When Petals Meet The Blade (Priscilla and Waldo) novel Chapter 225

Chapter 225

“Yuna, what exactly are you trying to do?” Priscilla’s voice trembled, a chill running down her spine at her sister’s words. What exactly was her purpose in coming to Waldo House? Priscilla wondered.

Yuna snorted, “I never planned to come to Waldo House in the first place.” No, to be honest, she used to think Waldo really was the strongest man in all of Novigrad.

After arriving in Capitalia and thoroughly investigating, she realized that although Waldo was known as the “God of War of Novigrad, his reputation was greatly exaggerated.

Yuna thought to herself, “Now that Jessica has withdrawn her support, Prince Waldo is nothing but a nobody.” It wouldn’t be long before everyone in Novigrad knew about this.

Yuna said, “Why don’t you go tell him how vicious Jessica truly is? If he keeps being so stubborn, not only will he never become the King, but even his ‘God of War‘ title will be snatched away by Prince Leon and Jessica working together. In the end, he’ll have nothing left.”

Priscilla’s face fell into dejection. “You said yourself he’s completely smitten with Jessica now. Why would he ever listen to me?” Lately, she felt more defeated than ever.

Yuna said, “He’s completely smitten with Jessica, but she’s now getting close to Prince Leon and totally ignores him. This is your one and only shot.*

If Jessica so much as gave Waldo the slightest smile or nod right now, any chance for Yuna and Priscilla be gone for good. Priscill didn’t like the feeling of having her fate in someone else’s hands. After more than a decade of patient endurance, Yuna believed her moment to finally stand out had arrived. During the hunting tournament drills, she had already noticed that even the King’s gaze held unmistakable admiration for her.

She should have been the brightest star of the entire drill, Yuna thought bitterly. But who could have expected Jessica to show up out of nowhere and steal the spotlight? Jessica’s horseback archery was even more advanced than Leon’s! Jessica’s horseback archery was even more advanced than Prince Leon’s!

Yuna never expected Jessica to be so powerful. Yuna warned, “Don’t wait until Jessica has a change of heart and takes Prince Waldo back. If you do, you’ll end up with nothing. Absolutely nothing.”

“1…” Priscilla couldn’t bring herself to believe it.

“Believe it or not!” Yuna snapped. “But if you don’t, don’t come crying to me later!” Her heart felt heavy as she spoke.

Waldo ignored her tonight. Only days earlier, Waldo had treated her with such respect, just like Hughie did. But he must have witnessed Jessica’s astonishing performance today. Now, he couldn’t get her out of his head.

“That idiot,” Yuna thought, “doesn’t even care about me anymore.”

“I’ve got things to do. Tomorrow at the hunting tournament, I’m going to make a splash. As for Waldo, if you want to keep him, you’d better stop being so wishy–washy.” Yuna turned on her heel, ready to leave.

Suddenly, Priscilla stood up and called out from behind, “Jessica, since you don’t even like Waldo, then what exactly are you working so hard for?”

Yuna clenched her fists, her eyes flashing with sharp determination. “What I want…”

What she wanted was the strongest man under the sky, but that was something her foolish sister would never understand.