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The Girl and the Girl King – Part 03

Charlotte had been invited into Zenobia Q. Lanchester’s private chambers. After the earlier assassination attempt, a large number of royal guards stood ready outside the door.

Zenobia offered Charlotte a seat, and the latter sat stiffly on a long, wide chair. The room’s master remained standing, still wearing her hoop skirt.

The continent was divided into three main territories: the Empire, the Militant Nation, and the Crowd Powers. Now that she knew her host ruled over one of them, even Charlotte couldn’t help but feel tense. The fact that she was the only one seated made her feel even more self-conscious, and she couldn’t bring herself to sit back properly. Being a person with no title or rank, just being invited into the private chamber of a monarch was already far from normal.

Even without that, Charlotte was dealing with complicated feelings. She couldn’t deny that when she learned