"Emma, you should know better than anyone that it wasn't Hannah who betrayed the empire, but the empire that betrayed her."
A person who had quelled wars multiple times and won peace and glory for the empire was ultimately betrayed mercilessly.
The hero who was once held in the palm of their hands was later thrown to the ground and spat upon by those very people.
Looking at Emma's tear-stained face, Sheffield Benedict only felt weary, "Even for the sake of your status as the First Princess, you should conduct yourself with dignity and manners, Emma. The citizens of the empire adore you, and if one day they see you like this, they will only feel disappointed."
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.
This is the way of a monarch.
Yet Hannah was the one who suffered from it, even though she was blameless.
Emma sobbed, tears falling ceaselessly, until she finally lay down on the pillow and began to cry unrestrainedly.
