After that, Shien completely put Limjo out of his mind, as though he had never met the man, and visited the Princess's chambers with gifts of consolation.
As usual, the Princess's chambers were still filled with a whole crowd of young noblemen waiting around, as though they were waiting for the Princess to choose one of them, idling away their days here.
Shien really wanted to ask these young masters whether they found keeping a mistress outside less appealing, or whether they truly believed they could wait until the clouds parted and the moon appeared, convinced that their "sincerity" would eventually move the Princess.
Instead of wasting their time here, wouldn't they be better off going home and figuring out some tricks to play, like staging a damsel-in-distress rescue? That would be far more useful than waiting around aimlessly, wouldn't it?
They already knew the Princess would not see any of them, yet they still hung around here, hoping she might spare them an extra glance amid the crowd?
They should go home, balance a peach on their heads, and come back. That would definitely catch the Princess's attention in no time.
As Shien made these snide remarks internally, he walked into the hall of the chambers with a blank expression, drawing the attention of every young nobleman present.
They all looked at Shien, their eyes brimming with such gritted-teeth resentment that they seemed to want nothing more than to drive him out.
Unfortunately, word of everything Shien had done in the royal palace during yesterday's audience seemed to have spread throughout noble circles. Even the commoners now knew that an adventurer named Shien had defeated the Old Demon Faction responsible for the great chaos and heavy losses suffered by the royal capital ten years ago, and they had recently