A young girl in a village without protection - Chapter 98

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Selesina had loved Soratek so much. If she was asked since when, she would answer that she had since she was playing the game in her former life. 

She had had the same feelings after she was reincarnated. That was the very reason why she had grieved to be reincarnated as a villainess. 

But at the same time —- she dreaded death. 

Out of the two possibilities that were her death and marriage for life to Soratek, she chose the former. 

If she hadn’t cared about her possible death and had chosen the latter on the hypothesis that she wouldn’t die unless she had acted wrong now that it had become reality…, the conclusion would have been different. 

“Father, what would like to talk to me?” 

“I was waiting for you.” 

Soratek was called and came into his father’s — Erwin’s office. 

He had thought it was about work, but an unusual atmosphere made him straighten his back unknowingly. 

‘Was there anything wrong?’ 

Erwin cleared the room with only his close adviser left. That showed there was going to be quite an important talk. 

Soratek clenched his fists on his lap with an ominous feeling. 

Erwin Tia Albard had a serious look. 

He is the king of the Albard Kingdom and Soratek’s father. 

He wears his long blue hair in braids and has a crown on his head. He is a good king who cherishes the people and has been affectionate to Selesina since she was born. 

Looking at Erwin taking a deep breath slowly, Soratek also exhaled long to calm down. He wondered what he was going to hear. 

‘What if, by any chance, he has gotten ill … or something?’ 

That would explain why he cleared the room. 

However, Erwin himself and his mother with whom he had had dinner the night before looked in very good health. 

‘So that means Lady Meria did something reckless again … possibly?’ 

He felt weary imagining that would be the case. If so, he would have to be busy dealing with the aftermath and have less time spending with Selesina. 

Yet — what Erwin said was the last thing Soratek expected. 

“Soratek, your engagement with Lady Selesina has been broken off.” 

“——What?” 

He had never been unable to understand — refused to understand what he heard so much in his life before. 

He thought he had uttered the most monotonous, the lowest voice in his entire life because it was hard to control his emotion so much. 

“What do you mean, father — no, Your Majesty?” 

He asked for an explanation not as his son but as the crown prince. An ambiguous explanation wouldn’t convince him. 

‘It was broken off … not that we broke off.’ 

Although Soratek was the one who was engaged to her, he had no say in the matter. 

At the same time, he also wondered what the reason could be for the breaking off. 

While he knew Selesina had the blessings of the goddess, he didn’t know the goddess’ name. 

He supposed the goddess perhaps had to do with it if the reason resided in Selesina’s side. 

‘It’s the goddess who can change fate in the first place…’ [Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

Anyone would want its power once they knew. 

On the other hand, what if the reason resided on his side? 

Since Soratek doesn’t have a brother, he had no choice but to marry. Also, he couldn’t think of anything to be accused of. 

That left two possible cases in which either marriage from a royal family of another country was offered or a contract of marriage as a condition occurred. 

Nevertheless, those cases were unlikely as currently there was no prominent country or a country with which they needed to make peace. 

That meant it was reasonable to think that … someone had found out the power of Selesina’s blessings. 

And that guess was right. 

“Lady Selesina got engaged with the chief of the great shrine, Lord Lucaria.” 

“—-? Hasn’t she declined it already?” 

Soratek didn’t understand why it went back over now. 

He thought Lucaria was such a persistent, treacherous man as he had known. 

“I know she declined and I accepted it too. But it’s another thing this time.” 

“Another thing…?” 

“…You know about the never-bloomed great tree, don’t you?” 

“—–! You can’t say that … is a bargaining point.” 

Erwin nodded calmly to what Soratek strained his voice to say. 

He had heard about the never-bloomed great tree from Selesina. 

In fact, it was Soratek who told her about the never-bloomed great tree. Regrettably though, he couldn’t find out how to deal with it. 

‘I suppose that man knows how.’ 

And he assumed the bargaining point for that was marriage to Selesina. 

‘Does he want Selesina’s blessings after all?’ 

Soratek thought for sure Lucaria couldn’t possibly say that — he loved Selesina. He was disgusted by Lucaria’s vulgar tastes…

“I should have noticed when Seli talked me about it… No, I should have been to the great shrine with her by all means!” 

“I negotiated with other possible conditions so hard … but all Lord Lucaria wanted was Lady Selesina. When you negotiate with someone who has it all … a position, fame, and fortune, you inevitably realize how powerless you are…” 

Erwin had been clenching his fists forcefully while saying so. His close advisor stopped him in a hurry as his fists were clenched hard enough to bleed. 

“—-That’s all I needed to talk to you. Forgive your disappointing father, Soratek.” 

“No… I’m the one who should regret my inability.” 

Erwin got up from his seat and left his office slowly while watching with concern Soratek hang his head down. 

He figured that Soratek needed time to think alone for now. 

Left alone in the empty office, Soratek was stunned with shock. 

He had assumed he would get married to Selesina soon and build a bright future together. He had never thought their engagement had been broken off contrary. 

He wondered if Selesina had known about this. 

‘—She can not be unaware of this.’ 

He imagined she perhaps had been told directly by Lucaria when she went to the great shrine. That man would opt a terribly direct way. 

While people usually prepared behind the scenes, Lucaria wouldn’t care such a thing so much or wouldn’t have to do that to have his desire fulfilled. 

“—Seli…!” 

Soratek uttered the name of his beloved person with a hoarse voice banging his fist on the table.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]