It had been a few days since Liriel left for an important matter. Slithen went out of her study room in the palace while Tom was tailing her; wherever she went. He was still Liriel substitute as the princess’s knights and because they had worked together, his presence was not uncomfortable for the princess. She already finished her classes about social sciences and she still has a lot of time in her hands. She was still nit allowed to go outside the palace’s premises since it was still dangerous. Those who implanted the bomb on the palace garden might still be near and was still planning another plot to show insurgency.
The duke already left to do his duties in his dukedom and to announce the incoming betrothal ceremony to his family. A betrothal ceremony between Slithen and the duke woul
