Afterward, they left the throne room and dived into various tasks. Else started restructuring both the imperial palace and the church while Yvonne solidified her cultivation breakthrough. In the meantime, Konrad sat within his new chambers with Verena on his lap.
"Now that only the two of us remain, there is no need to restrain yourself. Mourning is your right."
He whispered while stroking her silver hairs. Though in public, she always maintained stately elegance, Verena was by no means aloof and deeply cared for kinship. The loss of her father was no trivial blow. And Konrad could see that the depth of her silence mirrored the profundity of her grief.
"Sovereign Prince Thorwald Kvass was a terrible father and an even worse husband. In his life, he only loved one woman:
