They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 77: Grounded Chapter 77: Grounded Chidera’s smirk faltered, but he pressed on.

“You shouldn’t have denied me what I asked for,” he snapped, gesturing toward Nnenna.

“Everything in this house belongs to me, including that toy!

Anyone who disrespects a royal deserves what they get,” he concluded smugly, leaning back in his chair with confidence.

The room stirred with quiet murmurs, but Nnenna remained calm, her gaze sharp.

“Disrespects a royal?” she repeated, her tone dripping with disdain.

“If I remember correctly, my last name is Achebe.

My title is Second Princess.

Doesn’t that make me a royal?” Her eyes flicked to the king, daring him to deny her.

The king hesitated, his expression reluctant, but after a heavy pause, he nodded.

He couldn’t deny the truth of her words, she was, after all, the daughter he had adopted.

The room went silent again as all eyes turned back to Nnenna.

She stood her ground, her presence commanding respect.

“If disrespecting a royal warrants being pushed down the stairs and spending almost eight months in the hospital, four of those in a coma, then what punishment have you received for disrespecting me?” Nnenna asked, her voice cutting through the room like a blade.

Though her words were directed at the king, her sharp, unyielding gaze never left Chidera.

Her question landed like a thunderclap, sparking a wave of shock from her siblings.

None of them had expected her to speak so boldly.

The persistence in her tone was undeniable, her courage unshakable.

King Ikechukwu, who had been reluctant to comment, stiffened in his chair.

He had no desire to escalate the situation, but when Nnenna turned her head to face him, her fiery eyes boring into his own, he felt the weight of her challenge.

right,” he finally admitted, his tone heavy

fourth son,

are grounded for one

from official or urgent events, you are not

Chidera sputtered angrily, his voice rising in

before he could finish,

hospital, four of them in a coma,” Nnenna

“A seizure.

Headaches.

Fevers.

I endured, and all he gets is a week?” Her words blazed through the room, her eyes

in the room was growing, the weight of her pain and outrage bearing down

flinched slightly as he met her eyes, a

pinpoint exactly what made him flinch, was it the fire in her gaze, the unwavering determination, or the quiet condemnation that seemed to radiate

corner of his eye, he noticed several servants lingering

had always prided himself on being

was his reputation, his

had often chosen to stay clear of the conflicts between Nnenna and his wife or

watching, possible spies among

gaze only amplified the

took a deep

still carried

he said

“No phones, no devices.

to leave the

fell

your room to the dining hall, the parlor, the corridors, you may move within

king’s decision ignited a ripple of reactions, far stronger this time

was poised to object when the maids reentered, trays of food balanced carefully in their

of the meal temporarily silenced the room,

was laid out and the maids stepped back, she opened her

a word out, King Ikechukwu raised his hand sharply, his

“Let’s eat.

enough time,” he commanded, his