Dinner at the Palace of Spring was an extravagant affair. We ate at a grandly set table, assisted by attending maids. It seemed that, while the number of staff in the Spring Palace had been cut, not everyone had been dismissed. 0

Although I found it uncomfortable to have someone assisting me while I ate, it wasn’t too awkward. I ended up eating a lot, and Charlotte watched me stuff myself with a satisfied look. In the end, I ate so much that even Dyrus and Sabioleen Tana, who were dining with us, seemed taken aback.0

“… Do you always eat that much?” Charlotte asked in amazement.0

“When else would I get to eat like this?”0

Charlotte was withdrawing from the Temple, and Vertus had nothing to do with it… 0

In the end, I hadn’t managed to find out what had happened in this palace, and Charlotte didn’t tell me the reason why she was leaving the Temple either. 0

She was essentially offering me a warning. She was letting me know that, if something happens to her, Vertus would have nothing to do with it, and therefore I wasn’t to do anything rash and put myself in danger. Then again, that could also be a lie.0

It was clear that something strange was going on around Charlotte, but I was not going to get a straight answer. After dinner, we had tea together and talked about various things. 0

When things become too serious, people tend to talk...0