Chapter 26

Fren immediately boarded a carriage with the herald and set out for the royal palace. The herald hadn’t expected Fren to suggest leaving the moment their conversation ended and was visibly flustered. Fren offered an elegant smile. “Well, I couldn’t keep the princess waiting.” “Uh…” The herald stared at Fren with a look that said, Even the great Fren is afraid of the princess. But the herald was mistaken. The Fren Vanessa knew was an elf who feared nothing. He had never flinched once, even when his head was caught in the jaws of a lycanthrope on the battlefield, or when he gouged out his own right eye over a ridiculous false accusation.