Enjoying fine food and afternoon tea.
However, Halloween Queen was extremely displeased. She looked around at the servants and snapped, "...Why did you wait until I arrived to serve the dishes?"
"...Remember this. From now on, whenever Father is here, you are to put him first. Whatever Father tells you to do, you must do."
"Even if my orders conflict with Father's, you are to obey his orders. Understood?"
Although Halloween Queen was furious, she also knew that her servants were unaware of Roy's identity.
So although she was angry, she did not blame them. Instead, she made Roy's identity perfectly clear to them.
If they overstepped again under these circumstances, Halloween Queen would certainly punish them with a thunderous fury.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The maids bowed fearfully one after another.
Their expressions were astonished. They had never heard of this before, nor had they ever dared imagine that Her Majesty the Queen actually had a father.
Even in the Little Garden, this was probably major news.
Halloween Queen no longer concealed this identity. In the past, she had feared that Roy would blame her.
Thus, whatever Roy did not say, she absolutely would not do.
Now that she knew Father did not mind others taking the initiative—in fact, he even appreciated it—Halloween Queen began acting according to her own will.
Because she finally understood that Father was merely observing.
No matter what others did, he would not become angry. He truly stood aloof beyond everything.
He calmly watched the transformations of all things, the intertwining of fate, the changing of the world, and the passage of endless time. In his eyes, they were all fleeting clouds.
The Canary kneeling on the ground was also shocked. The muscles on her nearly expressionless face trembled slightly.
She had never heard that