The Crown of Chaos
Chapter 292

An Impatient Young Lady and an Even More Impatient Princess

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Dark clouds churned across the sky, and the wind howled like a wild horse. Sleet fell over the Sunset Lands beside Wyvernwater, forcing the Dwarves to halt all work.

Dust whipped up by the fierce wind and rain swept along the entire length of the newly completed streets.

Sallyan Castle gradually settled into a state of simultaneous silence and chaos.

After Aaron returned, his exceptional personal abilities allowed him to gradually clear the backlog of government affairs. Yet this darling of Cormyr, a lord who had repeatedly made a name for himself across the Realms, seemed less than enthusiastic about domestic administration.

Often, a lord's favorite pastime after receiving a new fief was to tour it again and again. Aaron, however, had little interest in that. After asking about a few major matters, he clearly preferred staying in Aquitaine Palace and exchanging sweet nothings with his girlfriend, Miss Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Elsewhere in the castle.

Escorted by a squad of Black Eagle Guards, the fairy princess Buer arrived at the residence Aaron had arranged for her-a large, almost entirely self-contained garden within the castle and a partly enclosed villa. Aaron had named it the "Absolute Good Palace." At his instructions, everything Buer might need had been prepared, and the little girl could now move in.

Buer did not actually like being isolated, but the fairy princess knew that she was, by nature, a divine being. Seeing the palace Aaron had built especially for her, she still looked pleased. "Sir Knight has arranged everything so nicely for me! Absolute Good Palace?

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