A few minutes earlier.
Helena and Victoria sat under the tree shade alongside Joey who stood in the distance, watching over the vast field of yellow grass.
"Victoria, you must have questions in your heart, right? About what happened with my mother earlier.", Helena looked at Victoria with lowered eyebrows.
"Helena…", Victoria looked at her as well. Seeing the hesitation in Helena's face, "If you don't want to tell it, you can just-"
"No, that won't do it. I'll tell you the reason behind it.", Helena made up her mind and held Victoria's hands.
"When I was younger, I actually had many friends. Commoners, nobles. I befriended everyone I thought I could befriend. It… it started out well, you see. Everyone was friendly to each other. They would greet me; I would greet them. We would go tog
