Mathias remembered that Lady Julia was the second concubine of King Eclessias and the mother of the Second Prince and Princess Stella. It seemed that Mathias had offended Princess Stella, causing Lady Julia to act against him and dismiss his butler. Although Lady Julia had less influence than the First Concubine and the Queen, she still had enough power to influence the Head Butler to dismiss a Butler serving Prince Mathias. "I don't have the power to disobey, my Prince," said Butler Edward as he bowed his head. "I'm here to bid you farewell as your butler. I can only serve you until tomorrow, when the Head Butler will change my duties to serve the Second Prince instead." Edward had a family to support, with a wife and two children. That was why he had accepted the job of serving the

