Villain Princess.

As Annelie walked in, she saw Aurora was sitting inside.

Aurora still looked the same as before, elegant and beautiful. Sitting with a cup of tea on the side and a book in front of her, she looked very peaceful. Her appearance seemed as if she didn’t have any worries about the storm outside.

Whenever Annelie looked at Aurora like this, she felt that it was really unreal.

Aurora raised her head and saw Annelie walking in. She smiled and nodded in the direction of the other party.

Annelie hesitated.

She wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn’t know what she should say. The words from her own mother was still ringing in her ears, seemingly reminding her that she couldn’t do everything she wanted to because of the restrictions behind her.

But she wanted to explain...

"You’re free to stay here if you want to," Aurora said slowly when she saw the confusion and hesitation on Annelie’s expression. "You don’t have to say anything to me."

Annelie looked up.

Aurora stood up and put the book away. She might not have her debut yet, but she had faced with many people during the days when she was doing negotiations with other kingdoms and so on.

She knew very well what nobles people would do.

Their children would all be taught to be like them, people who saw their own benefit at the top priority.

Not that it was wrong.

Because if it was herself, Aurora knew that she would also put her own needs and benefit as the top priority. Hasn’t she always done that in the past few years?

So even if Annelie decided to follow her family’s words, she could understand.

She would not blame Annelie.

"I..." Annelie opened her mouth and then saw Aurora smiling in her direction, a warm and polite smile.

It looked exactly the same as the smile Aurora had always shown in the past. But for some reasons, Annelie felt warmth when she saw it.

She blinked her eyes.

Aurora stood up and put away the cup of tea in front of her. She walked towards Annelie and patted the latter’s shoulder before she walked out of the club room. Her expression was light and it was clear that Aurora was very calm and had no other feelings or worry about this matter.

Annelie stood still on her place.

After a few seconds, she let out a bitter laugh.

She was the stupid one. The noble society has always been like this, so what could she actually expect?

At the same time, Annelie felt that having no position or power to speak on her own... was really bad.

...

It took some time for Annelie to calm down and walked out of the tea ceremony club room. Aurora was nowhere to be seen by now, but Annelie didn’t care about this matter. She was thinking about something else.

Walking down the hallway, she bumped onto Leon who had just come out of the study room.

Annelie looked at the study room.

Leon was studying?

It was very unlikely.

There were a few students who were unlikely to study no matter how much time has passed. One of them was naturally Leon, whose result was really bad. Besides, it was almost the end of the semester and the graduation party was close.

Would Leon study at this point of time?

Impossible.

So there had to be other reasons as to why Leon was in this study room at this point of time.

Thinking about the fact that her mother come here specifically, Annelie had the feelings that Leon’s parents, one of them at least, should be here to see him too. As for what they were talking about...

It might be similar?

"Sir Leon," Annelie called out.

Leon, who was still thinking about his father’s words, heard Annelie’s call and raised his head. He forced a smile on his face. "Lady Annelie."

"Would you like to take a walk together, Sir Leon?" Annelie asked, her tone was calm. To be honest, she just want someone to accompany her when walking around since she couldn’t walk around Aurora again during this period of time.

Or perhaps for the rest of her lives.

Annelie decided not to think about it because she would only feel even more depressed.

In terms of identity, Leon is her fiancé, so there wouldn’t be anyone who would think much when they saw Annelie and Leon walking together. Even if it was rare, but they were about to graduate and thus, the marriage between Annelie and Leon were actually not that far away.

"This..." Leon looked at Annelie in front of him and in the end sighed and nodded. "Alright, Lady Annelie."

The two of them walked side by side.

Honestly, neither of them knew what to talk with each other. They rarely met with each other and even if they did, they didn’t usually talk with the other party.

There was no topic to talk to begin with.

After some time, the two of them somehow reached the back garden. There were not many other students here as it was usually quite deserted. Only one or two could be seen in the distance.

This could be said to be the perfect place to talk without being bothered by others.

"Is there anything you would like to say to me, Lady Annelie?" Leon finally asked. He guessed that she should have a reason for asking him to take a walk with her.

Annelie looked at Leon. "If I say that I only want to take a walk, would you believe me, Sir Leon?"

Leon: "..."

He looked at Annelie and shook his head firmly. He would be a fool if he believed that she only wanted to walk around.

Annelie sighed and then said, "My mother comes looking for me today and I guess your father should be looking for you too? After all, it’s rare you don’t go looking for His Highness and the others."