Chapter 50

• “Akira?”
• The King tilts his head. His confusion was spelled out in his expression. He’d never pondered about the possibility of Akira being his successor. For one, she was incompetent. She never preferred the spotlight, so she was always in the background, thus earning her the moniker ‘Wallflower Princess’. And he never saw her pick up a sword, only books. Yes, she was smart. But that was all, as far as he knew. But he does not particularly favor her nowadays, with all the trouble her marriage brought. Why her, so suddenly?
• “Yes, Father,” Aesira affirms. These two had a determined expression, as if they had put all trust in their sister. “Akira has changed. We met her again when she returned yesterday, and we felt it. She is now a different person.”