To You, So Noble and Vulgar (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 145

While talking with Ariana, Charlotte felt her unsettled heart gradually calm down. Perhaps Ariana’s consistently composed demeanor had been contagious.

Indeed, Ariana resembled Cyrus. She looked so much like him—painfully so—that it made her sad.

“I know you came to see my mother and me to make your debut into high society easier. But there’s no need to curry favor with me anymore. I’ll be marrying someone soon and leaving the empire.”

“Your Highness.”

“I can’t stop you from visiting my mother, but please don’t come looking for me. From now on, I don’t wish to see you again.”

After Charlotte coldly drew a line and left, Ariana swallowed a sigh.

She had anticipated something like this ever since Cyrus beheaded Count Geo. Of all times, it had to happen at that very party where Charlotte was rejected by Cyrus—Cyrus had beheaded the count for Ariana’s sake.

It was a situation ripe for misunderstanding and resentment.

‘To those who don’t understand the feelings between the Duke of Buk and me, it would naturally look that way.’

People would assume Cyrus protected Ariana because he cared for her deeply—perhaps even loved her—never realizing he only intended to use her.

‘I never really meant to use the princess…’

She only wanted to prevent the Empress and the princess from being manipulated by Victoria, abandoned, and ultimately meeting their deaths. She merely wished to correct the mistake of her past self, who had pretended not to notice and simply watched.

‘Well, it can’t be helped. I’ve done everything I can for now. What matters is that the Empress and the princess attended my party. Victoria will grow anxious. She’ll act rashly—she’ll try hard to draw the Empress and the princess to her side, just as I did.’

The Empress and the princess would surely dislike Victoria, who couldn’t quite conceal her true intentions. After all, even when Ariana had first visited them, they hadn’t welcomed her warmly from the start.

‘Now I just have to wait for Victoria to arrive in the empire.’

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