The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Annulment Ceremony (2)

The Judge continued rambling in the imperial hall about how the prince had tried everything to save their engagement. He pushed all the blame and flaws on Aisha. Not just because of her useless rank and purification value, but emphasizing her past behavior as a reason as well.

"There have been rumors that went around the high sectors surrounding Lady Aisha. They were all reported to Her Highness Consort Gabriel, who has verified the truth. If it were mere rumors, the Imperial Palace could’ve purged them. However, they... they contained truths, and there are even witnesses."

Most people in the hall weren’t strangers to the rumors Aisha was involved in. Some believed the rumors, but there were also those who had heard it and let it pass without care.

Now that they were hearing there were all true and even had witnesses to her atrocious actions, everyone began to look at Aisha differently. Just minutes earlier, some sympathized with her--a woman whose engagement was called off--now there were none of it.

Aisha coldly watched on.

Once in a while, Aisha would stare at Soren with something akin to a chill crawling to the tips of her fingers. But afterward, the cool and calm nature of her gaze would return to her eyes.

She had waited so long to hear what they would have to say. But it was only to criticize her publicly and make her completely unable to face the crowd in the future. As time went on, she had come to suspect that the goal Prince Soren and his mother wanted from this was to make her give the money back she’d received from him.

"Even when His Highness came to visit, Lady Aisha had refused to see him at the hospital. And when they finally signed the annulment papers, she had abused his kindness and demanded 30 million from him!"

The instant those words had fallen, the crowd went wild.

"30 million?"

"Is she crazy? Extorting money from the prince?"

"She must be after his money all along!"

"The prince has done everything to keep her to his side, and yet she repaid him by demanding money from him?"

The hall didn’t quiet down for a while, busily discussing the reason and the amount of audacity Aisha had to take money from a prince who had done nothing but cherish and protect her.

"With all these reasons, I hope that the Council Elders and the Emperor approve of their annulment and completely dissolve their engagement that has been agreed on since before their birth!" The Judge finished his speech as he bowed to the emperor. Deep down, he was fully satisfied with his performance.

With everything laid bare for everyone to dissect and place their judgment on, Aisha had completed her image as a despicable woman who had no right or qualities of a future prince consort.

Everyone wanted to know how she would react to this.

And what everyone was curious to see was what the Emperor would do after hearing everything. After all, he was the one who honored the previous consort’s order that allowed this engagement to happen in the first place.

They all turned to look at the Emperor, whose expression was calm and unreadable. They didn’t dare guess what he was thinking, fearing that they would be the ones to receive his punishment instead.

"Lady Aisha Novalis, do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Finally, Emperor Nikulaus spoke from the throne.

Being called by the emperor himself, Aisha knew that she must remain calm. Yet, she noticed a pressure coming from the emperor, who had only spoken a few words. Was he a Sentinel as well? No. She noticed that the pressure coming from the emperor wasn’t the same as the pressure Sentinels could impose on people.

Rather than being a Sentinel, the emperor had the innate qualities of an emperor that made people want to lower their heads and respect him.

However, there was something about him that made Aisha slightly wary of him. It was the way he had looked at her just now. Like someone who had found an interesting toy outside a toy shop’s glass display, finding it pleasant to the eyes.

"If I may say a few things, Your Majesty," she asked him respectfully, subtly turning herself to the guests who had come to watch.

"Your Majesty, I think it’s time to complete the ceremony—"

"I’ll allow it."

"I won’t deny the rumors because even if I said they’re not true, everyone will still believe what they want. I cannot stop that. However, I must correct something the Judge had said just now." Aisha’s beautiful, yet gentle voice had been the first to finally break the momentary silence. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

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