Chapter 126

"Did something bad happen?"

Cassion asked as I folded the letter and tucked it into my coat. My expression must have been pretty grim.

"I've been away for too long, that's all. It was bound to cause some kind of problem. It's nothing serious."

I made it sound like an Irenber matter to Cassion, but the real problem was on his side — Karman, to be exact.

His Majesty Karman's apparently been meeting with Julia a lot more often lately. And on top of that, Dayson and Bella are getting married? They told Cassion and me we were too young, and now this? Why?

In this kingdom, married and unmarried people were treated very differently. Regardless of age, whether someone was married or not was the line between adult and child.

In the middle of a competition for crown prince, Dayson getting married and starting a family first was a…