"And the curse of the Royal Family started from the conflict between men and women as well. King Theodore is my grandfather, but I hate him. If only he opened his heart to his wife and didn't let a concubine appear in his life, we might be living in spring right now."
"You know what has happened?"
Princess Bertha shook her head. "No one knows for sure what had happened, and it also happened before I was born. However, I know that King Theodore spent his old age full of torment. The old man had to live with blisters until his death. Do you know who was always with him until he finally took his last breath? His wife, Queen Alicia, the woman he abandoned for a woman of unknown origin."
"Queen Alicia … took care of King Theodore until the end?"
Princess Bertha let go of Arielle's hand and nodded.
