I Will Avoid The Male Lead and Make My Harem

I Will Avoid the Male Lead and Make a Harem

Vol. 10: The Heretic’s Possession

Chapter 05

It’s not a good habit to suspect people blindly, but he was going to be the leader of The West.‘You can be suspicious, it’s okay.’The current Cedric was so transparent, like a glass bead, that it was painfully obvious what he was thinking.“I guess you’ve heard that I like peaches. So, did you bring them here yourself, to peel the skin for me?”“……”“That must have been when I was young. I’m turning eighteen soon. I’ll be an adult.”Did he think he could make up for the past with peaches?What a foolish person.“My father betrayed my mother. He had another woman before the marriage, and he continued the relationship even after I was born.”I completely excluded the fact that I was Cedric’s legitimate child.“Under those circumstances, the marriage is not entirely valid. Zachary brothers are the living proof.”The marriage is invalid.Even if Cedric knew how big of a disgrace it would be to the Count family, he couldn’t stop me.He, too, was angry at his brother’s adultery.“Zachary Orabeoni decided to testify in court.”“Selina.”“I won’t live as a member of Count Crawford family. I’ll live as if I’ve never been part of this family, forever.”“Just listen to me.”Cedric quickly wiped his hands and wiped the corners of his dry mouth.“I know how resentful you must be. But…”How would you know what I feel?“Duke Chester isn’t a good person…… He’s not that kind of person.”Cedric finally managed to speak.From his hesitation, I sensed that the Duke Chester, my great-grandfather by blood, was not as easy as I had thought.“Even if you suddenly go to the capital as Duke Chester’s lady, he… he might not be someone who would accept you.”Ah, he’s not just concerned about me, he’s even considering this.“I’ll be fine.” “I’m not saying this for no reason. Not because I don’t want to send you to the capital.”Sighing, I poured tea into a cup, and the fragrant aroma filled the air.“It’s not because now I know that you are my daughter that my heart is being torn apart of thinking you’re leaving without even let me treat you well all this time.”As if a dam had burst in a surprised, Cedric’s pent-up feelings poured out.“I haven’t even properly asked for forgiveness, and I’m not saying this because I’m sorry for you, who’s thinking of leaving without any lingering.”“……”“People associated with Duke Chester are never ordinary. You know his younger sister is the Empress, right?”“Yes.”“Do you know what happened to the former Emperor and Empress before she became the Empress?”I don’t.I haven’t delved deep into the history of the Empire yet.But if she bought the Empress Consort’s mercy, she would have stayed in the palace.“They lost their lives even before the current Emperor ascended the throne, in a very cruel way.”Cedric whispered as if he were revealing a secret, gulping down his cold water.“The Emperor met a different fate here in the west… It was right around the beginning of the war.” He furrowed his brow, as if recalling long-buried memories.“I was an ignorant young boy, ordered to deliver a letter from the military commander to Her Majesty’s palace.”It is said that the Duke of Chester and the Emperor were staying alone in that splendid barracks.Unable to dare open the door, Cedric held his breath and waited for the conversation between the two to end.But then…“Screams of pain could be heard from inside. Very short… but it was a painful scream.”A startled Cedric looked around, but no one seemed to acknowledge it.A sense of something strange crossed his mind in an instant.Duke Chester emerged from the palace with bloodied hands.“And he shouted.”“His Majesty the Emperor has passed away!”“I’ve never forgotten that voice… not even once.”Cedric’s face showed an instinctive fear. This was absolutely not a lie.‘Could it be… he killed the Emperor?’If it were true, it wouldn’t be so surprising.A chaotic situation on the brink of war.Moreover, with the Emperor traveling all the way to the far west, it would have been a golden opportunity for Duke Chester.If he had killed his sister’s husband in an ordinary household, he would have been despised by the world…“The Emperor and the Empress Consort had a strategic relationship.”It was clear that Duke Chester was still in favor, considering his prosperous state.“Perhaps the Empress Consort even wished for the Emperor’s death.”The two of them were not bound by love alone.The Emperor needed the Empress Consort’s background for marriage, and the Empress Consort was probably in a similar situation.If they had outlived their usefulness to each other or had become dependent on someone else, betrayal and even poisoning were possibilities.‘The Emperor certainly knows how to discard Empresses.’Historically, how many Empresses had been oppressed by the Emperor?The number was countless.“How can I send someone as small and delicate as you to such a formidable family, Selina?”“I don’t think they’re that bad.”“What?”Certainly, there was a reason why the family from the capital had such influence.Duke Chester.“I like it there.”That was the family I belonged to.Not the Crawford County, which had fallen like a withered peach.⇺⇺⇺⇼⇻⇻⇻Kindly leave any comments, please.

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