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Margaery felt conflicted upon hearing this. She looked toward the western sky and asked. “Has the King spoken to you abour
this?”
Estelle shook her head. “Not yet.”
After a moment, she added, “But he will say it sooner or later. Grand Empress would not speak lightly; she must already know something.
“As a princess of the royal family, sometimes I have no control over my own fate.”
At this point, a sudden flash of insight struck her. In that instant, she seemed to understand Margaery’s previous predicament and suddenly empathized with her.
“You have already come through it.” She sighed. “But I don’t know what to do.”
She gazed into the distance, her eyes filled with worry, fear, and confusion. “Emberfall is not like us. They live on plateaus and grasslands; whether in their way of life or their food and clothing, there is a world of difference between us.
“I know nothing about that place.”
Estelle was not very old; she was a little younger than Nathaniel.
However, at this moment, her voice was like that of an old woman, imbued with a sense of sorrow.
“Perhaps there will be a turning point.” Margaery did not know how to comfort her, so she simply said, “Go and see for yourself; maybe there is another way out.”
She did not know the answer to this matter either.
She would find an opportunity to ask the King later, but the outcome was not something she could control.
She sympathized with Estelle, but could not make any promises.
Before she left the Wallen family, she too had experienced such moments.
Leaving the home where she had lived for more than ten years, stepping into an unfamiliar world, alone and vulnerable, facing unknown risks, not knowing what to do.
Things would work out in the end.
When she finally figured everything out, she found it was not as difficult as she had imagined.
However, Estelle’s journey to Emberfall for a political marriage was not the same as her departure from the Wallen family.
After she left the Wallen family, she still had other acquaintances around her, supporting each other.
When Estelle went to Emberfall, she became a kite completely set free; not only was there no one to help her, even the string was broken.
She did not like such things.
The peace of a nation actually depended on sacrificing a woman’s entire life in exchange.
And because the King finally issued a verbal decree for Estelle to accompany Margaery, Margaery understood that the King,
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intended Estelle to learn about the palace banquet incident.
Margaery and she traveled in the carriage for nearly one hour.
When they appeared at the gate of Morales’s estate, the guards expressions changed; after greeting them, they rushed t Morales’s estate as if they had encountered a flood or a beast.
Margaery was embarrassed.
Estelle’s face was bitter. “I have liked Bernard for seven or eight years, and the people of Morales’s estate have disliked me for seven or eight years.”
Margaery turned to look at her, but from her bitter smile detected a trace of relief. “Indeed, I’m not a fairy; how could t expect others to like me just because I want them to?”
Margaery did not know what to say.
The main thing was, she and Estelle were not particularly close.
“Mr. Morales! Something big has happened. Princess Estelle is here!”
The guard went in to report, shouting at the gate.
“What did you say?” Bernard was so startled that the brush in his hand fell onto the paper, and a plum blossom painting instantly became a mess. “Why is she here!”
The first time he met Estelle, she pointed at him arrogantly and ordered, “You, come here!”
Estelle’s maid stood with her hands on her hips. “You see Princess Estelle and still don’t salute her?”
Bernard came from a world two thousand years ago and had never saluted anyone before, was suddenly confronted with this behavior. Seeing Estelle’s arrogant eyes, he instinctively felt an intense dislike toward her.
Over the years, this woman had used every means of coercion and inducement.
On the surface, she ordered him around as she pleased.
Privately, she even asked the maid to remind him that having Estelle take a liking to him was a stroke of good luck, urging him to appreciate it and not be stubborn and unpleasant like a stone in a latrine.
She also said that if he didn’t know what was good for him, once Nathaniel ascended the throne, he would make Morales’s
estate suffer.
All sorts of things like this….
Bernard took a deep breath; the fact that he hadn’t slapped her hard already showed just how much restraint he had.
He had thought that with Nathaniel dead, this woman would finally stop pestering him.
But who could have known, Nathaniel hadn’t even been buried yet, and she came again.
Bernard’s expression was complicated, he waved his hand and said, “Just say I’m not home.”
The guard’s face was also complicated. “But she came together with Princess Margaery”
Bernard was taken aback. “How did those two end up together?”
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Weren’t they at odds before?
He was deeply reluctant to meet Estelle, but knowing Margaery was searching for him made him worry there might be omething important they needed to discuss. In the end, he steeled himself and said. “I am truly curious to see if she has nything worthwhile to say today.”
With that, he strode boldly and confidently toward the front gate.
nyone who didn’t know better would think he was heading out for a fight.
s soon as he stepped outside, sure enough, he saw Estelle and Margaery standing at the gate, and he immediately felt wkward.
le hastily gave Estelle a bow, but turned his head to the side. “Greetings, Princess Estelle.”
hen, smiling, he looked at Margaery. “Margaery, did you need something from me?”
fargaery, feeling uneasy in the tense atmosphere, kept her words brief. “The King sent us to find you and investigate the nderground passage together. There’s also another matter we need your help with.
ernard wondered, The King asked me to take care of something, but sent Estelle instead. What exactly does that mean? Could it really be that she was going to marry me?‘
stelle saw the look in his eyes and was utterly speechless.
inally, she spoke. ‘Bernard, I know you dislike me, but let’s be clear: from now on, I won’t bother you anymore. In half a ear, I will go to Emberfall to marry for a political alliance!
stelle felt miserable inside and wanted to cry.
fter all, she had pursued the man before her for seven or eight years, and now she was about to go to such a distant place, et she had to act as if nothing had happened, and could not even hope that he would feel reluctant to let her go.
Vas there anything more heartbreaking than seeing the person you cared about deeply remain completely indifferent?
stelle slightly lifted her chin, forcing her tears back.
While her gesture may have seemed somewhat arrogant, the overall impression she conveyed was quite different.
Bernard was stunned for a moment.
Are you going to enter a marriage alliance?”
He blurted out these words, and immediately regretted it.
To him, the term ‘marriage alliance‘ felt as remote as ancient history. It represented a nation lacking strength, subject to outside manipulation, or treating individuals as property, sent away to facilitate cooperation between two sides.
In the place where he lived, even the practice of sending pandas had long been discontinued.
Now, Estelle, who always held her head high and acted as if she were the best in the world, was facing such a tragic fate, which truly moved him.
Yet he genuinely did not want to have any connection with Estelle.
Bernard pressed his brow, feeling troubled.
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Estelle, however, said, “It no longer concerns you.”
“You…
Bernard looked up at her in astonishment, mainly out of surprise. Had she really let go?
This didn’t make sense.
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This woman had previously clung to him relentlessly, to the point that he had considered going to his estate.
His father told him that their family held significant military power and he should remain in Sinderin City to keep others in check and reassure the King.
And if he had gone to his estate, the King would worry that Morales’s estate was amassing power independently, and others might stir up trouble, attempting to divide the Eastvale Empire. If not for that, he would have gone to his estate long ago.
Now, it was she who was starting to reject him?
Was there any justice left?
She was the one who chased after him, and now she was the one who no longer wanted him.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
