CHAPTER 1

TWENTY YEARS LATER

“Saintess, are you sure you are fine?” Nora asked her as she sat on her bed.

“How can I be? Where is he now?”

“He has been staying at the flower house ever since you had that fight,” Nora replied.

“That’s good then. I wouldn’t want him to see me this way anyway. Make sure there are enough people to protect him,” she said.

“Don’t worry about that. The young Lord is protected well,” Nora said.

“That’s a relief then. So, what has been happening for the past two months?” she asked.

Nora began to tell her the affairs of the palace while she had been asleep. A lot had surely occurred.

“There is a new merchant in the city? Where did he come from?”

“He doesn’t mean any harm, Saintess. He gave his tribute the moment he opened his establishment in the city,” Nora said.

“That’s good because I wouldn’t want anyone to put on airs. I’m not in any mood to shed any blood. I have shed enough already,” she said as she stood on her feet.