Aster sat silently in his room. A month had passed since the winter feast and it was finally the end of the year. There was a new year party in Golden Camellia Empire, but he still had two weeks before that. Aster had grown accustomed with the palace and those ridiculous rules made by Empress and Emperor.
He fiddled with his food, a warm chicken soup with few pastry and fruits for his breakfast to warm his body. After the winter feast, Charles suddenly disappeared. There was no sign of him anywhere, no personal letter, Charles just disappeared into thin air. Aster inquired about Charles to Rosalie, but Rosalie said that Emperor had something urgent for Charles to handle.
Though, he was unsure about Charles' whereabouts, he couldn't lie that it was convenient for him, because he didn't know how to face Charles now. He had doubt for him, but Charles he knew wasn't such a manipulative person.
