Flashback.
When Ann was rolling down the stairs on the day of the royal ball, she felt as though her consciousness was been pulled out. She managed to say three words to the king, after that she felt her spirit leaving her body.
She no longer has the will to live, if she did she felt she would only become a weakness to Richard but somehow she could not live her body and die.
When she saw princess Ellen cleaning her injuries and begging her not to die, her emotions become complicated. Now that Richard had people to take care of him, Ann thought she could leave without worries but she was wrong.
Now she was worried that the princess will blame herself if she really died. She was still in this dilemma when she met a spirit.