The Princess's second chance
I put on my coat and left my office, determined not to let either the emperor or Princess Camellia manipulate me.
"Your grace!" Cedric, my butler, called out as he hurried towards me.
"What's going on, Cedric?" I said angrily because I couldn't stand being approached like that and Cedric knew it.
"We've received news from the capital of the Empire, the palace of the First Princess has been consumed by fire." The news caught me off guard, I didn't know how to react to it, but I found myself worried about the condition of the princess, whether she had managed to escape or was injured, but strangely I didn't think about the possibility that she hadn't survived the catastrophe. "The rumor going