That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 188

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Chapter 188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was perfect.

 

Too perfect.

 

He felt like an angel descended to earth.

 

However, the emotionless look lurking beneath Ferdinand’s gaze made him feel like something more cruel than a simple angel.

 

So now, Sophia Frazier, who felt everything was like a dream, thought in a daze.

 

‘An angel who presides over war…’

 

If that angel descended from heaven, wouldn’t it look exactly like Ferdinand, that Crown Prince?

 

His tall, straight stature, the firm muscles that could be discerned beneath the Crown Prince’s ceremonial robes tailored perfectly to his body.

 

Handsome features that could easily captivate any woman’s heart, and unrealistically cold, red, frigid eyes.

 

Perhaps due to the powerful divine force said to envelop his soul, Ferdinand exuded a cold and sharp atmosphere like a beautiful sword sealed atop an icy mountain peak.

 

All of it was so legendary. There wasn’t a single human aspect from head to toe.

 

The Crown Prince, who had become an object of admiration from an object of mockery in just a few days, stood before her eyes yet felt utterly unreal.

 

“It was indeed I who requested it, Your Imperial Majesty.”

 

Even this moment of opening his mouth was like that.

 

And simultaneously, Sophia felt like she was waking from a dream. She shuddered.

 

Had I gone mad?

 

Why did I insult the Crown Prince?

 

Why did I kick away such an amazing man with my own feet?

 

Just a few days ago, she had been that man’s fiancée!

 

Moreover, it wasn’t as if he had scandals with other women – he was truly a perfect man as if drawn in a picture!

 

It was a single moment. Self-loathing, thirst, and jealousy came rushing like a tsunami and began to devour Sophia.

 

However, no one in this place noticed Sophia’s twisted change.

 

No, there was exactly one person.

 

None other than Assis Grand Duke Frazier sitting at the highest seat.

 

It was him.

 

But the Grand Duke merely observed all this scene with a terrifying face completely different from when dealing with Tulia. Such an expression was more familiar to others anyway.

 

Assis Grand Duke was observing Sophia while gauging several things inwardly.

 

He knew she was spreading numerous scandals at the Academy.

 

It wasn’t for the purpose of investigation or surveillance. Whether adopted or not, Sophia was also his granddaughter.

 

Therefore, Assis had merely assigned someone purely for protective purposes.

 

Assis Grand Duke Frazier was not of such low character as to discriminate against his adopted granddaughter.

 

But in this situation, seeing such burning flames of desire only now…

 

It wasn’t difficult to understand.

 

‘If I leave Sophia alone, she’ll bring great disaster to the entire family.’

 

It was a cold judgment made as the head of a family supporting a great house.

 

“Ferdinand!”

 

Then, Emperor Alessandro raised his voice.

 

“Why did you request the annulment? Open your mouth and speak directly!”

 

At the Emperor’s sharp rebuke, Aubrey and her relatives gazed at the Crown Prince as if looking at a lifeline.

 

No, rather than a lifeline, they were gleaming eyes looking at attractive prey they were dying to devour.

 

But the Crown Prince, Ferdinand, seemed not to care at all about their clinging desperation and hungry greed.

 

No, he was indifferent to the point of seeming ignorant.

 

With a consistently indifferent face.

 

“The annulment is due to my change of heart.”

 

He simply thrust the dagger like that.

 

Aubrey trembled and shouted.

 

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! How can you do this to our daughter! To cast aside my daughter who was faithful only to Your Highness the Crown Prince, all because of a mere change of heart! And to declare the annulment in a public place where all the nobles and foreign guests were gathered, just like yesterday!”

 

Aubrey’s tears were full of resentment.

 

Ferdinand had brought up the annulment just yesterday, at his triumph banquet.

 

Thanks to that, the night banquet became a mess, and before everyone could emerge from their sweet dreams of wine and music, this emergency conference was urgently convened.

 

But Ferdinand, the actual party involved, showed no change in expression. A detached face as if he were merely a spectator rather than the protagonist of this great drama.

 

That gnawed at Aubrey’s heart even more. It might have been different if it had belonged to someone else from the beginning, but now it felt like an entire gold mine had slipped from her grasp.

 

After completely losing the right to manage the Grand Ducal House’s internal affairs due to Tulia previously, Aubrey had become even more unable to maintain composure in such matters.

 

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! Isn’t this too much! No matter how the situation has changed, to cast aside my daughter like this! Your Majesty the Emperor! Please look down upon us with mercy! Even if the monarch’s word is law, this is too harsh a treatment!”

 

The problem was that Aubrey’s words weren’t wrong either.

 

Emperor Alessandro looked at the Crown Prince with a furious face.

 

Seeing his son standing stiffly with that still inscrutable expression made his anger surge.

 

Because Ferdinand’s face clearly resembled Olivia.

 

That woman who had been the cold Empress and his wife, whom he had loved for so long but who never gave him her heart…

 

At least that woman, even if she had her husband stolen from her, despised any situation that would bring even a speck of stain to her honor.

 

So if Ferdinand was the son Olivia left behind, if he was her blood child who inherited her blood, he should rightfully be upright like Olivia!

 

Emperor Alessandro finally stood up from his seat.

 

“Ferdinand!”

 

Because the Emperor stood up, all nobles except the Grand Duke and four Dukes had to rise from their seats.

 

Emperor Alessandro spoke with angry eyes.

 

“I do not believe your lies! If you would insult your honor, and furthermore the Briyang Imperial Family, for such an absurd reason as a change of heart, then I, as your father and monarch, will rightfully punish you!”

 

“If it is punishment from the monarch, I will naturally accept it.”

 

Seeing Ferdinand pointedly omit the word ‘father’ made his chest burn with rage, but Alessandro was still an Emperor.

 

He tried to regain his composure and spoke in a blazing tone.

 

“The crime of deceiving the monarch to gain advantage is truly heavy. If you will only speak such lies, I will not permit the annulment between you and Sophia Frazier!”

 

It was the first time.

 

The dry look that had been lingering in the Crown Prince’s brow disappeared instantly.

 

Emperor Alessandro was too filled with indignation to notice. The one who caught Ferdinand Crown Prince’s subtle change was none other than Marquis Aster Frazier.

 

That is, Tulia’s father.

 

One eyebrow of Aster Frazier, who had risen from his seat following the Emperor and was watching the situation, twitched slightly.

 

‘Why is he suddenly displeased?’

 

What on earth was that Crown Prince so desperate about the annulment for?

 

Because Sophia was in reality merely a retainer’s daughter?

 

But if he had such character, he should have known long ago, yet the reports his subordinates had occasionally brought contained not a single word about the Crown Prince having such a disposition.

 

‘What makes him want the annulment so badly? Does he have some woman he’s fallen for? But for that to be the case, he’s never had scandals with a single woman until now.’

 

The Crown Prince Palace even had very few court ladies.

 

Strangely, he felt this might not be such a pleasant matter. It was a kind of intuition. So Aster Frazier also questioned his own intuition.

 

What did that Crown Prince’s demand for annulment have to do with him, that his mood was subtly souring?

 

“Viscountess Aubrey Frazier!”

 

Meanwhile, a thunderous shout filled the conference hall.

 

Aubrey, who had been constantly reddening her eyes, was startled by the Emperor’s roar.

 

She hurriedly bent her waist.

 

“Please question me, Your Majesty the Emperor…!”

 

“Since the Crown Prince won’t speak, I’ll ask you directly. Is the annulment between the two really due to the Crown Prince’s change of heart?”

 

“I truly know nothing, Your Majesty the Emperor! When His Highness the Crown Prince says his heart has changed, what could I possibly know?”

 

Aubrey collapsed completely and wept pitifully. However, she didn’t know that the Emperor looking down at her had eyes cold beyond measure.

 

There was one more fact she didn’t know.

 

“Bring them all!”

 

At the Emperor’s command, about ten men came out in a line with their heads deeply bowed.

 

Aubrey and her relatives had bewildered expressions, but Sophia’s face, which had been fixed on Ferdinand’s back the entire time, was different.

 

Her complexion began to turn deathly pale.

 

Most of them were men who had no significant connection to the Briyang Empire, but they all shared one common trait—they were tall and exceptionally well-groomed.

 

In short, they had impressive appearances…

 

“Lady Sophia Frazier, you wouldn’t claim not to know these Young Lords, would you?”

 

At Emperor Alessandro’s question, Sophia began trembling like an aspen leaf.

 

Aubrey’s face changed dramatically. She whirled around to look at her daughter.

 

Surely not, surely not…

 

“If you truly cannot speak, then allow me to tell them instead. Viscountess Aubrey Frazier! These are all Young Lords who attend the same Academy as Lady Sophia Frazier! And furthermore, they are the ones who have been secretly spreading scandalous rumors with your daughter!”

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