I'm Stepping Down From The Throne のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 101 - チャプター 110

Elinor looked at Azeph hesitating for a moment. Somehow, now that she knew the truth, it felt like it wouldn’t matter to him. Although she had been so hung up on it all this time wondering how she would face him.She still remembered her conversation with Stella a few days after she woke up. She kept bringing in Azeph’s letters. But Elinor couldn’t bring herself to read them. Not with how much guilt she was feeling over her father.“Aren’t you making a big deal out of this?” Stella had asked.“My father was the one who caused his sister’s death…” Elinor had argued back“You don’t know for sure, Besides he had been sending letters since he went back doesn’t that mean that he would want to see you and hear back from you? If he cared about what your father did he wouldn’t be doing this, besides, he is not the type to hold you responsible for it.”“Of course he’s not, Azeph is a man with a big heart, there’s no way he would blame me for it, but my family was responsible for this, and just

“Where did Elin go?” Azeph asked as he looked around the room not finding her.Everyone was either drunk or asleep and Louis was busy helping Stella get to her room.“I saw her going out through the balcony,” Louis said as he carried Stella in his arms and made his way out of the room.Azeph made his way out through the balcony looking for Elinor. She was drunk too. A bit too drunk. She had been drinking enough for two men as it was and that’s saying a lot. Who knew that his alcohol tolerance was this good? She didn’t even look like she was drunk even after going through one bottle by herself. She must be one of those people who are functional drinkers. He would cave in long before she went through half of what she drank today. She was truly amazing.As he made his way around the huge balcony, he glimpsed her standing in front of a figure. The man before her was crouching before her on top of the railing looking like a cat easily shifting on the high edges not even worried that they

The day after the funeral, Elinor went on attending to her duties just like she would have done every day. There were a few whispers about her drinking party right after the funeral which she hadn’t bothered to hide and whispers about her and Azeph’s relationship.It was as if she didn’t care about maintaining a public image, and even her smiles amongst the nobles were becoming more and more rare.Azeph had decided to watch over her from afar and let her do her own thing. He know that she was trying to accomplish something so he had no intention of getting in her way or trying to stop her. After all, all of her actions were justified so far, and as long as she was showing determination to become the crown princess, he was sure that she was going to do it, one way or another.After the funeral, there were three days that people keep visiting the mourning family in their kingdom. And although both the king and Elinor were so busy, they kept the tradition in honor of the duchess. And the

“Guys… Why is no one asking me why the duke had been poisoned?” Elinor finally asked her friends.They had the appropriate reactions when the news was delivered and they did look shocked when they heard it. But once they were alone, it was as if nothing happened.“We knew….” Noah said hesitantly and the others awkwardly looked away from her,Elinor felt a chill run down her spine and she froze in place. Did her friends know that she was the one who killed her own father? Was this why they wouldn’t meet her eyes?“Don’t get us wrong. We don’t know anything except for the fact that you were scheming something,” Will said, “The way you acted yesterday after the funeral was as if you were trying to forget something…”“We didn’t know that this is what you had been planning all along,” Alan said, “But now that I think about it, it all makes sense…”Elinor felt a tremor running through her body. All she could think about is that they knew… They knew what she did.They knew what kind of perso

“What are you going to do from now on?” Louis asked. As they walked down the illuminated path leading up to the central garden.“You’re asking me this after you’ve sworn your allegiance to me?” She asked looking at him with a slight smile,“I am not talking about that. I’m talking about Nicolas,” He said and her smile sobered up for a moment before she looked far away into the spacious grounds of the estate, “Are you still going to look for his killer?”“I am…” She answered simply and Louis sighed.“Elin,” He began and she interrupted him.“But not because I want revenge or anything like that.” She added and he looked at her for a moment.“Then why?” Louis asked “Because whoever did this, must have had some kind of plan. Killing the crown prince of a country is a bold move. A move that could lead to internal conflict,” She said.“We already took care of those internal conflicts…” Louis paused for a moment then asked, “What are you trying to say, Elin?”“I am trying to say that our co