"There was no helping it," Adrian comforted him, "Who would have thought that all those apprentices were actually on Edward's side? They clearly didn't come from the same faction."
Charles is really useless, not even one princess chose his side," he added.
Having spent too much time with those princesses, Melanie's days became quite decadent, so choosing a Court Duke wasn't wrong in the end.
"Who would have thought that those people, along with Helen, would unexpectedly benefit the Earl!"
"If it weren't for Perast, Melanie marrying a King's illegitimate son who had been granted titles would actually have been fine," Fran confessed, "She felt the path of a Mage was too hard and wanted to enjoy herself, which is not wrong. But if she stayed in the palace, at least I could keep an eye on her and not let her give up her Mage training.
Two years without meditation, anyone would be ruined.
