Let's Pay Him a Visit

What Riezel meant by "going out for a walk" was not taking a few laps around Liz's bedchamber. He meant actually going outside.

With Eulalie, Liz, and Luna in tow, Riezel left the bedchamber directly.

Normally, there was no way their group could have left Liz's bedchamber so smoothly.

It could not be helped. Liz was still under house arrest by the king.

If she merely walked around within her bedchamber, Liz had a certain degree of freedom and would not be restricted.

But if she wanted to leave the bedchamber, she had to get past the knight squad stationed outside, every one of them wearing a True Swordsman Medal.

If Liz alone had tried to lead the way out, that knight squad would certainly have stopped her.

But Riezel was leading them, which was another matter entirely.

As an active Sword Saint who had forced King Hermulin to back down through his strength, Riezel's presence in Liz's bedchamber was clearly something the knights already knew about.

They also knew that, regarding Liz, King Hermulin had made a certain degree of compromise. His attitude was no longer hardline; he was now asking for Riezel's cooperation.

So, when they saw Riezel leading the group out, the knights exchanged glances, then promptly looked at their noses and kept their thoughts to themselves, as though they had seen nothing. They let the four of them leave the bedchamber.

Luna found this somewhat unbelievable.

"They let us through that easily?"

Clearly, this maid had yet to realize just how much Riezel had done in the Royal Palace, or how intimidating he was in the eyes of others.

She was merely a maid, and one who had spent all year serving Liz, a shut-in princess, rarely leaving Liz's bedchamber. Her knowledge was limited. Otherwise, she