Roman woke up early that morning, hoping to avoid running into his father for once, before heading to the library. He didn't want to risk running into Celine again, especially if she decided to confront him. After yesterday's encounter, he wasn't quite sure if the princess could ever forgive him.

It took him longer than usual to finish breakfast since he was constantly distracted, but eventually he finally headed down to the library, where he sat down in one of the chairs and grabbed the book he needed. He flipped open the cover and scanned over the pages absentmindedly, barely noticing anything that was written in there.

After reading several...