Chapter 143

In the palace on the island in the middle of the lake.

Shien and Vivian entered easily.

Vivian handed a letter to the knights guarding the door and asked them to pass it to the princess. Then, as Vivian had said before, she told them that they could meet now.

However, only Shien and Vivian entered the palace. Tierre, Lumia, and Merica were not allowed in.

The reason was that there were too many people.

It was indeed inappropriate to bring so many people to see Her Royal Highness in a private meeting.

Therefore, Lumia and Merica hurriedly said that they could wait outside.

"I … I'm a little scared to meet Her Highness …!"

"Yes! It's too sudden! "

That was how Lucia and Merica expressed themselves. Their eyes were brimming with tears, and it was clear that they were terrified of meeting the princess, or perhaps they were not mentally prepared at all.

After all, things were different from before. Lucia and Merica were already familiar with the princess' reputation, and if they were to meet her just like that, it wouldn't be good for the two little girls' hearts.

"I'll stay and accompany them then."

Tierre said so, and so did not enter the palace.

Therefore, Tierre, Lumia, and Merica waited for Shien and Vivian in the guest room outside the palace under the arrangement of the knights. Shien and Vivian followed the leading knight into the palace and headed for Her Highness' bedroom.

Along the way, the knight who led the way was very respectful to Vivian, and Vivian also seemed to be very familiar with the way, which made people wonder if she needed someone to lead the way.

Shien watched this scene from the side, and after a while, he asked Vivian in a low voice.

"You seem to come to the palace often?"

Seeing that Vivian was familiar with the place, Shien could only think so.

Vivian did not deny it.

"Not really, but when I was still in the royal capital, I would come at least twice a month, right?" Vivian lowered her voice and replied to Sean in a low voice, "I've just said that I have some friendship with the princess, although it's all thanks to Lily."

Hearing this, Shien more or less understood.

As the only daughter of a great noble in the royal capital, Lily must have had a lot of dealings with people in the palace.

Since that was the case, as Lily's childhood friend, it was normal for Vivian to have some connections with people in the palace.

Otherwise, the princess wouldn't have agreed so easily when Vivian handed the letter to the Knights and asked them to hand it over to the princess, right?

If anyone could write a letter to the Her Highness, this kingdom would be too close to its people.

"Of course, I've only met the princess a few times. We have some friendship, but we're not that close. On the other hand, Lily has a good personal relationship with the princess. She's much closer than I am." Vivian said, "If Lily was here, she probably wouldn't even need to write a letter to ask for permission. She would just bring you into the palace."

… Enter the palace?

That doesn't sound very proper.

Sean criticized in his heart and said, "Then, did Her Royal Highness agree to meet us immediately for the sake of President Lily?"

This was Vivian's answer to this question.

"I can only say that it's a little related." Vivian seemed to have thought of something and said helplessly, "The reason why she agreed to meet us immediately is mainly because of the special timing. Otherwise, even if it was Lily, it would be difficult to meet her without an appointment."

"Oh." Shien nodded and said indifferently, "It seems that Her Highness is very busy."

"Of course." Vivian said with deep understanding, "Not to mention the duties and chores of being a member of the royal family, the Princess has to appear every day at noon. For this, she needs to arrange for knights to maintain order, as well as be responsible for dispersing the crowd and cleaning up the aftermath. These are all done by the Princess. In addition, she is a person that even the Protoss respects, so all matters relating to the royal family and the Protoss are basically handed over to her. She is even invited to participate in many important matters in the Temple. Her schedule is packed every day, and it's probably only during this period that she's relatively free, but she's also entangled with others."

"Entangled?" Shien was puzzled. "What does that mean?"

"You'll know later." Vivian smiled bitterly. "I took the opportunity to visit her because I knew about this. I felt that she would be more willing to meet us than deal with those people. I'm really sorry for scheming against her."

At the same time, Sean and Vivian had also arrived at the princess's bedchamber.

However, as soon as they arrived, Shien was stunned.

Because, in the hall of the palace, there were a lot of people gathered here.

These people had two characteristics.

One: All of them were dressed gorgeously and nobly, and one could tell at a glance that they were from a noble family.

Two: All of them were men.

"This is …?"

Shien was a little confused.

Vivian, on the other hand, muttered, "As expected."

At this time, the arrival of Shien and Vivian also attracted the attention of those noble young masters.

Those young masters first looked at Shien and sized him up, as if trying to figure out Shien's background. Their eyes were full of scrutiny and inexplicable hostility. When they realized that Shien was wearing ordinary clothes, they then looked away disdainfully.

That look was simply saying, "This person is not a threat."

But then, those noble young masters saw Vivian, and their eyes couldn't help but light up.

Among them, there were even a few who couldn't wait to run over.

"Isn't this Miss Vivian?"

"Long time no see, Miss Vivian."

"I heard that you left the capital to train in other towns. Why are you here?"

"Where's Lady Lily? Didn't she come back with you? "

"You're here to see Princess Rosie, right?"

"If you don't mind, can you let me go with you?"

"No, you should let me go with you."

"No, you should let me go with you."

"I'm from the Count's family!"

"I'm from the Marquis' family!"

"You should let me go with you!"

"No! Let me go with you! "

A group of noble young masters gathered around Vivian and began to quarrel.

Sean was dumbfounded by what he saw.

Later, Shien found out that these noble young masters gathered here to meet Her Royal Highness.

And their purpose was also very simple, to get the favor of Her Royal Highness and propose marriage to her.

However, because there were too many of them, there were often very few people who could meet Her Royal Highness. Sometimes, they might not even be able to meet her at all.

Therefore, these people would patiently wait here every day. Many of them knew that Vivian and Her Royal Highness had a personal relationship, and guessed that she might be able to meet the princess. Of course, these people would, of course, shamelessly stick to Vivian, only hoping that she could bring them along.

It was because Vivian knew this that she smiled bitterly.

Shien also understood.

Indeed, compared to these idiots, Her Royal Highness would definitely be more willing to meet Vivian.

But …

"… Could it be that they thought that I might be their competitor, and that's why they were hostile to me just now?"

Thinking of this, Shien felt uncomfortable.