Chapter 334: The King’s Order
Floria Florence’s Side
The next morning.
Floria Florence, who had arrived early and taken her seat, was enjoying her usual casual conversation with Lux, who had just come to school.
When the teacher entered the lecture hall, all of the students present, including Floria Florence and Lux, fell silent.
After that, the morning proceeded as usual… but,
Afterward, the teacher said something slightly out of the ordinary.
“Normally, we would begin the lecture from here, but today, by order of His Majesty the King, we have been instructed to compile a list of those who attended the recent event held by Her Highness the Second Princess Elizalina-sama. I ask that those who participated please raise your hands.”
The event recently held by Elizalina-sama.
In other words, the event Floria Florence had heard about from Nora Ashwell, where Elizalina announced that there was a man she wished to be engaged to, and which also served as a celebration for the birth of the next king.
However, at that moment, a single question arose in Floria Florence’s mind.
Why is His Majesty the King only now compiling information on those people?
While holding that doubt, the teacher continued.
“It is only necessary to write down your name and title, and it will not take much time, so the rest of you should be ready to begin the lecture at any moment… now then, please raise your hands.”
At those words, including Lux seated beside Floria Florence,
Several students in the lecture hall raised their hands as instructed.
Then, perhaps because Lux was seated in the very front,
The teacher first turned his gaze toward Lux and wrote down his name and title on the paper in hand.
“Lux Rodwell, you may lower your hand.”
At those words, Lux lowered his hand as instructed.
After that, as the teacher continued recording the names and titles of the students who had raised their hands, telling each of them in turn to lower their hands,
Floria Florence, showing signs of deep thought, spoke in a small voice.
“As I thought, something about this is rather strange… why would His Majesty the King go out of his way to do something like this?”
As she voiced the question that had slipped out, Lux, who did not seem particularly suspicious, replied,
“Maybe he has something he wants to tell the people who attended Elizalina-sama’s event, or maybe he plans to do something involving them going forward, so he wants to gather their names?”
In response to Lux’s words, Floria Florence shook her head.
“No, if it were His Majesty the King, there would be no need for him to go out of his way to do this. He could simply ask the Second Princess directly… if it is the Second Princess, she would surely have already compiled the names of those who attended her own event.”
“But,” she continued,
“The fact that he did not do so must mean there is some reason he cannot ask the Second Princess directly… that would be the most natural conclusion.”
Lux, who was not accustomed to doubting others, did not seem to fully understand why Floria Florence was thinking so deeply about this,
But Floria Florence continued.
“In that case, the next thing that concerns me is, as expected, why His Majesty the King is interested in those who attended the Second Princess’s event…”
Just as Floria Florence was about to voice another question,
“Everyone, thank you for waiting… I have finished recording the names of all those present in this lecture hall who attended Elizalina-sama’s event, so from here, we will begin the lecture as usual.”
As the teacher said that and began the lesson, Floria Florence fell silent,
And while still uneasy about what had just happened, she attended the lecture alongside Lux in the seat next to her.
…At this time, neither Floria Florence nor Lux yet knew that this incident would later become the seed of a great disturbance.