In the evening, Nishizawa Imperial Palace.

Back in the main space, Scotti avoided all the royal guards patrolling and entered the queen's bedchamber.

Although the trip to the "Land of the End" is only three days, returning to the site of Skoti feels like a world away.

She took off her dusty hunting suit, which was even worn out in a few places, hesitated, and instead of throwing it into the "old clothes basket", she stuffed it into her backpack to take it with her for a while.

To do a play, you have to do a full set.

Since she left without telling everyone, since she declared to the public that she was "accompanying the unwell queen mother", then she would not leave behind a dusty old clothes that made people wonder what she had done.

Clean her body, put on a long-lost gilt dress with a black background, and the rejuvenated eldest daughter tidied up her appearance in the bathroom, slowly corrected her slightly sharp eyebrows and eyes because of the rush and fighting, and restored herself to her usual "elegant royal daughter" state.

In addition, she found a small glass bottle in the bathroom, and tied a rope around the mouth of the bottle to hang around her neck, which was used to shelter the little carp that left with her.

…… It's really a small one.

The "carp egg" is only a little as big as a sesame seed, so how big can the baby carp hatch from it be?

Anyway, for Scotty, she had to hold it to her fingertips and squint her eyes towards the sunlight to see that there was still a little life there.

Because it was so small, the young carp had not even grown the white scales of its father, and its whole body was slightly transparent, fluttering its wings in the wind like a small worm.

It was holding the 3.8-carat diamond that Scotti had given her, as if it were holding a huge mountain, and Scroti was worried that it would be crushed to death......

But the juvenile carp's small size also paid off, as she could find a small bottle for it and carry it with her without bothering to explain the origin of this strange and otherworldly creature - they wouldn't notice it anyway.

When Scotti walked out of the room, her father and mother were still asleep.

The queen mother had a gentle and quiet smile on her lips, but her gaze seemed to be a little helpless; And the father sat on a lacquered sandalwood chair, his face like a sculpture under the half-bright night light.

Scotti was slightly nervous because she persuaded her mother to act as an "accomplice" when she left, but she did not let her father, who had always been old-fashioned, know.

At this moment, there is a feeling that a rebellious girl is being caught by her father.

In the eye contact, her father spoke first: "Coming back?" ”

"Hmm."

"Did it go well?"

"It went well."

"The excuse of 'taking leave' is not bad, but if someone investigates deeply, it is still full of flaws." The father said in a non-wavering tone.

Scotty looked up.

For example, serious words, the words spoken by her father surprised her even more.

She had expected to be severely reprimanded for her rebellious behavior, just as she had seen her wear inappropriate clothes and say inappropriate things.

But unexpectedly, her father didn't seem to be so opposed.

"I'll take care of it." Poeti said.

So the father slowly loosened his tight brow.

Few people know that among the descendants of the Nishizawa Imperial Family, it was not the princes and princesses who once rebelled most fiercely against tradition, but the current Nishizawa Emperor.

When he was young, Emperor Nishizawa wanted to be an astronaut and go beyond the sky to see the blue world. He prepared for this for a long, long time, and even went against tradition to apply for the Imperial Space Academy, where he graduated with the first overall honor.

But then what stood in front of him was a huge obstacle that he had never thought of - even if he had such a dazzling transcript and graduation certificate, no aerospace department would dare to accept the future Emperor Nishizawa.

All the resumes he sent out were lost, the officials in charge pretended to be deaf and dumb in front of a secret order from the cabinet, and the teacher with whom he had the best relationship kept his door shut from him after revealing some information in a cryptic manner.

In the end, all the resistance, all the struggles, all the cries turned into nothingness, just like a colorful soap bubble will always be punctured one day, just like a rebellious wealthy wanderer who will always inherit the family business when his father is old.

The boy who wanted to become an astronaut was eventually stifled all his dreams and tied to a false throne.

He became the old-fashioned and erudite Emperor Nishizawa in the eyes of outsiders, squatting in the palace every day to study historical materials, not smiling, not asking about the world, and having no intention of power, and even when the heir was still a minor, he lost the only job of the Nishizawa Emperor - signing various documents with courtesy - to Shi Coti.

No one knew what he was thinking.

He closed his heart early, behaving more and more like a satisfactorily Emperor Nishizawa, and even his wife and daughter could hardly get close to the real him.

Only at this moment, Scotti seems to have glimpsed a glimpse of the real him from under his heavy shell.

From the bottom of his heart, he hoped to ...... His children were able to have their own lives.

Scotti lowered her eyes and smiled.

She stepped forward, opened her arms, and gave her father and mother a long-lost hug.

……

After learning that Scotti was returning, Scotty's clerk was already waiting for her at the palace gate.

When the figure of Scotti appeared, the highly educated woman trained by the royal ceremonial officer scrupulously bowed down and greeted: "Good evening, Your Highness." ”

"Good evening, Alice."

"How is Her Royal Highness's health?"

"It's all right."

"Thank you for the glorious blessing of our ancestors...... Your Highness, have you been busy these days? ”

"A little bit."

"Your Highness, please also pay attention to your body."

"I will."

Having said that, Alice actually has a slight doubt in her heart.

Because in the past three days, Scotti has claimed to be "accompanying the unwell mother", but in fact she is completely out of touch, not answering phone calls and not replying to messages, even the greetings sent by Alice have not been answered - this has never happened.

Alice asked the medical officer in the palace side by side, but found that Her Royal Highness had no record of consultation in recent days, and there was no report of physical discomfort; At the same time, the Queen's clerk was on leave and knew nothing about what had happened in the palace recently—I heard that Her Royal Highness had given her a special leave the other day, the day before Scotti offered to visit the Queen Mother.

This series of doubts and coincidences made Alice involuntarily have a little doubt: In the past three days, has His Royal Highness Shicotti Nishizawa, who has not been heard from, really in the palace?

(End of chapter)