Chapter 23 (1/2)
Translator: Wawaa
Editor: WilsonWilson
After Isadora returned to the hotel, Lara came out to the garden in front of the main building and walked slowly.
‘What should I blow up first?’
A vicious and dirty reason that even the Prince could not take his side. The greater her father is criticized, the easier it will be for her mother to get a divorce.
He was a filthy noble, the public opinion of him being a good-natured person was wrong. Not only has he committed numerous crimes, which also include corruption, he also led a disgusting private life. There were so many things Lara knew that it was hard to choose.
Lara realized that fact too late in her past life.
Marquess of Bailey was conspiring through the back door with the Temple of Glory, black money and dirty deals had already been exchanged between them for years. He drove a wedge between prestigious nobles and sold fabricated information in order to establish his power. Feeling inferior to his wife who was far more capable than him, he messed around with poor young women who fell for him only for his face and status.
‘I will blow up each and one of them, one by one.’
To do so, she must gather evidence first and foremost.
Lara could not do it without any solid evidence. She needs to gather evidence so strong that her father would never be able to make any excuses. She will use everything she knows so that her mother can divorce her father without having to spend a dime for alimony.
After strolling through the garden, Lara turned around to return to the entrance of the manor.
“Milady.”
Sebastian, who was about to follow Isadora to work, found Lara and walked towards her.
“Are you going for a walk?”
“I need to gather my thoughts.”
“There’s an invitation for you.”
Sebastian offered the invitation card politely.
Leaf patterns and red wax on a white envelope. Lara’s face hardened as soon as she saw the invitation card, it was all too familiar to her. It was the envelope and wax that the royal family used to send personal letters to the nobles.
Lara forced a twisted smile on her face.
She knew Sebastian was looking closely at her face, but she could not control her facial expression.
“Are you all right?”
“Is it an invitation to a banquet?”
“Yes, it is.”
A banquet for Prince Sidhar will be held soon.
Though it was not an official royal event, a large banquet was to be held for the nobles who supported the Prince. The nobles called it the spouse selection banquet to single out the candidates for the Princess Consort.
In her past life, Lara did not attend the banquet.
Following her father’s opinion, she pretended to be a woman that could only be met in the temple prayer room or library, rather than a banquet hall. It was a wise plan, as Prince Sidhar did not choose anyone at the banquet.
‘There was an assassination attempt on the Princess at this banquet.’
Lara did not know the details because she had not witnessed it herself, but at this banquet, Prince Sidhar’s younger sister, Princess Sonnet, almost died at the hands of the assassins.
One thing for sure; it was the work of the black sorcerer.
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The royal family was furious and showed a strong attitude as if they were going to kill all the black sorcerers’ forces. However, ironically, it served as the momentum for Prince Sidhar to work together with them after witnessing their hidden skills before his eyes.
The princess did not die at this banquet.
The knights who were protecting the princess sacrificed themselves to protect her. After the Princess fell on the floor, eight knights surrounded and held her in their arms and directly took the black sorcerer’s attack.
They all died as a result.
‘I need to save them.’
Lara was determined to save them all.
Political gain or relationship with Prince Sidhar is of course important. But there was life in front of her that she could save with just a single warning. She could not just watch from afar when she already knew what was going to happen.
After looking at Lara’s hardened face, Sebastian told her.
“You don’t have to go if you don’t want to. It is not even an important event. We can just make up a story, saying that you’re deathly sick.”
“I will go.”
“Pardon?”
“I will go to the banquet.”
Sebastian flinched.
He knew from Isadora that Lara had a crush on Prince Sidhar for a long time, but not long ago, she started to hate him. Therefore, he was worried that running into the Prince at the banquet would break Lara’s heart.
“Don’t force yourself.”
“I’m not, the Prince is not interested in me anyway. Besides, I have other purposes for joining the banquet.”
“What is that?”
“I want to show something to father.”
That was Lara’s second purpose.
Her first purpose was to save the Princess and the knights, the second one was to humiliate her father.
Marquess of Bailey would surely attend the banquet.
The father who stood by Prince Sidhar and tried to make him king, and the daughter who made contributions in rescuing the Princess when she was in danger.
The people will make a fuss about the father and daughter in the House of Bailey, who both supported different candidates for the throne. Her father will tremble with her betrayal.
Lara decided that she would not stand as a victim, but as a villain in this life.
‘Only then would it be fair.’
Lara finished organizing what she would do with the invitation card that Sebastion gave her.
Then, she took a step closer to him and said to him,
“Sebastian, I have a question.”
“Go ahead.”
“If the cause for divorce is father, then mother should be the one receiving alimony, not giving it, right?”
“…Milady.”
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Sebastian took off his hat and swept up his hair.
He was put on a spot.