Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City
After dropping that truth bomb, Seraphina carefully monitored my expression as she continued her explanation.
"In fact, it was Anna who demanded that I become the Southern Heir in her stead. It wasn't out of pity for what our family did to me, but because she genuinely believed that I would be a better leader than she could ever hope to be. Those were her exact words. At the time, I simply thought she was a silly girl being willful—after all, you can't just step down as the Southern Heir just because you don't feel like doing the job. But to my utter shock, when I returned to the Royal Palace, I discovered the decree had already been passed. I was the new Southern Heir. To this day, I still struggle to understand how she managed to pull that off.
