A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 187: Chapter 151 Interrogation_1

In the Throne Room, Duanmu Huai stood to one side, his arms crossed, fanning his interest in the live drama before him.

Upon hearing of what transpired at the banquet from Ann, His Majesty the King was undoubtedly furious. He immediately convened the meeting, summoning all parties involved for questioning.

Even in the presence of the King, those noble progeny fervently claimed that this whole mess was Miss Audrey’s fault. They rambled on how she despised Angela and secretly conspired to harm her… Of course, just like Duanmu Huai on the front stage, they couldn’t muster any proof to back their statements.

At this moment, the fathers of these noble young folk were fuming in aggravation. They knew what was happening wasn’t just a minor tiff among children. Their wards had decided to dissolve a marriage in a public gathering and even slandered an Earl’s daughter without any evidence. How do you suppose the King perceives this? Was he to suspect that this lewd bunch was in cahoots for rebellion?

Count Hasha, of course, was tear-soaked and pleading His Majesty the King for justice. Regardless of the truth, since the other party declared their dissolution in front of everyone, the marriage arrangements between both families were irrevocably void. Thus, Miss Audrey presumably can no longer wed…

Although His Majesty the King was raging, he composed himself and conducted an investigation and inquiry into the entire matter.

Ultimately, the issue boiled down to the validity of Miss Audrey’s alleged bullying of Miss Angela.

The nobilities stated that they’d seen and heard it first-hand and fervently denounced Miss Audrey for tormenting Angela. They couldn’t produce any evidence but insisted that they weren’t lying.

Miss Audrey, however, testified that she had indeed spoken to Angela. After all, Angela was quite close to Audrey’s fiancé. Audrey reasoned her stern talks with Angela as merely asking her to respect herself a bit. But she staunchly denied any instances of her bullying Angela.

Next was the testimony from Hanna, President of the Manaria Academy Student Council. She authenticated that Miss Audrey and Miss Angela indeed argued at the academy, yet they were insignificant quarrels. The student council had even mediated a few times. About Angela’s claims of bullying and even attempted murder… they’d never heard of such. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

This spawned a peculiar deadlock in the matter.

What could be concluded for sure was that Miss Audrey and Miss Angela indeed had some disagreements. However, on the accusation of bullying, the views of both parties were polar opposites. Miss Audrey strongly refuted that she ever bullied Angela, while Student Council President Hanna asserted that they received no reports of bullying.

The nobilities claimed that Angela was always bullied in a secluded place where no one else was present, hence no one knew about it.

However, it was extraordinary how they always “coincidentally” witnessed Angela being bullied…

My, how peculiar. How come out of all the students in Manaria Academy, only you folks keep running into these situations?

As for why they didn’t report it to the student council, they explained that Angela was weeping and pleaded with them not to make a big fuss about it. Plus, she mentioned that she didn’t want to sour the student-to-student relationship, saying it was not appropriate. She only had to endure a little hurt, after all, it was nothing to make a fuss about.

Indeed, this reminded Duanmu Huai of the female protagonists in an eight o’clock soap opera. They suffered but would not resist, only cried, feeling sorry for their miserable fate… and then they ran into true love…

Talking about true love, Young Master Yald was quite something.

Even in the Throne Room, he proclaimed loud and clear that his love for Angela was pure, insisting he would not love anyone other than Angela in his lifetime… It riled up his father so much that he even slapped him multiple times out of sheer irritation, his imbecilic face all swollen.

Speechless before this outrageous comedy unfolding in front of them, Angela and Greiya were lost for words. In this world, so-called marriage arrangements are not compulsory, it’s more like a letter of intent for cooperation. Like the marriage arrangements between Angela, Greiya, and Duanmu Huai, they were regarded as friendly gestures between families offering them an opportunity to communicate and understand each other better.

If both parties got along well, then came the engagement ceremony, followed by marriage.

But if both parties didn’t see eye-to-eye, they could request a cancellation of the arrangement. To put it simply, it was like breaking up after failing to agree on certain issues… this kind of situation was not unheard of.

However, breaking off an engagement in a public event like this was a blatant humiliation. It wasn’t something you’d pull off without a serious grudge.

Duanmu Huai merely observed this farce from the sideline, which seemed like a live adaptation of an eight o’clock soap opera.

What utter foolishness.

Upon hearing Young Master Yald prattle on about true love, Duanmu Huai sneered. The so-called true love was absolute nonsense. Without you being the son of a duke and looking decent, who would fancy you?

Just like those romance novels the girls adore reading wherein the handsome protagonist, surrounded by beauties, falls for an unremarkable ugly duckling.

Wake up. Those are mere fictions. It’s wishful thinking for a 300-pound fat woman to expect a handsome man will fall for her.

Similarly, a nerd who stays cooped up at home all day need not fantasize about a fairy descending from heaven to grace his life.