“Amazing… Then there must be a plan to destroy that so-called daughter.”

I looked into Leonhardt’s eyes, filled with trust and confidence, and couldn’t help but smile.

It seemed that the child who would become the ultimate villain in the future unexpectedly had an innocent side.

The small healer by his side, Acid, grabbed the hem of my clothes and whispered cautiously, “Real daughter? If Lady Sienne is hurt because of that…?”

I shook my head.

In this vast world, there are many challenges, and there are plenty of lunatics!

“It’s okay.”

I had always overcome adversity.

Princess Serena Anessa is just a new challenge.

And every time adversity appeared, I faced it without defeat and became stronger.

This time would be no different.

I clenched my fist.

In fact, I had already thought of a way to remedy this situation.

But there was one thing that bothered me.

‘If the child claiming to be the ‘real daughter’ appears, Dad…’

Dad is a kind person, so he might be blinded by the words ‘his own blood.’

Above all, if Dad gives his heart to the ‘real daughter’…

‘Surely, he will be hurt.’

More than anything, the biggest concern for me was Dad getting hurt.

At that moment, Matthias Mirmode, who had briefly gone outside the castle for patrol, returned after receiving a report about Princess Anessa.

Normally, he would have checked on Sienne’s daily activities, but the ‘villains pretending to be harmless’ attached openly to Sienne had already crossed over to Sienne’s dark side, and Matthias hadn’t reported anything about them.

But things that are meant to be revealed eventually come to light.

Matthias called his aides who had been by Sienne’s side and the healer Acid to gather after the patrol.

Although the small blemish on Sienne’s face was covered with makeup, the healer could still see the traces of a past wound.

“So, that woman harassed Sienne.”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Dared to leave a scar on my daughter and pretended…?”

“Yes. Lady Sienne has not spoken about it to anyone.”

Of course, Sienne harbored a plan and intended to repay twice as much later.

But the people present in this room were completely unaware of that fact.

Matthias sighed and whispered as if exhaling.
However, the people in this place were completely unaware of that fact.

Matthias sighed as if exhaling deeply.

“My daughter is so kind… to show tolerance even to such trash-like women.”

Could it be that raising her so kindly was a mistake?

Even now, should I educate her a bit more harshly?

Recalling the pain on Sienne’s cheek, Matthias clenched his teeth. So hard that the veins in his jaw were visible.

One of the aides, about to say, ‘From what I’ve observed so far, Lady Sienne seems a bit awkward in being kind,’ hastily closed his mouth.

Speaking even slightly ill of Sienne in front of Matthias, who had an exclusive right to his daughter, could lead to immediate demotion.

As the silence continued,

After reviewing the report on Princess Anessa, Matthias rinsed his face with cold water.

If someone interferes with the attempt to live a little lovey-dovey life with my daughter without thinking about getting involved with ordinary people…

What will happen?

“If they’re plotting something inside the palace… Should I consider it a deception?”

If there is an intention to harm my daughter.

“If they cross the line there, wouldn’t killing them be justifiable?”

No, they might have already crossed the line.

He twisted the report on Princess Anessa with his hands, thinking.

Daring to harm my daughter.

What is she thinking, hiding in the palace right now?

And how can I spread the rumor that she was killed.

But then, at that moment,

The door opened, and the secretary urgently spoke.

“Lord Matthias! Princess Anessa is here for what she considers her final visit. She says it’s something important.”

Just as I was already contemplating how to handle this situation, the prey crawled into the tiger’s den.

Matthias rose with a sinister smile, raising one corner of his mouth.

Now, Princess Anessa goes back to the moment just before she visits the Mirmode family for the ‘last’ time.

‘The atmosphere in the Mirmode family was real. What is Sienne Mirmode to go to such lengths?’

Until her half-brother, the Crown Prince, arrives at the Hwangnyo Palace, shrouded in an atmosphere as if he had died, Princess Anessa bit her lips and nails continuously, pondering.

“How was Sienne Mirmode, Anessa?”

“…”

The Crown Prince’s expression showed that he knew she had failed. Anessa spoke as if putting on a theatrical performance.

“You can see from my presence here without saying it. I failed.”

It was a calm and indifferent expression, as if she expected it.

Anessa muttered with her hair disheveled.

“…Yes, I failed. That’s why I said I should have used Sienne Mirmode.”

“If you did that?”

“After winning her favor, I should have entered the family and married Matthias Mirmode. Then, it wouldn’t have been too late to drive her out… but I got impatient for no reason.”

In fact, Anessa had plans to backstab Sienne Mirmode.

Since everyone seemed to like the child to some extent. It was a plan to lure her in, enter the family, and then drive her out.

But the one who opposed that plan was the Crown Prince right in front of her.

In the end, she did as he said, but the plan failed.

Now Matthias was no longer receptive to positive consultations. Moreover, Lady Lucella, the Duchess of the House showing interest in him, and Delphia Mirmode, who seemed to have a liking for him, were constantly threatening her life.

“I said I wanted to marry Matthias Mirmode.”

“That’s right.”

“To do that, Sienne Mirmode had to disappear.”