Do I Look Like I Have So Much Free Time?

Ronan took off his royal coat and removed a few pins of royal ornaments there. After all the ornaments had been removed from the coat, he spread it over Arielle's body.

This way, the girl would l be warmer. Ronan kept his royal ornaments on the table just like that.

Arielle grabbed the coat that Ronan gave her and hugged it more tightly so her body felt warmer. It didn't take long for the girl to fall asleep because Arielle was tired from the start. So, after getting a comfortable position, she fell asleep.

Ronan couldn't do anything except stroke Ariel's beautiful hair. His eyes scanned every inch of her face. Her curly eyebrows looked so beautiful, her naturally blushing cheeks looked adorable as well when Arielle's small lips parted and she exhaled slowly.

His study door opened, and William and Priest Elis appeared. Ronan couldn't kick them out because they would both be reporting something important. So, the king could only put his index finger to his lips to make the two men walk silently.

Ronan gave William and Priest Elis permission to sit on the sofa in front of him. He didn't forget to cover Arielle's ears so that the girl's sleep wouldn't get disturbed by their conversation.

"Speak. In a low voice," said Ronan firmly.

William glanced at Princess Arielle, who was sleeping on the king's lap. He was too mesmerized by the scene in front of him.

Besides Princess Arielle being the first woman to see the face of the king without a mask, it turned out that the simple princess was also the first woman to get this kind of treatment. This treatment was too sweet for the king, who was naturally a cold person.

William still remembered well. When he was young, the king was a womanizer, and William had never seen women in the past sleeping on the king's lap without being groped by him. However, this time Ronan didn't seem to do such a thing to Arielle.

He looked... innocent.

Ronan clucked and moved William from his reverie. The man cleared his throat and held out a letter.

"Duke Coley invites you to his daughter's, Lady Fiona's, birthday party, Your Majesty."

Ronan just nodded then threw the invitation letter away without even opening it. Duke Coley, was a Duke, to whom he gave the territory of the western border. The man was quite capable, but it was clear that his ambition made Ronan not really want to pay him more attention.

"Lady Fiona—"

Ronan looked at William sharply which made the man nod in understanding.

"Do I look so cheap that I would easily abandon royal duties for a lady's birthday? Do you think I have that much free time to care for a woman?"

William glanced at Arielle, who was fast asleep. He bit his lip to keep himself from smiling.

"No, Your Majesty. I understand you are very busy and have no time to attend a lady's birthday party. In the future, I will be more careful in sorting letters for you."

Ronan just nodded.

"And there is something about the movement on Mount Birwick. Priest Elis, please explain…" William turned to the priest beside him.

"Your Majesty, the trigram globe sensed the movement of light and heat from the sun on Mount Birwick. At your command, you wanted the guards to track it down. We found a small field with melted snow showing plants as well as green grass. After a while, the snow fell again and covered the green land."

Ronan was silent for a long time. He was deep in thoughts.

"Even the fire of a dragon couldn't melt the thick snow of Mount Birwick. It must be the result of using light mana," said Ronan as he conveyed his suspicions.

"No creature on Mount Birwick can manipulate mana. Only humans can. Who was it, then? Who was the human who broke through the Birwick freezing defense and melted the snow there?" asked the king.

Priest Elis held out a book and turned to a certain page.

"This happened during your great-grandfather's reign. It was recorded that they found a man who fainted in this melting snow phenomenon. Priests couldn't feel mana flowing, but the man could pass more mana to other people."

Priest Elis hesitated to say this. The man glanced at Princess Arielle, who was still fast asleep.

"The characteristics were similar to what I felt when I was touched by Princess Arielle before," he added.

"What do you mean?"

"I can't feel the mana flow in Princess Arielle's body. However, when we touched at that time, Princess Arielle seemed to pour mana into me."

Ronan tried to deduce the report from Priest Elis. "Then that phenomenon at Mount Birwick is probably indeed done by a human, but since we can't sense the mana, then no guards can detect that person's presence?"

"That's right, Your Majesty," Priest Elis confirmed.

"And indirectly, you're saying that Arielle has the potential of this snow-melting power?"

"This is just the initial hypothesis I have, Your Majesty."

Ronan stared at Priest Elis, who looked very serious. The man had been immersed in science for years. There was no way Priest Elis would speak nonsense.

"Then what happened to the man my great-grandfather found? Where is he now?"

"That man disappeared, Your Majesty. The medical records stated he was in a coma and one night just disappeared. Your grandfather didn't put in the effort to search for that man at all."

There were many questions Ronan wanted to ask. He had to study this case more deeply. The only thing he could do at the moment was wait for confirmation about the irregularity of the mana usage that couldn't be detected by the priests.

"Alright, report to me immediately if you find the answer as to why you guys can't detect a person's mana stream."

Priest Elis looked at Princess Arielle doubtfully. He was sure that Princess Arielle was one of the people who had irregularities in her mana flow. However… would the king give him permission to experiment with the princess?

"Don't touch, Arielle. Look for someone else who has other mana irregularities," said Ronan before Priest Elis could even say what was on his mind.

Priest Elis had guessed that this would be the king's reaction. King Ronan would not allow Princess Arielle to be investigated under the Cathedral. Maybe now, what Priest Elis could do was study the ancient texts to find more information.