Forced Marriage: Thirteenth Wife
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Elios is Narendra. Humiliation was not something he naturally obtained. Let alone insults, since he was very small Elios had even been told that no one in this world could rule him, except the absolute rule of Narendra.

Not even his father or mother, not even his uncle, the Narendra Family Leader.

Elios was raised as a ruler. Just know to rule, not to humble, let alone to accept insults.

However, since Eirene's death, Arcas' insults to her have never been denied by Elios. The way Arkas trampled it was never Elios protested directly.

It was all because of Eirene.

Elios accepts it because of guilt for Eirene.

Even though Eirene died not by force. Even if Eirene died not because someone did not understand her feelings or she secretly harbored deep feelings alone—even though it was purely the decision of Eirene who did not want to disturb the family history she loved, he said, Elios still blames himself.

Elios always considered himself a sinner at Eirene's decision.

"Not useful."

Roxanne spewed insults on Elios' face with a smile on everything.

"That's a proper name for you. Elios Desnomia Yasu. The outcast from Narendra who uses the family name that collapsed because of his sin. Why do you think there's still something you can hold, Useless People?"

Elios could not see Roxanne clearly, but the words seemed to have mastered her.

Emptiness haunts Elios. Forcing her to look at the past behind the blindfold she used was so afraid of Eirene's shadow.

"I'm lazy to deal with people like you."

Roxanne rose from Elios' body, only looking at him still lying on the grass.

"Spending time being haunted by the dead, even if he is precious, you are indeed very stupid. Ah, it's much better to marry a fat man who only views women as objects of lust, than a handsome man who's crazy about ghosts."

Elios was only stunned to see Roxanne's departure from behind her blindfold.

Never did he expect, a woman who only trembled in fear and willingly prostrated herself apologetically today revealed this bold sentence.

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Arkas laughed loudly at Dioris' report of the incident in the park, between Elios and Roxanne. Laughter that shows her being entertained, feeling funny about something.

Obviously, Dioris was confused.

Arkas stopped laughing and turned it into a smile. "No. I wouldn't forgive even if it was Roxanne if she insulted Eirene."

"Lalu—"

"He insulted Elios instead of Eirene so I was quite amused."

Arkas. Pulling the curtain of his window open to see clearly Dioris' face, after a long time he only reported from the darkness.

"Roxanne has every right to be angry at Eirene's privilege. It signified Roxanne's helplessness chasing after my sister, but it was something human."

"I don't get angry if she feels jealous or a little hate for Eirene. Roxanne was on the side where Eirene's whereabouts seized all her happiness."

"But ...." Dioris couldn't accept that. He felt very hurt even if Roxanne said many things in order to insult Elios, not Eirene.

Why the woman ....

"I'm no longer a blind man who can't understand the death of my brother, Dioris." Arkas stepped out, standing on the balcony of his room facing directly at the view of the lake.

Arkas always smiled at him, because Eirene, Sierra, and all of Arkas' sisters and mother and aunt all loved the view of the lake.

"I've appreciated my sister's decision to keep her honor. I've also been quite receptive if my sister makes this brother hurt."

"And in fact, it was me and Elios who made Eirene a ghost. We forced Eirene's shadow to remain because it refused to be abandoned."

"...."

"So, I'm fine if Roxanne says that. Let it. That's a pretty comforting insult to my stupid sister. He's a useless husband."

Dioris did not want to discuss anything more about Eirene, her nona. But for the end of the conversation tonight, he wanted to ask a question.

"Do you intend to forgive Young Master? Maybe ten more years?"

Arkas who had laughed now turned cold. "I didn't throw the boy away if I planned to forgive him for fifty years."

Forgiving Elios will never be a planned or unplanned thing in Arkas' life.

It won't.

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