Chapter 485 - The Ehter 485 (2/2)

I went silent and listened to what he had to say All of a sudden, his gaze, which changed and made it difficult for me to hold contact with his eyes

“I control 200 roan in pain as they live The population of Pretzia is supposed to be 300 ot reduced drastically Almost half of my people died due to famine Do you knoho made those people suffer?”

… Caitel My dad There was no way I wouldn’t knoas thatbut biteabout the situation in Pretzia Of course, I didn’t know the exact details, but I could guess

Agrigient’s policy had always been gri away the emptied hive It was a policy that didn’t consider other lands I knew that it was blatant exploitation in preparation for the future wars, but eventually, I realized that the trial ended, and everything our eient as a country

Right, I knew that everything I ate and drank was made fro up in the Imperial Palace, I walked aroundin with h hell every day to restore the glory of old Pretzia, but do you really think that those things you said inside would work on me?”

What else could I say? I just exhaled heavily It was a situation I had constantly faced since I was a child

It was the dilemma that would never release my soul

Caitel committed numerous sins before I was even born

I couldn’t breathe

I closeda stable breath

As Caitel’s daughter, hter, the dileized for what happened, it would be useless

Every tio silent, not knohat to say

“… so you are avenging your ee”

Havel’s voice turned cold

“It’s just not done yet”

Agrigient approved Pretzia’s independence Even if Agrigient said that Pretzia was violating the terth to our protestation A very tiresos went ahead

After all that, I found the best thing I could say

“It won’t be easy”

“I know”

Staring with his cold eyes, Havel replied

“I started realizing that”

I didn’t knohat to say Just—it was frustrating I had no idea what to say or do I just felt frustrated and irritated to the extent that tears would flow out any second

What could I even call that feeling?

“That means ill come to an end?”

How could I recover such a relationshi+p?

I knew that what I shared with Havel would end up like this fro I didn’t want to accept or deny it I thought that one day, our paths would come across horribly, just like now

I didn’t even realize when it was happening

Just the thought of it made my heartache

Havel, who heardout of line

“‘We,’ is it?”

His eyes held such a significant burden that I found it challenging to look at hiap between us seeer for us to fill it I finally saw that it wasn’t so I could handle by myself

I just lowered my head I hated the situation I was in; I didn’t want to think about it

“Do you remember those words?”

What words?

I looked at him

“That I was there to check on you”

“I remember”

It hen he caet that? I was so concerned by his words that day; I couldn’t even sleep that night

When I said I re as the past, repeating An eager gaze anting so anxiously His eyes were so fixed onso much?

“I care for you, Ariadna”

Havel continued

“But it’s different with your father There are too many problems between your father and me that we still need to solve”

“If ht?”

“You don’t get it”

I really couldn’t understand what Havel was trying to say

What the hell didn’t I understand? I wanted to ask, but so told h I like that about you”

What?

I was shocked I was sure that h that even Havel showed a cheerful sain He touched my cheeks

“I will take you”

“What?”

“Froet you back”

What did he say? Crazy!

As a daughter, I felt terrible, but this guy resembled my dad too much

“I will never be yours!”

“No”

Havel denied firmly

“For sure, you will come into my hands”