All Chapters of No Escape From Fate : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Preparation for the evening of introductions…The girls are getting ready in advance—dressing in luxurious evening gowns by Mirtel, doing their hair, and adding all sorts of frills to appear slimmer, prettier, gentler, and more alluring.And me?I look at my pimpled, festering mug and realize nothing will help here. May the ladies forgive me, but some fainting spells are unavoidable. Then again, I’m used to it…Besides the participants themselves, representatives of the nobility have been invited to the event. Overfed snobs—the kind you’d have to look hard to find more of. But I need a crowd; otherwise, there would be nothing but awkward silence between me and the girls, who, I’d wager, will be in a state of sheer terror.To keep the girls from getting too bored—and to avoid the unwanted attentions of certain nobles who wouldn’t pass up a single skirt—familiar guards will also be present at the evening.In fact, the men who travel with me to the settlements aren’t just ordinary soldie

From early morning, I had breakfast with one of the girls we’d brought along.At first, she was very withdrawn and frightened, but I eased the atmosphere with a couple of jokes and managed to put her at ease. And I deeply regretted it…She turned out to be terribly talkative! She chattered nonstop about everything under the sun. By the middle of breakfast, I couldn’t get a word in edgewise. And she didn’t need me to—she picked the topics herself, discussed them herself, and remained perfectly satisfied.I could barely wait for that meeting to end. As I headed back to my room, my head was buzzing from the avalanche of utterly unnecessary information that candidate had dumped on me.From my room, I immediately slipped out into the city through a secret passage. I even breathed a sigh of relief. I still had time before lunch with the prepedollie, so I plunged into the construction process of the shelter.A pleasant surprise was that Kays was invited to Ogis and Vasmiya’s wedding. The blo

Iza:After our unplanned walk through Briol, we returned to the palace. I had absolutely no appetite for dinner—we’d already grabbed a bite in the city.After saying goodbye to Iolanta and Yafi, I stayed alone in my room. Well, not entirely alone… I had the book that someone from the library had kindly provided me with today.Even though I had breakfast with Karadeylis scheduled for tomorrow morning, I still spent half the night reading.The book turned out to be incredibly interesting and useful. I didn’t read much, but even that was enough to draw some conclusions and spark serious reflection. There was so much in it.I learned that there are countless kinds of curses, classified in many different ways. There are individual curses, paired ones, mass curses, ancestral, family-bound, local, delayed, reversible and irreversible—and even accidental ones.A person could be cursed simply by the power of thought, in a moment of extremely strong emotion.However, such abilities usually belo

Kays:“You,” the prepedollie stunned me with her answer, and I saw the corners of her lips twitch.“That’s… unexpected,” I smiled, realizing the little menace was simply amusing herself at my expense. But at least she wasn’t fainting or running away—and that alone was a victory.“Well, it’s just… I’d rather still be asleep, but I had to come have breakfast with you,” she finished me off with her bluntness and burst out laughing.I’m the king, for a moment’s notice! But rules simply don’t apply to the prepedollie, and that alone sets her apart from everyone else in this kingdom.“I think you’re a menace. No—I’m sure of it. You’re definitely a very straightforward menace,” I spoke the truth I’d known for quite some time, but which simply had to be said aloud—by Karadeylis himself.We turned to breakfast. I’ll admit it: the fewer girls remained and the closer the day of decisions drew, the heavier it became for me. I was terribly nervous. Nervous about Iza.What if I destroy her, like th

A foolish smile spreads across my face, and Iza notices it. Most likely, she saw back at the market how the blonde hugged me. That’s why she was so angry. Everything falls into place.“What are you grinning at?”“I missed your growling and your manners,” I admit sincerely.“I don’t growl,” she snorts, puffing out her lips.“I haven’t seen Halida for quite a while,” I decide not to tease her and instead clear things up. “The king issued a decree, and construction of a children’s shelter is underway. That’s where she and the other refugee women will work, caring for homeless children. Camellia will be in charge, and the others are helping as well. We’ve already bought a lot of things for the children at the market. Everyone is settling in and eagerly awaiting the end of construction. There’s a mountain of work there, so I help them sometimes. And for your information,” I emphasize the words so she won’t be angry, “there has never been anything between Halida and me, and there never will