"Do it, think of it as your welcoming party too," said Illarion in response to Queen Zaina's whisper. "I let you guys manage everything," the dark-eyed man continued, watching the nervous Amanda."What about me?" said Prince Apollo with an artificially disappointed face. But Illarion didn't respond and immediately left his place.***"Any news?" asked Illarion as he entered his study."Sorry sir, we haven't got that guy's whereabouts yet. But the information we got was that he used to come to town once a month to meet his clients."Illarion looked annoyed, "Find that damn bastard soon, I will destroy anyone who dares to poison me."Once in the black palace, Illarion Black immediately assigned his men to look for the only compounder who could insert medicine or poison through fishbone media. Info about this compounder the Black Prince got from the old man in the woods who saved them, Balton."Only one person can do this trick, Karak, a fisherman. But he was mostly at sea, and only occa

The appointed day for the party finally arrived. This is surprising considering that the Black Palace had never held an event except when the Black Prince returned from the battlefield some time ago. After all, this was a banquet usually attended by noble ladies, which meant it was the Black Prince's wife who had been invited to this event.Amanda looked nervous as she looked at herself in the mirror. 'I'm still not used to meeting a lot of people,' she lamented in her heart. "The Black Prince hasn't come yet?" the girl asked as she parted her lilac dress that matched her amethyst irises.Aime shook her head. "Not yet madam. But Queen Zaina has come.""Really?" Amanda asked with sparkling eyes. 'Ah fortunately, Queen Zaina said she would help me get acquainted with the Black Prince's colleagues too. 'The girl with the silvery white mane looked excited, her long hair flowing with daisies in each braid. 'I want to have lots of friends.''She's getting more and more like a fairy,' Aime t

"Th-thank you for coming to my first event. I- I… I hope to be good friends with ladies and gentlemen," Amanda stuttered. 'Gosh how come I can't even speak properly, the Black Prince must be so ashamed to have a companion like me.'Again, the guests who were present laughed at Amanda's behaviour, this time quietly because they felt embarrassed at the man who was standing tall next to the girl with the silver hair.'As I thought, they came just to judge her,' thought Illarion, glancing at Amanda from the corner of his eye. Although the hatred of the nobles of the Black Prince's colleagues towards Queen Minerva was not equal to his disgust, taking it out on this girl somehow contributed to the tightness of the black-haired man's chest. 'Why would she want to throw this stupid party? Was she so eager to party that she forgot who to invite?'Amanda's purple bead looked at the dark black irises, which were also looking back at her. 'Why would I want to protect him? Who are you to me?'"Mas

Amanda took a souvenir too and took out its contents. She bit her lip nervously as she presented it. Again she pulled one of the segments of the flat object.A comb and the glass are formed from the flat object. "Folding comb…," she squeaked as she handed the item to the Black Prince. 'Silly idea Amanda,' cursed the silver-haired girl inwardly, seeing her husband's stiff expression.Illarion flipped through the 'folding comb'. "Aha... hahaha! Folding comb, my goodness Amanda. It's a comb."Crisp laugh immediately hypnotized all the women in the room. Will the sun rise from the west? It seemed like this was the first time they had seen their lord laugh so cheerfully, utterly different from the Black Prince, who was unfriendly with his gloomy air. As soon as he laughed next to the odd-looking girl, Illarion Black seemed friendly.Illarion was still chuckling as he joked, "Even in the middle of a battlefield, his hair will look neat when facing an enemy. What an unexpected item."The Nob

The tea banquet ended with a lot of talks that appeared among the Anarka community. About the new wife of the Black Prince, who is extravagant, even though he comes from a low-class aristocrat, to the appearance of Amanda, who tries to match Queen Zaina, but ends up being terrible.About the ruler of Eden, who seems compatible with the Black Prince and is just waiting for the King's approval. Rumours that the ruler of Anarka also strongly agree with their relationship.Meanwhile, there was no news regarding the intimacy shown by Illarion Black and Amanda White, which was supposed to be the main topic of the banquet. Many parties have suppressed the report of the couple's harmony in the political turmoil.But a positive thing also happened among the many adverse reports directed at Amanda after the little party. Mrs White's 'folding comb' became a new innovative item that experienced such a high increase in demand as many nobles, and several neighbouring kingdoms ordered it. It also in