To You, So Noble and Vulgar (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 149

Herald’s scream was so loud it reached the ears of the maids waiting outside. The Empress stared at Herald with wide eyes, then raised her hand and slapped his cheek.

Slap-!

The sharp pain made Herald stop screaming.

“Your Highness!”

The Empress glared sternly at her son.

“Please maintain your dignity. How can you be so shaken by something as trivial as this?”

Herald clenched his teeth.

This wasn’t just a trivial matter. Ever since some time ago, everything Herald had carefully built up was crumbling, piece by piece. It felt as though an invisible hand was chipping away at the base of the pillars he’d erected, trying to bring them down.

‘Nothing’s going right.’

It hadn’t been like this before. Everything had always gone according to plan. That’s why he’d been so calm and confident—everyone seemed beneath his feet, and he felt he could see through everyone’s intentions.

‘But now…?’

He’d lost both money and the Emperor’s trust due to the perfume investment; recently, he’d lost Fabrik Ji Oh, his dear friend and right-hand man; and just when he thought he’d barely regained the Emperor’s trust, this problem had erupted.

‘Yes, the perfume investment… That’s when it all began.’

Ever since he’d joined forces with the Duke of Seo and invested in the perfume business based on the information the duke provided, things had slowly started falling apart.

‘Could the Duke of Seo possibly be working for the Crown Prince? Did I ally myself with the wrong person?’

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