The carriage slowly made its way toward Central Street in Peace Square.
The streets were packed with people in the afternoon. The sun hung high in the sky, shining over the faces of passersby.
When they saw the emblem on Ron's carriage marking him as one blessed by the Goddess of Harvest, the pedestrians all stepped aside to make way.
Some followers of the Goddess of Harvest even stopped to watch, silently tracing the symbol of an ear of rice over their chests while murmuring prayers under their breath.
It had been nearly three months since Ron returned to the Imperial Capital.
All the various negative rumors about Ron that had spread through the Imperial Capital that winter had long since vanished like smoke.
Now, many people knew that Prince Ron had spent a large sum of gold sponsoring the Spring Martial Tournament and had opened a Magic Battle Hall on Central Street.
The Magic Cup tournament that had recently been promoted with tremendous fanfare had been arranged entirely by Prince Ron himself.
And the Orc Cat-kin proprietress of that Magic Battle Hall was Prince Ron's woman.
Other than that, people seemed to have heard very little about Prince Ron having close dealings with any other women.
Miss Irene and Miss Betty, who had once been labeled Ron's first wife and seventh wife, seemed to be nothing more than ordinary friends of Prince Ron.
As for the other five "wives," he had not had the slightest contact with them.
Of course, such rumors could never be completely eradicated. The darker side of human nature would always remain, and there would always be people who liked to use conspiracies to speculate about others' actions.
But at least, the scene from when he had first entered the Imperial Capital—when his carriage had