The onlookers clapped and cheered for her arrival. Those brown eyes surveyed all her subjects as she gave a small wave, including the ones being detained and taken away.
Reporters nudged and shoved some of the audience aside, some relying on pencil and paper to sketch her likeness, whilst a minority of them had cameras they propped up on the spot.
The Royal Guards all kept their heads down, whilst one or two soothed some of the agitated steeds.
Another pair of brown eyes surveyed—not the people, but instead the princess. The blonde's eyes could not open any wider—her jaw hung open faintly.
'There's no way in hell… Ther-there's…' Jotou took in deeper breaths, almost like her throat just got clogged; her heart rate jumped a few pulses higher.
"Jotou!" a whisper broke the blonde out of it. Jotou shifted her gaze ever so slightly to Hotaru, who stared back with her brows furrowed. "Head, down."
