Chapter 86

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Aria could easily read the Emperor’s expression.

At the same time she felt great discomfort. It meant that in her previous life he had tamed Aria to her liking.

‘I had to match the mood and comfort of the Emperor one by one.’

Aria’s past life flashed through her mind quickly.

Days filled with pain and misery. It was a memory she would rather have cut out.

“I can understand why Grand Prince Valentine looks unfamiliar after not showing his face for a long time, but everyone, please welcome him.”

It was about the time she was getting fed up with the ignorant gaze as he scanned them up and down.

The Emperor smiled kindly. And he looked at Aria and Lloyd and told the avoiding nobles, as if it was too much.

“Isn’t he our hero who silently defends the empire in the dark?”

A hero who defends the empire.

The nobles, who had no idea what was going on with Valentine, put on an expression saying, ‘What kind of nonsense is that?

As if there was any reason to call the devil a hero.

As if they had heard a funny and horrendous joke.

They will never know.

They will not even try to know.

‘Pretending to praise, but saying that you’ll be eaten by darkness for the rest of your life and you won’t be able to become a hero.’

Lloyd seemed to read the inside too, but he only raised his eyebrows for a moment, and showed little reaction. Because he didn’t feel anything.

Rather, it was Aria who was angry.

‘How dare you say such a thing.’

Aria flapped her lips.

The only thing that allowed him to safely ascend to the throne. It was because of the sacrifices of each individual Valentine who gave up on love, happiness, and the future.

She wanted to shoot back like that. But then she bit her lip.

‘You can’t mess everything up with one impulsive mistake.’

Instead, she smiled mischievously.

– Greetings, Emperor, the sun of all nations and the bright light.

Aria gently curtsied by grabbing the hem of her dress, which Marronnier painstakingly picked, and then releasing it.

It was a message using the mana stone.

Her cheerful voice echoed through the heads of the nobles in the venue. That voice had the power to make people stop all thoughts and listen to her words.

“Oh, you are the rumored Grand Princess.”

The Emperor looked startled at her voice for a moment.

It was pure. The sound of clear and transparent water drops falling on the lake reflecting the clear blue sky.

And the Emperor showed a hint of disappointment on his face.

‘It’s a pity she can’t speak.’

He seemed to think so.

Aria had to do her best to gather the expression on her face, which was about to become hideous for a moment.

“I’ve heard rumors that Grand Prince Valentine fell in love at first sight and gave you a keepsake generously…”

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