Days went by, and nothing out of place happened. Cedric was more busy these days. The winter was particularly brutal this year, and there seemed to be a food shortage in some parts of Darconia, so the royal family was working on importing grains from a neighbouring kingdom.
Based on the trail of events of the original plot, the winter hunt case was solved by the spring when it was confirmed a religious sect which didn't believe in the moon goddess Nyxoria was behind it.
So Cedric was barely around and she knew it would get worse in the coming days. By the time she was up in the morning, he had left, and by the time he was back, she was already asleep.