Carlo was in quite a good mood when he returned to Italy once more.
Italy did not have so much scheming and intrigue, and his relationships with his brothers were very stable. Things were immeasurably better than the dreadful situation in Spain.
After returning to the room he had lived in before departing for Spain, Carlo finally found a brief moment of peace.
The exhaustion of the journey made Carlo extremely sleepy, so he decided to enjoy a pleasant night and reunite with his father and brothers the next day.
The two maids had also accompanied Carlo to Italy this time.
After all, they were Italians too. The purpose of this trip was to bring their families with them to Spain, since no one knew when they would next return to Italy.
Carlo had many maids, but Anna and Alice were not ordinary maids.
They were only responsible for Carlo's daily needs and helped him handle certain private matters. Their status was more akin to that of Carlo's lovers.
Though he could not give the two of them a proper title, he could certainly provide their families with a prosperous life.
If Carlo had more lovers in the future, they would receive the same treatment. After all, Carlo was not the sort of man who pulled out and turned heartless. Money was something he could obtain with a mere flick of his hand.
After peacefully falling asleep under his maids' care and enjoying a pleasant night, Carlo visited his father, Vittorio Emanuele II, early the next morning.
Though he had been in Spain for less than a year, Carlo still felt that his father, Vittorio Emanuele II, had changed considerably.
That was only natural. Emanuele II had been born in 1820 and had turned exactly fifty this year. In this