At this time, Shien still had no idea how serious the situation in the royal capital had become.
After leaving Anxi's chambers, he returned to Roxie's chambers with her.
Ria parted ways with them midway, apparently because she had official duties to attend to.
As the future Queen who had been clearly designated to inherit the throne, Ria had gradually begun taking over some of Anxi's authority. Combined with the powers reclaimed from Roxie, which had all been handed over to her, the First Princess was usually quite busy.
And with the Three Races conference just around the corner, as the host and designated chair of the talks, Ria naturally had to make every preparation for the Kingdom of Mithra during the conference.
Under such circumstances, it was already rare enough that she had found time to come over, scold Shien a little, and visit Roxie.
Roxie, on the other hand, had already handed over her authority and was now awaiting marriage. As a Princess about to be wed, almost none of the kingdom's official affairs were being handed to her anymore.
Roxie was much freer now than before. One could even say she had nothing to do, and that delighted her immensely.
Of course, Roxie was not completely without responsibilities.
For example, she still had to handle matters such as the operation of the Sacred Sword Knights.
At least, that was what she said herself.
"The Sacred Sword Knights are my personal guard unit. Once I move out in the future, they'll have to come with me."
In other words, they counted as Roxie's bridal entourage—or perhaps her dowry.
"When you have time, get to know them better. After all, they'll all be your people in the future."
Roxie said something that made the corner of Shien's mouth twitch.