Maribel tried to say that His Highness would not care at all. Trying to figure out how, she squinted her eyes and smiled coquettishly. "Yes, baby. Flowers that come into your hands easily are usually less fragrant. So I don't think what you're trying to do is bad."

She got up and shook Julietta's hair out looser, which Amelie had braided beautifully. "But if the outer covering you will put on for a lifetime is taken off for a while, it'll eat you as you are. It may be safer to disappear and run away now so that the Duke of Kiellini can't find you. Of course, if you get caught, you'll die. Both are the same."

Julietta looked at Maribel stroking her head affectionately. "Wouldn't it be better for the process to be happy with the same results? I'm going to choose one that will make the people around me safer."

"Yes, baby. But the results are not the same. You can make a very strong fence to block the wind from peeling off the paint and avoid the blizzard." Maribel nodded to Julietta, who looked back at her. "Yes, you know how to build the strongest and highest fence ever."

Julietta was lost in thought as Maribel stroked her hair. If she did not covet the post, she was lying to herself. If it happened, she would never go through the same thing again, nor would the Duke of Kiellini threaten her. She would like to have a position where she would not have to live in hiding for the rest of her life, and where she could protect those who had worked hard for her.

After a long time, Julietta finally spoke, "In fact, other people know me as Princess Kiellini, so what's important about my born ident.i.ty? But if His Highness refuses, it's all useless."

"Do you think he's going to refuse?"

Julietta smiled at Maribel's question. "No, I'm sure His Highness won't refuse it, because it's not a bad condition for him. I need to change the terms of the deal, from contract engagement to contract marriage."

"It will be a very fragrant and beautiful flower." Maribel was expecting a fight between Julietta and Killian, who were tough opponents.

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"Your Highness, Princess Kiellini left the Imperial Castle in the carriage of Prince Francis about an hour ago." Killian's servant Ian returned with the information he had inquired from the knights guarding the outer castle.

"Francis?" Just as he came back from the party hall, Marquis Rhodius looked at Killian in surprise. "This is a serious matter! Shouldn't we go see Francis right now, and find out where he took the princess?"

Once Francis' name came out, Killian, his face stiff, shook his head. "It's no use asking. Either he will try to get out of it or he will say something expected, as if that he took her to the Kiellini mansion. Ian, get the wagon ready. I'll go right away. Sends people to the Harrods' mansion that Francis used to come in and out of these days. I'll go to the dress shop after I go to the Kiellini mansion. If anything happens, send someone to the dress shop.

Oswald followed Killian and said in disbelief, "Even though Prince Francis is crazy, did he dare kidnap Princess Kiellini? If this becomes known, it's going to be a big mess."

"I'm sure he did something to keep it from being known."

"What is something?" As soon as Marquis Rhodius asked that, he shut his mouth. There was only one thing left that a n.o.ble woman could never speak of.

"He's a man who can make her shut her mouth even if he breaks her." Killian grit his teeth with a scary look.

Vera now understood the meaning of the conversations of her superiors, and breathed out beside them, but no one cared.

"There's nothing to do while following me. Oswald, you go back to the party hall and listen for anything new."

At Killian's words, Oswald made an exclamation as if he recalled something. "Oh, by the way, I heard a strange story earlier. Lady Anais came out of Prince Francis's palace in a mess a week ago, and the rumor was all over the party hall. The rumor originated from Princess Haint, and she was talking about something new today. She saw Lady Anais coming out of Prince Francis's palace again today. Lady Anais came all the way here, but she only went to Prince Francis's palace without attending the party."

Killian, about to get on the wagon, turned back at Oswald's words. "Do you mean Lady Anais came out of Francis's palace?"

"Yes, but she didn't show up at the party. Princess Haint said she was not feeling well and went to her family lounge."

"Find out if she's still in the lounge and find the servant who called out Mrs. Raban. Ask Princess Haint more about the situation at that time, but be careful not to let her notice why."

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Killian then took the carriage and set off to the mansion of Duke Kiellini. Soon after it left the Imperial Castle, the carriage came into Eldira Street and stopped on its way to the Kiellini mansion. "What's going on?"