IT SEEMS MY WISH CAME TRUE IN THE STRANGEST WAY.
AFTER THE NOBLE COUNCIL,
I THOUGHT THE KING'S INTEREST WOULD FADE AGAIN...
YET HE VISITED MOND PALACE ONCE MORE.
YOU ARE LATE TO GREET ME TODAY.
I AM ASHAMED TO ADMIT I OVER- SLEPT A LITTLE.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING LAST NIGHT TO MAKE YOU OVERSLEEP?
THE TEA I DRANK LATE YESTERDAY EVENING KEPT ME WIDE AWAKE.
SINCE MY MIND REMAINED CLEAR FOR SO LONG,
I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING WHEN YOU WOULD ARRIVE...
AND COULD NOT FALL ASLEEP UNTIL LATE INTO THE NIGHT.
IS THAT SO? DID THINKING OF ME TRULY KEEP YOU AWAKE?
OF COURSE. I ALWAYS...
YOU DID NOT STAY UP ALL NIGHT.
IN THE COMPANY OF SOMEONE ELSE, DID YOU?
THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON IN THIS PALACE WHO COULD FIT A TUNIC OF THIS SIZE...
DO YOU LACK THE COURAGE TO ADMIT YOU ROLLED AROUND WITH THE CAPTAIN?
THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT HERE WHEN I WAS GETTING DRESSED...
WHICH MEANS...
SOMEONE IN THIS PALACE PLANTED IT WHILE I STEPPED OUT TO GREET THE KING.
THE MAIDS OF MOND PALACE ARE ALL THE KING'S EYES AND EARS.
THEIR HANDS ATTEND TO ME, BUT THEIR MINDS BELONG TO THE KING.
IT WAS SO OBVIOUS THAT EVEN I, CONFINED TO THIS PALACE, COULD TELL.
IT WAS INEVITABLE.
EVEN IF I KNEW EVERY MOVE WAS WATCHED,
EVEN IF AN OBVIOUS TRAP WAS LAID BEFORE ME,
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
THEY HAD NO REASON TO BOTHER HIDING IT.
JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW.
AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN,
I AM THE ONE WHO MUST PROVE MY INNOCENCE HERE.
THIS IS QUITE TROUBLESOME...
IT SEEMS I STAND TO LOSE BOTH MY LOVELY QUEEN AND A RELIABLE SUBJECT.
YOUR LITTLE ANTICS BEFORE COULD BE DISMISSED AS MERE KNIGHTS GETTING DISTRACTED...
FINDING HIS BELONGINGS HERE CHANGES THE STORY ENTIRELY.
...IT IS A MISUNDER- STANDING.
A MISUNDERSTANDING? ARE YOU SAYING I AM IMAGINING THINGS?
I MUST HAVE LEFT MY QUEEN TERRIBLY LONELY.
LONELY ENOUGH TO DRAG THE HERO OF THE EMPIRE INTO YOUR BED.
IF YOU DENY IT,
I AM WILLING TO HEAR YOU OUT, THOUGH.
THIS IS RETALIATION FOR THAT DAY.
THE DAY DOMINIC BLOCKED THE KING'S PATH.
I KNEW THERE WOULD BE RETRIBUTION.
IF I DENY IT HERE...
EVERYTHING WILL UNFOLD JUST AS ANTON PLANNED.
USING MY RESPONSE AS AN EXCUSE,
HE INTENDS TO GET RID OF DOMINIC.
...A MAID MUST HAVE,
DROPPED IT HERE WHILE COLLECTING THE CAPTAIN'S LAUNDRY.
DOES THAT MAKE ANY...
I CAN PROVE IT.
PLEASE, SEE FOR YOURSELF.
...HA.
YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING CAPTAIN LEGENON FOR MUCH LONGER.
DO NOT WORRY, MY QUEEN.
WOULD I REALLY KILL THE HERO OF THE EMPIRE SO THOUGHTLESSLY?
WILL YOU ASSIGN ANOTHER GUARD TO ME, THEN?
SHOULD I ASSIGN ONE TO YOU?
IT GETS LONELY, YOUR MAJESTY.
WHENEVER YOU STAY AWAY FOR TOO LONG,
EVEN THE FLOWERS I PICK OUT OF BOREDOM FEEL LIKE MY ONLY FRIENDS.
MY QUEEN, EXCESS IN ANYTHING IS NEVER GOOD.
STILL, I WILL CONSIDER ASSIGNING A DIFFERENT GUARD.
THANK YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.
CAPTAIN.
...YOUR MAJESTY.
SPARE THE PLEASANTRIES.
TAKE THIS.
...THIS IS...
I PUT YOUR TUNIC TO GOOD USE.
THOUGH IT WAS A BIT DISAPPOINTING IT DIDN'T PLAY OUT QUITE AS I ENVISIONED.
STILL, IT WAS FAR MORE ENTERTAINING THAN I EXPECTED, SO NO MATTER.
Adelheid, who thinks the king's interest will wane after the Assembly of Nobles, is surprised when he visits Mond Palace again. A conversation over a late greeting and nighttime tea turns into a trap with a uniform found in the room. The king accuses her of being with the captain, while Adelheid realizes this is Anton's revenge plot and tries to prove her innocence.
