A stagnant yet tense silence fell upon the room. An abnormal serious expression rested on Duke Eston Veronique’s face. “Viscount Demerylis is interacting with Imestrians, I suspect that they are waiting for a chance to revolt, they have also displayed some suspicious behaviour in the underworld," explained the Duke. For normal children, their views on their parents would falter when they find out that their parent or parents are involved in the underground dealings, but Corlissa Veronique is not a typical child. She has lived through t*****e. She has lived each life, valuing every single bond, only for her entire world to come crashing down to rock bottom simply because of the term ‘villainess’. In every life, she was hopeful, she clung onto a fragment of hope bestowed upon her by the

