The king, who had been watching Victoria, smiled lightly.
“If you'd like to keep exploring, you can always come to the stables with me and have lunch,” he suggested.
“There are plenty of horses around.” Victoria hesitated for a moment. Although she was happy to spend time with her father and his friend while they waited for her mother to wake up, she would rather not be away from her friends for much longer.
But the idea of spending time with her father's friend sounded nice.
“Sure,” she agreed.
A few days later, Victoria accompanied her father to the stables. As they neared the building, she noticed that her father seemed to have a slightly uneasy expression on his face.
It must have been something that he had forgotten to mention. After they entered the stables, Victoria spotted
