
That afternoon Louisse was having his warm tea freshly brewed by Anne when one of the servants from her palace came and told her something.
"Sorry Princess, there's someone coming to see you." Said the maid.
"Who? I don't have an appointment with anyone this afternoon." Louisse wondered who had visited the palace of his daughter. Because since Prince Leonard went to the battlefield, one by one the nobles who had managed to approach go one by one. They thought that even though Louisse was the Queen of Media, Louisse would sooner or later be banished after Prince Leonard failed and died on the battlefield. But it's possible that someone tried to get closer again after the news of Prince Leonard's victory some time ago. That's what Louisse is thinking right now.
"The one who came was a knight sent by the First Prince to convey something to you His Majesty." Reveal the waiter.
"Kingriya Leonard? Please take me there." Louisse immediately put down his teacup and quickly stood up from his seat after hearing Leonard's name.
"Your Majesty." The servant immediately directed Louisse, accompanied by her personal servant Anne, to the place where the knight was waiting for her.
"Isn't this heading to the princess' palace garden?" Louisse asked the maid.
"Right Princess, he is waiting for you in this garden regarding the item he brought from the First Prince to the Princess." Answer the waiter.
"Nonstone? What stuff? Ah no! You don't have to answer that, let me ask him myself." Louisse.
"Well Princess, he's right over there." Appoint the servant leading to a man with a knight's beeagram standing on one side of Louisse's garden. After seeing him Louisse immediately memorized the knight.
"Hormah to Her Highness Princess Loisse." Greet the knight with respect.
"I heard you were a knight sent by my husband to deliver a message directly to me. What message is that?" Said Louisse while asking the purpose of the arrival of the knight.
"Right Your Majesty, my name is Julian de Aswan, I was sent by Prince Leonard to deliver a gift to you Princess." Julian.
"What Julian?! If this were true, this person would be Julian de Aswan, the second son of the nearly bankrupt noble of the family of Count Aswan. In the novel he is one of Leonard's confidants." Inner Louisse was half surprised, he had not expected to meet any of the important people in the original novel story in this way.
"It's nice to meet you, Sir Julian. Then what gift did my husband give you?" Louise asked withholding her pleasure from being able to meet one of the people who might be able to be made allies by her and she was also curious what gift Leonard had given her.
"His Royal Highness Prince Leonard entrusts this gift to his Royal Highness the Princess, he advised that you accept it yourself." Julian said while showing two fairly large trees standing upright to his left and it succeeded in making Louisse and the palace servants who followed him wide.
"His Royal Highness the Prince also entrusts a letter to you Princess." Julian said again, holding out an envelope containing a letter from Prince Leonard to Louisse.
"Ba, how could a tree this big of yours take him?" Louisse asked in astonishment at the large tree before him while taking the letter from Julian's hand.
"I brought it with the Princess' magic." Julian replied in his tone.
"Aah! I just remembered that this Julian in the original novel was a magic master who deliberately did not expose his magic power and used his sword more often to fight." Louisse's mind after remembering something about Julian de Aswan.
"Oh hm... No wonder a tree this big you can carry it yourself." Louisse pretended not to know anything.
After that Louisse opened the letter from her husband with a slightly confused face while staring at the large tree of gifts from her husband.
"Leonard sent a gift of a tree that only grew in the Eastern region to me in reply to my letter yesterday. But what is it that looks like me from this tree?" The inner Louisse who did not understand the meaning of the words of Prince Leonard.
The contents of Leonard's letter:
The tree looks like you
"Did Leonard go crazy until the tall tree without flowers was said to look like me?" Grouse Louisse in the heart.
"Ah, whatever this is a gift from Leonard, he really likes it that way, it's hard to guess." Louisse then smiled considering her husband who was always insensitive.
"Ah, Sir Julian... Please say thank you to my husband, I will take care of this tree while waiting for him to come back, I hope he stays healthy and unharmed." Louisse said to Julian.
"Okay, Your Majesty, then I resign." Julian replied, saying goodbye to return to the East Perbatasa.
"I'll take you to the garden gate." Louisse was rejected by Julian.
"Mr Princess there's no need to bother, I can do it myself." Reject Julian.
"It's okay, I'm not bothered." Louisse said with a smile.
"Anne, you come with me, the others just come back!" Louisse's orders that Julian couldn't.
"Good Princess." Anne's voice following Louisse's orders leads Julian to the garden gate, while the other servants return to work.
"How's my husband doing there?" Louisse asked Julian.
"Your Highness the First Prince is fine." Julian replied in an equally flat tone from the very beginning he spoke to Louisse.
"How was my husband's day there?" Ask Louisse again.
"Two weeks ago Prince Leonard managed to cripple the headquarters of the deputy commander of the enemy forces." Answer Julian.
"Everyone in the palace knows, I mean what he does when he's free? I want to hear how my husband spends time other than fighting." Louisse asked with a smile, hoping that Julian would melt down with his friendly attitude.
"Sorry Her Highness the Princess, the personal matter of the First Prince's life is not worth saying frivolously, as one of his knights I have to keep the confidentiality of the life of the Prince I serve." Julian was adamant about refusing to answer Louisse's question.
"Huhhhh! Forget the friendly attitude to start this guy's defense. Why does Leonard also have subordinates who have the same nature as him..?! But it's just nice, meaning he's really the guy who's gonna be loyal to Leonard forever." Inner Louisse with a faint smile.
Louisse looked to his left right to make sure that no one else was there but him, Julian and Anne.
"Sir Julian, can you duck for a second?" Pinta Louisse's. Julian looked down even though he didn't understand what Louisse wanted him to do.
"What I'm saying right now I can't write in a letter because it's a secret! Be careful with Alex Born because he spies the Queen to watch the Prince's moves there." Julian immediately rolled his eyes hearing what Louisse had whispered to him.
"No way! The prince and I have known him from our childhood. How could he be the Queen's spy?" Julian didn't believe what he heard.
"Didn't you trust me because I'm one of the Queen's confidants? Wouldn't I be more trustworthy because I know this info from the Queen."
Julian was speechless, of course he could not immediately believe it because the Louisse he knew was one of the Queen's accomplices which meant an enemy of the First Prince he served.
"Believe it or not is up to you, I'm not forcing you to trust me. But you have to promise one thing! You have to say what you heard just now to the Prince, let him decide for himself to believe it or not." Julian was still speechless because he was still in shock, Alex was his little friend and they were both members of the mercenaries, but Louisse's statement was unbelievable for him.
"I cannot possibly say this in my letter, for all the letters I send to the Prince will be examined first by the Queen's men. So I'm grateful you came to me like this so I can say this important thing that I can't write in a letter."
"But that..."
"Only Prince Leonard has the right to decide the truth of my words, do you believe that the First Prince is not a fool?" Louisse said with a sweet smile but implied by the threat.
"Alright, I'll tell the Prince but whatever the decision of His Highness your Prince can't change." Julian said in the same tone.
"Of course, just as I believe in my husband, my husband must also believe in me." Louisse said with confidence.
"Then I will resign Your Majesty." Pamit Julian bowed respectfully to Louisse.
"Ohh it has arrived at the gate of the garden, I hope you arrive safely Sir Julian.
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