Regret With All Your Might (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 168

The garden of Bicander’s main castle bathed in the midday sun.

– With love, your younger sister, Essela.

Olivia smiled faintly after carefully reading even the affectionate greeting.

Essela’s tale of rumors sweeping through the capital and her social influence surpassing even that of the imperial princess.

Her heart felt unsettled after reading Essela’s letter, which filled three whole pages. Once again, the story she’d secretly hoped for was absent. It seemed Duke Elkin, as well as the Empress and the imperial princess, still maintained their noble positions.

Though the Duke of Madelaine had promised fierce vengeance, it appeared he had yet to draw his sword.

Judging by how deeply he’d bowed his head that day, he’d seemed ready to act immediately.

Olivia shrugged, recalling the hazy, blurred memory.

Then again—if the Duke had truly resolved to draw his blade, Dian would have come running with newspapers full of alarming rumors long before Essela’s letter arrived.

Dian, holding fluttering newspapers with an excited face, would probably have said something like:

“Milady! The capital’s wretches have finally written a proper article!”

At this plausible imagining, Olivia chuckled softly and glanced at Dian standing to her right. Oblivious, Dian simply smiled along with her.

“Has some amusing gossip sprung up in the capital, milady?”

“Just that a benefactor using the alias ‘Emerald’ has become widely known for their good deeds.”

“Still, that can’t compare to the kindness of our beloved patron, Liv Green. What you gave us then wasn’t just food—it was a huge, delicious turkey during wartime!”

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