Bab 187: 2.2.12: Motherly Kindness

When she and Ingrid finished talking, she was finally alone and she could lie down on her bed. It was very late and the sky was dark. She didn't know the time, but she knew that it was long after midnight. Her mind filtered through the entire day and she felt exhausted. She had woken up very early to be dressed and styled like a doll, then proceeded to be taken to meet someone she had never met before, who thought that she was infatuated with him. Worse, he thought that she had picked him to be her escort. His egotistical behavior wasn't his fault though, the Duchess had thrown her in the fire by doing everything under her name.

Then, she figured that he was the crown prince who was her target simultaneously. The man that the Duchess was trying to set her up with was her target all along. Either the system was manipulating everything, or it just so happened that the Duchess' plan included him particularly.