Surely, when the other party asks for forgiveness first, there’s nothing left to say.
I wondered if my strategy had worked as the Duke’s face, which had been so rational, was filled with disbelief.
‘Did it succeed?’
At least he didn’t seem angry, so it must have worked.
While I was hoping earnestly, the Duke, with a hardened expression, pressed his forehead and spoke quietly.
“I received a call from Prince Adenmir. You requested a divorce from the prince.”
“Ah? I didn’t do anything wrong there.”
I, again.
I thought it was about fighting with the maids.
I never thought I would be called for the reason that I needed to divorce, as I thought it was something I naturally had to do.
‘I thought Father wouldn’t care about it.’
Because he wasn’t particularly interested in me.
As I tilted my head in surprise, I quickly tensed up again at the Duke’s unusual demeanor.
‘Oops.’
It seemed that the memories of my previous life had made me overconfident. To relax in front of Duke Ferdia!
I tensed up again and hunched my body.
The Duke, who had been looking at me as if I were absurd, hardened his face coldly.
“I have turned a blind eye to whatever you have been doing within the family.”
“I know.”
“But this time is a little different.”
“……”
“Wasn’t this engagement something you wanted?”
It was.
At that time, I wanted to be engaged to Prince Adenmir.
So I pushed and pestered Duke Ferdia, who didn’t want to be tied to the royal family, to make the engagement happen. Because I wanted to have strong power so that no one could ridicule or ignore me as a bastard.
Becoming a princess, even a queen, would make no one laugh at me. I wanted to make those who had scorned me taste the humiliation of calling the despised bastard a queen. I was obsessed with that thought.
‘If I had known that was the shortest route to ruin, I wouldn’t have done it…!’
I stared at the Duke calmly.
“I remember you objected to the engagement at the time. So I thought it wouldn’t matter if I broke the engagement.”
“The situation has changed.”
Currently, there were two candidates for the succession to the throne of the Willeuntia Empire: Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt, the son of the Empress, and Prince Beltran Rok Willeunt, the son of the Queen.
My engagement to the prince was tantamount to the Ferdia family’s tacit support for Prince Adenmir.
When I thought of the original work, the Duke’s words must have been true, as I was about to annul the marriage with Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt, to the point of adopting my sister in my place.
“Annulment is not possible, right?”
“Yes.”
“I understand.”
As I calmly complied, the Duke’s eyes became fierce.
He was not looking at me as a daughter, I swear.
It was just a look trying to see through what the opponent was doing in front of him.
As always, I avoided the Duke’s eyes so as not to attract unnecessary suspicion.
‘Breaking off the engagement is not easy, after all.’
That Prince Adenmir would contact the Duke, not me.
It was quite strange. I thought he would naturally agree, sign the annulment, and submit it.
Well, Prince Adenmir Presil Willeunt never liked me anyway. A person who only coveted Ferdia’s power to become an Emperor, he treated me merely as a fiancée.
On the other hand, I liked the man a little before remembering my previous life.
‘Because he was handsome?’
But no matter how handsome, it’s not like I’m going to tear his face and live on it. Avoiding a doomed future is the priority.
Anyway, Adenmir’s dislike of me is clear, so it seemed best to induce the other party to request the annulment first. When my thought reached that point, Duke Ferdia leaned back in his chair and lowered his hand.
“Reflect for a while. Go back, Elodie Ferdia.”
I was surprised at the lighter than expected punishment. I thought he might punish me more if I didn’t reflect.
As I was turning to leave, I saw the Duke’s expression as he stared at me.
Why? His face seemed to have something to say, or was it my illusion?
In the end, I couldn’t suppress my curiosity and asked directly.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“…No. Go back.”
Even after leaving the office, my suspicion was not entirely cleared.
‘It really seemed like he had something to say.’
But soon, bang, the door closed tightly.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]I was on my way to my bedroom to diligently carry out an excellent reflective life.
Unfortunately, I bumped into two people coming from the opposite side.
“Hello, Lily.”
My older brother, Yansi Ferdia, and
“What are you looking at?”
My younger brother, Carlott Ferdia.
Only Duke Ferdia’s office is at the end of this corridor, so they were probably heading there.
“I guess you’re coming from seeing Father. I hear you requested an annulment from Prince Adenmir, is that true?”
Yansi asked in his usual tender tone, calling me by my pet name. I too smiled faintly, but I was wary inside.
Yansi Ferdia, with black hair like Duke Ferdia and blue eyes like the Duchess.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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