TAOA-120

Chapter: TAOA-120bfcf4a27aa19d769

He harshly criticized 35dcc9c7f8 Giles for doing afdd5374c7 such a thing 5c38f8416b without informing him, f6d3b8dee5 but Lionel and c794d6358a the other aides 27e211f4d0 who heard the f7203cc120 whole story secretly d2fb4f8dd5 sided with Giles.
He couldn’t blame 1d9adfcb3b them for their 51a9f9a5a3 hardships.
‘Yes, I would have wanted to take the faster path, too. It wouldn’t be easy to 89d88f9360 stand by my side.’
Lionel and the others had c2b3126ae1 been by his side since cd644ff81a childhood. They had faced a7eeb585e7 threats to their 949328a15f lives more than eeca2d618a once, and there 2b4d60af88 had been many 338d52c4d9 times when they f27bb0c32e had been on 487023ea14 the brink of e9b1cb8151 temptation and entrapment.
So it was understandable abfca2af1d that they wanted to ab374407b2 end this fight as e47e6c1bb1 quickly and effectively as 4ae3a24343 possible.
He understood. But that was not the de80d7c383 right way.
Every time he 67d2f35e57 imagined how he 2fee737551 must have appeared dada905af6 to Asha after e346d5972a choosing the easy f144b79c60 way out, his d8a9e30eb4 heart ached.
She was a lord who, f9ffa27746 while being able to fill 86f8305aff her hungry stomach with a d2a3f8df48 feast and staying in the 5592a1c4f9 luxurious Carlyle mansion, still wanted 97979b7dcb to return to Pervaz as f54a20dc94 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 65abd5ec24 it as if fd98e119c1 it were the 47cd5380b9 most obvious thing aa8e1538da in the world.
At the time, d251d70e80 he didn’t understand 92ef2f9b85 it at all, 11d534bc2f but now, after 029c7ace6d two years in 71bb7b3892 Pervaz, he could 8469c45c80 understand.
‘She is the one who knows the responsibility of ruling.’
Although Carlyle himself thought of 8e18a43ca7 Asha as a rigid and 63454e4c3b inflexible person, it was clear 60acc37149 that only the 1% of 82a15e6a8d the nobles who were the 2839b7b646 imperial citizens would think that 58604b9d7b way. The remaining 99% of the 0f455ed346 people would think of Asha c3ad76f6a9 as a sane ruler.
“Haaah……”
As he thought 014e718431 about it, he de822ccf1a sighed involuntarily.
Carlyle opened the wooden box f71920a5c9 and took out a cigar.
‘I’ve been smoking more cigarettes and cigars lately.’
He knew it, but he 2e3f5093cb couldn’t reduce it.
Even though he had 85fc5b19e6 won the war and 8539995949 was about to restore db8a25d095 the crown prince, his 5b2dab656d head was complicated and c3dace0efa it seemed like annoying 97cfabaaa7 things kept happening.
The most annoying thing 3ac7e2c348 was that as soon ca63f97235 as Asha returned to d7a67314dd Pervaz, the talk of f44e9aee44 his remarriage started to 347f65dca7 spread.
[Your Highness is already twenty-seven. You should hurry up and cef2589b9a get a ‘proper’ marriage!]
[That’s right. Your Highness needs someone to a19f635a91 share your work with. In that sense, I 40f449d61c would dare to recommend…….]
The Duke of Dupret af64ebbcb1 and Giles, of course, 9b60bd982b as well as the 1e3b310cd3 families of the nobles 6c7751a728 with marriageable daughters, all 4086123723 seemed to be eager.
It was a discussion 60ebbcec20 that excluded the wishes f997bb21ef of those women, as 00c4b05950 well as Carlyle’s wishes.
‘I’m not even divorced yet!’
Carlyle clenched the tip of c5bb07b62a his cigar tightly.
As expected, as 51c72e0833 soon as the 40ed2f951c restoration was decided, bfd1860300 he felt disgusted 64ce14c28e seeing those who df23d30354 flocked to me c12d72e9ca like a pack 92fdccb279 of wild cats.**
“Hoo……”
The smoke exhaled by Carlyle ed520a6cf9 clouded his surroundings like fog.
‘When I was in Pervaz, everything was clear and refreshing…….’
After meeting Asha, things that 9670dbe964 had been blocked seemed to 3115217266 flow smoothly. He thought it was 43770bd194 just a coincidence, but b547aee004 as soon as she dcc329cb75 left, the old feeling 4b2be6360e came back.
To this extent, Asha a549b297b5 deserved to be called 221b5e640a his ‘lucky bluebird’. However, it seemed that b5558f07c8 only Carlyle knew that 1e48e76738 fact.
[It is truly fortunate that Countess Pervaz returned without any trouble.]
Although Giles used neutral fbb036da31 expressions as if he 18f6630a8e was hiding his body, 147cceff9d he could not hide 0e80e5a83d the expression that he 4dac1523a5 was refreshed.
In the past, he baeabf7f80 would have judged that 09866a2eb5 Giles was being polite 8de1bb1aed in his own way.
However, now, every word b6ab70820d he said that was 3a2a5f38a5 no different from chasing cc4b84a9c7 Asha away only irritated 205c798632 him.
‘I told him several times to be polite to Countess Pervaz, but he didn’t listen. It meant that f2192236e4 he was already ba376db231 taking my orders d7ee82227e lightly at that 3a3cf1bbcd time, but I dc61f01769 didn’t notice……!’
Of course, Giles was 51a76b737c his teacher, a strategist 717974ffb9 who had brought him 3ea3f1b8fa many victories, and his 27971c094f closest aide who had 985ab0c3e3 helped him with all 44bd2a13b9 his might until now. Because he was d06d2dc6e6 a genius from e6fe12c5ee birth, he had e531006dd7 the disadvantage of 2a52ff0854 ignoring others, but 83313286f0 without him, he 3c7beb4ff3 would have died 858c10f810 several times.
But maybe it was because 7578d9b86b they were so close. He had been 9babb0b889 showing signs of e643ffe433 crossing the line 85f9b71728 more and more f7d0547120 over time.
‘Does he think he can become the Regent if you marry your daughter to me……?’
After all, it was said d250271cf6 that he also had an 4aa50a0c51 ambition for the highest power 9a1c77535c in the Empire.
The same was 15054affc4 true of the 8bc66a0a34 Dupret family.
[I believe Your Highness will remember the loyalty of the Dupret family. I believe you also f09852b007 know the heart of 173ea0ca2f Cecilia, who went to bf58c3b124 Pervaz herself with a acc0a9e72d weak woman’s body to d42469709d help Your Highness.]
Those who brought b5b90591f1 up Cecilia’s ‘love’ 6dbf8383d1 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 days with 48d0feab34 Asha, he was amazed to dd79e751fb realize that there were such c50f35d2dd people in the world.
At first he thought she 43f365a5b6 was foolish, and over time f51820fe87 he thought she was pitiful, 990db9284a but in the end he 6130d8b7ea couldn’t help but admit that ceaf5fe53c she was amazing.
“Damn…….”
Carlyle nervously brushed his hair 3765799e7f up.
These days, whatever 9b1852698e he thinks of, f794f31aca his thoughts flow b0b5b3c1d1 to Pervaz and d183315833 Asha.
[It is unfortunate, but you must be calm. Now you need to bf3851f24d focus on what will 4e5e3f5433 happen in Zyro and 4711493e08 the Imperial Palace, rather fa60f27c1e than Pervaz.]
Lionel’s words stabbed his heart.
That’s right. It’s not like he didn’t 7125dbe398 know.
But Carlyle couldn’t 992346d96e figure out why 298ab19fcd he felt so 41c25f7e85 uneasy.
Before he knew it, e23fb80305 he had finished smoking bd38400e76 a long cigar out 39431aea92 of habit.
Carlyle closed the lid of 463b078252 the cigar box and clicked 76f6fde45c his tongue, taking out another 043d8ecdaa one. His throat felt 65c54de4cf tight from smoking ea5825e84d one after another, 42c069cc39 but it was 349ccecd8a better than just 3b3183156b leaving his mind 590b998367 alone.
***
“I will get revenge. I will get revenge no 1e9cbb52ea matter what.”
Viviana, who had c10006cb47 been living on 9888cccd5a the second floor f97aeb1f23 of an ordinary 5e644d7405 house on the b00a3e24dc outskirts of the 87bcb48d34 city, was sitting 02949a6dbe on her bed 6ad96702c1 and muttering to d2b759f3cd herself.
Although she was abandoned c7e4398d3c by the emperor and dda880dc7d lost everything she had, 2543c43be8 she was able to e4818c670e avoid falling into hell a110e31917 thanks to the money 00b4c4d778 she had hidden.
However, due to extreme c6ce82d9d2 stress, she miscarried her 722b0c6417 baby shortly after being 510f02e059 kicked out of the 65afa7eb38 palace, and she almost 92190c26a2 died because of the 7792ef2eff blood loss.
She had lost everything, 0eaef99023 but what hurt her 6d9aa57530 the most was the bf92d8c170 ‘child’.
“I’m sorry, my poor baby, I’m sorry…”
It was a 2ac6e86c27 baby she had 3caea5ebc0 with a man c53eadf0ee she didn’t even 9195628cb4 know, for an bdd24bda89 ulterior motive.
However, from the day c3d7a01404 she learned that there 4ed3b78c8d was another life growing 349819e127 inside her, Viviana felt d69421ff18 a small sense of 32023296a7 happiness on her own.
[When you are born, you will live a life that no one in the world will envy. I will love you very 6275f9cf2e much, baby.]
Born with a b5abbb8c67 striking beauty in a340485200 a poor baronial 8252020f39 family, Viviana was 5bd023bf15 used here and 485cc86764 there as the be9e4eb161 only means to 2c69a4fe01 raise the family.
She thought she could heal 17b27883e6 her own childhood through the 3aef879393 baby in her womb. By giving the baby a 7b38fb26e5 life completely different from hers.
So that baby 871b16e7d5 was a symbol 740bc6fddb of a new 7f7307c11d beginning for her ab1022b4fe life.
And today was the day 70721aaf06 she would have gone to 6121aa3288 the temple to receive a 3bb68bf420 ‘blessing for a safe childbirth’ 68d69a0d19 if nothing had happened.
Viviana, who was fb656c5df9 reminded of the 0aa36b5505 baby she had c7e654c61f lost again, was d9286ffa36 in pain from ff0983f683 the moment she 9c1f49ff9b opened her eyes 918ae0d712 in the morning. She missed the baby 767001f61b who would have still 79100f03a2 been growing well if a031064807 it wasn’t for Beatrice…
“Beatrice Evaristo, I will never forgive you.”
Viviana’s golden eyes, 4b4f27437f filled with tears, d43edc63d6 were filled with 50bcff1f62 venom.
She had nothing more to 06a8c77659 lose.
Not only did she c35516ad42 lose the emperor’s favor 999522217a and the wealth and ac795bef01 honor that came with ca29836532 it, but she also 75b797d7fc fought a big fight e6ec75c8d2 with Baron Peyton, blaming 09760ec97c him for what happened, b9aa437be9 and broke off their 9b87753fff father-daughter relationship.
Rumors spread throughout e6d65d7936 the social circles, 748d483b81 and she was 91d65d63da disgraced and her f47af79e98 body was damaged 595daf0310 by the miscarriage.
All she had 482ab0a70c left was revenge.
“I have to find Beatrice’s weakness no matter what.”
Viviana hugged her knees and 97731b1c73 gnawed her nails as she fac36a18e0 thought.
It might be a e7fc8e0574 stupid thing to do b3c5b73bb0 against the empress with 5d01c473de such great power, but 0b0a809eeb she felt like she a075601e35 would go crazy if 446107c05d she didn’t do something. No, maybe she’s already crazy.
Maybe it was because d50a8fed20 she was driven to 9873cc5a20 the brink, but her 1872aa7597 head, which usually didn’t ac79a4af7d work well, was spinning 4e0677501a surprisingly fast.
‘It’s strange that I’m the only one who knows that His Majesty the Emperor is infertile.’
Why did Beatrice 297adf32f8 suddenly feel something 41eac6b04d strange about the 44dd982dbc emperor?
And why did 7ebb1bfde7 she keep the f33ffefff9 fact that the 1e5bf5cf5c emperor was infertile cbc26f888f 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 8b603f253b really taken that 3da3400749 fact seriously, shouldn’t 27ea8eff6d she have told ee3c753741 him as soon 3ceb549c80 as possible and ca8eb029a7 had the emperor 7fa226b47f treated? That is, if e1c48899b7 she really thought 3bbeb6fc1c that ‘the birth 8f64dddce9 of an imperial ebbeaf947c heir is a 24562d4c6a blessing to the fe8ea5f4a8 imperial family.’
‘There must be some connection between His Majesty’s infertility and the empress!’
Viviana felt it instinctively.
However, it would not be 482fc8c82c easy to find evidence of 091f6199f0 that. It was a 2eccf00a64 long time ago, 38e8474bfb and it was f867d85e28 all over.
Moreover, it takes money to 2f76863e22 investigate something, and her financial 57dfab5d06 situation was not very good 8cd0ec7b96 at the moment.
‘A weapon I can use…….’
There was something she 7630cb579e had been using very 2d461ca3a2 effectively for a long d65e66668f time.1f388923a90aa02c

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