Winter Royal City, guest residence.
Gamma and Renina were carefully arranging the Prince's formalwear, both wearing grim faces throughout. Miss Gamma in particular looked utterly hopeless.
She said she had been dumped today and felt absolutely terrible.
"Renina, how many wives can a man from the Kingdom of Early Spring take?" the Chief Mage suddenly asked.
"One."
Miss Gamma pondered. "Tell me, if we launched a coup, would our chances of success be high?"
"Basically, we'd fail."
Like a deflated balloon, Miss Gamma slumped and crouched in the corner. She had not been in good shape these past few days, probably because the Witch of Rin Dong had traumatized her.
Renina shook her head. She knew what crooked idea her colleague was entertaining. With Rin Dong's Witch around, there was probably no way to sabotage this wedding... In that case, they could only solve the problem at its source.
If there was no place for her, then they would create one.
Still, the fact that she had actually considered launching a coup merely to create another place had startled Renina... This woman was truly ruthless!
"I think it would be more hopeful to wait until His Highness has a marital crisis," Renina said calmly. "Besides, once His Highness does, I've already reserved the first replacement spot."
"When did that happen?!" Miss Gamma's eyes widened at once. She looked incredulous, as if she had missed a century.
"I say... I'm still here." The Prince could not help smiling wryly. He lightly tapped the table. "All right, I can handle the rest myself... You two should go change as well. I've had new formalwear prepared for you. That's an order."
"All right..."
The two of them left the room with their heads hanging.
The Prince shook his head... He checked the time