Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 400

Francois explained how Louis’s posthumous child came to arrive in the Kingdom of Etruria.

Anne of Champs could not return to her natal family. When her father died, she had no male siblings, so the ducal title passed to her uncle.

That uncle was a staunch supporter of Philippe IV, fearing that if Prince Louis became king, he might demand the duchy be handed over based on his wife’s rights.

She could not possibly entrust her first cousin once removed—who held both a claim to his lands and to the Galican throne—to such an uncle.

Instead, Francois took Anne of Champs and Louis’s posthumous child southward to the Kingdom of Etruria,

hoping they might find refuge with Queen Marguerite of Etruria, who had always shown goodwill toward Prince Louis.

“But when we arrived in San Carlo, the capital was crawling with Galican spies.”

Francois confessed that while waiting for an opportunity to secretly contact the queen through her closest confidante, Madam Carla, he witnessed one of Philippe IV’s agents—disguised as a merchant—actually gaining access to the palace and meeting with Madam Carla.

“I couldn’t trust anyone.”

Madam Carla’s Dieudonné family had sided with Prince Louis and, like Francois’s own family, had their titles stripped and surviving members imprisoned.

If even someone like her was conspiring with Philippe IV, then there truly was no one left to rely on.

“In the end, it was fortunate that I didn’t act rashly then—shortly afterward, Her Majesty the Queen passed away, and Prince Alfonso, her son, soon left the country for an extended period.”

Francois admitted that even if Prince Alfonso had remained in the country, he likely wouldn’t have contacted him.

The situation with Galican spies running rampant hadn’t changed, and Alfonso—whom he’d never met personally and who, under Philippe’s enthusiastic arrangement, was engaged in marriage negotiations with a Galican grand duchess—simply couldn’t be trusted.

“But now I can trust him.”

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