"I can't believe that there's actually a man who would allow a woman to sit on his shoulders," Diana mumbled, giving a snort of
contempt. As far as she was concerned, men who would do such a thing were spineless cowards. Otherwise, they wouldn't allow
women to ride on their shoulders and be above them.
Francis didn't say a word, because the vibrant smile on Harper's face dazzled him. Even though her face had changed and she
didn't look familiar to him, he still recognized her the moment he saw her. When she was with him, she had never smiled so
happily that way in front of him. Was it true that he just wasn't as good as Matthew in her eyes? He could do all the things
Matthew could do for her, and he was sure that he could give her things which even Matthew couldn't. Knowing that, why wasn't
she willing to give him a chance?
On the altar, the Holy Maiden's dance was still going on, and the people were so engrossed in it. King Lance had a rather
solemn look on his face, but his eyes were filled with paternal love when they fell on the Holy Maiden. Seeing this, Diana snorted
coldly and spoke to Francis in a low voice. "Do you think Matthew is going to sabotage the ceremony?"
"No, he won't," Francis curtly replied. Truth be told, even though Francis knew that Matthew could be very aggressive, he
wouldn't just take the initiative to attack anyone if they didn't do him wrong first. As for Harper, he somewhat felt that she and
Matthew were alike in this regard.

"You know, Matthew would do everything as he pleases. I'm afraid that he may do something to disrupt this important ceremony,"
Diana slowly said. As a matter of fact, this was what she was expecting. If Matthew was here to disrupt the ceremony, then she

to admit that ants could bite an elephant to the bone. It was true that he might do whatever he pleased if he were by himself. However, with Harper coming along with him, he would never take the risk of putting her life in danger. So, he would never do anything that might ruin the ceremony. "Diana, behave yourself!" Lance couldn't take it anymore and finally snapped. The Worship Ceremony was utterly important in their kingdom! As his daughter, Diana didn't seem to care that much about it. Didn't she know that it could anger the people? Moreover, the Holy

she suddenly hoped, rather irritably and sinisterly, that the Holy Maiden would sprain her ankle, fall,

However, things didn't go as she hoped. The Holy Maiden performed the whole dance solemnly and quite beautifully, and she
went on to finish the praying ceremony without making a single mistake. All things had been done meticulously, leaving no
problems to be found.
"All right, all right. Thank you, Holy Maiden," said the king, in a voice filled with paternal love. "You must be tired; you may take a
rest now."

the royal palace. As for Francis, when the ceremony was concluded, his eyes fell on Becky, who was standing in the crowd. He nodded at her, and she politely nodded right back. After that, the two of them left

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