After drinking what she needed to drink and having her feet thoroughly massaged, the Queen seemed satisfied. She stood up straight and said,
"Now, let's resume."
She was clearly motivated, so after that we left the Royal Palace and walked through the Noble District. When we left the palace, female guards were added — they had probably been prepared in advance. They were knights carrying long swords openly at their waists. During the daytime in the Noble District, I didn't think any bad guys would try anything, but it was clearly an intimidation display.
For me, proper guards only appeared when I was with the Queen, and they were young beautiful women, so it made me nervous. But the Queen acted as if it was completely normal.
"If we keep going into the Commoner District like this, can we eat the parfait we had before?" the Queen asked.
"Yes. We can if we continue this way," I replied.
One of the female guards overheard and asked with a rather stern expression,
