The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 159

Tall coconut trees, as if piercing the sky, lined the Hasnas Royal Palace.

Beneath the lizard statue symbolizing the place, carriages stood before the flowing fountain.

And before them stretched a procession of servants bearing all sorts of gifts.

The items in the servants’ hands were the final presents meant for the thousandth guest.

Premium dried seafood—a local specialty—traditional attire, and even commemorative photographs destined for the newspapers.

Truly, even the farewell itself was a perfectly splendid vacation.

Yet amidst this bright atmosphere, there stood a woman who had stepped back by one pace.

She was Lucia.

Alone, with a somber face, as though swallowing bitter medicine after a failure no one else knew about.

And across the palace grounds, a conversation unfolded between those watching her intently.

“He seems to have disappeared. She looks unwell.”

“I hope she just leaves like this.”

“What? Your Grace, how can you say such a thing…? That body belongs to Chancellor Federin’s son. Have you forgotten?”

Counselor Bernard shook his head at the governor’s cruelly indifferent back.

The governor had already known Leon’s circumstances from the moment Chancellor Federin requested permission for him to enter Hasnas.

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