. "She sent a ssage asking to use the portal connected to the Hazelden Kingdom."
Apparently, Neoma fetched Queen Brigitte from the Exton Estate.
And then her group used the portal connected to the Hazelden Kingdom.
"Your Imperial Majesty didn't co out of your office to see Princess Neoma," lvin wondered out loud. "Did you have a fight with the Imperial Princess?"
"If I had a fight with Neoma, you wouldn't see here."
"Then why didn't you go and see her, Your Imperial Majesty? I'm sure Princess Neoma is more important than the docunts you need to sign today."
"If I see Neoma again, it will be hard for to watch her go again," Nero said bluntly. He decided to be honest since he was only talking to lvin anyway. "It took all the self-control I have to stop myself from seeing Neoma, so stop bombarding with stupid questions."
"Yes, Your Imperial Majesty."
"So, did you co here just to annoy ?"
"Of course not, Your Imperial Majesty," lvin denied almost imdiately. "The forr emperor's Paladins have reported their return to the Imperial Capital. They said they have a few errands to do before they return to the palace."
Nero finally looked up at lvin. "Is it safe to assu that my father's Paladins are willing to work for now that I have beco the new emperor?"
His father's Paladins belonged to his father.
After his father descended from the throne, he gave his Paladins the choice to either stay in the palace to serve the new emperor, or gain their freedom as a normal citizen of the empire.
"It seems like the forr emperor's Paladins are willing to serve you, Your Imperial Majesty," lvin said while nodding. "Do you need them to do sothing for you as soon as they return to the palace?"
"Yeah. I need them to stay in the palace and pretend I'm here."
"Your Imperial Majesty, are you leaving the palace?! You can't!"
"Shut up," Nero scolded his future Imperial Chamberlain. "Neoma's "children" have already claid the Abyss. So, I need to do my job and put the souls of the male Rosehearts to rest."
And their resting place would be the Abyss, obviously.
"Ah, I rember," lvin said, sighing. "When will we be leaving, Your Imperial Majesty?"
"I'm not bringing any of you."
"Excuse ?!"
"It's the Spirit World, silly. Neoma and my parents have already terrorized Queen Tara. The queen would be upset if I bring my own Order to her land."
"But you can't leave alone, Your Imperial Majesty! I know that you're strong. But even so…!"
"Who said I'm leaving alone?"
Now lvin looked confused. "Then who will you bring with you, Your Imperial Majesty?"
"Who else?" Nero asked back, sighing. "I need Dahlia's help, so I'm bringing her to the Spirit World with ."
***
NEOMA wanted to spend ti with Aunt Brigitte, Uncle Glenn, and the kids.
Unfortunately, she went to the Hazelden Kingdom for business and not to play.
Hence, as soon as she arrived at the Royal Palace, she asked for the "prisoner of war" that she wanted to see before leaving that world.
"It's been a while, Princess Neoma."
"Yeah, it's been a while, Regina," Neoma said, raising an eyebrow at Regina Crowell. "You're still thick-skinned, huh? I heard you kept coming in and out of the palace as if you own this place."
Regina sipped her tea before she talked back. "What can I do? The Hazelden Kingdom is too cold. On the other hand, the Royal Palace is warm."
"You can escape anyti you want, and yet to chose to stay. I wonder if there's sothing interesting in this kingdom."
"Crows like shiny things, and there are many shiny things here."
"Bullshit."
Regina laughed softly while shaking her head. "Why do you want to see , Princess Neoma? You're not here because you miss , are you?"
"I'm sure you've already heard about the war that I started."
"What about it?"
"Helstor chose you as one of his representatives, didn't he?"
"Are you asking because you don't know?"
"I just wanted to confirm," Neoma said, shrugging. "That's the only way Helstor can save you from getting killed, after all."
Regina paused for a mont before she nodded. "That's right. Being Helstor's representative is a lifeline to ."
And that was exactly why Neoma went to the Hazelden Kingdom.
[I had to inform them that they can't touch Regina Crowell since she's a chosen representative.]
"Is that really the only reason you want to see , Princess Neoma?"
Neoma sipped her tea first before she answered. "Trevor ate Dilan Crowell's heart."
Regina looked shocked at first, and then she suddenly burst out laughing. "Trevor Kesser is really interesting, isn't he?"
Oho?
[Is that interest I see in Regina's eyes?]
"I asked Trevor Kesser to kill Dilan Crowell as slowly and as painful as possible. It seems like he's keeping the end of the deal," Regina said as if she was proud. "I wonder if there's sothing Trevor Kesser wants in return?"
"Don't ss with Trevor the way you ssed with Rubin Drayton, you bitch," Neoma said coldly. "Do you want to kill you— right here, right now?"
The rules of the war be damned.
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