Kingdom of Taewon (3)

These days, the life of Erna Bellos, the First Princess of the Bellos Empire, could be described as extremely simple yet busy.

"Sister! Should I just tell him? That you put on perfume every day, stare into the mirror... and even study makeup while waiting for my brother?"

"...Your Highness, please, please don't...."

She had to travel back and forth between the North and the center, cultivate relations with people, make regular appearances at the Magic Tower, and learn magic.

Time was passing so quickly that she almost wished she had more than one body.

"No, but you don't pay attention to her at all! You gave her the position of Grand Duke of the North and told her to manage it well, but you never come unless something really special happens!"

"That is because the North is being managed well, and because His Highness the Crown Prince trusts me, is it not?"

"It's because of the distance! The distance! Then what about the Holy Kingdom...? The Saintess of the Holy Kingdom isn't even in the Holy Kingdom—she's in the Imperial Palace, tagging along with my brother from time to time, isn't she?!"

Flinch.

Estella Neive, Grand Duke of the North, the North's pillar, and its commander-in-chief, realized that her body had reacted on its own to First Princess Erna's words...