Chapter 783: Chapter 27 Royal Family Scandal (6)_3

At that moment, he was tapping his cane on the iron railing beside the road, the clanging sounds reflecting the Crown Prince’s restlessness. Jane hurried over, standing in front of the Crown Prince. The guards showed no reaction to her arrival. Her gaze towards the Crown Prince was passionate, like a fisherman immersed in the sea looking towards a nearing light.

Jane rubbed her hands nervously and said, “Good afternoon, Your Highness…”

Charlie Morton looked back at her with those beautiful eyes, his smile still as charming as before, tugging at her heartstrings. Anxiety and worry filled Jane. She feared that his smile was merely out of courtesy, and that the next moment the Crown Prince might burst into rage, for they had not seen each other since that failed date.

That might be for the best, Jane thought. Let this heart of mine die completely. Tell me you no longer love me, so I can repent. I’ve made so many mistakes, I deserve some harsh criticism.

“Good afternoon, madam,” she heard the Crown Prince say, “May I ask who you are?”

The colorful world shattered like glass, the view turning into a bleak negative. Charlie was still speaking, though close, it sounded distant, “I believe you are… an employee at a bakery? Or perhaps a clerk at a bank? It’s quite an interesting coincidence to meet here…”

Her lips moved mechanically, uttering emotionless words.

“Your Highness, I am an admirer of yours. I happened to see you and couldn’t help but come over to greet you.”

“I am truly touched!” Charlie said cheerfully. He plucked a small purple flower from the roadside flowerbed and courteously handed it to Jane, “Thank you, madam. I have no treasure to offer but this flower.”

“Thank you… I wish you good health.”

Holding the flower, Jane forced a grateful smile and watched as the Crown Prince and his guard walked away. So the Dawn Knight was right, she thought hazily, Charlie Morton really never loved her.

Charlie didn’t even remember her face anymore.

The beautiful bouquet was blown away by the cold wind, the petals scattering in the air, vanishing. The guiding light disappeared from sight, and she saw only illusions of light and shadow, so the fisherman sank into the cold ocean, no longer struggling.

Jane felt something shatter inside her chest, the shards piercing her flesh, leaking not blood, but icy liquid. She staggered away, not knowing how long she walked, the Hidden Law Master speaking beside her, but she couldn’t hear. When she came to her senses, she was standing in an alley, a white-robed man with a tall hat stood before her, like a ghostly apparition.

“Words of valuable advice once entered your ears, now you verify them through personal experience. Looking back, what are your thoughts?”

Jane knelt on the ground, as if her bones had been extracted. The white hood behind her collar lifted by the wind covered her hair, making her look like a country girl who had just come to town.

“Everyone was right,” she said in despair.

“The Crown Prince never loved me. It was the knights who cared about me. But still… I still…” Jane clutched her head tightly, “I… I really just wanted to help Alandia… I wanted to help her. I was resentful, I did shameful things, but with the seal that time, I really wanted to help her… I… I…!”

She was about to collapse. The Hidden Law Master thought, this person is about to break down, just one last straw.

Situ Yi leaned down and said in a very soft voice, “You wanted to hurt her.”

The straw pressed down. Jane Della’s spirit shattered at that moment. “I didn’t! I didn’t!!” Her shrill scream echoed, horrifying like the phantom spirits of Shadow Mist City. “I… I…!” She frantically smashed her head against the wall until her head bled.

“You wanted to hurt her,” Situ Yi repeated with a smile.

“Yes! I wanted to hurt her!” she cried out in agony, her screams sounding like confessions, “I was jealous of her! I really was so jealous of her! Everything about her was more powerful and beautiful, she was not afraid of what others thought! Everyone admired her, the Crown Prince loved her. I was just a mere accessory to the Dawn Knight… no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t catch up! I could never catch up!

“Why was she so strong… I wanted to pull her down from her pedestal. I wanted her to make mistakes, to face setbacks. I couldn’t stand someone like that! I couldn’t tolerate someone like that next to me! — I abhorred her!!!”

Situ Yi flicked his finger. Jane Della’s Manifestation Method unexpectedly appeared, a radiant female warrior emitting a warm glow. With his pale hand, he covered the forehead of the Morning Light Holy Guard, removing the warrior’s helmet. Hence, the true face of the Manifestation Method emerged in the alley, a confident, sunny smile on her face, yet it was Jane’s own visage.

“Your fear is of ugly nature, your desire is for a radiant self. Yet such motives have distorted, nightmares born from scars, there is no righteousness in such actions.”

Jane curled up on the ground like a worm, crying, “Let me die! Please, don’t let this vile person live in this world!!”

Situ Yi helped her up, saying kindly, “The world is as vast, everything has its place. Good people twinkle like stars in the sky, evildoers scatter like dust on the ground. If the wise have the chance to make a name, why shouldn’t the unworthy have a reason to live?”

His eyes seemed to possess a magical power, piercing through the tears blurring her vision, imprinting themselves in Jane’s heart.

“Life is brief, trivial as dust. If you hastily abandon your malevolent heart, wouldn’t you regret it after death? Rather comply with your heart, realize your true nature, and chase what your true self desires.”