Chapter 420: Fate Led Us Here
I knew at that moment that I might not be able to move on if I did not have a good understanding of the prince’s involvement. One of the reasons that made me so happy when I was with the prince was because I could fully trust him, and this issue was clearly putting that trust into question. I desperately needed to find out the truth in order to continue trusting him.
"Please tell me the truth," I pleaded. I had decided that no matter how severe the truth was, I would rather hear it directly from him so that at least I could still trust his words to be truthful.
"Honestly, I only found out about it a couple of days ago when I had a talk with my father, and he told me to make my decision about becoming the next king. I met up with him today to further discuss things and also about plans for our wedding," the prince replied.
I stared deeply into his eyes, and it wasn’t difficult for me to believe him. After all, if I were to think about it carefully, the pursuit of my family was so long ago. Although Prince Leonard was older than me, he couldn’t have been old enough to come up with such a scheming plan. Just like me, back then, the prince must have been too young to even realize what was going on.
"I guess you were too young back then," I said softly.
"My father never told me anything about this. And I’m quite sure that my brothers probably don’t know anything about it either,” the prince replied with his eyes casted downwards.
“I’m glad that all of that has stopped...” I murmured.
"I agree. You’re also right that we were all too young to know anything about the world of adults back then when it happened," the prince said, and I could hear the regret in his tone, although none of the things that happened were probably directly his fault.
"I’m sorry, but this is just a lot for me to take in," I said, struggling to handle my own emotions.
It didn’t sit well with me that the king was somehow involved in my parents’ death and the misfortune that happened to my family. Although I knew very well that the prince wasn’t at fault, I still felt angry, and I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that perhaps being with him wasn’t what my parents wanted.