Villain Princess.

"I see." Prince Brian rubbed his chin.

Since that was the case, then he would have an easier time when he wanted to make some additional troubles.

"I’m going back now." Queen Farah stood up. She wanted to see her daughter now and made sure that Queen Rachel would have no chance to do things like this again in the future.

Hmph!

...

Aurora’s side

The situation in both the Yellow Kingdom and the Red Kingdom were not very good right now. At least, in their Imperial Palace, there were many conflicts and so on. Even though Aurora was in the Red Kingdom, she still received news from the Yellow Kingdom from the people she had planted there.

Now that these people were busy and there were no one who paid attention to her, Aurora made her way to the royal cemetery.

"Miss, why do you want to go here?" Les was confused when she received the order. Not to mention, Aurora also brought a lot of flowers today.

"I haven’t visited my grandfather for a long time," Aurora said calmly.

Her grandfather from her mother’s side was the previous king of the Red Kingdom. She had heard about how wise he is but he had passed away when she was born. So the least she could do was to pay a visit to his grave and paid her respect.

Les said nothing more and waited in the carriage as Aurora walked out to the royal cemetery.

Every members of the royal family would be buried here after they passed away unless they committed treason to the kingdom. At that point, they would not be allowed to be buried here.

Since her grandfather was a great king, he was naturally buried here.

Aurora walked forward with William and Prince Lester following behind her. Before long, they reached her grandfather’s tomb.

"You can stay further away," Aurora said lightly.

"Yes, Miss."

The two men retreated a distance away, allowing Aurora to be alone in front of her grandfather’s tomb.

There were many decorations in this tomb but it was not cleaned properly. Aurora guessed that these people were too busy arguing about various other matters that they forget to take care of their ancestor’s tomb.

Well, not that she blamed them, though.

She herself also didn’t come here that often and had never met with her grandfather. It was impossible to say that she was close to him.

"Grandpa, I’m back to the Red Kingdom and I’m not leaving again," Aurora said slowly. She has some friends in the Yellow Kingdom, but she didn’t want to stay in that kingdom anymore. "I hope you’re not angry with my decision. I prefer to stay in the Red Kingdom and live the rest of my life here."

Perhaps, the Red Kingdom was not the most prosperous kingdom, but it was better than the Yellow Kingdom.

At the very least, Aurora knew that the royal family were more reasonable here.

The Yellow Kingdom’s King might not be stupid, but he was too indulgent to his wife and first son, which caused Crown Prince Edward to be such an embarrassment. The second prince is better but it would take a long time for him to grow.

During this period of time, Aurora knew that there would be many nobles who would make trouble.

She didn’t want to be dragged into that mess.

"The White Family is no more. The man you choose for my mother is not very good, Grandpa." Aurora thought about her parents and shook her head slightly.

These two people had never been a good parent to her.

But they were good for Adela.

She crouched down and put the flower in front of the tomb. "This is for you, Grandpa. And this..." she held one flower in her hand and smiled bitterly. "Is for my sister who had left."

Over the years, she hoped that Adela could change back and become the little sister she used to know. But no matter how long she waited and tolerated, Adela never changed back.

Aurora had to accept that the sister she knew had died.

Perhaps, there was a chance for her sister to come back, but Aurora didn’t know how. And she didn’t want to continue watching as Adela fell further and further away on that road.

If it was her sister, Aurora would not mind doing everything she could to make the future smooth for her.

But this Adela...

Aurora sighed.

"I hope you won’t be angry, Grandpa." Aurora smiled faintly. "But from now on, I’ll live for myself instead of others and pursue my own happiness rather than thinking about others."

She had worked hard for the White Family’s territory to the point that she neglected herself. But what she received in the end was nothing more than a family who kept on making use of her.

They never cared for her.

The only person who cared for her in the past was her sister. But this sister would never return...

As Aurora stayed in front of her grandfather’s tomb, both William and Prince Lester were staying further away. They didn’t want to listen to Aurora’s words and possibly hear something they shouldn’t.

*rustle*

Prince Lester’s eyes narrowed when he heard the voice and signaled to William that he would go forward to check it.

William nodded and mouthed, "Be careful."

Prince Lester walked forward and after some time, he suddenly stopped and drew his sword to the back.

Clang!

"It’s been a while, Your Highness."

Prince Lester frowned and looked at the black clothed man behind him. He recognized the emblem that the man carried and also that face, but...

"I’m no longer a prince," Prince Lester said unhurriedly.

"No, you are." The man looked at Prince Lester stubbornly as if he wanted to make Prince Lester admit his identity.

Prince Lester looked at this man and swung his sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Bang!

With a kick, the man was kicked far away from his current position. He coughed and looked at Prince Lester with astonishment.

The previously weak prince has become so much powerful.

Would it be possible....

"I won’t return to the Ice Kingdom," Prince Lester said slowly and looked at the man in front of him. His eyes were calm and there was no emotion even when he was facing someone who should have come from the same kingdom as him.

"As the prince of the Ice Kingdom..."

"Prince Lester had died the day he was brought to the Red Kingdom as the captive prince," Prince Lester said slowly.

"You..."

"The Ice Kingdom has abandoned him, so why can’t he abandon the Ice Kingdom?" Prince Lester continued and lowered his sword. "The Ice Kingdom is in turmoil because of the matter of the thrones. The princes are fighting for the throne, but it has nothing to do with me."

From the very beginning, Prince Lester knew very well that he could return if he wanted to.

But even if he return, then what?

Recruiting people, usurping the throne, fight against his half siblings?

Even until now, Prince Lester could remember the day when he was watching his father’s other wives were fighting against each other, trying to move the responsibility away because they didn’t want their children to be the one to be sent away.

What they wanted is nothing more than that throne, the disgusting seat just so that they could control the entire kingdom.

His mother never cared for it nor did she care for him.

Being a prince has no meaning for Prince Lester but pain. Because it made him unable to do anything that he wanted and had to follow the arrangement that was made for him. His opinion had never mattered for them.

But now...

Prince Lester could feel the respect that Aurora gave to him.

She gave him options and he was free to choose whatever he wanted. Their relationship was based on that employment contract and the promise that was made to bring him out of the Red Kingdom in the beginning.

By now, it would not matter at all even if he leave.

But Prince Lester didn’t want to.

"Your Highness, the Ice Kingdom can belong to you. There are still..."

"For the fight of the throne, the backing of the family is still important," Prince Lester said slowly. "With my mother’s background, do you think there’s a chance."

"But...."

"As I have said before, Prince Lester had died," Prince Lester said slowly. "Don’t make me kill you."

The man looked at Prince Lester’s cold eyes and knew that he couldn’t persuade Prince Lester to listen to his arrangement and return to the Ice Kingdom.

It was clear that Prince Lester wanted nothing of it.

He lowered his head, bowed and then left.

Prince Lester stood still on his place and shook his head. Perhaps, he could take this chance to go back to the Ice Kingdom because his contract with Aurora has almost reached the time limit.

But...

He didn’t want it.