The Empire Has Its Dark History Too

I had originally wanted to ask Sandora, that absurdly knowledgeable Queen, about quite a few things. But after returning from Shadow City, I saw no sign of the girl. Aside from a pile of dolls busily watching television in the living room, there were only two maids cleaning.

"Where did Sandora go?"

Seeing Anweina float past me, I immediately stopped her and asked.

The Little Ghost blinked troubledly, unconsciously rolling the buttons on her maid uniform between her fingers. That was her habitual gesture whenever she was conflicted.

"Mistress Sandora said she was bored at home, so she went out to forage..."

Listen to that! Forage! Even Anweina now dared to openly describe Sandora's behavior as foraging!

Anweina's words immediately made me break out in a cold sweat. Over the past few days, the mysterious disappearances of traffic barriers and the inexplicable snapping of landscaping trees in New City xx District had become increasingly frequent. Sandora, weren't you afraid people would start questioning the Law of Conservation of Mass?

Having a girl who went out foraging whenever she got bored and ate anything she saw put a lot of pressure on me. She was a Queen, after all. In other settings, she always carried herself with the majesty of someone ruling the world. So why was she such a headache whenever nobody was around?

After greeting Anweina and Saeko, telling Suigintou and the girls to play properly at home and not go out, I grabbed Ding Dang as she bounced over from the table and stuffed her into my pocket, then hurried out to look for Her Majesty, who might be foraging in some corner of the New City District.

Fortunately, Sandora always kept our Spiritual Connection open, so locking onto her location was easy. But that girl really could