CHAPTER 54 (1). AT LEAST WE CAN BE LIKE THIS

"Without asking the reason why."

What followed after the question was not an answer, but another question. Patrizia replied immediately.

"If I ask why, will you tell me?"

"…"

"You will not."

"… you will not understand."

"That is something nobody would know. Because I have not heard it yet. I do not know the content, so of course, I cannot understand anything right now. How could I understand everything that happened that night, without knowing anything?"

"…"

"Your Majesty may not need it, but if you possibly desire my understanding, you must tell me the surrounding context. I do not even possess any psychic abilities, so unless you tell me, I will not understand until I die."

But he probably wouldn't tell her. Who was she to him, to provide an explanation? Perhaps if it was Rosemond. Patrizia did not expect anything. In the first place, the two of them did not share a close enough relationship to even have such expectations.