The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 225

From the day after her return to the castle, Neris was overwhelmed by a flood of matters.

And understandably so. She had been absent for a long time, and now she was indisputably one of the ultimate authorities over this vast northern region.

Moreover, her responsibilities extended far beyond those typically assigned to an ordinary lord.

“I’m glad the Duke arrived safely.”

Dora replied promptly and respectfully to Neris’s words.

“Yes. As Your Highness instructed, ‘Yayan’ continues to assist smoothly without revealing their identity.”

The Duke of Elantria, who had nearly been murdered by his own son and rescued by Yayan, remained in hiding, still officially presumed dead.

According to Yayan’s report via messenger hawk, he had recently relocated to the lands of a loyal retainer and was now gathering his forces from there.

“Any news from the Imperial Capital?”

“I was just about to mention it. Marquis Odroy submitted a formal petition urging the Crown Prince to appoint a Crown Princess soon, and upon hearing this, the Crown Prince flew into a rage and scolded the Marquis.”

“A full-blown tantrum? He must be utterly infatuated with Megara.”

Neris could already envision the situation from just those few words.

Abelus, though a brute to his own wife, wasn’t foolish enough to throw such a childish fit in public over marriage. If he had been, he would have refused to marry Neris in her previous life outright.

Given that Valentine was specifically proposed as the Crown Princess candidate, he must have despised the idea intensely. Whether Megara had wept, pleaded, or bitterly lamented her own plight to provoke him, he would have lashed out impulsively.

“The current Duke of Elantria wouldn’t have pushed his own sister forward, would he?”

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