Passing the Troublemaker Along

I’d only been to the Imperial Palace once, so I had no idea where anything was.

The place was half open to the public because of the ball and all that, so I figured I’d just wander around and see what I found.

I was that bored.

Oh, even if I didn’t know where anything was, there was one place I did know.

Though I wasn’t sure I’d be allowed in with my face covered by a mask.

Still, if I made it there, I’d find some way to meet someone I knew.

“So you came all the way here for that, then? Good grief…… How on earth did you get past the guards?”

“Our Maria just had to say, ‘I came to see Grandpa,’ and they let us right in.”

“Good grief…… I’ll have to replace the lot of them. Did Lady Yuria put you up to this?”

“Yes. I told her she had to see Grandpa first if she wanted to see Big Bro, and she did a good job explaining it herself.”...