Maia sighed, as she resolved within herself, "I will never fall in love with the King!" she thought to herself. Maia went quiet for a moment.
"Are you alright to serve tonight? I can have Lilly replace you at the palace?" Malgun asked her.
"Yeah…I am alright, come, let us return" Maia said confidently as she resolved in her heart, that she was going to obtain her freedom and not fall in love with the King.
That night, she served at the palace with Lilly and their friends as if nothing happened nor changed.
As was his custom, Leon stayed behind and watched the servants and conversed with them.
