Book 3: Epilogue

Book 3: Epilogue

Epilogue

Claraare you finished with the preparation?

Yes Elena-sama. Patricia-sama withdrew in the end, but Carla-sama and I have already finished preparing. The plan is to meet up at the port city in the territory of Duke Fudale.

The royalties who would shoulder the next generation along with the fiances were ordered to conquer a dungeon. They were making their preparation on their own.

It wasnt just the royalties who were forced to enter a dungeon, but also their fiances because this also served as a test to their resolve as the next generation royalties. Furthermore it also showed that currently the number of the royal family was not enough.

Although this dungeon was located in the territory of Duke Fudale, the daughter of Duke Fudale withdrew because it was impossible for her to do so ability-wise and personality-wise. The girl was also the daughter of a second wife, so this meant that Fudale House had pulled out from the struggle for queen position.

With this Patricia got tentatively fixed to become the third queen. The seat to become the leading fiance who would become the first queen would either be obtained by Clara the daughter of Margrave Dandall or Carla the daughter of Count Lester.

The crown prince Ervan-oniisama and I the first princess will also aim to conquer the dungeon at all costs, but the main objective of you two the fiances and I will not be receiving the divine protection from the dungeons spirit, but to make sure his highness the crown prince return alive in good health. Do you understand?

Yes

In this Claydale Kingdom, each generation the royal family would send royalties into the dungeon to obtain Gift that they would use to keep the country stable and protect the country from external threat.



But, the divine protection of spirit wasnt something that could definitely be obtained.

The spirit of the dungeon was called as spirit by people in general, but they were essentially not normal spirit that governed over elements like light, darkness, earth, water, fire, or wind. They were an existence that was closer to holy spirit.

Holy spirit was considered as high rank existence like spirit king or fairy king, but their true form was unclear, they had whimsical nature, and many times they wouldnt grant divine protection just because someone struggled till the depth of a dungeon.

In fact the current king and previous king didnt obtain divine protection and in these few decades it was his majestys little brother, the second prince who obtained the divine protection. But he had already died young because the second prince was someone with weak body from the start.

A royaltys rank within the royal family wouldnt change just from obtaining divine protection. All royalties had been educated until they understood that special ability and the ability to rule the country were two different things.

Because of that, the current king who picked a viscount daughter as his first queen provoked the displeasure of the noble faction and the ill effects from that could still be felt at Claras generation.

The country would fall into ruin if the crown prince died in such situation. It would be possible for Elena to manage the country as a queen for a short term, but it would allow the noble faction to obtain great influence and weakened the power of the royal family.

Clara too, even if her position among the three fiances got fixed in whatever ranking, in the end she would only be a queen of Ervan who was currently still just a crown prince. In case Ervan got reduced into a state where it was impossible for him to ascend to the throne, the second prince who was still an infant would have another noble lady his age chosen to become his queen, while Clara would become unable to ascend to become a queen of the country.

Regardless of their respective motive, Elena who wished for the royal family to regain their strength and kept the country at peace, and Clara who was burdened with the desire of Dandall House for her to become the first queen, the two of them were in the same page for this matter.

Buteven while they were talking to each other without anybody else present like this, the gap that was formed between the two of them was still remaining as a deep rift that separated the two of them.



This high ranked maid was a knight of the black ops. She was also the one in charge of the security in the queens palace. The crown prince didnt really like the black ops, but Elenas servant and maid was also black ops member and she trusted her because she knew her very well. This time she also wished for her to accompany her to the dungeon this time as one of the servants.

Sera showed her a refined smile with her glamorous light brown skin, then she bowed and handed a letter to Elenas bodyguard maid.

I have something to inform your highness and put it in this letter. I recommend your highness to dispose the letter after you finish reading it.

I understand.

If Sera said that then it must be something important.

After Sera left, she told her maid to break the letters seal to confirm the safety of the letter. Then she ordered the maids to standby outside the room and she opened the letter to read it alone.

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That letter contained information about a certain person.

Elena hadnt known that person for long. In fact it was only for several weeks, but for Elena who was being forced into a lonely fight in a situation where she couldnt even rely on her parents, the way that girl lived gave her a peace of mind that she wasnt alone even though their status differed.

Even when Elena earnestly told her father, the one who caused this situation that she was worried about the current state of things, she was only told that the problem wasnt something that a child like her should be concerned about and she was kept at a distance from politic. Even her big brother with whom she was pretending to idolize didnt have any sense of danger at all despite being the one placed in the most dangerous position.

She was the only one who understood Elena who was fighting against the present situation. She even risked her life to save Elena who got attacked during her lone battle.

Even if no one else could understand it, the two of them shared the feeling of being able to understand each other as the same kind.

Elena thought that the words she said that night when she swore her oath could only be said because she had seriously faced Elenas resolution.

That was why Elena also made an oath in order to reward her.

That was why even when she heard that she went missing, she believed that there was no way that she had died.



Alone inside her room.

Elena pressed the letter on her chest and embraced it strongly.

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Thank goodness. Ariayou live.