Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 142

Prince Alfonso solemnly swore.

“I, Alfonso de Carlo, hereby pledge to take Ariadne de Mare as my consort and to cherish and love her for eternity.”

He recited the words of the vow of purity.

“I shall respect and cherish her. I shall never use force against her will. I declare that I shall always love her, comfort her, and stand by her as her strength.”

Though half of it sounded like a confession of love, it was even more a promise to himself—a vow never to become like his own father.

Ariadne smiled gently as she looked up at Alfonso. Her expression, illuminated by faint light seeping through the barn’s cracks, revealed a sorrowful smile.

“Alfonso…”

Her lips parted with effort.

“We may never be together.”

Ariadne had resolved to prevent Queen Marguerite’s assassination.

If Queen Marguerite were not assassinated, the event where Cardinal de Mare’s daughter became the crown princess would never occur.

“From the very beginning… it was never going to be easy.”

After Grand Duchess Larisa had caused such a massive incident, the marriage negotiations with her might well be called off. But even under normal circumstances, a monarch’s son marrying the daughter of a vassal was, by principle, a union between nobility and commoner—unacceptable among the aristocracy. Moreover, Ariadne wasn’t even the legitimate daughter of a proper noble house.

If Queen Marguerite weren’t assassinated at that specific moment, Prince Alfonso would likely enter into another engagement with the daughter of another sovereign after this one fell through.

But that was fine.

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