Vol. 15 Ch. 12: Preparation

Eliane Hyatt, daughter of Duke Laneburg, could not conceal her indignation at the letter sent from her family home.

(Oh my, oh my... Father, honestly...)

Serendia Academy was now caught up in an unprecedented disturbance—no, this was not merely a problem for Serendia Academy. It was a major incident shaking the entire country.

Although no one openly spoke of it within the academy, everyone had heard the rumors.

──The kingdom's second prince, Felix Arc Ridill, had been assassinated and replaced with an impostor. This impostor was the Imperial mage who had infiltrated the chess tournament.

Eliane was secretly furious, convinced that this had to be a conspiracy by the First Prince's faction.

She also believed that her great-uncle, Duke Clockford, would surely save Felix.

At that very moment, a letter arrived from her family home. It made no mention whatsoever of Felix's safety and instead contained the following message:

Once the social season began, they would announce the engagement between Eliane and the third prince, Albert Flau Lobelia Ridill.

(What does this mean? Father was always saying that I would become Felix-sama's fiancée, but this is almost as if...)...