"Your Highness, you should rest early."
"You only just came back, and so much happened again tonight. Don't keep worrying about it."
"Your health is what matters most. Hurry and get some rest."
Back in her own Bedroom Palace, Yanafeien frowned deeply.
Unlike Linsey, who was quietly leaving the city.
At this moment, Princess stood at the center of the entire city, with nothing before her but heavy curtains and the walls of the Palace.
As an ordinary person.
Yanafeien had no way to investigate everything happening within the city.
Even the head maid who held her in her arms could not be pushed away unless she wished it; Yanafeien could only passively accept people's service and care.
Yanafeien sighed and turned to the head maid beside her.
"Meili, I want to go outside and take a look."
The head maid looked at the Princess in her arms.
Meili had been responsible for Yanafeien's care since childhood. Hearing this request now, she understood what the child was thinking.
Though the person before her held a different status, she was practically family!
"Your Highness, it's dangerous outside."
"Over the past ten years, I've experienced a great deal out there. I've already learned how to protect myself." Yanafeien answered directly, then fixed her bright eyes on the other woman. "Besides, aren't you here to protect me?"
"..."
Meili was shaken by the determination in Yanafeien's black eyes.
She saw the ruler of the past.
And just as when they had first met after Yanafeien's return, the head maid once again realized that the child had grown up.
"Phew—"
"Since that's what you want, I'll go out with you."
The head maid accompanied Yanafeien as the two headed outside.
A few minutes later, from the mountaintop of the City of Law, they saw