"Don't you know me well?" The Queen laughed bitterly. "I came to the court only because I loved him. I never cared about the power and the position."
"…"
"But he has changed, which I am totally aware of. What I need to know is what has made him change? When I get the answer, I will not need to stay in the court any more. So the token and the palace are nothing I need to care about. What I need is just an answer," the Queen said calmly.
She was a woman who cared, but that did not necessarily mean that she needed to depend on someone to live.
If that man's heart went somewhere else, then she would not try to get him back. What she needed was to understand what made him change.
Aunt Nan nodded. She was like the deceased General, who could tell right from wrong, but she was truly worried for her Miss.
***
The following day.
