TAOA-120

Chapter: TAOA-1201e1c76580167429a

He harshly criticized Giles for 78829215d9 doing such a thing without 8193bc132b informing him, but Lionel and 20c0ad23a7 the other aides who heard b97315f7a3 the whole story secretly sided fa86fa2ae0 with Giles.
He couldn’t blame them for e50750f2d5 their hardships.
‘Yes, I would have wanted to take the faster path, too. It wouldn’t be 83553c5ba8 easy to stand 04b9f35379 by my side.’
Lionel and the others f5d725d7d1 had been by his c9d20d89c0 side since childhood. They had faced b52814fda6 threats to their 0725b0d066 lives more than 7d648aa964 once, and there b8fe91a6ee had been many 67581e0e17 times when they 8f840ca7cd had been on 480ab8ec6c the brink of 9a83b8ce55 temptation and entrapment.
So it was understandable 2458500082 that they wanted to d55a453f21 end this fight as c554da1b8b quickly and effectively as 73d5718bf2 possible.
He understood. But that was not 8d7d7fc5d4 the right way.
Every time he imagined 11233afcf1 how he must have 6aebfea874 appeared to Asha after 4d79f9dd79 choosing the easy way 6ee3328d74 out, his heart ached.
She was a 3ce6891c5c lord who, while e7622c2460 being able to c005ee6d11 fill her hungry ef5b136474 stomach with a 155505610e feast and staying 6a477ae6b0 in the luxurious 5b11c96f84 Carlyle mansion, still d2d244fb3c wanted to return 9e1b4caa3c to Pervaz as 8f22c6c4af 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 f641a3e782 if it were the most 7302f5d8a1 obvious thing in the world.
At the time, he didn’t 52f3987f7f understand it at all, but fbe87a0101 now, after two years in e190f644c2 Pervaz, he could understand.
‘She is the one who knows the responsibility of ruling.’
Although Carlyle himself thought of bd9d584f2e Asha as a rigid and 3396d275d2 inflexible person, it was clear 01e30eba68 that only the 1% of de232be5a2 the nobles who were the 8f4e4040cc imperial citizens would think that 4a8abe7cd3 way. The remaining 99% of the 71c8cfc6e5 people would think of Asha 5b7f4112cb as a sane ruler.
“Haaah……”
As he thought about 40f4030709 it, he sighed involuntarily.
Carlyle opened the wooden b25554ddd1 box and took out d246bfea8f a cigar.
‘I’ve been smoking more cigarettes and cigars lately.’
He knew it, a7af9497da but he couldn’t 00c946e92f reduce it.
Even though he had won 07c4f11f81 the war and was about dddd2d1351 to restore the crown prince, 095bb6018f his head was complicated and b443ca932e it seemed like annoying things 7af1aabb72 kept happening.
The most annoying thing was df0353e34c that as soon as Asha 1177a325b7 returned to Pervaz, the talk e3c3d73057 of his remarriage started to a10d2b108f spread.
[Your Highness is already twenty-seven. You should hurry up and 5ad743aabe get a ‘proper’ marriage!]
[That’s right. Your Highness needs someone to 6f40f9eae7 share your work with. In that sense, I 4a8df0b840 would dare to recommend…….]
The Duke of Dupret 77de6a76b5 and Giles, of course, c5e68dd14d as well as the 3100167bd0 families of the nobles 594660ce77 with marriageable daughters, all a74f00a25c seemed to be eager.
It was a discussion that 898dd80342 excluded the wishes of those 658c56d522 women, as well as Carlyle’s 39311f3cd8 wishes.
‘I’m not even divorced yet!’
Carlyle clenched the tip of 652510a66f his cigar tightly.
As expected, as soon as 714d06c225 the restoration was decided, he 58a6f2df90 felt disgusted seeing those who fa5f5ffa2e flocked to me like a 319058e23f pack of wild cats.**
“Hoo……”
The smoke exhaled by Carlyle 6fa7339f49 clouded his surroundings like fog.
‘When I was in Pervaz, everything was clear and refreshing…….’
After meeting Asha, things that bb6c973216 had been blocked seemed to 688436602f flow smoothly. He thought it was just 07959014d1 a coincidence, but as soon 551882ec1e as she left, the old f81fa5e4bb feeling came back.
To this extent, Asha 7ba2c28848 deserved to be called 3d830720a4 his ‘lucky bluebird’. However, it seemed 98f886fd0a that only Carlyle 71e22fbe1b knew that fact.
[It is truly fortunate that Countess Pervaz returned without any trouble.]
Although Giles used 1782bd1387 neutral expressions as 1a8910d44d if he was 1494b05b03 hiding his body, 306f43b3b9 he could not a3252bb7ef hide the expression bb0fa8e0af that he was ef230c061c refreshed.
In the past, he would d6ad3eed4b have judged that Giles was ee6cb4d563 being polite in his own ba49ab41b6 way.
However, now, every word 45c5abcd8c he said that was f1fc010831 no different from chasing f6e2f06981 Asha away only irritated a9fe79b985 him.
‘I told him several times to be polite to Countess Pervaz, but he didn’t listen. It meant that he 621bc2cfa6 was already taking my dcd9740280 orders lightly at that 22d47b2fc6 time, but I didn’t d42c4138de notice……!’
Of course, Giles was 00820f5f39 his teacher, a strategist 6b80d6f139 who had brought him 2e56a5dc5a many victories, and his 68704fbd58 closest aide who had 6b1019e18c helped him with all 43cc598b9e his might until now. Because he was a genius 85df98d8b8 from birth, he had the 3131011994 disadvantage of ignoring others, but caf780ceb8 without him, he would have 0a5d276eaf died several times.
But maybe it was because 0b608aca42 they were so close. He had been showing 3d840f8974 signs of crossing the f24c668614 line more and more 9fe0640f9d over time.
‘Does he think he can become the Regent if you marry your daughter to me……?’
After all, it 69915f4d2c was said that ae0d14fad2 he also had 94098e7ce8 an ambition for 01ce8eaa8c the highest power 8ff5dc4e5f in the Empire.
The same was true of 2b0c4a73fa the Dupret family.
[I believe Your Highness will remember the loyalty of the Dupret family. I believe you also 1240717e8e know the heart of 49ca09f9e7 Cecilia, who went to ca9ff3d941 Pervaz herself with a 4f87944d64 weak woman’s body to 100ef39c79 help Your Highness.]
Those who brought 94967f354c up Cecilia’s ‘love’ d3e13dbccc 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 66fe68ef2e days with Asha, ff4b809154 he was amazed cb67ff5f03 to realize that 87d6550f0c there were such 98672adaf7 people in the e7b06e7cde world.
At first he thought she 05a90b0bbb was foolish, and over time 6af16e5b97 he thought she was pitiful, 4fb8d8ed6c but in the end he 87f2d30dac couldn’t help but admit that 1b8ed45262 she was amazing.
“Damn…….”
Carlyle nervously brushed his d5a32f9c0a hair up.
These days, whatever he thinks 874dda3771 of, his thoughts flow to 457d4c2295 Pervaz and Asha.
[It is unfortunate, but you must be calm. Now you need b0c20801fe to focus on 81f4cd6b9a what will happen 5f3632de26 in Zyro and 1ab8f0ce43 the Imperial Palace, 932eba3d62 rather than Pervaz.]
Lionel’s words stabbed his heart.
That’s right. It’s not like he didn’t 4ffd6d0068 know.
But Carlyle couldn’t figure out 490ed4e57e why he felt so uneasy.
Before he knew it, he 9646ef6588 had finished smoking a long 2955af2f25 cigar out of habit.
Carlyle closed the lid 8e06da2816 of the cigar box 2699f038a6 and clicked his tongue, 8f88cfb5e3 taking out another one. His throat felt tight from 759cd8f053 smoking one after another, but 6792787344 it was better than just 6aa9141349 leaving his mind alone.
***
“I will get revenge. I will get revenge c52cc9e90c no matter what.”
Viviana, who had been living f01e69b6c8 on the second floor of b32e170666 an ordinary house on the 6acecc4f43 outskirts of the city, was 9ef1b00f6c sitting on her bed and 84092bf6c8 muttering to herself.
Although she was 52cd4b4e24 abandoned by the 13ac8123a9 emperor and lost c4eab94a7f everything she had, af94a610d8 she was able 2fe4fce3f0 to avoid falling d67f670bdc into hell thanks 9ae0dfe5b1 to the money 5a2f385538 she had hidden.
However, due to d78001066c extreme stress, she 40187160f6 miscarried her baby ce152c37da shortly after being c5add334e1 kicked out of a3af289e63 the palace, and 854cf713c9 she almost died 86b5614022 because of the f419f735e6 blood loss.
She had lost everything, 18e5e506d0 but what hurt her 7a4d2e079f the most was the 0739f66e8d ‘child’.
“I’m sorry, my poor baby, I’m sorry…”
It was a baby she efea95cd3f had with a man she ec3c58d4ce didn’t even know, for an df46667ca6 ulterior motive.
However, from the day 41d5c32fb3 she learned that there dad1d3035a was another life growing 81c3919806 inside her, Viviana felt 30e4eedd39 a small sense of 21c519006e 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 d18bfdd6c6 very much, baby.]
Born with a striking d21b5e225d beauty in a poor a8034ba0a2 baronial family, Viviana was 1ff8611346 used here and there 83ace3f3f8 as the only means 51d75e05cb to raise the family.
She thought she could heal b0fa82be16 her own childhood through the 480c3ecb4b baby in her womb. By giving the 4a9a31b7a8 baby a life d065ec8520 completely different from 0f87ad0e11 hers.
So that baby was a d2b9cd70f9 symbol of a new beginning e611d4b88a for her life.
And today was c2c9857f0b the day she a31346d7ea would have gone 4faaca48ae to the temple afeb0f9bbf to receive a 37e67e46bf ‘blessing for a 104685157a safe childbirth’ if 7d0f34ad99 nothing had happened.
Viviana, who was reminded of cec366bbcb the baby she had lost 09d522126a again, was in pain from 5e1c2701b1 the moment she opened her 6d7f7ef69d eyes in the morning. She missed the baby who 04f939db49 would have still been growing f529b277a2 well if it wasn’t for bc4391bb2d Beatrice…
“Beatrice Evaristo, I will never forgive you.”
Viviana’s golden eyes, filled with b645d2e46f tears, were filled with venom.
She had nothing more to 3b8b5ba61b lose.
Not only did she lose 3b5a377276 the emperor’s favor and the c3dfe26d6b wealth and honor that came 5665561dfb with it, but she also fafe87d73b fought a big fight with 83e0240ea5 Baron Peyton, blaming him for 2a5facc021 what happened, and broke off b4dc8a396a their father-daughter relationship.
Rumors spread throughout the social 3224cbcde9 circles, and she was disgraced c232f49c48 and her body was damaged 5927149c9b by the miscarriage.
All she had b5430ab99f left was revenge.
“I have to find Beatrice’s weakness no matter what.”
Viviana hugged her 780ac9972a knees and gnawed f8ae249fe5 her nails as 04f627198a she thought.
It might be a stupid df7d2f20cf thing to do against the 4f8222b398 empress with such great power, 0e859af496 but she felt like she cca4e0d177 would go crazy if she 07c2b0c0f9 didn’t do something. No, maybe she’s already crazy.
Maybe it was because she c7e35c6185 was driven to the brink, 19e41249c3 but her head, which usually 08d448901c didn’t work well, was spinning d93576c897 surprisingly fast.
‘It’s strange that I’m the only one who knows that His Majesty the Emperor is infertile.’
Why did Beatrice suddenly feel c33b76d237 something strange about the emperor?
And why did she 7dd7ea7f46 keep the fact that cd9e8ccbb1 the emperor was infertile 66f7478ba6 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 42ccfaef25 really taken that 3c16f37615 fact seriously, shouldn’t 12e707cc1e she have told d7531679cd him as soon ab08813a0e as possible and 721e7ba42e had the emperor d09de8d11c treated? That is, if db95a3bc32 she really thought 34d02ce941 that ‘the birth 941177e88a of an imperial 4738ac9c4b heir is a 88adae6a48 blessing to the bf8c40e697 imperial family.’
‘There must be some connection between His Majesty’s infertility and the empress!’
Viviana felt it instinctively.
However, it would not be 203a830224 easy to find evidence of bd6df1184a that. It was a long time bf9d358c12 ago, and it was all 653b76a6ef over.
Moreover, it takes money ab0e5284e6 to investigate something, and e03bf30ce1 her financial situation was d2b8c300ab not very good at 9e2d1cbe7c the moment.
‘A weapon I can use…….’
There was something she f93a01c9f7 had been using very 649197f824 effectively for a long 74aba9c6e3 time.5bc8bfef8ffe0b75

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