[Suggested song for this chapter – Snow White: IX. Snow White's Canzonetta, Alexander Litvinovsky]
The Crown Prince and his guards strode into the back courtyard, clearly looking for someone. The guards spread out and started to run through the crowd, checking any women who weren't refugees.
The Crown Prince, on the other hand, had spotted Meili immediately, without any need to weave through the exhausted and sick people sitting and lying on every available surface.
His eyes were drawn to her like magnets whenever she was in his orbit, and he heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she was alive and well.
With her propensity to attract trouble, when he hadn't been able to find her praying or purchasing amulets, he had immediately panicked, ordering his guards to track her down.
His eyes crinkled fondly as he watched her. Of course, if there were people who needed help, she would be there…
He looked a little more closely. Actually, what was she doing?
