The Imperial Family Alliance

There was a special place in the Imperial Palace's garden.

It was the most beautiful place in the Imperial Palace.

Blue roses, hydrangeas, lilacs, and dandelions had been planted there, forming a beautiful flower garden that calmed the heart, and a tombstone stood at its center.

The tombstone belonged to Empress 『Seria Elenia』, the Emperor's wife and the mother of the Imperial Prince and Princess.

She had suffered a fatal wound while trying to protect the Imperial Prince from an assassination attempt by the blood relatives, and the Emperor, grieving her death, built a tombstone here and visited from time to time to ease his sorrow.

With the Emperor fallen ill and visitors no longer coming, this had become the only meeting place where the Imperial Prince and Princess could talk.

Lily had arrived first and was lost in thought as she gazed at her mother's tombstone. Then she sensed someone approaching.

“You're late, big brother.”

“Sorry I'm late, Lily.”

The Imperial Prince had brought a bouquet of blue roses...