Chapter 138

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Empress Veronica’s gaze turned to her son, seated before her.

Ronen, the one and only prince and Crown Prince of Sirius.

Stubborn and ill-tempered, a terrifying troublemaker who had driven even his tutors to throw up their hands—along with most of his nurses and maids—was, for some reason, unusually quiet.

“Hmm.”

Ronen being well-behaved was good news, but Empress Veronica was not pleased. Rather, she sensed something unpleasant.

‘That troublemaker would never be quiet without a reason.’

For the first day or two, she had welcomed the unprecedented calm, but not anymore.

‘It was from that day.’

It was clearly after that day that Ronen had started acting like this.

The day he was found in the garden of Lily Palace.

“Ronen.”

“Huh? Yeah?”

“Is something the matter?”

At Empress Veronica’s words, Ronen shook his head with a stiffly rigid expression.

“No, nothing.”

“It’s the first time…