Received the Obsession of a Chaste Dark Lord (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 117

Leopric’s emotions became increasingly sharp and cold since that day.

He began to more clearly categorize the tangled feelings of regret, resentment, and guilt within himself.

Of course, it was also his own effort—mixed with desperation—to avoid once again feeling the helplessness and despair he had experienced just recently.

Since approaching Amelia did not seem like a good solution, he turned inward, seeking other paths.

First, he clearly distinguished between his own emotions, the feelings stirred by her, and the choices he had made himself.

He strove not to use “loving her” as an excuse to fail to see her properly, nor to shift blame onto her because he had been hurt.

To be hurt, to love her—these were entirely his own responsibility, his own choice.

It was wrong to push the reasons for those feelings onto her.

As he methodically sorted and discarded these thoughts one by one, he happened to meet Lloyd, as usual, wandering the imperial palace as if it were his own home.

And beside him was not Amelia, but another woman.

“Will you leave the Crown Princess behind like this?”

The woman beside him was none other than Adela Gilroyte—the very woman who had recently been quietly spreading rumors against Amelia.

They said she was clever and bold, yet why was she with Lloyd, whose family’s wishes clearly did not align with hers?

Standing a little distance away, Leopric moved to conceal himself where their line of sight could not reach.

“The Crown Princess must remain where she is—for my sake, at least for now.”

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