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Empress Harriet strolled quietly around the imperial palace with Priscilla after leaving the Spring Palace.
Priscilla’s intense nature played a role, but the real issue stemmed from Amelia’s relentless bullying since they were young.
“If she despises me and Mom so much, why doesn’t she just stay in the Temple dormitory or live with her mom in the Holy Empire?” Priscilla wondered aloud.
Amelia always claimed she couldn’t bear to see them, yet she chose to remain at the Spring Palace. If she truly wanted to avoid them, she had plenty of options to live elsewhere. Priscilla could only conclude that Amelia stayed at the Spring Palace just to torment her. Nothing more, nothing less.
While her daughter grumbled, the Archmage quietly gazed at the distant sky.
“Priscilla.”
“What?”
“Do you remember when Rune first came?”
Her daughter’s voice softened. “Yeah.”
Prince Rune was known as the Archmage’s son, but in reality, he was an illegitimate child brought into the family by the Emperor. But the Archmage had embraced Rune as her own son without hesitation.
At that time, Priscilla had been seven. Since the palace was unfamiliar to him, and he needed to adjust to its ways, Empress Harriet took care of the four-year-old Rune every day.
“I’m glad you adored Rune, but really, were you never upset?”
“…”
Priscilla had been taken aback by the sudden arrival of a sibling, yet she had adored him from the very beginning. He was simply too lovable to resent.
But had there truly never been a moment when she’d felt upset? Watching her mother constantly following Rune around, showering him with care and attention, did she never feel an unpleasant twinge?
“… I think I did, a little bit.”
“In what way?”
Priscilla glanced up at her mother, her eyes filled with a truth she hesitated to voice....
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