99 In the Royal Palace. (1/2)

-A few minutes earlier.-

In a room adorned with one of the finest gems and rare pieces, a silver-haired girl stood at the window, gazing at the view outside with hazy eyes.

The room was located high up in the Royal Palace. So, the girl had a clear view of the beautiful scenery outside.

Far out in the distance, she could see the dark clouds forming above in the sky. But those clouds were still quite far away from the Capital's outskirts.

Moving her vision just outside the walls in the vicinity of the Royal Palace, the girl noticed the crowd resting just outside the entrance.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw another carriage heading towards the entrance, just like the others, it stopped at a fair distance from the gates.

Because of how far the walls were from the Palace, she could not clearly see anyone's face, even with her enhanced vision after becoming a Rank-5 Mage.

Just as she looked at the carriage that had recently stopped near the entrance, the girl was brought out of her mind when she heard the sound of footsteps outside her room.

Without any formalities such as knocking at the door, the newly arrived person just rudely opened the door to enter without asking for permission.

”As impatient as ever, Sarah! How many times have I told you to at least knock first? It's bad manners!”- The silver-haired girl reprimanded while feigning anger on her face.

Her words, however, had little effect on the girl named Sarah, who had just entered the room.

The girl that had just entered had blonde hair and big round eyes. Around the age of 16, the girl wore fancy clothes embroidered with silver and gold linings.

Her face also resembled that of Emperor Luthien—clearly a proof of her identity as the princess. Through light feet, she tiptoed in front of Clara without caring about the latter's expressions.

”Oh, Come on, Sister Clara! Isn't it just that you don't want someone to interrupt your blissful time while thinking of him~?” Sarah said with a teasing tone.

Hearing Sarah's words, Clara's angry expression came down immediately. Her cheeks instantly became red, and she began to fidget with her hands.

”Y-you... you, h-how do you kno-...” Stuttering, Clara was almost about to admit to the 'accusations'.

”Oh~? How do I know?”- Although Clara had forced herself to shut up, it wasn't hard for Sarah to understand what she was going to say next.

Keeping one hand on her waist and the other on the side of her face, Sarah tapped her cheek with her finger and made a thinking pose.

”Hm... How would I know that when you've only just started daydreaming lately? Then you began staring out the windows as if waiting for your prince charming to come to you or something?”- Sarah teased her with a little sarcastic question.

*Sigh.*

It couldn't be helped since no matter how much Clara tried, she couldn't stop herself from thinking of the moment when the man had passed by her.

Within only a few seconds, without even stopping to look at her, the onyx-haired man not only saved her from the assassination but also killed the assassin! She would never be able to forget that day in her life.

That incident had left a deep impression on her. She had survived many assassination attempts on her life before that she had already lost count. However, she would never be able to forget this one.

”Ouch!!! What was that for!?”- Clara was brought out of her thoughts when she felt something sting on her waist.

”What do you mean by what was that for? I'm still standing here, and you have already started daydreaming!”- Sarah huffed, angry since no one liked being ignored while in the middle of the conversation.

”Oh! Hehe... There there.”- Clara realized her mistake and patted Sarah's head to make it up to her.