Chapter 56

It had been days after we climbed down the northern mountain range.

We left with a plan formulated with Xiao and it has since made me feel secure. However, the palace seems to be walking on eggshells around me. Has the rumor spread already? They must be afraid of me because they no longer know what I am. Humans are afraid of what they do not know. But this was better than before. I’d rather people avoid me out of fear than out of just. . .uninterest.

Because I returned before Clara, I ought to talk with my Father freely without thinking of her eavesdropping on us. So I went out early and made my way to his throne hall without any time to waste. I curtsied while he observed me carefully.

I know what I must say.

I am confident. Xiao has advised me to be if I want to show my Father I can handle the pressure of eventually sitting on the throne.

Before, it was among my wildest dreams. It was perfectly impossible and I was perfectly content not to even think about it being possible because