Chapter 295 I Will Use All My Power To Protect You
And then there was Minerva. Dealing with her wouldn’t be as straightforward. Unlike Alexi, Minerva had no attachment to the entertainment industry. She was only there to be close to Alexi and guard him from anyone who might try to seduce him.
After all, she had stolen Alexi from someone else. Her fear was valid; if he could betray the woman he claimed to love, what might he do to someone he was merely using?
Hera believed that Alexi only loved himself and no one else.
She didn’t want to leave a ticking time bomb near her. However, since Rafael was one of the male leads, having Minerva around was inevitable. Hera was certain that Minerva wouldn’t accept her relationship with Rafael and might even escalate her actions to drive Hera away. But Hera had anticipated this.
If she remembered correctly, among the ’White Flower Tactics’ Athena mentioned before, there was one tactic that involved always playing the victim in front of the male lead. This strategy aimed to make the male lead deeply hate and misunderstand the female lead. It would only be successful if the female lead had past actions that could be used against her, such as being arrogant, destructive, and short-tempered.
Then frame the female lead as someone who has hurt others, repeating this process until she becomes hated and her reputation falls to the ground, shunned by the entire circle. This tactic also highlights the differences between the female lead and the other party, elevating the latter onto a pedestal as someone kind and forgiving. No matter what the female lead does to her, she would always be the first to check in and show concern, further cementing her status as the epitome of grace and compassion.
Hera thought she didn’t even need to employ the ’White Flower Tactic’ against Minerva. Even if she just stood there, Minerva would still find something to pick at and would do anything to vent her dissatisfaction with Alexi through Hera.
This would be a great chance for Hera to reveal Minerva’s true nature to Rafael. By allowing Minerva to continue her actions, Rafael would eventually become disappointed and direct his frustrations towards her. However, Hera knew that the person she needed to be wary of was the female lead, Alice. Hera believed that Alice was using the ’White Flower Tactic’ to establish her persona as angelic and kind, just like in the novel.
This was also one of the reasons why no one blamed Alice for attracting the love of five men. They believed that someone as kind as Alice deserved five knights in shining armor to protect and love her. It was seen as a way to offset all the pain and suffering she had endured and as a gift from the gods for her unwavering resolve and pure heart, even after everything she had been through.
Just thinking about it made Hera snort unintentionally. Leo, driving beside her, noticed the soft sound and glanced at her from the corner of his eye. He saw her head lowered, staring absently at her phone, its screen already black. Her knuckles were turning white from the force with which she clutched the device.