Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 192

It had already been decided that if Idren did not come, Penrel would attend the ceremony in his stead as a proxy.

But that would be a great insult to the Reden side, and although she herself might understand, others would not necessarily feel the same.

Mahanas, reluctant to return the bride price, would likely still push for the marriage to proceed—but there remained a slim chance he might instead demand compensation and call off the engagement.

After that, she would simply look for another suitable groom.

After all, Mahanas was deeply in debt and perpetually short of money.

And Ophelia recalled that Netepel, who could have extracted the largest sum from him, was now gone.

With Netepel dead, there was no one left to pressure Mahanas—so she would need to devise another way to corner him.

Toppling Reden wouldn’t be difficult, just tiresome—especially now, with Idren around, who required both time and attention.

Ophelia ignored the fact that in her first life, she had lived entirely consumed by her brother and Reden. People changed—and she had changed as well.

More pressingly, had Netepel’s body been found yet?

After she left with Penrel, they surely would have searched the area again, so by now they should have discovered the corpse—but there was no word of it.

Thinking she ought to send someone to Reden to confirm, Ophelia rubbed her face. Truthfully, Netepel wasn’t a major issue—he was dead, after all.

But the marriage… She barely managed to swallow a sigh she nearly let slip.

Even if the ceremony somehow proceeded, there would certainly be a banquet afterward—and she couldn’t possibly attend alone.

Of course, given Aglante’s current situation, there would be no foreign dignitaries. She had already canceled Reden’s congratulatory delegation herself, and courteously declined the Egelbamot envoy as well. Since they couldn’t afford to let the world loudly proclaim this was a half-hearted wedding, she’d made these arrangements in anticipation of Idren’s potential absence.

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