Chapter 222: The Man With Black Hair and Blue Eyes
Edmund looked a little startled by her words. He asked quietly, "Do I look ... ugly with this hair?"
"Ugly?" Primrose frowned, clearly disagreeing. "No way. You still look handsome, just like always."
To be honest, with features as dangerously attractive as Edmund’s, he probably wouldn’t look bad even if he went completely bald.
"It’s not about you," Primrose added, shaking her head. "I just don’t like blondes. That hair color makes me angry."
She clicked her tongue softly, trying not to sound too upset, but the irritation was already written all over her face.
Edmund’s expression darkened, not because he was offended, but because his mind immediately jumped to a darker thought. "Was there a blonde man who harassed you? Or insulted you?"
Primrose let out a tired sigh. "No, nothing that extreme," she explained. "It’s just ... there are too many blondes in my kingdom. Seriously, if you take five steps, you’ll bump into one."
Blonde hair was seen as something beautiful and rare in her hometown, like gold. People often admired it and even saw it as a symbol of nobility or high status.
But because they were constantly praised for it, many of them became arrogant and full of themselves.
"Most of the blonde men I met were always flirting with every woman they laid eyes on, and many of them had at least three lovers at the same time," she said, rubbing her forehead as if the memory gave her a headache. "And a few of them even spread awful rumors about me just because I turned them down."
The gossip wasn’t destructive enough to ruin her reputation, but it was still enough to embarrass her publicly.