A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 185: Chapter 150 Divorce Trend?_2

“This is your arrogance! As the daughter of a prominent Earl, you downright despise ordinary citizens!”

Yald glared fiercely at Audrey.

“Quit defending yourself! Several ladies have already come crying to us, claiming that it was under your instructions that they were forced to bully Miss Angela!!”

Soon, a few aristocratic ladies walked over, wailing and sobbing, which helped Duanmu Huai to understand the cause of their tears.

In simple terms, according to these people, Audrey, being the Earl’s daughter, has always despised Angela, who is of a common birth, always criticising her, even implying the young ladies to bully her, thus distancing herself from the matter…Hmm, it all sounds like the wicked characters in Cinderella’s stories.

As these people continued to talk, the atmosphere of the party started to change, everyone began casting dissatisfied and angry glances at Audrey, who stood there dumbfounded, not knowing how to react.

“Your Highness!!”

However, just at that moment, Yald suddenly lifted his head and looked at Ann. Hearing his call, everyone else also turned their attention to Ann.

“Please punish this evil woman immediately!!”

“Eh? But…this… ”

Facing Yald’s demand, Ann was at a loss. She came here, at most, to represent the royal family, to congratulate on their engagement. Yet, the engagement party turned out like this, which left Ann unsure of how to handle things.

After all, she is not good at dealing with such interpersonal interactions, otherwise, she would not have just Greiya as her only friend in the academy.

Just as Ann was about to fumble, Duanmu Huai patted her head.

“Leave it to me.”

“Knight…is it possible?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Ann’s eyes instantly brightened, and Duanmu Huai chuckled.

“Of course, you are my future wife after all. I can’t just watch you being bullied.”

“Hehe…”

At Duanmu Huai’s words, Ann shyly broke into a smile, then she nodded, lifted her skirt and retreated. Duanmu Huai stepped forward, stared at the crowd. With his appearance, the whispering voices around gradually faded. After all, everyone knew about Duanmu Huai’s fame as the Dragon Slayer, not to mention he is the future husband of Ann and Greiya, though not yet conferred with a title, everyone knew he was set to be the next King of Manaria, they dared not act recklessly in front of him.

Duanmu Huai looked around at the people in front of him, including Audrey, who looked pale, and a few indignant nobles, sobbing ladies, and the girl named Angela held in Yald’s arms.

Then, he subtly curved the corner of his mouth, revealing a cold smirk.

Humph, you dare to pull a fast one in front of the judge?

With that thought, Duanmu Huai spoke up.

“I think I have a pretty clear idea of what happened. Since you all have said so much, then…bring out your evidence.”

“Eh?”

At Duanmu Huai’s gesture, everyone was taken aback. Seeing their reaction, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

“What? Weren’t you all full of righteous indignation just now? Don’t tell me you can’t even produce a shred of evidence and you’re just blabbering here!”

Saying this, Duanmu Huai first turned to the young ladies. Feeling his gaze, the sobbing daughters jumped in fright and hurriedly backed away.

“Let’s start with you. You said that you acted under Miss Audrey’s instruction to bully Miss Angela. Then, bring your evidence.”

“We, we… ”

Facing Duanmu Huai’s scrutiny, the aristocratic ladies turned pale.

“We don’t have any evidence… ”

“No? No written note or anything? Then what ghostly stuff are you fabricating here?”

“No, it’s not that we don’t want to leave any evidence, sir!!”

At this moment, a young girl couldn’t bear it anymore and turned to Duanmu Huai, crying out.

“It’s because Miss Audrey hinted at us, so we had to do this. If we didn’t, we would become the target of Miss Audrey’s bullying…!!”

“Oh, I see.” Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Duanmu Huai nodded his head.

“Well, call a witness then. Since you said that if you didn’t bully Angela, you would be bullied by Miss Audrey, there must be such a victim, right? Where is she?”

“This… ”

Faced with Duanmu Huai’s demand, the aristocratic ladies fell silent again, and Duanmu Huai once again squinted, staring at them.

“So, there is no such victim either? So, you’re just making things up?”

“Sir, you–!”

“Isn’t that so?”

Duanmu Huai cast a cold glance at Yald.

“They can’t provide any evidence, nor is there any witness to prove their statements. Isn’t this just pure nonsense? By this logic, I could punch you now and then tell you it was His Majesty the King who wanted to beat you, I just acted on his behalf. You can’t blame me, but blame His Majesty instead, how does that sound?”