TAOA-120

Chapter: TAOA-120d4cd5dfa918d3903

He harshly criticized Giles for e7ab6296b1 doing such a thing without e08fa0848b informing him, but Lionel and d9da6beab9 the other aides who heard 31d2c84ef6 the whole story secretly sided 301004fd59 with Giles.
He couldn’t blame e3ee724f45 them for their 6ea4ab29ae hardships.
‘Yes, I would have wanted to take the faster path, too. It wouldn’t be 4a4c835017 easy to stand 82208b1219 by my side.’
Lionel and the 104a855ff5 others had been 9cf13f4739 by his side 9f8d8953d7 since childhood. They had faced threats to 42129f1bbc their lives more than once, 184571a991 and there had been many 765847ef8c times when they had been 0770a2dbae on the brink of temptation 3fe4e91a51 and entrapment.
So it was 5f367e2245 understandable that they 0abf927340 wanted to end 2ec8dc0ece this fight as 2c5b07e202 quickly and effectively a047aadfe3 as possible.
He understood. But that was not the ff6bb7a784 right way.
Every time he 10f05b4862 imagined how he f3f487f79b must have appeared 7f3649fd47 to Asha after c7dabe893b choosing the easy 79e445fe4b way out, his 00ba4257b2 heart ached.
She was a 512d1ecce9 lord who, while 3202e524fc being able to 67bb002b9f fill her hungry f36471bd69 stomach with a 81ea8e4b25 feast and staying 927f7cef16 in the luxurious 55d8bd47dd Carlyle mansion, still 1ce37ee9ce wanted to return 03a59900e8 to Pervaz as c8daf754c1 soon as possible.
[Then why do you want to go back to Pervaz so quickly?]
[Well, because the people of Pervaz are waiting for me to come back.]
She had said it as 9f3556ac18 if it were the most d142be44ea obvious thing in the world.
At the time, he 43466a142c didn’t understand it at a69645734e all, but now, after 8f43183565 two years in Pervaz, 86ba5de95b he could understand.
‘She is the one who knows the responsibility of ruling.’
Although Carlyle himself thought b76772033b of Asha as a 9f6348b21b rigid and inflexible person, 182727b221 it was clear that 3620fab6fc only the 1% of 2fe98279f1 the nobles who were c749d386d8 the imperial citizens would 47ee8804ea think that way. The remaining 99% of the 6643dd29b1 people would think of Asha 2986f0efe7 as a sane ruler.
“Haaah……”
As he thought about e06d65ab33 it, he sighed involuntarily.
Carlyle opened the wooden fd6f1b7632 box and took out 1b2e46f618 a cigar.
‘I’ve been smoking more cigarettes and cigars lately.’
He knew it, but he 874d50f13d couldn’t reduce it.
Even though he had won 0336072e97 the war and was about 4ba821ff57 to restore the crown prince, d77d03fd03 his head was complicated and 598cddbffa it seemed like annoying things 1562975be5 kept happening.
The most annoying 6a3a2ccd83 thing was that ef4d9fe27a as soon as a3f1b650f2 Asha returned to 05946724eb Pervaz, the talk 36027e50bb of his remarriage 5752402ff7 started to spread.
[Your Highness is already twenty-seven. You should hurry up and 834ca005c8 get a ‘proper’ marriage!]
[That’s right. Your Highness needs someone to f08ca9cdee share your work with. In that sense, I would 8bd34516e6 dare to recommend…….]
The Duke of eafcec05a7 Dupret and Giles, 0801ec81af of course, as a9d5487b8e well as the 5c3d32c63d families of the 1d6b4828ed nobles with marriageable 546109522f daughters, all seemed fc91dd6875 to be eager.
It was a 0b530a61b4 discussion that excluded dc9370ba2c the wishes of e0da190c59 those women, as 6092b6f397 well as Carlyle’s c3e286fdc6 wishes.
‘I’m not even divorced yet!’
Carlyle clenched the tip of d375596b6c his cigar tightly.
As expected, as soon as d10d700aa5 the restoration was decided, he 400ec56163 felt disgusted seeing those who cc0fe57c71 flocked to me like a 92290c8d9a pack of wild cats.**
“Hoo……”
The smoke exhaled 0dfd4f08b1 by Carlyle clouded 1655e931f3 his surroundings like 60b3618112 fog.
‘When I was in Pervaz, everything was clear and refreshing…….’
After meeting Asha, 75e1ece948 things that had 3b8d93fc9b been blocked seemed 02a30e8c10 to flow smoothly. He thought it was a10b3e30f6 just a coincidence, but adf655a18b as soon as she c8cf634900 left, the old feeling 2aba0bc204 came back.
To this extent, Asha db0c0c79e6 deserved to be called 9cd94c5a85 his ‘lucky bluebird’. However, it seemed 7464abf780 that only Carlyle 11b6f17fe2 knew that fact.
[It is truly fortunate that Countess Pervaz returned without any trouble.]
Although Giles used neutral 479f109da1 expressions as if he 2f920f8cca was hiding his body, 3db52eef26 he could not hide 030476943c the expression that he 9e7a4c217e was refreshed.
In the past, he would 11834c6686 have judged that Giles was 3990f3e938 being polite in his own 5e4701290c way.
However, now, every word he 6f094611b7 said that was no different f295f48f5e from chasing Asha away only 4d53be4e3f irritated him.
‘I told him several times to be polite to Countess Pervaz, but he didn’t listen. It meant that he was a16c806cbb already taking my orders lightly 0baf6a3dfc at that time, but I 429eaa2bf7 didn’t notice……!’
Of course, Giles was his 5a5a19bc2d teacher, a strategist who had d6fc1f0092 brought him many victories, and bc0511ac5f his closest aide who had a2e370dc94 helped him with all his 4414e98433 might until now. Because he was 5735b03862 a genius from fc4e286233 birth, he had 6f5e32c983 the disadvantage of e54f8c97a1 ignoring others, but 8a67e5e184 without him, he bee2fb8228 would have died e654f96ebe several times.
But maybe it was 2d1b74a731 because they were so 0799410718 close. He had been e124f399a7 showing signs of 32ebd265aa crossing the line accae79060 more and more 2dd83ed103 over time.
‘Does he think he can become the Regent if you marry your daughter to me……?’
After all, it was said fe4957bb73 that he also had an a0990ca9ec ambition for the highest power 91f822a8a9 in the Empire.
The same was true cbc248c89a of the Dupret family.
[I believe Your Highness will remember the loyalty of the Dupret family. I believe you also e99b87ed0f know the heart of b908ab51fe Cecilia, who went to 0c135ffec7 Pervaz herself with a 8a73d9a33c weak woman’s body to 1eff88d7a5 help Your Highness.]
Those who brought up Cecilia’s 449f9207d8 ‘love’ were rather romantic.
‘Countess Pervaz pretended to be vicious to get money from me, but he was the most humble person after all.’
He knew.
Throughout all those ba4e18268c days with Asha, e6afae0c77 he was amazed db8f61862d to realize that a31a4774e1 there were such 4d09d16a69 people in the 6e8bbe4eae world.
At first he thought 665b231965 she was foolish, and ff57a51957 over time he thought 6e4d435db4 she was pitiful, but f557f54b95 in the end he c05e1c5425 couldn’t help but admit 5eef5e0f9c that she was amazing.
“Damn…….”
Carlyle nervously brushed his hair bcd63bf55e up.
These days, whatever he d1bfc5ca79 thinks of, his thoughts 771f7013ff flow to Pervaz and 8cde2d597b Asha.
[It is unfortunate, but you must be calm. Now you need to focus d95799c78d on what will happen in 1df5c6f458 Zyro and the Imperial Palace, acbe3d047a rather than Pervaz.]
Lionel’s words stabbed his heart.
That’s right. It’s not like 2f47bf116c he didn’t know.
But Carlyle couldn’t figure out d1be46ed7e why he felt so uneasy.
Before he knew it, he 2450b7bd04 had finished smoking a long 88d9a594df cigar out of habit.
Carlyle closed the lid 842b88628c of the cigar box 1cf782033d and clicked his tongue, bc1b2029ef taking out another one. His throat felt cdb028188a tight from smoking 461db154b8 one after another, 7b91277af1 but it was 761eb314af better than just 34029e8ab6 leaving his mind ae01c6d4b8 alone.
***
“I will get revenge. I will get revenge 56e46624aa no matter what.”
Viviana, who had d8c802c1fd been living on eacdfcf826 the second floor 0243a21b35 of an ordinary 562eba6a8f house on the 26d8d9f979 outskirts of the 4a2428b952 city, was sitting 16edf8806f on her bed 08de3a4016 and muttering to 7d77ab4047 herself.
Although she was abandoned by 8c6ad252f2 the emperor and lost everything 6c305463e6 she had, she was able 4a27616958 to avoid falling into hell 4a6ed990d2 thanks to the money she 7d65577b07 had hidden.
However, due to 43acf0cd81 extreme stress, she a209a51324 miscarried her baby dc52197f82 shortly after being 70bb124a42 kicked out of 2bcd601d7f the palace, and d4d8bbe185 she almost died 8e663f39d1 because of the 072518ac95 blood loss.
She had lost everything, e44f482a56 but what hurt her 3311ebc16c the most was the 226a9fdebb ‘child’.
“I’m sorry, my poor baby, I’m sorry…”
It was a baby 275b74740c she had with a e0c8f9825a man she didn’t even aef52819b1 know, for an ulterior 628a8a7b2a motive.
However, from the b971acb2ad day she learned 67fe1ea282 that there was 8507b80735 another life growing a2f1691780 inside her, Viviana 59107da027 felt a small 8ae1ef2eff sense of happiness 0d9ef758ed on her own.
[When you are born, you will live a life that no one in the world will envy. I will love 7914e66447 you very much, e95c2dc5e7 baby.]
Born with a striking 6938343929 beauty in a poor af526f8e01 baronial family, Viviana was d10e5f8fec used here and there 37c38bdaa5 as the only means 9833ca23bc to raise the family.
She thought she could c75e2421bf heal her own childhood c0096b9143 through the baby in 83f9fb8680 her womb. By giving the baby a 4b497f8bab life completely different from hers.
So that baby was 5396a69d6d a symbol of a 6913f52237 new beginning for her 02fc450dbc life.
And today was the day e115fcdc8a she would have gone to 770c85f29d the temple to receive a 5c16fc817b ‘blessing for a safe childbirth’ 227833a603 if nothing had happened.
Viviana, who was 67ec7c0897 reminded of the 30f655b009 baby she had 2de74368e1 lost again, was d52c052d23 in pain from 76c51aaa76 the moment she 61402a36f5 opened her eyes c4972d4645 in the morning. She missed the 1c5269fd25 baby who would 734418e424 have still been 596866e77e growing well if ff78403f15 it wasn’t for f270906030 Beatrice…
“Beatrice Evaristo, I will never forgive you.”
Viviana’s golden eyes, filled e27233eb66 with tears, were filled 7ce774d9d8 with venom.
She had nothing more to 69db6d4e10 lose.
Not only did she lose 6f0656c4da the emperor’s favor and the d786e8670e wealth and honor that came 0089a0efd2 with it, but she also 4ad2ec085c fought a big fight with b0016e8a0b Baron Peyton, blaming him for 31b32f6eec what happened, and broke off 0a0b90049b their father-daughter relationship.
Rumors spread throughout the 398f195155 social circles, and she 3c4e72a9d0 was disgraced and her 7ef830a700 body was damaged by d32b09895e the miscarriage.
All she had left was 739c1ec9bf revenge.
“I have to find Beatrice’s weakness no matter what.”
Viviana hugged her knees and 991d49f515 gnawed her nails as she 39ff4e7917 thought.
It might be a 597caf3fdc stupid thing to do cc1b1e452c against the empress with 811a269d09 such great power, but d147024e94 she felt like she 9b9c960dcc would go crazy if b5fda3f4be she didn’t do something. No, maybe she’s already crazy.
Maybe it was because 35bd0b2b2b she was driven to 62f542e82c the brink, but her 1c49a27a63 head, which usually didn’t 7f5e45e841 work well, was spinning d8af9e74e7 surprisingly fast.
‘It’s strange that I’m the only one who knows that His Majesty the Emperor is infertile.’
Why did Beatrice b94d6ccf84 suddenly feel something 6ff9a6b772 strange about the 664dbc2c42 emperor?
And why did 66458d929a she keep the 013789abae fact that the 845ac335e3 emperor was infertile 3981e0a06f to herself?
‘You kept your mouth shut for His Majesty’s pride? The qualifications of an empress? You’re kidding me.’
Viviana gritted her teeth.
If she had really 0f0436f33d taken that fact seriously, 193da62247 shouldn’t she have told 0532fdbea0 him as soon as 4bd511575d possible and had the 08da51543d emperor treated? That is, if fe90c00ed6 she really thought 5fd5310c40 that ‘the birth 5dbe0693e3 of an imperial d09cad4d2a heir is a b21639209c blessing to the 9490ac50ee imperial family.’
‘There must be some connection between His Majesty’s infertility and the empress!’
Viviana felt it instinctively.
However, it would not be 8a75803985 easy to find evidence of f2d6f16334 that. It was a 5761b2e9d5 long time ago, a88140742a and it was 19a59e12a5 all over.
Moreover, it takes money f03bc2e3ca to investigate something, and 7328cff1ad her financial situation was 2d65dd8a15 not very good at 3b26ee0d70 the moment.
‘A weapon I can use…….’
There was something she had e6bf5e928b been using very effectively for 86d58d9b39 a long time.a4d35e590e6e3931

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