Chapter: 64

She had a lot of these things in the past when she lived in the imperial palace.

There were countless nobles who were jealous of the Crown Princess.

The young ladies’ jealousy was nothing compared to the great nobles who seriously fought to take down Astelle into a trap and take over the place of the Crown Princess.

Overall, Marianne’s simple jealousy was rather cute.

Most of the traps set by the nobles were taken care of by her father, the Duke, but sometimes Astelle took care of it herself.

After such a few bad experiences, she lived being careful about her actions and always looking around anywhere and anytime.

Looking back, it was a life that seemed to be walking on a thin slab of ice.

“Fine. It’s not a big deal.”

Astelle thought it was fortunate to get out of such a life even now.

If the empress dowager’s will was resolved quickly, she would be able to return to a quiet and peaceful life with Theor in her maternal grandfather’s house.

Kaizen sighed.

“It won’t happen anymore. Get some knights to protect you.”

“No, Your Majesty. It’s okay. I—”

“Don’t be stubborn.”

Kaizen cut Astelle’s words resolutely.

‘Who’s stubborn?’

Astelle repressed her irritation and bowed her head calmly and politely.

“People will think strangely if Your Majesty’s knights escort me, the former empress. Rather, I think there will be a greater risk if people’s attention focused on me for nothing.”

Astelle hoped this man would do nothing.

Now, the most dangerous person to Astelle was Kaizen.

In fact, this happened also because Kaizen sent something like a gift and called her to dinner.

If he didn’t do that, Marianne wouldn’t be making such a useless fuss.

‘So why did you do something useless……’

Astelle was pointing out that fact to Kaizen now.

‘This happened because of you.’