The Executed Saint Reincarnates as a Princess and is Loved by Her Older Brothers - Episode 51

“Princess Angela! I am the son of the former king and queen. I am a legitimate royal heir!”

“What does that mean?”

Angela looked at Nathan with a puzzled expression as he suddenly started introducing himself.

“Lionel is different! His mother was a vile maid!”

Nathan pointed at Lionel. He loudly proclaimed that Lionel’s mother, who had worked as a maid in the detached palace, had seduced the former king.

“To seduce the king of a nation is nothing short of immoral! A shameless, filthy woman!”

Nathan openly showed his contempt, but Angela, who remembered the previous king’s rampant womanizing, couldn’t help but sympathize with Lionel’s mother.

Nathan, with a smug look on his face, continued to reveal secrets.

“Someone like Lionel, who has the bl00d of such a promiscuous woman, is bound to be a fickle and unfaithful person! He will surely betray and hurt you! I don’t want to see you sad…”

The fickle philanderer was the king who continued to pursue other women even though the previous queen was still alive, and Nathan, despite having a wife named Hortense, is trying to woo Angela, so it’s all the same to Angela, who feels disillusioned.

“Your Highness, were you not aware? Of Lionel’s origins as a child born out of wedlock!”

“Yes, this is the first time I’ve heard about it.”

“That’s right! It seems you were hiding it, but this one is the offspring of a lowly mistress—”

“I’m so happy.”

“Happy?”

To the astonished Nathan, Angela cheerfully exclaimed, “Because I’m just like you!”

“I am also a child born out of wedlock. My biological mother was a maid. Of course, you already know, right? The queen just told me that I was the only one born out of wedlock among my siblings.”

“Or, Orlante!? How could she do something so rude?!”

Nathan, who was unaware that his wife had been in contact with the princess, was so flustered that he almost started foaming at the mouth.

Apparently, Nathan thought Angela was the Empress’s child.

Is Nathan’s intelligence network weak? Or is Hortense exceptionally skilled in espionage?

“I am also a child of infidelity, but Mother Josephine raised me with love as if I were her own daughter. My older brothers also cherished me very much.”

Angela spoke while reminiscing about her family back home, looking up at Nathan with clear eyes.

“Isn’t that right, Nathan-sama?”

“Huh?”

“Just as my mother cherished me, who is not related by bl00d, the late queen must have cherished Lionel, right? Just as my brothers kindly cared for me, their half-sister, Lord Nathan must have kindly cared for Lionel, his half-brother, right?”

“Th…that is…”

Nathan, flustered and stumbling backward, let his gaze wander through the air.

Nathan’s mother, the former queen, was very strict about his father’s infidelity.

It’s outrageous to cherish the child of infidelity. If the affair was discovered, the mother would mercilessly eliminate both the woman and the child.

Lionel survived against all odds, but Nathan didn’t even know the exact number of half-siblings who had been buried in secret.

“U… uuu…”

When Nathan fell silent, at a loss for words, Angela broke into a charming smile.

“Moreover, Mother said, ‘I have never thought ill of your biological mother. It’s impossible for a maid to go against the emperor, after all…'”

It was an innocent and carefree smile that made one feel as if an angel had descended to Earth.

“Well then, even as a maid, it would be impossible to go against the king, wouldn’t it?”

“Y-yeah, that’s right…”

Nathan nods, sweating profusely.

Angela turned her back to Nathan and reached out to Lionel.

“Let’s go, Lord Lionel.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Wait, Lionel!”

Taking Angela’s hand, Lionel was about to head towards the library building as promised earlier when Nathan called out to him sharply.

“Stay here! I have something to discuss with you!”

“The escort of Her Highness the Princess is more important.”

“Shut up! Can’t you hear the king’s orders?!”

Lionel firmly refused, but Nathan kept whining persistently.

Nathan-sama is like a child… I can’t tell who is older, him or Lil…

Angela was astonished in her heart.

Nathan had a clingy personality since he was young. If you ignored him, he would hold a grudge indefinitely, and it would only get more troublesome as he kept bothering you.

Since I was often exasperated when I was Juliet, I can’t help but feel sorry for Lionel if he holds a grudge.

“Lord Lionel, I’m fine. I have guards with me, so there’s no need to worry.”

“However…”

Angela tightly squeezed Lionel’s hand back before looking at Nathan.

“Your Majesty, the King. Please release my fiancé soon. I ask that you send him to me immediately, without a single scratch.”

“F, fight…!”

Despite the innocent yet intimidating voice, Nathan gave a blank response.

What? Princess Angela is supposed to be in her mid-teens, but… she has a mysterious presence as if she has lived twice as long…!?

With an intimidating presence that could outmatch Nathan and a demeanor that belied her age, the princess had an air of dignity that made her seem far from a mere young teenage girl.

Was it the result of the royal family’s education…? Nathan, tilting his head in confusion, watched blankly as Angela, accompanied by her guards, headed towards the library building.