Meanwhile, Francis was coming out of a meeting with the most prominent nobles that were in charge of a lot of territory around the empire. After the formal meeting where he listened to their reports and gave many instructions, he went toward his office because of the mountains of work that were waiting for him. He thougth about how Sebastian was doing his investigation and asked Val who is the man with the scar and the commander of the knights,"Did you see Sebastian?""No, but the last time I saw him, he said that he was going to meet the lady.""I see,...what about that stupid count Silvio, after the attemps he plotted against me, did he show himself in Oasius?""Yes, Sir Alphonse send us another report about this matter. We are still following him to find out about his other accomplices." "He still think that I disappeared?""Yes, that seem to be the case but he still didn't go to any nobles's house." "Heh! The bastard's cauti

"...!!!!" Francis slowly approached Eleanor and gently touched her lips, he looked at her in the eyes and she went blanc with her eyes wide open from the unbelievable action of Francis. Then with a sly smirk on his face, he continued and kissed her again, but this time the kiss was long and he did it passionately. His hand left her shin and caressed her cheek.  At his hand's touch on her cheek, Eleanor regained consciousness and separated from him abruptly. "Waaa...You!...What was that?!" "Have you never saw a kiss? I mean have you never been kissed?" He said with a smile on his face as if he was ridiculing her lack of experience. "No, I never saw it....well...I mean..." She replied honestly and then after getting aware of her confused state of mind she got angry and continued,  "Wait that's not the question!....I asked, why did you do that?!"

All the palace servants were busy all over the palace, and Miel helped by Elise and Anna was tending to Eleanor who was already tired from the preparation that began since morning. "There, it is perfect!" Said Miel with an excited tone then Elise followed her and said, "Waaaaaa you are so beautiful my lady." "Yes no one will be better that you, you can trust us." Said Anna with a proud expression. Meanwhile, Francis was sleeping in his room. He returned in the afternoon and after taking a bath, he fell in his bed. He slept for a few hours and was finally awakened by Sebastian who did not knock on the door and came in before saying, "Please wake up your majesty the celebration already began." "....humm leave me alone for a bit longer." "No, we can't, you have to prepare...." "Sigh! Always nagging...okay I am up."

The starry night was beautiful, the wind blows gently and she could smell the sweet fragrance of flowers. She was floating on the surface of the Lac, only wearing her negligee. 'I was right, by coming here. I feel a lot better and the Lac is indeed relaxing and really beautiful, it kind of look like a large and spacious fountain. This help me forget about all the unpleasant thoughts and about him...I was planning to tell him that I will be leaving tomorrow but after I saw that, I was taken aback.' She sank deep in the water while those thoughts went through her mind. She clasped her arms around her legs and tried to clear her mind in the deed water of the Lac. At the same time, Francis came to the Lac and removed his shirt before diving in the water. He came back to the surface after a while and swim a little before leaving his body float on the surface. Eleanor had her eyes shut, so she didn't pay attention to the intruder. She swam beneath

That morning, Alphonse came to check on Eleanor and took her for a walk in the imperial garden. She was wearing a light blue simple dress that lengthed her ankle and wore a ballerina shoes to feel confortable while walking. "So, where did you hide last night?!" ".....I am sorry for disappearing like that, I was strolling in the garden." "No need to apologize, I am relieved that you are okay. Tell me, did you enjoy your night or did something happen? because you don't really look well." 'Is it showing on my face?...I couldn't stop thinking about it since I woke up. I cried without knowing because every times I think about it, it hurt too much...' She looked at the flowers in a daze and finally answered with her eyes still contemplating the flowers, "I saw your brother at the lac...and...that's all." "Eh?! He didn't say anything?!" She look