Chapter 105: A NIGHT OF MISCHIEF

Xina desperately needed a break from Jade. While she appreciated the lessons and the endless amounts of information being crammed into her head, the weight of it all was becoming unbearable. Jade’s teachings were critical for her future, especially with her coronation looming just two months away, but no one had bothered to ask her if she was *ready* for such a monumental responsibility. Instead, Jade’s response was always the same: "Time doesn’t wait until you are ready. You must prepare yourself to be ready at any moment." Sure, that made sense. But the constant pressure, the endless lessons, and the mountain of books Xina had to master in a short time were wearing her down. She was utterly exhausted, her mind spinning with all the information she had to digest. In one of her moments of frustration, as she complained aloud about the monotony of palace life, she caught a stray thought from Gallahan, who had been thinking aloud through the mind link. Something about a starry night p