Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 117

Ariadne and Alfonso strictly kept their promise to each other.

Ariadne sat in the very front row of the general seating area with Ippolito and Isabella. The royal family passed right by her side, heading toward the royal balcony prepared for them on the second floor.

Ariadne bowed her head toward the passing royal family and paid her respects to Leo III, but she didn’t even turn her head in Alfonso’s direction. Likewise, Alfonso didn’t spare a single glance toward Ariadne and stared straight ahead with rigid composure.

Princess Larisa, walking just a step behind Prince Alfonso, sensed a slight awkwardness.

‘Something… feels off.’

There was clearly an acquaintance between the second daughter of Cardinal de Mare and Prince Alfonso. After all, Prince Alfonso had rescued the cardinal’s daughter from trouble at the masquerade ball caused by Count Cesare.

Any noble young lady who had received such a favor would normally, out of courtesy, show at least a hint of cheerful recognition. Yet this young lady ignored the prince completely, as if she were a human carved from wood and stone.

Moreover, the affectionate Prince Alfonso would surely have offered at least a friendly nod first—even if the royal family was in formal procession. This was the monthly High Mass, not a strictly ceremonial occasion requiring rigid protocol.

Yet even Prince Alfonso now acted as though this young lady simply didn’t exist on earth, calmly gazing elsewhere.

Princess Larisa wasn’t particularly sharp-minded, so she couldn’t clearly piece together or articulate all of this. Still, a woman’s intuition— that cold, prickling sensation in her chest—was unmistakable. It lingered stubbornly in her heart long after it first appeared.

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While there was a man who had to pretend not to know Ariadne on purpose, there was also a man who deliberately acted as if he knew her—none other than Count Cesare.

“Lady de Mare!”

Right after the High Mass ended, as everyone was filing out of the grand cathedral, he deliberately went against the flow of the exiting crowd and approached Ariadne, who was sitting in the very front pew.

“It’s been far too long! The moment I returned to San Carlo, spring blossoms greeted me in full bloom—and among them, you are the loveliest blossom of all!”

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