Chapter 143: 142 Features: All male (Please subscribe! Please vote for the monthly ticket!)
Lake Heart Island, Royal Palace.
Shane and Vivian easily gained entry.
Vivian handed a letter to the knights guarding the door to pass to the Princess, and as Vivian had said before, they claimed that a meeting could be arranged immediately.
However, only Shane and Vivian were permitted to enter the Royal Palace; Tielle, Lu Muya, and Merica were not allowed.
The reason given was that the party was too large.
Indeed, it was not quite appropriate to bring so many people to a private meeting with the Princess.
Therefore, Lu Muya and Merica hurriedly proclaimed they would wait outside.
“I’m actually a bit scared… to meet the Princess!”
“Yes, it’s so sudden!”
That was how Lu Muya and Merica expressed their feelings, with tearful eyes, clearly anxious about meeting the Princess, or rather, completely unprepared mentally.
After all, things were different now; Lu Muya and Merica had a real sense of the Princess’s reputation. To meet her just like that was somewhat overwhelming for the young girls’ hearts.
“Then I will stay and keep them company.”
Tielle said this, and so she also did not enter the Royal Palace.
As a result, Tielle, Lu Muya, and Merica waited in a guest room outside the Royal Palace under the arrangements of the Knight Order, while Shane and Vivian followed the lead knight into the Royal Palace, heading towards the Princess’s sleeping quarters.
Along the way, the knight guiding them treated Vivian with full respect, and she walked with such familiarity that it made one wonder if she really needed a guide.
Shane observed this scene and only after a while whispered to Vivian.
“You seem to come to the Royal Palace quite often?”
Seeing how at ease Vivian was, that is what Shane had to think.
Vivian did not deny it.
“I wouldn’t say often, but when I was still in the Royal Capital, I would come at least twice a month,” she whispered back to Shane, adding, “As I mentioned before, I am a bit acquainted with the Princess, though thanks to Riley.”
Hearing this, Shane began to understand.
As the sole daughter of the Great Nobles in the Royal Capital, Riley must have frequently interacted with people in the Royal Palace.
Thus, as Riley’s childhood friend, it made sense for Vivian to be somewhat connected with the Royal Palace people.
If not for this, the knights guarding would probably not have agreed so readily to pass her letter to the Princess, right?
If just anyone could write to the Princess, that would be too approachable for the Kingdom.
“Of course, I’ve only met the Princess a few times, so I’m not particularly familiar with her, but Riley is a close personal friend of hers, much more acquainted than I am,” Vivian continued, “If Riley were here, she probably wouldn’t even need to write a letter to ask permission, but could directly take you into the Palace.”
That felt somewhat improper.
Shane murmured to himself with a bit of teasing in his mind, then asked, “So did the Princess agree to meet with us immediately on account of President Riley’s face?”
Vivian answered that question this way.
“There’s some connection,” Vivian said, as if thinking of something with reluctant amusement, “The real reason she agreed to see us right away is probably because it’s a special time. Otherwise, even for Riley, without an appointment set beforehand, it would be difficult to get a meeting on short notice.”
“Oh,” Shane nodded, casually commenting, “It sounds like the Princess is quite busy.”
“Certainly,” Vivian concurred with deep understanding, “Apart from the Royal Family duties and various other matters, take for example her daily noon appearances—she has to do them every day, arranging for the Knight Order to maintain order, and she’s responsible for managing the dispersal of the crowd and the cleanup afterwards. All these tasks are handled by the Princess. Plus, as a person even the Divine Race respects, she’s entrusted with most of the dealings between the Royal Family and the Divine Race; she’s even invited to participate in many important matters in the Temple. Her schedule is packed every day, and probably only this time slot is relatively free, yet she’s still caught up.”
“Caught up?” Shane said in confusion, “What do you mean by that?”
“You’ll find out soon enough,” Vivian replied with a wry smile, “I seized the opportunity to request a visit because I knew about this and thought she’d prefer to meet with us rather than deal with those people. It was a bit of a calculation on my part, and I do feel somewhat guilty.”
While speaking these words, Shane and Vivian also arrived at the Princess’s sleeping quarters.
However, as soon as Shane arrived here, he was stunned.
Because, in the grand hall of the sleeping quarters, there was quite a gathering of people.
These people had two distinguishing features.
One: they were all dressed lavishly and nobly, clearly being from noble families.
Two: they were all men.
On the contrary, Vivian muttered something about “as expected.”
At this time, the arrival of Shane and Vivian also caught the attention of those noble young masters.
These young masters first looked towards Shane, sizing him up, as if gauging who he was, their eyes filled with scrutiny and inexplicable hostility—that is, until they realized he was dressed in ordinary clothing, at which point they dismissed him with disdain.
Their attitude seemed to say, “This person is no threat.”
But then, those noble young masters caught sight of Vivian and their eyes lit up.
Several of them even hurried over without delay.
“Isn’t this Miss Vivian?”
“It’s been a long time, Miss Vivian.”
“I heard you left the Royal Capital to gain experience in other towns. What brings you here?”
“Is President Riley not with you? Didn’t she come back with you?”
“You’ve come to see Princess Luosilusti, haven’t you?”
“If you don’t mind, may I accompany you?”
“No, it should be me who accompanies you.”
“No, let me accompany you.”
“I am from an Earl’s family!”
“Well, I am from a Marquis family!”
“It should be me who accompanies you!”
Indeed, compared to these blockheads, the Princess would certainly prefer to see Vivian.
“…Surely they don’t think I could be one of their competitors and that’s why they were hostile towards me just now?”
Thinking this, Shane felt utterly dismayed.