Beauty Trap

“Flora… are you alright?”

When Flora returned to the dormitory, she found Heidi waiting for her outside the door.

Heidi looked worried.

Even seeing her return safely didn’t bring a happy smile to her face.

And there was no doubt… even though she had returned later than usual, and hadn’t told anyone that she was going to the Crown Prince’s chambers.

“You scared me to death.”

So Flora didn’t plan to just put on a bright smile and be done with it as usual.

She breathed a big sigh of relief, looked around, and then whispered, “Crown Prince Ryan actually confessed to me just now!”

“Huh?”

Heidi was stunned, with an expression that didn’t match what she had heard.

But her usual careful habits were still there.

Heidi quickly pulled Flora into the room, locked the door, and asked, “What happened?

The Crown Prince… confessed to you?

Are you mistaken?”

“I was also very surprised.

Crown Prince Ryan suddenly asked me if I wanted to be his mistress… It completely baffled me.”

Flora said with a casual attitude, as if she were gossiping about ordinary things,

“But considering that we haven’t known each other for long and don’t know each other well, I decisively refused…

Fortunately, His Highness didn’t get angry because of this, and didn’t force me.”

“Huh?”

Heidi was even more surprised.

After a while, she roughly sorted out her thoughts and asked,

“In other words, after you rejected him, His Highness didn’t get angry and just let you come back?”

“Yes, I was a little worried that it would be like the rumors you said… It seems we all misunderstood Crown Prince Ryan,” Flora said happily.

“Yes, that’s great.”

This time, Heidi wasn’t confused, but breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and a happy but somewhat guilty smile appeared on her face.

Flora knew that it was the expression she made because she was safe and sound.

This was also the purpose of her trying so hard to play this scene.

“Let’s not talk about this.

I’m exhausted today.

I’m going to take a shower first,” Flora said.

Heidi looked at the dirty apron on her body, and the guilt on her face became even stronger.

She quickly said, “Flora, you should rest first.

I’ll go prepare hot water for you.”

“Hey, isn’t it my turn today?”

“You’re so tired and were startled by His Highness.

I’ll do it this time.”

Heidi hurriedly walked into the shower room, afraid that Flora would refuse.

As if she wanted to make up for something.

(I’m sorry, I lied to you.)

Flora slowly put away the innocence and ignorance on her face, revealing a look of guilt that was even greater than Heidi’s.

She didn’t lie.

But to deceive people, you don’t necessarily have to use lies.

Just tell a one-sided truth.

It’s similar to the principle that “taking things out of context” comes from “don’t take things out of context”.

So Flora wasn’t happy at all.

After all, she was deceiving someone who cared about her.

The previous situation was similar.

She was able to get past the Crown Prince, but it was just a fluke.

With the restriction of only being able to ask three questions, in order to get accurate answers, the Crown Prince asked very detailed questions and only asked the questions that he thought were key.

This allowed her to hide her true purpose of destroying the engagement.

But even if the Crown Prince asked her what her purpose was, she could answer the stage goal of “wanting to have a good relationship with you” to get by.

This shows that the Crown Prince’s reliance on the Guardian Deity’s ability was really not good.

Even if the Crown Prince had always used it successfully in the past, there were still too many loopholes in front of her.

However, this was also the reason why she felt sad and guilty now—

(Seriously, why aren’t you as heinous as the rumors say?)

On the way to the Crown Prince’s chambers, Flora thought of many ways to respond.

Even if the Crown Prince started to grope her as soon as he came up, even if the Crown Prince was really cruel and inhumane, and liked to abuse servants or something… she had ways to deal with it.

Even if he indiscriminately imprisoned her and tortured her based on his own suspicions, or simply gave her truth serum with serious side effects… she was fearless.

However, in that case, she would have to flee for her life, and would probably expose her true identity…

But after really contacting the Crown Prince, she found that she had been overthinking it.

Awkward acting skills, bombastic lines… What was even more ridiculous was that when her face was lifted up, she could clearly feel the other person’s hand trembling slightly.

It was obvious that he was a young boy who had never touched a woman.

What rumors of a dissolute lifestyle and countless women… were self-defeating.

What was even more speechless was that even though she had decided to act this way, the Crown Prince felt disgusted by her actions, and acted as if he just wanted to end this pretense as soon as possible.

And after she got through the three questions, the Crown Prince didn’t have any follow-up moves, and didn’t suspect her.

Instead, he showed an unbelievable and even somewhat guilty expression.

And then he just let her leave.

This was a situation that she had never even imagined beforehand, so easy and so successful.

But this had nothing to do with her personal efforts.

It was simply that the Crown Prince was more simple than she had imagined.

Considering all the tolerance the Crown Prince had shown her these days… she couldn’t help but wonder.

Was such a person really cruel and inhumane?

To bad people, she could kill thousands or even tens of thousands without even blinking an eye.

But for good people… Flora quickly shook her head.

(No, what am I thinking? Even if that kid isn’t so despicable, it doesn’t mean he’s a good person!)

That’s right, the Crown Prince was famous for deceiving those above him and oppressing those below him, being arrogant and tyrannical, living a life of luxury, embezzling and bending the law, and preying on the people…

“Flora, it’s ready.”

At this time, Heidi came out.

“Okay, thank you.”

Flora quickly entered the shower room.

Taking off the clothes that were still stained with the traces of kitchen work, Flora felt another wave of guilt—she had deliberately worn this outfit to meet the Crown Prince.

In order to show in detail that she didn’t want to be a mistress at all.

She was so cunning, so scheming.

What was even more shameless was that she clearly knew that the rumors and rumors might be false, but she was still running away, just to make her conscience feel better.

She was so despicable.

But even so, she still didn’t plan to give up.

Because she remembered the pain and helplessness that her childhood sweetheart had expressed when talking about the engagement.

Even if everything else was fake, the only thing that could be determined was that her childhood sweetheart didn’t want to marry the Crown Prince.

The only person her childhood sweetheart could rely on was her.

“I’m sorry…”

Looking at the false figure reflected in the mirror, the blonde girl said painfully.

(No, I can’t apologize.

I didn’t do anything wrong.)

At the same time, in the Crown Prince’s chambers, a black-haired boy was also struggling.

Now, Ryan finally understood that the old butler’s worries were correct… After that woman was proven to be innocent, his previous actions seemed a bit excessive.

And re-using and treating well those who passed the test… was his consistent principle.

(No, there are still many doubts about that woman.

One test is not enough to explain anything!)

Even so, Ryan didn’t plan to use the Guardian Deity’s ability to ask that woman again.

Because this approach was very disrespectful.

It was just that every time he used it on someone before, they were eventually proven to be treacherous people.

That’s why he was able to feel so at ease.

Or rather, he never thought that such a suspicious guy would really have no bad intentions.

(Arnos… Could it be that the purpose of you sending this woman here is to disturb me?)

Ding-ding.

Just as Ryan was wondering, a bell suddenly rang in the chamber.

This was a magical doorbell for the exclusive use of the guards, to distinguish them from the servants who knocked on the door normally.

“Your Highness, there’s news about that matter…”

After listening to the guard’s report, Ryan became even more convinced of his previous guess.

The reason was simple: just after passing the test, abnormal situations related to it immediately appeared…

Ryan didn’t believe that there would be such a coincidence in this world.