Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 187 – Deceit

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

In Estia, preparations were underway for the Kings wedding. Only a few months had passed since the funeral of the previous King, but Blain was determined to hold the wedding anyway.

He would marry his half-sister, the Princess Leah, and though it was an incestuous marriage, the nobles of Estia accepted it without objection.

In other countries, such a marriage was considered repulsive. But they could not say so openly. It was another countrys internal matter, so they only whispered about it behind the scenes.

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The new King Blain decreed there would be a magnificent wedding. He was impatient, but he wanted a public wedding. Invitations were sent throughout the continent, inviting dignitaries from other countries and even the Kurkans from the western desert. That was strange, considering they were usually ignored and despised as barbarians.

“We must have a banquet to welcome the dignitaries attending the wedding. A big budget will be necessary.”

Leahs voice carried through the Cabinet Council and then fell silent as she stared at the assembled nobles. Normally, someone would have objected, arguing that the wedding need not be so extravagant. But no one disagreed now. All of them spoke and agreed unanimously. The Cabinet Council proceeded like a stage play.

It seemed Leah was the only one that felt any incongruity.

Had the nobles always been so loyal to the royal family? She thought in the past it had been different. It seemed so strange to her. As she wondered, she deliberately brought up the issue the nobles hated. Tax reform.

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She had thought about it for a long time, but had never dared to attempt it. But this time, her fear was groundless. The nobles accepted it meekly. And having gotten what she wanted, Leah felt as if everyone around her was somehow deceiving her.