Before she returned to the palace, Princess Ivy had arranged herself to be prepared for the words that might not be pleasant to hear from her in-laws. Her husband, Prince Theodoric himself had also told her. That she didn't have to pay attention to what they said later.
After all, Princess Ivy also holds Queen Amelissa's ace. She could have exposed her mother-in-law's secret or used a spell if one day her mother-in-law started acting annoying.
But this time Princess Ivy wanted to play as smoothly as possible. She tried to hold back all her annoyance when that happened. At least she had only a few days at her in-laws' palace until the opening of Voxprime.
Stepping off the horse-drawn carriage, Princess Ivy felt different when her feet hit Buckingham Palace. She hadn't been to Buckingham in a long time.
"Take my hand," whispered Prince Theodoric.
