Patrizia walked slowly to the location where her greeting spot was decided and discovered Lucio in his uniform standing 100 meters in front of the Hanlon Palace. It was not Patrizia who had caused trouble yesterday, but she was strangely troubled to see him. She looked as collected as possible, then approached him and greeted him with manners.
"I greet the Sun of the Great Empire. Glory to the Father."
"Empress is here."
"As the Empress, I need to finish up my job well. If you do not want that, I will go back."
"… Just stay."
"Yes."
Patrizia replied briefly and then pulled out the handkerchief. It was the white handkerchief she had borrowed yesterday. If she could, she didn't want to give it back by pretending she didn't know, but he had said it was precious, so she would have felt bad.