Chapter 214: All That Arrogance..

Chapter 214: All That Arrogance..

But Ebere wasn’t about to let it go.

She pressed forward, her voice laced with false enthusiasm.

“No, we have to check it now!

We should rejoice together as a family, shouldn’t we?

Besides, these aren’t just any people here, they’re our trusted allies.

There’s no reason to wait.

It’s better to get it over with now,” she insisted, flashing a sweet but triumphant smile.

Then she turned toward their father, subtly passing the pressure onto him.

King Ikechukwu had his suspicions.

He guessed that Nnenna might not have scored well and didn’t want to humiliate her in front of everyone.

But at the same time, he was genuinely curious.

Could it be that she really wasn’t as perfect as she seemed?

And truthfully, letting her reveal a low score in front of everyone wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

It would remind people that she was human, not some untouchable genius who excelled at everything.

And reduce the target on her back.

After a brief pause, he nodded.

“Yes, let’s check it now.

There’s no harm in it, it’s just our trusted allies,” he said, backing up Ebere’s words.

And just like that, other members of the royal family joined in.

“We want to know too!” one relative chimed in.

“Waiting until later isn’t a good idea.

with it now,” another

the hall intensified as

number,” Ebere urged,

don’t you understand elder sister?” Nnenna questioned with raised

Ikechukwu watched their interaction

patience gradually wore thin as the pressure from the other royals mounted,

in the hall grew louder, whispers of speculation filling the

so high and mighty, but she can’t even say her score?” The longer Nnenna remained silent, the more people

turned to King Ikechukwu and spoke with a smile that didn’t quite reach his

children

isn’t that unfair to

as well.” King Ikechukwu

she already said she doesn’t want to.” “I understand,” King Seungho said

you are her

you command her, she

her to embarrass you by refusing to follow

Ikechukwu was put in a difficult

hand, he didn’t

that her refusal was

her father’s gaze,

“Father,” she said calmly.

intention of revealing my score here, and that will not change.” The

one had ever defied the king so openly, let alone in front of

voice laced with

are you making such a small

said I don’t want to,” Nnenna repeated, her

convinced, her

they had merely assumed that

But now?

and the

achievements these past few days

it would be a story they would never

to do as the matter

and spoke, his

need to

here has shared

don’t, it wouldn’t be fair.” The room fell silent,

the urge to roll her

all so eager to see her

sleek

wave of surprise washed over her family

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