Capítulo 521: Chapter 521: Raise Your Head
Stepping out of Countess Ingrid’s Mansion, Lin Fu glanced back at the countess, who stood at the entrance with her niece, bidding farewell respectfully, and couldn’t help but frown.
Countess Ingrid caught Lin Fu’s gaze and immediately held her breath, feeling a surge of nervousness within her.
“Lift your head,” Lin Fu said dissatisfied, “Didn’t Clive teach you the essential etiquette for social occasions?”
Fu Xing whispered from the side, “That’s your elder, your father’s own uncle, be mindful.”
“I just don’t like him,” Lin Fu had never considered Clive as an elder.
Since his little wife didn’t like him, Fu Xing didn’t say anything more. In this regard, he was absolutely like a reed swaying in the wind, willing to cast aside upbringing he’d been taught since childhood for his wife, whatever she said was law.
Randall, Monger, and others all felt like facepalming and simply turned their heads to pretend to admire the scenery, acting as if they didn’t exist.
“I’m sorry!” Countess Ingrid lifted her head, “Your Highness, do you have any orders?”
“Did Clive marry you?” Lin Fu asked.
“No… no,” Countess Ingrid said bitterly, “But it’s not Clive’s fault, it is… he can’t marry me.”
“Hm? Why not?”
“Cough cough…” Xia Huangyu coughed uncomfortably, “I roughly know why.”
“Is it that the Xia Family won’t allow it?”
“My grandfather isn’t that domineering, but if Prince Klev really married her and flaunted their love, it would be too much of a slap in the face for our family. Already the love story of Civilian Girl Lilith has spread far and wide, my aunt is cast as the wicked woman in it, and our family is seen as the main villain preventing the hero and heroine from being together.”
Xia Huangyu spoke casually, as if talking about someone else’s family, then winked at Lin Fu after finishing.
Lin Fu understood, “I see, happily ever afters really don’t exist in reality.”
Countess Ingrid’s face flushed red with overwhelming shame, as if she returned to the time when she was a girl with nothing. Decades as a countess and her noble status had almost made her forget her lowly beginnings.
But the arrival of these people shattered her fairytale world.
Yet, she could only endure, as this was the price she must pay for chasing love. She loved Clive and was willing to give everything for him; what was a small grievance compared to love?
What she gave, compared to Clive, was nothing at all.
A throne, power, glory, freedom… Clive lost them all, every time she thought of this, her heart ached, even a century’s worth of waiting seemed insignificant.
Lin Fu scrutinized Countess Ingrid’s expression, her own face softening slightly; it seems Clive wasn’t completely blind after all.
Countess Ingrid gave Xia Huangyu a wary glance and said respectfully “Even though we cannot marry, I feel that as long as two people truly love each other, that’s enough.”
“Then marry him, Lilith.”
“Hm?”
“Isn’t your real name Lilith?”
“Yes,” Countess Ingrid said, puzzled, looking at Lin Fu excitedly, “Your Highness, are you saying we can marry Clive now? Are you willing to resolve your hatred for Clive?”
“You’re thinking too much, the hatred between me and Clive can’t be resolved.”
“But after all, you are closely related by blood, and your… your situations are quite similar.”
“You think too much, the Royal Family has no close relations, you still do not understand him well enough; he has no regret for what he has done on Helheim Star, and without any regret, there will be no resolution of so-called hatred.”
Lin Fu looked at Countess Ingrid, unsure whether her feelings were of sympathy, dislike, or perhaps even envy. But no matter what, this woman had become the envy of all girls in the interstellar era, and her story with Clive had indeed become a fairy tale for the interstellar age.