Buck spent three days walking the familiar streets of Emperor Star. He ate a bowl of noodles he used to love at an old shop, then gathered himself and went to Sofie Manor—the home where he had lived for so long in his youth.
Only now, it had become a place for Her Majesty the Queen to mourn him.
Over these three days, Buck had learned a great deal about what Her Majesty the Queen had been doing all these years.
He learned that after his "passing," Her Majesty the Queen had moved out of the Royal Palace, dismissed her harem, and come here to mourn him.
Listening to people talk about it, Buck felt completely calm, as if he were hearing a story about someone else.
Not the slightest ripple stirred in his heart, because this was exactly the sort of thing Her Majesty the Queen would do.
After all, even when he was "alive," Her Majesty the Queen had always been very good at performing devotion.
So to Buck, this was nothing more than a magnificent performance.
