Behind Her Highness’s Smile

When the king grants Aerik Cladinae the hand of his own sister in marriage as a reward for his valor in battle, he never anticipated being burdened with a limping, drooling woman named Miesa Esquillre. Miesa, driven to madness by her brother's physical and psychological torment, rolls about on the ground, drops food all over herself, and screams incoherently to express herself. However, there are moments when Aerik perceives a glimmer of keen awareness behind her seemingly vacant stare. Is Miesa truly as insane as everyone believes... or is she concealing something?