Everyone present gasped.
“Crack!”
The hearts of all the noble sons shattered like glass.
“Wh-what!?”
Vivian, Diere, Lumia, and Melika were stunned.
“That guy…”
Airi’s clapping stopped, her face twitching.
Even the smile on Ancil’s face froze.
In front of everyone, Shien kissed the Kingdom’s treasure, the most beautiful woman in the human world, announcing to the world that this princess now belonged to him.
Lucy finally reacted, both angry and flustered.
But then, Lucy’s body softened. She wrapped her arms around Shien’s neck, closed her eyes, and entrusted herself entirely to him, letting him do as he pleased.
This was also a declaration.
A declaration that she had already become this man’s possession.
She was devoted to him, infatuated with him, not for a political marriage, nor for any other considerations, but simply because she loved this domineering man who was kissing her.
“Aaaaaah!”
Finally, someone in the hall couldn’t take it anymore, screaming and fainting.
Others felt dizzy, their hearts empty, their souls lost.
“Really…”
Even Nadue, hidden in the shadows, couldn’t help but be amused.
As for Lia, who had been silently watching from the side, now looking at the kissing couple, her heart was filled with both relief and complex emotions.
“Princess Lia…”
Charl called out to Lia, her eyes filled with envy and longing as she looked at Shien and Lucy.
“I’m fine.” Lia shook her head and whispered, “Lucy has finally found her happiness, found someone who truly loves her, and whom she truly loves.”
Lia no longer felt jealous.
But she still felt envious.
“Princess Lia has already broken off her engagement with the Lucica family. She will also find her own happiness.”
Charl, as the person closest to Lia and who understood her the most, naturally knew Lia’s past worries and her current feelings.
“Hopefully.”
Lia didn’t have her usual bitter expression, but smiled.
She knew that she still couldn’t compare to her sister.
Even though her engagement with the Lucica family had been dissolved, as a royal princess and the first in line to the throne, she would likely still end up in a political marriage with someone she didn’t love.
Without Lucy’s special status, or Shien’s special circumstances, there were very few things she could decide for herself.
But at least, now, she no longer felt as hopeless as before, right?
Therefore, while grateful to Shien for giving her this hope, Lia couldn’t help but say,
“I have a wish, Charl.”
Lia suddenly said these words.
“A wish?”
Charl was stunned, then seemed to understand.
Lia said, both happily and playfully,
“I want to fall in love.”
She didn’t ask for a passionate or unforgettable love, just to meet someone, love him with all her heart, and have him love her back just as sincerely.
Even if they couldn’t be together in the end, it wouldn’t matter.
This was her wish—Liadella’s wish.