He had more than five known affairs with government officials alone. Princess Laratoo, who knew about his female escapades, responded coldly, but he ignored it and brushed through his hair with his hand.

“It’s just the youth’s vitality.”

The princess, knowing about his affairs, responded coldly, but he paid no attention and brushed through his hair with his hand.

“Even if it’s just for a short time, the prince and the sinner Egrain had an intimate relationship. The prince might want to save her, even if she was just a brief lover. He seems to be a romantic man like me, moved by Egrain’s letter and even requesting a dance. The prince seems to be a romantic man like me.”

“Your opinion is appreciated, but it seems unrelated to the current discussion.”

“Princess, surely not! What you’re doing now isn’t out of jealousy for the relationship between the prince and Egrain, is it?”

“What are you saying?”

“Princess, you offering yourself to the prince of the empire… Hmm, His Majesty the king’s wrath is formidable.”

The princess’s face turned from red to pale.
The prince is expressing jealousy over the fact that he’s rescuing Egrain!

“How dare you…”

Noticing her piercing gaze, Hamel Baek covered his face with a hat. However, the anger wasn’t only from the princess.

“Be silent, Hamel.”

When even the king glared at her, Hamel completely hid his hefty body behind another noble.

“Ignore the viscount’s words, my king.”

“You too, step back.”

Faced with the cold reaction filled with anger, the princess bit her lip.

At that moment, Hubert took her side.

“The princess’s words aren’t entirely unreasonable. Handing over a kingdom’s person to the empire doesn’t look good, no matter how much of a sinner she may be.”
People swallowed the words they intended to say and stared at him. His sharpened jaw and gaunt face seemed more sensitive than usual.

In the position of selecting a sacrificial lamb to recover public opinion, Hubert was an unexpected choice. As the princess, curious about his reaction as he belonged to the household of a viscount, looked at him, Hubert faced the king without a hint of his usual smile.

“Is that acknowledgment towards a sinner?”

The king asked sharply.

“No.”

“Hmm.”

Even with his stern face, the king nodded without much enthusiasm. Perhaps due to various events, he seemed unresponsive to Hubert’s opinions, unlike before.

Laratu, the princess, felt her gaze shaking as she realized that Hubert also couldn’t influence the king’s thoughts.

‘No, it’s not right. No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like they’re sending Egrain to the empire. Should I talk about it now?’

Could the recent incident of the priest losing his powers be related to Egrain? ‘But he said it wasn’t a high-ranking priest.’ Pain shot through her lips. The princess, without realizing it, was surprised by her own action of biting her lips for the first time. That’s how much she felt stifled.

She recalled the day she visited the temple.

[An unprecedented event.]

The head priest of the temple, the chief priest, couldn’t hide his confusion.

[What do you think?]

The person who asked for opinions was also one of the large priests, one of only ten large priests in the temple. Wise Urenas.

He was outstanding as a priest, but he was also calm and had a warm personality, making him highly respected by his fellow priests.

[As the chief priest said, it’s an unprecedented event. Princess, you must have been very worried.]

Unable to talk about it anywhere, the princess, who kept the story to herself, was moved and only lowered her head in gratitude.

[But personally, I think there’s not much to worry about.] [Do you think so?] [I’ve seen that believer too. I didn’t feel the energy of even one priest. If there were other evil forces, wouldn’t there have been signs?]

Princess Laratu, who was convinced that there was something about Egrain, became confused.

Was her thinking wrong?

At that moment, he asked her a question.

[Is it stealing the blessing of Martha, Princess?]

It was the words of Urenas, the large priest who was famous for his popularity and wisdom among others.

His face, which had become thin due to atoning for losing the aquamarine, was full of vigor.

The princess, with a slightly dried throat, nodded immediately.

Once again, she had been deceived by Aris.

Well, she hadn’t confirmed the fact that Aris had lost his power yet.

Returning while blaming herself, the situation seemed to be turning strange.

Egrain is a witch?

She briefly suspected her as a spy for the empire, but a witch was truly absurd.
It was easy to discern the conspiracy of the nobles, including her father. For the first time, a slight sense of guilt crept in. If Egrain were to die like this, the guilt in her heart might never disappear. She didn’t wish for her execution. Even in those moments of intense hatred, it didn’t end with just expulsion. However, now that Giovanni was taking her to the empire, it felt uncomfortably unbearable. There was no ability to steal blessings from Egrain. Even though she judged so based on the words of the high priest, the vanished doubts resurfaced. Really? Is Egrain truly faultless? Apart from the uneasy and frustrating feelings, there was nothing she could do. Having lived her entire life as the forbidden princess of the royal family, a lovable and kind princess, she didn’t know how to rebel. So she simply observed the king and the nobles exchanging Egrain for the desert land.