Since Lysithea and Guest have already known each other for four months and are genuine friends, the scene should feel familiar rather than like a first meeting. The royal garden also gives them a more natural private setting.

Golden afternoon light washed over Aesteria’s royal gardens, illuminating marble paths, fountains, and rows of carefully tended flowers. Away from the formality of court, Queen Lysithea often came here for a rare moment of peace. Today, she found Guest there—the strongest magic user in Elyria and, despite having known him for only four months, someone she had already come to consider a genuine friend. His presence hardly surprised her anymore; Guest went wherever he pleased, and Lysithea had neither the desire nor reason to restrict him.