Charlotte Eberfreya Flugel and the Forest Kingdom (シャルロッテ・エーベルフレイア・フリューゲルと森の王国, Sharurotte Eeberufureiya Furyuugeru to Mori no Oukoku?) is a short story given out to theatergoers during the screening of Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll. It is also included in the story collection Violet Evergarden ~Last Letter~.
Summary[]
The story takes place a year after Charlotte is married off to Flugel. Her husband Damian has recently been crowned king, and she is struggling to fit into her new role as queen. Even before this event, Charlotte had been having trouble accustoming to Flugel. The other people in the palace look down on her for being a young and foreign princess who disrupted the tradition of the public love letters. In addition to this, Damian is always working, so Charlotte is completely isolated at the palace. One day, at a tea party, Damian's younger sister confronts her about her lack of support for Damian in politics and the lack of movement on creating a heir even after a year. However, Charlotte didn't crumble under the pressure and tells the princess that she will discuss these things with everyone else at her own pace.
After the tea party, Charlotte returns to her room and cries, missing Alberta and wondering if things will ever improve for her. Feeling panicked, she decides to escape her room and eventually ends up in a corner of the palace's rose maze. She cries herself to sleep, dreaming of Violet and Alberta. She wakes up when Damian finds her. He asks her if she wants to divorce him and says that he knows how she's being treated because she's an outsider. Charlotte finds that Damian is also crying, because he thought she hated him and ran away. She realizes that this is the moment that they finally became a couple. The two continue to talk. Charlotte tells him that she wants to see Alberta and that she wants to build an orphanage near the border. Damian proposes that they talk to each other more from now on about everything. They kiss and confess their love for each other.
Characters[]
- Charlotte Abelfreyja Flugel
- Ralph
- Violet Evergarden (mentioned)
- Alberta (mentioned)
- Damian Baldur Flugel
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