Chapter 175: Accusations Chapter 175: Accusations But then he hesitated.

His mission echoed in his mind.

If he spoke up for her now, if he showed his hand too soon, it might jeopardize the bigger picture.

So, he did what he had always done for the past ten years, he turned away and walked off, burying his thoughts beneath layers of restraint.

The moment he was gone, every pretense shattered.

Ebere scoffed, stepping closer, her voice low and sharp.

“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?” she accused, her eyes burning with frustration as she stared at Nnenna.

Nnenna barely flinched as Obinna lashed out, his words dripping with jealousy and frustration.

“All these past weeks, you said you did not need training,” he spat, his eyes dark with resentment.

“Or were you secretly training all along?

I don’t know how you did it, but you are really despicable.” His anger wasn’t just about her victory, it was about what he had overheard.

On his way there, he had caught whispers from the nobles, murmurs that stung more than he wanted to admit.

‘Prince Minjun is exceptional, but can you believe Princess Nnenna defeated him?

That means she is second only to Prince Somto in their royal family!’ That had been the last straw.

What was that supposed to mean?

That he, the second prince, should now live under her glory?

That he, who had trained all his life to be recognized, was now being overlooked for someone who had not even been taken seriously before now?

He stepped closer, his jaw tight.

“You did it on purpose, didn’t you?” His voice was low but sharp enough to cut through the air.

“You wanted to show off in front of big brother.

You probably even knew those two princes were coming!

You do not have any compassion in you, do you?” Obinna scoffed, shaking his head.

to shine too, but not only did you hog all the places prepared ahead of time, making sure you shone brighter than the rest of us, you even invited two major princes here, only thinking of yourself, not the

Nnenna

exhaled slowly, keeping her expression

she could feel the weight of their accusations pressing against her, trying to

Obinna wasn’t done.

with frustration, kept coming like

earlier that they were coming, we would have

impressed with our kingdom, found us worthy of collaboration, and

field as the lesser kingdoms

can you be?” He shook his head, as if

joined in, his voice just as

you, I wasn’t able to

you know that this was our

mark, but you—” he pointed an accusatory finger at her, “you hogged the spotlight at every turn!”

Nnenna had been everywhere, taking

that

that was supposed to belong to first

away without even caring about

you joined the stage

Stage dancers!

You’re a princess!

you have

not something a

worse, you

well that everyone now thinks first sister isn’t as talented as

She hadn’t stolen anything.

hadn’t forced her way

she had

she had done something unforgivable,

scoffed, his

challenged a major prince in

us to believe that was

it, didn’t

no way you actually won fairly, someone must have

you suddenly know your way around horses!” He took a step closer,

you’ve spent most of your life

train a few weeks ago, so are

years of training mean nothing?!” His words hit

tug at her lips, her calm expression a stark contrast

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