They should also cultivate their relationship especially since they had been apart for a while.
. . .
The following day, Arabella woke up at the sound of the birds' dawn chorus. She was exhausted by her husband last night so she slept so soundly.
"Eh? Where's Ferdinand?"
Arabella was surprised to find the space beside her empty. When Ferdinand sleeps in her room, he usually waits for her to wake before leaving. Or he tells her at night if he would leave before she wakes up.
But this time, he was gone. And the space beside her was empty.
She touched it and it was cold. He had left for a while.
'Did something happen? Or did he simply go and train with his knights?'
Arabella assumed it was the latter. She could still feel his presence close by so he was within the Imperial Palace grounds.