However, the moment Mrs. Cessley left the area, another group keeping a close watch on the queen all throughout slowly made their way to her.

Alicia looked at them. She recognized the young woman leading the group and immediately, her countenance hardened.

‘Seraphina.’

Seraphina Rissel.

In the past, she was one of the leading nobles who mocked and showed her derisive comment behind her back and in secret. She was married then, but for odd reasons, she remained unmarried and without a noble partner in this present life.

“Greetings, Your Majesty. I am the eldest daughter of Duke Rissel, Seraphina Rissel from the House of Rissel.”

The air changed subtly...