Al laughed softly, amused by both Amelia's excitement and its effect on her cooking. "It does sound nice. You must really like your king to say that much."

Which, in all honesty, was a mildly troubling thought. It had never been a good sign to hear that kind of adoration directed towards a ruler in the past, the situation in Reole being the prime example. Saillune couldn't really be like that, could it? Al hoped this was just a case of Amelia's idealism overshadowing a more mundane truth.