Please Provide Compensation Through Divorce

Chapter 29

It was the day I planned to visit Farham. Specifically, his laboratory.

I discreetly left the palace through the back gate. If the Empress visited a subordinate’s residence, rumors could spread.

We rode through the bustling streets in an ordinary carriage favored by nobles. The streets were particularly lively, with people hanging lanterns and setting up stalls. I turned to the knight accompanying me and asked,

“Is there a festival?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The night market starts tomorrow evening. It’s the best festival for the commoners.”

A night market. How romantic.

I could count the number of festivals I had attended. I had never truly enjoyed one, always living a busy and tough life.@@novelbin@@

In this world, I wanted to experience such things. Laughing and chatting without a care.

Perhaps I could go with Lady Mare and the maids.

“When does the night market end?”

“It lasts for a week, Your Majesty.”

A week… That’s shorter than I expected. Still, I could probably spare some time to visit.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the back gate of Baron Farham's residence. Farham was waiting for me and led me through the back door.

“The laboratory is in the basement. Please be careful on the stairs.”

I followed him down the steep stairs. We descended for quite a while before entering the laboratory.

“Oh, this is impressive.”

The laboratory was more sophisticated than I expected. The distillation equipment and experimental tools were quite elaborate.

“How did you manage to gather all this?”

“Some of it was difficult to acquire from abroad, and I also requested some items from glassworking artisans.”

“You must have gone through a lot of trouble.”