The knights took Felicia along with them at those words. After that, the nobles who had crowded around began to step back one by one. I approached Lian and hugged him tightly.

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t say anything.”

“You must have had thoughts too.”

“I’m sorry…”

I knew how much he had been searching for the princess. Still, I couldn’t say anything.

Because I knew too well how Lian would react the moment I spoke. At least, I wanted to meet the daycare manager and the princess after everything was over.

“No, just being alive is enough. My wife would have taken care of it somehow.”

Lian laughed very softly. I gently stroked his cheek.

“Yeah. Don’t worry. Let’s go together after everything is done.”

“Yeah, yeah. We’ve waited so long; can’t we wait for that one thing?”

His face, which had looked tired just a while ago, brightened.

“I felt exhausted, but when your touch reached me, it felt like strength was coming back.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, thank you, Isabella.”

“I’m the one who should be thankful.”

“Well then, shall we enjoy the party too? There won’t be any unwelcome guests anymore.”

He murmured towards me. Probably, he realized that the villains gathered today because of me. So, I awkwardly smiled and nodded.

“Probably not. Then… let’s enjoy the party!”

Upon hearing that, he smiled and headed towards where the children were.

After that, there were no significant issues. Since the villains had all been dealt with, it was only natural. That’s how the party ended.

The Crown Prince’s first birthday party. However, the party was not as smooth as expected. Nevertheless, the party ended very well. Through this incident, Rodelo became even more solid.

Afterwards, their punishments were swiftly carried out.

Beatrice, who had ordered the attack on the Star Palace where the Empress and the Crown Prince were, received the death penalty.

Not only that, but Evan, the Duke who failed to manage my younger sibling and brought her to that place, also received punishment.

They were the family of the woman who tried to kill the Emperor and the Empress, even at the Crown Prince’s birthday party. Therefore, he had to step down from the po
Unfortunately. Believing that his son would be the next emperor, the old emperor foolishly considered him as his own son. It was not difficult to expose the sins on that side, and in the end, Felicia was executed without a chance to defend herself.

As if that wasn’t enough, her body lost the opportunity to be laid to rest in a tomb. She was abandoned on top of a high and lofty mountain to become prey for animals.

That’s how things came to a close.

“Things have been busy lately.”

Rodelo and Shasha spent time with the children every day, just like before. The children, who were initially worried about being left alone with me, seemed to no longer worry, having witnessed my strong presence.

Lian seemed overly busy, and the days he came to the Star Palace became rare, so I ended up looking for him.

Now, I was developing separation anxiety. Towards Lian and towards the children.

“Ah, Bella.”

Lian, buried in documents, finally let out a deep sigh and rose from his seat.

“If you’re busy, you can go again…”

“No, we had a promise. Let’s go quickly.”

“A promise?”

Lian didn’t hesitate at all. Unlike usual, his hurried movements were different.

“Lian?”

“Are you trying to escape like this, Your Majesty?”

After hearing the sudden voice, I understood why Lian was moving so urgently. Tetele emerged from a pile of documents, all crumpled.

“Hehe, I momentarily forgot I had a promise today. Well then, you can rest too.”

“…If you were trying to escape with someone else, I would have definitely stopped you. But this time, I’ll let it go.”

Seeing him nod slightly towards me, offering a greeting, I couldn’t help but smirk. Lian desperately wanted to escape from him, and Tetele was desperately trying to keep Lian.

“Tetele wanted to give up for a while… Now he seems to have set his heart on another side.”

It was quite different from the appearance of always carrying a resignation letter.

“It’s strange. Now he finds fun in bothering me, and he bothers me too much. Even Tetele seemed to enjoy seeing me like that.”

“There’s a saying, ‘As you sow, so shall you reap.’ It means you get what you deserve. So, you appropriately bothered him.”

“Haha, not even my wife takes my side.”

“I’m always on your side.”

Except for the laughter.

“Really… But Bella, why did you suddenly come? Is there something wrong?”

“What’s wrong? I just thought we hadn’t seen each other for a while, so I came to say let’s go on a date.”

“A date. I found a very dark lake that no one can find even if they search, but I guess you caught wind of it.”

“We can visit that dark lake another time… Today, let’s go to the place I want to go.”

No matter how busy and tired he was, desire remained unchanged; Lian sighed as if disappointed.

‘They say if you’re really busy, you lose such desires… Maybe he’s not that busy.’

Laughing at his childish appearance, I tightly held his hand.