Chapter: 24

Astelle was talking with Lyndon, the knight commander, on the side of the trail away from the road.

‘Do you know each other?’

Astelle was still wearing a shabby dress.

It seemed she had no clothes to change into, whether it was casual or outdoor wear.

‘Why are you being like that…..’

Astelle he remembers wasn’t like that.

She wore the most beautiful dresses, elegant jewelry that didn’t look vulgar even though it was flashy. She walked gracefully with her pale golden feet like the morning sun.

When he thought of Astelle, he always remembered her like that.

Astelle dressed up beautifully, sat calmly, and always replied to his question.

No matter how much he remembered her, he couldn’t remember her in a shabby appearance.

‘Probably because I have never observed her hard.’

No one denied that Astelle was a great empress.

She is intelligent, elegant, and has many talents in many ways.

She has a neat and beautiful appearance, discreet and modest personality.

But the young Kaizen had never liked such Astelle before.

From the time he first met her, Astelle has been set up to be Kaizen’s partner, but Kaizen hasn’t developed much affection for him.

He couldn’t help it.

In his view, Astelle was a doll made to become an empress.

Duke of Reston raised Astelle into a perfect doll.

The Duke taught her to study day and night so that she could be the best lady, and Astelle always to be absolutely submissive to her father.

Her father intended to make Astelle the empress and give birth to the future emperor.

If the emperor had died a little earlier, Kaizen would have called off the engagement, but it didn’t go as desired.

Kaizen wasn’t in a good mood when he was forced to marry and spend his first night with Astelle, though he used contraception to avoid having children.

Having an unconventional relationship with Astelle to play his role still remains a bitter memory.

Still, he thought it would be best to end the marriage as soon as possible, so once he became emperor, he divorced her.