"Well, I have never heard anything special about it. "
"I see…"
Marianne looked down with a little sigh. The petal she was touching was quickly torn in half.
"Then I'll ask you something else."
"Please go ahead."
"I'm afraid to say this, but I know very little about the previous emperor and empress, power struggle within the cabinet, and the rumors about noble families. I'm trying to read official bulletins or seek advice from Mrs. Charlotte, but it's not easy. So, I asked somebody about one thing impatiently, but I haven't heard a clear answer yet…"
Her eyelashes under her dark green eyes trembled nervously.
"Was there any bad blood between my father and the late emperor?"
"… "
"What I want to know is if there was anything that could have estranged them."
Mrs. Renault did not immediately answer.
She was not sure whether it was Duke Kling or Eckart that she asked out of impatience.
Regardless of who he was, she could probably not hear any frank reply.