[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118: The True Face of The Prince

"You!" The lady yelped as sweat dripped down her temples.

Her once-radiant face had turned pale, and her trembling fingers clutched her long red gown so tightly that the fabric nearly tore.

Her bright yellow eyes were wide in horror as she looked at the well-known clown of royals.

Siena had prided herself on many things. Her beauty, her sharp intellect that had saved her countless times, and the fact that she had entered the most prestigious academy at an exceptionally young age.

But above all, she prided herself on her ability to use others to her advantage.

And yet, despite it all, she was not satisfied.

Nikolai Valeria was famous for being a lover of beauty.

That was precisely what had drawn Siena to him. She wanted to possess the prince, to bask in luxury while her family struggled to rebuild their business from the ground up.

But now, as she knelt before him a bitter thought surfaced in her mind.

Was this not her first mistake? Approaching Nikolai to fulfill her greed?

"Please, Your Highness, spare me. I-I’ll do anything, really!"

"Anything?"

The voice that replied to her pleading was smooth like silk, yet laced with a lazy indifference that somehow made it all the more alluring.

Despite the charm, one could not ignore the faint rage simmering under the words. It forced her to shiver uncontrollably.

Seina’s knee gave in. She collapsed on the cold ground, her back pressed tightly against the wall. It was her body’s subconscious reaction to stay away from the prince.

Even with the pain slithering through her knees, she nodded heavily. "Yes, anything!"

The answer came not in words but in steel.

A sharp sword directly pierced her shoulder. Seina wanted to scream, but looking at those fiery golden eyes, she did not dare to.

Instead, she bit down on her lip hard enough to draw blood. She silently forced herself to stifle the scream clawing at her chest.

"You should have done that from the beginning."

Seina knew there was no hope for her.

This was the prince who was rumored to be gentle and kind to all of his royal cousins. Despite his notorious laziness, many whispered about his warm-hearted nature, painting him as nothing more than an indulgent aristocrat.

However, there were others, a minority of the nobles, who saw him as something far more insidious.

They called Nikolai dangerous. Terrifying creature. A beast in sheep’s clothing.

And now, staring into those golden eyes, Seina knew that those bad rumors that once sounded absurd to her ears were absolutely true.

She could tell the difference. Every smile, every wave of his hand, every subtle twitch of his lips had been rehearsed to perfection, leaving no room for doubt or flaw.

After staying as Nikolai’s special gardener, her specialty, she had fallen for the illusion of his gentle demeanor.

The prince had never given her an opportunity to draw closer, yet she remained hopeful.

After all, no woman had ever managed to hold his interest for more than a week. It was precisely why people called him a hedonist. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

She thought slowly with time she would become special, only for her dream to shatter when she saw Nikolai’s smile which was far too radiant, and very different from the past.

Then she knew the reason. A healer who had saved Nikolai’s life.

Her task was to let Lord Klein near Xion and then immediately inform the prince.

The person she had been trying so hard to get close to was doing so much for a bastard. How could she bear it?

However, she wavered when she saw the person hidden under the familiar grey cape. The bastard of the Vaelis family was this person?

It will be fine if I contact his highness after a few minutes... That was what she told herself while wishing for Lord Klein to take Xion away.

And now, she had to bear the consequences of her mistake. A mistake that she had let Xion get hurt. But she knew her true mistake was that she had let Xion live.

But too bad. There will not be Seina in this world anymore.