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

Chapter 340: Even If It Meant Betraying Them

It was the kind of betrayal that twisted the soul. Like Caesar and Brutus all over again. A dagger driven in by the very hand you trusted most.

John felt like the floor had been ripped out from under him.

“W–When…?” he stammered, barely getting the words out. His voice cracked as he turned to Karen, eyes trembling with disbelief. “Karen… you?”

His question hung in the air, heavy and shattering.

Karen didn’t answer. She looked away, her shoulders tight, trembling slightly. Her silence was louder than words.

But then

“WHEN?!”

John’s voice exploded through the throne room, like thunder cracking across the sky.

The sound bounced off the golden walls and echoed for what felt like forever. The entire throne room froze.

Karen flinched.

“I… I didn’t want to,” she finally whispered. Her voice was barely audible. “I didn’t want to, but I had to do it… to save our lives.”

The guilt in her tone was unmistakable.

“It was in Marka.”

Hearing this, John couldn’t help but think back, when would Karen have had the chance to betray them in Marka. Wasn’t that where they were chased after Nnenna’s fight video was posted online?

Marka.

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Flashback

chest heaved with every breath as she sprinted through the narrow alleyways, the shadows of the evening cloaking her

corner, almost free, when a tall man stepped out

him. But the man shifted with her, blocking her again. Once. Twice. A

but she was no pushover either. With no other option,

sharp, precise.

less than a minute, she was pinned against the wall,

demanded, her voice shaky now. “What do

the man said, his

Save her life?

Kingdom, right?” he asked.

talking about?” she stammered, trying to mask the fear in her voice, trying to keep her

people’s little plan back in Lionara,” he said. “There’s no need

How?! Karen’s mind screamed.

cold chill crept down

was this man…? And what did he

asked, eyes narrowed, still

man replied, his tone calm… too

ground. She scrambled

going any further. But if they insist on heading

Karen’s breath hitched. “What?”

tell us all of it,” he continued, his eyes like frozen steel. “Only then

than defiant. “If you already know everything, why do you need me? Why can’t you just find that out

at her, unblinking. “We can. But it’s much easier when the information

painfully in

head slightly. “So… do we have a