Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 53

Tension hung thick as a hair’s breadth from snapping inside the tent where the leaders had gathered. Everyone held their breath, merely stealing glances at one another.

“Hahahaha! Sending a son off to marriage is truly no easy task, is it?”

Leo III boomed with laughter, instantly seizing control of the atmosphere.

“Enough with all this talk and fuss! Let’s leave the complicated matters to the clerks and first enjoy a grand, statesmanlike drink together. We must understand each other before any proper negotiation, right? Let’s share some amusing stories instead!”

The San Carlo nobles erupted into hearty laughter right along with Leo III. With the king himself easing the mood, even the Galico Kingdom’s envoys ceased their resistance and obediently joined in the merriment.

They all raised their glasses of Galico champagne high, toasted, and merely moistened their lips—but their palms and armpits were already damp with sweat. This would clearly be no easy negotiation.

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Unaware of Prince Alfonso’s predicament, Ariadne wandered aimlessly along a forest path on the outskirts of the hunting grounds, riding a random horse in her melancholy mood.

Though she was no poor rider, she wasn’t particularly skilled at hunting nor especially fond of it, so she had no intention of venturing deep into the woods.

She was simply circling outside because sitting down in the tent would mean spending time alongside Lucrezia, Isabella, and Zanobi—a scenario she wanted to avoid at all costs.

“Better to die than suffer like this.”

Ariadne had just decided to turn her horse around and head back to the tent, but it seemed one piece of trash she’d assumed was safely tucked away in the bin had somehow escaped.

“Hey! Let’s talk for a bit.”

It was Zanobi. He appeared covered in dust, evidently having followed her since earlier. He rode up close on a small but muscular horse. Ariadne frowned and stepped back.

“I have nothing to say to you.”

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