I Became The Sword Of The Sword-Obsessed Male Lead (18 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 111

Ariana Zanegar was not a greedy person.

No—in fact, she often felt she had been born with far more than she had ever wished for.

She could confidently say she had grown up lacking nothing, having been born as an imperial princess.

Although she had never received familial love, she found peace in thinking she had simply traded ordinary familial affection for wealth and power.

Wealth and power.

Someone around her might envy them, but she could never feel truly at ease with them.

The wealth and power accumulated by the imperial family were akin to the blood and tears of the empire’s citizens.

Of course, the imperial house hadn’t originally risen by feeding on the people’s suffering.

But the current emperor was exactly that kind of ruler.

He waged unnecessary wars solely for territorial expansion and the enormous war reparations he’d claim upon victory.

The suffering inflicted on the empire’s citizens through war meant nothing to him.

The lives of innocent people—whether they lived or died—were simply not the emperor’s concern.

Ariana was ashamed of such a father.

It was only natural that she could never gaze comfortably upon the vast riches she’d been born holding in her hands.

That was precisely why she wanted to become emperor—a ruler who would be loved by all and share love in return.

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