MTLNOVEL Chapter 1 - Revenge 1
“I can’t forgive this.
Can anyone forgive this?
In a splendid temple, a man and a woman exchange vows of love, smiling happily.
Don’t be ridiculous!
“Crown Prince, banza~i!!!”
“Crown Princess, congratulations~!!!”
The Crown Prince and Princess waved from the balcony of the royal palace, and the crowd cheered.
I won’t accept this. I absolutely won’t accept this!
To think they would defame my sister with false accusations…
There’s no doubt that they killed my sister unjustly. My brilliant sister had already completed her ‘princess education.’ The royal family couldn’t let my sister, who knew everything about the royal family, roam freely. Officially, my sister was said to have been sent to a convent, but that’s not true! She was given a poisoned chalice before going to the convent and passed away. Yet, they act as if my sister is still alive, knowing full well what happened.
All of this was just a measure to maintain the loyalty of the royal family!
The king even issued an order to keep my sister’s death a secret until things cooled down. Most likely, it was the result of the Crown Prince begging. Despite being known as a wise king, His Majesty was ultimately a father. Even though she was a former fiancée, Bridget Beatrice Pecelot, the Duke’s daughter, who strongly inherited the royal family’s blood, had to be mourned for a minimum of three years. It was a sign of respect for my sister, born with the ‘color’ of the royal family.
The Crown Prince detested it.
Well, to be precise, it was because he wanted to marry the Baroness of Favor quickly. A man with a loose sense of self-control couldn’t wait for three years.
And so, the newlywed Crown Princess Luce became pregnant shortly after.
“What, what in the world is going on!?”
The child of the Crown Prince was born earlier than the expected due date. The baby had stunning red hair and brown eyes. The Crown Prince had golden hair and blue eyes, while the Crown Princess had golden hair and golden eyes. The baby, born with a ‘color’ that neither of them had, clearly wasn’t the Crown Prince’s child.
“This is some kind of mistake!”
No one dared to challenge the pale-faced Crown Princess when she denied it.
It was apparent to anyone that the child was not the Crown Prince Enrique’s.
Furthermore, the suspicion deepened when it was discovered that a man with the same ‘color’ as the child born to the Crown Princess was near her. The Crown Princess’s guard knight had red hair and brown eyes, just like the child. Most likely, he was the father.
Enraged, the Crown Prince murdered the guard knight.
The guard knight, who looked identical to the baby with his red hair, met his demise as a traitor to the royal family for having an affair with the Crown Princess. However, the chaos in the royal family did not end there. Instead, the situation worsened.
Up until then, young ladies who had been engaged to the Crown Prince and had their engagements broken off refrained from complaining due to the Crown Prince’s favor and the status of other high-ranking noble sons. But now, they began to speak out.
Young ladies who had been engaged to the Crown Prince during their school days, those who had affairs with him even after marriage, they all started to voice their grievances. Moreover, sons who had been annoyed by the Crown Prince’s favor towards their wives also began to make accusations.
A grandmotherly lady who was the Crown Princess but had relations with other men.
Suspicion swirled among the nobility.
“Did Bridget Pecelot, the Duke’s daughter whose engagement was broken, really mistreat the Crown Princess?”
“Moreover, isn’t it impossible for the Duke’s daughter to lower herself to a commoner, let alone lay hands on one, regardless of her being called a saint? With the power of the Duke’s family, it would have been easy to exert pressure on the temple.”
“They call her a saint, but she can only use light magic, right?”
“Light magic is indeed rare, but it doesn’t have much practical use. It’s just a brand of rarity.”
“We looked into it as well, but the results were terrible. All the testimony about mistreatment was baseless. It seems the royal family didn’t even conduct a proper investigation into Bridget-sama!”
“Even last week’s announcement about Bridget-sama’s tragedy seems suspicious.”
“You’re saying it’s a lie?”
“Yes. It seems she was likely killed, not due to illness.”
“By the royal family?”
“Who else could it be? Bridget-sama, with her purple eyes considered a sign of the royal family, was probably inconvenient for them. The Crown Prince was reportedly carrying on an affair with a commoner woman even during the engagement period. Most likely, he knew about the pregnancy beforehand and felt that his fiancée’s existence was an obstacle. That’s why he must have framed her with false accusations.”
Starting with the incident involving the Crown Prince’s wife, the royal family’s reputation plummeted.
At the same time, the unreasonable treatment of my sister by the royal family diminished their loyalty and ultimately led to a crisis in the country’s political foundation.”