After the training ended, Candice, who had already finished her administrative duties, took Cecilia, who was responsible for setting up military courses for Magic Academy students, to observe the Magic Academy.
As a result, after their observation, they encountered Siris and Elashia in the dining hall.
Candice, usually so strict and formal, surprisingly stopped Cecilia from going over to greet them.
"Why don't we see what she plans to do next?"
In their more than ten years of acquaintance, Cecilia had never seen Candice show such mischievous curiosity.
But actually, she had the same thought as Candice.
She already knew that Elashia, as the Empress of Elasia, truly wanted to lead the Elasian Empire toward light, but she truly didn't know much about what Elashia was like as a person.
People say that only when someone is alone do they reveal their true nature. Cecilia was actually very curious about what kind of person Elashia really was.
Moreover, what Elashia would do when alone was something that particularly intrigued Cecilia.
Would she busy herself with state affairs? Or secretly do something unspeakable?
It truly made her intensely curious.
So in the end, Cecilia agreed to Candice's suggestion to follow Elashia.
One was a knight who had fought for many years on the battlefield, the other the head of a spy organization—when it came to following someone, there were truly few in Elasia who could compare to them.
Then, they saw Elashia say goodbye to Siris and head toward the market.
"What do you think Elashia is going to the market to do?" Cecilia asked Candice.
Candice just smiled without answering.
She knew exactly what Elashia would do at the market.
After all, the novels she had confiscated were piled almost as high as a mountain.
"Hey, why did she suddenly fly up?"
Seeing Elashia suddenly spring from the ground halfway through her walk, Cecilia asked in confusion.
Was there some secret in the tree?
Soon, a cat's meow provided the answer.
Watching the smiling Elashia carry the kitten to the little boy, Cecilia felt somewhat ashamed in her own heart.
Looking at Cecilia's slightly flushed cheeks, Candice still just smiled, saying nothing.
She understood Elashia too well—whenever someone who needed help appeared before her eyes, she would never stand by and do nothing.
And she would also try to fundamentally solve others' difficulties.
Along the way, they watched from hiding places as Elashia rescued a little girl from bullies, pulled a carriage stuck in mud for a driver, and even gently put a bird's nest that had been blown down by the wind back in its place...
Cecilia's face grew redder and redder, while Candice just smiled at her.
She hadn't expected Elashia's path to the market to buy novels would be so winding today, but this was truly what she had hoped for.
It was good that she had brought Cecilia out today, so she could remove the last trace of doubt Cecilia had about Elashia.
Seeing Elashia become somewhat dirty from helping people she met on the road, Cecilia's eyes became somewhat moist.
"So, are you completely reassured about her now?" Candice finally whispered to Cecilia at the entrance to the market.
"I... I wasn't really doubting her anyway..." Cecilia stammered, her words somewhat hesitant due to guilt.
The two followed Elashia into the market.
"Woo-hoo~ Finally here!"
Elashia finally reached the "Pineapple Bookstore" located in the center of the market, and the fatigue on her body seemed to be swept away in an instant.