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Chapter 18: Provoked

Author: Helenmaria
last update publish date: 2026-01-09 14:00:08

I got home from school, changed my clothes, and headed to the kitchen to find a snack. With no maids around to help, I made something to eat myself.

He found me there and immediately started picking a fight, hurling insults as usual.

"Look who it is! The princess, feeding herself," he said. 

I tried to ignore him, acting like I hadn't heard a thing, and kept eating. But the jerk was clearly determined to start a trouble.

"No maids to wait on you today, huh, de

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