Chapter 301.1
Eugene let out a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness.”
The truth was that she didn’t want any part of this if she could have helped it. It might have been selfish of her, but she wanted to secure her happiness above all else. If the Muens worked with Sang-je, it would have just complicated things so much more.
She needed to do something about it, she knew that even if she didn’t want it to be true. There was a big chance that her world and Sang-je’s would collide, and she couldn’t be caught unawares.
He was trying to gain control over the Anikas. He was making it particularly so that the Anikas and the king wouldn’t become close. And any Anikas that weren’t under this control simply wouldn’t do. Just like that queen who had died.
Sang-je was also obsessed with Ramita. There was no guarantee that she would be able to keep lying about her level of Ramita and, if her true Ramita was revealed, he would definitely try to keep her in the Holy City. Even if she returned to the kingdom, he would do everything he could to bring her back.
At least with the Muens not on his side, she wouldn’t have to fight her mother’s family.
Alber watched her suspiciously as she took in the news. “You believe me?” she asked. “You aren’t even surprised?”
“Oh, I’m definitely surprised,” she said. “I wouldn’t have thought that Sang-je was a lark.”
She stared back at the older woman and realized that this wasn’t the only thing she was supposed to be surprised about. She had come back to this world not too long ago so her grasp of what was normal and what wasn’t was very different from a regular person’s.