Valia was bewildered.

Raul, who kept showing peculiar interest in her, instinctively made her uncomfortable. Especially when he had shamelessly discarded the topic of being true love when they had become lovers. Now, no matter how much effort she put in, it seemed like it wouldn’t come into her hands, and wasn’t that frustrating and bothersome?

“…Ha.”

It was amusing to see a letter enclosed with a tiara, knowing he was aware of his rude behavior.

Valia quickly read through the letter and then, gritting her teeth, crumpled it.

“Your Highness, I couldn’t refuse the items sent by Prince Raul. I’m truly sorry.”

“No, it was an unavoidable situation. It’s fine.”

He sent a total of three tiaras.

Valia sighed as she neatly arranged the three sparkling tiaras on the table.

Seeing these glittering tiaras made her feel uneasy.

‘Is it a coincidence?’

If not, is it showing that no matter how she struggles, she can only repeat her past life?

‘How can these…’

In her previous life, Raul had gifted her three tiaras, and Valia had chosen the tiara imbued with the blessing of the saint.

Of course, all three tiaras were highly valued items in the Imperial Family of Ingt Empire.

“Wow! Princess, this is the tiara that Empress Karolina used to enjoy! To see it in person, not just in a portrait…!”

“This is the ‘Joy of the Sun,’ personally bestowed by Saint Aren.”

The maids gathered around Valia couldn’t help but marvel at the tiaras. Understandably so, as these were all precious tiaras steeped in significant history.

“Even Empress couldn’t use these. How…”

“If you wear one of these during the wedding, it will undoubtedly create a tremendous response in high society.”

She knew. Surely, if she used one of these, it would greatly benefit her standing.

Already, a favorable atmosphere towards Khalid had formed among the imperial citizens.

Utilizing that to spread the atmosphere to high society was her plan, but it was not as easy as she thought. Arrogant nobles were not easily swayed from their opinions.

However, if she used one of the tiaras with a tremendous history that even the Empress couldn’t use at the Second Prince’s wedding, the attention of high society would naturally turn to the wedding, and that attention would eventually reach Khalid, the protagonist of the wedding.

‘By using that attention, it would be much easier to change public opinion.’

But she didn’t want to use the tiaras Raul sent as if they were tokens. Who knows what hidden agenda he might have.

“…First, I have to return these.”

Moreover, there was a tiara she had been eyeing from the start.

It was a large tiara adorned with amethysts that she had created when she married the Emperor.

“And to avoid controversy, I should decide on a tiara today and inform Her Majesty.”

“Shall I bring the stationery?”

“No. There’s no need to write a reply. Just return them politely and express gratitude.”

The maid carefully packed the tiaras into the box and took them away.

Such incidents were merely hiccups.

Not many people would know that Raul had sent tiaras for her to use at the wedding.

So, if she decided today to use the tiara of the current Empress at the wedding, rejecting Raul’s favor would be justified, and the time spent contemplating his gifts would be very short, preventing any malicious rumors from spreading.

‘But it feels somewhat suspicious.’

What exactly does he want from her?

Why does he keep openly engaging in such dubious behavior?

Valia furrowed her brow.
Come to think of it, the strange obsession that Raul showed last time was peculiar.

‘Moreover, he sent the same tiara from the previous life out of nowhere. That’s suspicious.’

Everything was just strange.

‘No way.’

Valia lightly shook her head to deny the thoughts that crossed her mind.

‘It won’t be like that.’

Lately, she has become excessively sensitive, and unreasonable speculations come to her mind. Valia chuckled wryly.

But still, it couldn’t be.

Could it be that Raul also has memories of his past life, like her? It’s an absurd suspicion.

“……. ”

However, even the wry laughter stopped soon.

Even forced laughter didn’t come out.

‘… Just in case, it might be good to investigate if there’s an opportunity.’

Valia decided not to ignore her intuition.

It’s true that she has been unusually sensitive lately.

But if this intuition turns out to be true, wouldn’t that be more troublesome?

Thinking it couldn’t be the case, she was already here, having returned to the past.

‘The Raul I first met in the Kingdom of Ronica was undoubtedly clueless.’

So, she had erased the thought that he might have returned like her.

But the current Raul is a bit strange.

‘I’d better doubt anything at this point.’

Valia quickly took out a pen.

First, she felt that she needed to monitor Raul’s actions more carefully than before.

After lunchtime had long passed, Valia visited the Imperial Vault of the Central Palace. There was no difficulty in entry since she had already discussed it with the Emperor.