Twitch. Artie Shen turned behind her as she heard one of them say it. 'The archduke is eligible to be king because his wife was a princess? Well, that doesn't seem to be fair to the son of the king, but… I didn't expect Miel to be a prince.'
The gossipers noticed Artie look at them, and they all froze. They were traveling merchants, and their connections were way better than the locals in terms of what's happening in the land. After that dinner with the other nobles, how sure was Artie Shen that no one would recognize her?
"...is that her? The archduke's new wife? She looks so young..." one man whispered next to him, but his eyes were stuck on Artie's face. Instead of receiving an answer, the person he was talking to only nudged him away. No one wanted to be executed for gossiping against the archduke or his wife.
