It seemed Miss Galina not only disliked banquets like this, but also had other troubles on her mind today.
Miss Galina was extremely sensitive and noticed Shade's gaze from the crowd below. She gave him an almost imperceptible shake of her head, though it was unclear what she meant by it.
Without delivering a speech on the stairs, Queen Diana, surrounded by the princes, princesses, and noblewomen of the Cavendish Family, followed the cleared passage from the stairs to the large second-floor terrace amid the music. From there, not only could the guests on the second floor and in the courtyard see her, but even pedestrians on Silver Cross Avenue and people on the second and third floors of nearby places such as Saint Derain Square could see her as well.
This terrace itself was where the king delivered formal speeches to all his subjects.
Since there were simply too many people, Shade did not try to squeeze forward to watch Queen Diana's speech. He supported Dorothy and carefully helped her sit back down on the sofa. When Leisha had followed the Queen to the second floor and stepped onto the terrace just now, Dorothy had nearly fallen straight into Shade.
"Honestly, knowing this would happen, you shouldn't have come to this banquet."
Shade helped Dorothy sit down. He had originally wanted to heal her with Cindyia's Silver Moon Gift, but Dorothy waved him off.
"It's fine."
Her forehead was covered in cold sweat, her face pale, and her voice was almost completely drowned out by the Queen's amplified speech.
"I just felt uncomfortable for that instant. I thought we were already far enough apart."
She was not lying. Her complexion was indeed recovering at a visible rate. But sweat still clung to her forehead, and the long golden strands