While Ren was working on his idea to bring glass into this world, in a certain palace a princess was walking gracefully and calmly through a beautiful palace, the second princess Emi Tulipal Solaris was going towards the garden that is in the center of the palace, that garden so to speak was private only to the queen, this garden was specially prepared by Emi's father as a wedding present for her mother, the only people who can enter the garden are the people the queen herself invites.
And while in one of her classes Emi receives a call from her mother saying that she would like to meet her in her garden for tea while eating cookies, although the message seems casual Emi knows very well that in reality this is a way of saying that she wants to talk to Emi, walking down the hallway Emi finally reached the door that led to the queen's garden.
"I am answering the queen's call"
Said Emi to the two guards who were guarding the door, the guards looked at each other for a few seconds and then quickly stepped aside giving Emi passage, as soon as one of the guards knocked on the door it opened from the inside, Emi slowly walked inside and as soon as she entered her eyes were captivated by the beauty of the place, the queen's garden was commonly called the crystal garden, the reason for this was quite simple, all the flowers planted in the garden looked like crystals, Emi walked slowly through the garden while admiring the beauty of the place, this was only the second time Emi had entered the garden.
The first was on her 5th birthday, on this birthday Emi said that her present would be to spend an afternoon with her mother, her mother easily accepted the invitation, they both spent an incredible afternoon in the crystal garden, until today, this is Emi's most precious memory with her mother, after walking for some time Emi finally arrived at the center of the garden, on a small elevation it was possible to see a person sitting on a beautiful chair, her beauty was such that it didn't even seem that the garden was the main attraction of the place, this person was drinking her tea with grace, Emi looked delighted at that scene for a few seconds before a voice woke her up.
"You have arrived my child, please sit down"
Said the woman, Emi's mother, queen of the Solaris kingdom.
"I am answering your call"
Saemi said as she bowed politely, hearing her daughter's words, the queen pouted.
"Gee, we are not at any event at the moment, call me mother"
Said the queen, as Emi looked at the queen a sigh escapes her pretty lip.
"As you wish mother"
The queen quickly shows a satisfied smile at that.
"Very well"
Saying this she pointed to the chair that was opposite hers.
"Have a seat"
Obeying her mother Emi walked gracefully to the chair taking a seat right away, as soon as Emi sat down in the chair her mother poured tea for her while, out of curiosity, as there is no glass in this world royalty eat with things made of metal while commoners eat with things made of wood, pushing the tea to Emi the queen began to speak.
"Although I am not fully recovered, I am much better than before, I hope to find an occasion to be able to thank you"
Said the queen taking a sip of her tea soon after, Emi raised an eyebrow not understanding what this had to do with her.
"You know... your aunt told me something interesting about... Ren"
As soon as the queen said this Emi was surprised, Emi didn't know that her mother knew that the name of the person who saved her was Ren, to Emi her mother still only knew him by the name X, sending that thought away Emi looked at her mother again.
"What exactly does the lady mean?"
The queen looked at Emi's every move, her expression, her breathing, her pulse, the queen of the Solaris kingdom was feared by many because of this ability, she could easily tell if someone was lying, nervous, or anxious about something, it was truly a wonderful ability for a ruler but also a fearful ability for enemies.
"Although I already think you know, I will say it anyway, it seems that boy likes you"
Said Queen getting straight to the point, from Emi's point of view this could only mean one thing, her mother was clearly interested in Ren, maybe even more than Emi herself, seeing that there would be no point in lying Emi decided to tell the truth.
"Yes, I already knew about it, in fact I realized it when he came to examine you, but why are you saying this now?"
The queen looked into Emi's eyes for a few seconds before asking something Emi was not expecting.
"Emi...do you like him?"
The queen's question took Emi by surprise, Emi looked wide eyed at her mother trying to see if it was a joke or not, but no matter how hard she looked her mother seemed to be totally serious, sighing Emi decided to answer her mother's question.
"Rather than like, this is more like interest, he seemed to me to be quite intelligent, I really value people like that, people like him are extremely valuable to the Solaris kingdom... and that's what I think"
Hearing Emi's response the queen looked into her daughter's eyes analyzing her.
"It doesn't look like you are lying, but you know, he is not bound to our kingdom, if he wants to go somewhere else, we can't stop him, although... I doubt he will, after all, you are here"
Said the queen with a debauched smile on her face.
"Anyway it looks like you two will attend the academy when you turn 14, if you two fell in love and got married it would be a great blessing for the kingdom of Solaris, but I won't force you, just as I married your father out of love I hope you and your brothers will do the same"
Said Emi's mother as she seemed to remember the past, Emi just sighed and looked at the tea, a certain person came to her mind, a person that she didn't know until now was already in the mind of the person she loved the most.