Asteria Palace.
While Marx met with King Duncan and Crown Prince Ibarra, Princess Amaya visited the queen's chamber.
The queen stood on the balcony, looking at the blooming flowers in the garden below, when she heard the door open. Looking back, she saw that it was Amaya. She smiled and gestured for her granddaughter to stand beside her.
"How are you, Grandma?" Amaya asked gently.
"I'm fine, Aya. The tea you made me last time is doing wonders. I always have a good night's sleep, and I feel I am growing younger instead of older." Queen Lucinda laughed heartily.
Her lady-in-waiting was startled to hear the queen laugh. When was the last time she heard her queen laugh like that? A long time ago, she could not remember.
Amaya's gaze lingered on the blooms below them before shifting her gaze to her, the Queen of Lireya. In her early sixties, she became more active with the kingdom's matters than in the last fifteen years.
