The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 197
Seeing Natasha’s distorted face, Princess Kaymil let out a solemn sigh.
“Something serious happened on your way here?”
It had just occurred—how could she already know? Natasha gave Kaymil a brief, puzzled look, but the doubt didn’t linger. After all, this quiet future sister-in-law, who always stayed cooped up in the princess’s palace, had always been oddly well-informed.
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Why are you acting this way too? I’ll try to expedite your engagement, so behave yourself for now. Abel may lack seriousness, but you’ve shared years of affection—he’ll naturally marry you.”
Behave yourself? Natasha thought the phrase absurd. What could one possibly gain by behaving demurely?
If her mother had behaved demurely, she would have had to watch helplessly as her father handed House Grunehals entirely over to his illegitimate children. If Natasha herself had behaved demurely, Abelus would already have had enough bastards to fill an entire platoon.
A woman fated to marry an irresponsible man could never afford to “behave demurely.”
Kaymil herself hadn’t exactly lived demurely either. Natasha had grown tired of hearing Abelus complain about his sister’s meddlesome nature.
Thus, anyone who thought Princess Kaymil was demure was a fool. Why else would she still be unmarried?
As long as she remained unmarried, she would forever be the noble imperial princess. But once married—no matter to whom—her status would inevitably be lower than it was now.
Duchess, marchioness, countess… which of those outranked an imperial princess? Even a foreign queen, though legally equal or superior in protocol to a princess, would still struggle to wield more influence than the beloved daughter of the mighty Emperor of Vista.
‘Indeed, it would also be difficult to manipulate her younger brother, the future emperor…’
Natasha had always disliked how Kaymil frequently summoned Abelus just to nag him. It was presumptuous.
It was a ploy to force the future emperor into recognizing trivial age hierarchy—and a direct challenge to Natasha, the future empress.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
Ciel //
Wow, Natcha’s furious words, fueled by the princess’s earlier provocation, actually left her speechless for a moment. And now that her secret has been revealed, everything suddenly makes sense—especially the way she dealt with the Crown Prince’s betrayal. What a snake.