f the Crown Prince Renato is with her and testifies, no one can complain.
You will ride directly to the royal palace…
and report the engagement to His Majesty the King or the Crown Prince.”

“Mm.
That's the best thing to do.”

Renato smiled at Mariabelle as if to reassure her.

Even though Mariabelle feels sorry, she has no choice but to rely on Renato for her father.

She was embarrassed that she couldn't do anything, but she had to endure the situation since it would not get better even if she moved on her own.

Julian, smiling at the two of them, pulled out the largest of the stacks of rolled-up papers on the side of the bookshelf and spread it out on his desk.


It was a widely circulated map of the continent.

“This is our Berkeley territory, and this is the royal capital.
To get to the royal capital, you must follow the king's road straight ahead, but of course, you will be discovered by the soldiers of the royal army on the way.
However, if you take the road from Berkeleys' territory to the mine and continue on, you will be in the territory of Count Haustad, who is close to our family.
Euphemia of the House of Haustad is my fiancée, so you can rest assured.”

Julian slid his finger from the Berkeley territory to the southeast of the kingdom.
From there, his finger moved a little higher.

“And here is the Grand Duke of Gardena.
We will ask His Highness Cedric to guarantee the identities of Crown Prince Renato and Mariabelle, and we will head for the royal capital together.
The territory of the Grand Duke is just south of the capital, so they will be able to enter the capital soon.”

“You are relying on His Highness Cedric instead of Her Highness the Grand Duchess?”

Mariabelle looked at Julian in surprise.

The Gardena Grand Duke's Cedric is an eleven year old boy, the last surviving heir of his royal brother who passed away ten years ago.

“He is probably too young to be someone to rely on.”


'The other day, you were at the Imperial Council, and you looked very distinguished,' said Cedric.

Mariabelle remembered the Cedric she knew so well.

He was a more thoughtful and calm boy than Edward had been when they first met.

Edward, who had no siblings, loved him like a younger brother and invited him to tea ceremonies, which Mariabelle also attended, and treated him to rare sweets.

“He was also very concerned about Mariabelle,” Julian said.
“He said that he would be happy to help if anything should happen.”

“His Royal Highness Cedric is…”

She had thought that she had no allies in the kingdom other than her family, but she was grateful to know that there were people like this who could help her.

“Then let us head for the royal capital to free my father.”

Renato and Julian nodded strongly at Mariabelle's words.

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