Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end. When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul. The naïve Arabella evolved. *** “Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child. Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved child. For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay. Until finally… he fell to ruin! With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband in her arms. But fate wasn’t done playing with her. All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding. Was it a curse or a blessing? It didn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too!” This was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. But in her second life, Arabella was unexpectedly bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
"We are not trying to join their catfight. There are people eavesdropping on us," Oscar replied while looking around as if he was searching for something. Leaving his back towards Norbert.
"Yes. They are inside this room already," Egbert did the same and looked around warily as well.
[Huh?! That's right. I thought it was only my imagination out of stress.]
Nadia handed Odette the documents she was holding and pulled out two small, sharp but light-looking swords out of nowhere. She stepped in front of Odette and took a fighting stance, ready for battle.
'Where did she pull that from?' Arabella was not able to see since it was too fast.
She almost forgot that even Nadia worked as a mercenary before, so she's also adept with the sword.
Norbert, Denzel, and Felix also drew their weapons as well.
Almost every noble son was required to learn swordsmanship and was allowed to bring a sword even into the Imperial Palace for self-defense in cases of emergencies.