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

Chapter 392: A Suffocating Silence

Now they burned with betrayal.

“This girl…”

“She killed him.”

“Ungrateful witch.”

“He raised her like a daughter, and she paid him back with death?!”

“Monster in silk.”

“A snake hidden in royal robes.”

They didn’t care that the full story hadn’t been told. They didn’t want the full story. The Queen had fed them just enough to let their imaginations do the rest.

The online space was no sanctuary. In fact, it was worse.

The Queen’s statement had been short, but to the public, it was a confession. A veiled confirmation. And the internet did what it did best, speculate, dissect, exaggerate, and attack.

Even some of Nnenna’s long time fans began to waver, their faith cracked by that sorrowful royal performance.

@LionaraSage: I was rooting for her, but if the Queen says the death was unnatural and a family secret… that’s serious.

@TeaAndTiaras: Wait, she really lived under his roof and might have had a hand in his death?! What kind of plot twist is this?

@EbereStan247: This is why we said Ebere deserves the spotlight. Nnenna’s too suspicious!

suddenly lived a life of

Nnenna doesn’t look like a

she didn’t kill him, then explain the Queen’s exact words.

with love hearts and awe, had turned into a battlefield. Angry red faced emojis, snake gifs, screenshots of Queen Chioma’s words in all caps, each more

crowd offline, the

even

we clapped

said she was too

a few hesitant voices

there’s more

seemed shocked… that wasn’t guilt,

For every whisper of support, ten more

recoiled, not wanting to be seen siding with someone under suspicion. Others, fans of Ebere, felt almost vindicated, as

her for having

royal delegation grew heavier, like a storm quietly

kings and dignitaries leaned in toward each other, some with raised brows, others

Belveth. “Did you catch that? Queen Chioma’s words…

said. That wasn’t

slammed his goblet down harder than necessary. “I told you all something was off about her!” he hissed, voice just low enough to avoid

him like a crowned jewel?! It’s clear. She removed the late king to raise her own status. We just didn’t see it

her arms coldly. “I liked Nnenna once. But that was before she became Somto’s

but firm. “We cannot assume guilt without proof. The Queen’s words were

“That’s what makes them dangerous. They

his eyes. “Still… if Nnenna truly killed King Ikechukwu, would she even be here now? Breathing the same air as

Duke Tinrin said grimly,

defends his father’s killer?”