Chapter 427: In a Hurry to Take my Place

Linda had expected that.

Jana always needed to feel important, needed her ego fed before she listened.

Linda stayed quiet for a beat, pretending to think, then smiled slowly.

“You’re right. You probably will be queen one day. But let’s be honest, your current support base is mostly Year Ones. You haven’t exactly won the upper classes yet, have you?”

Jana’s brows twitched. Linda knew she had hit a nerve.

“I, on the other hand,” Linda continued smoothly, “have solid footing in Years Four, Five, and even some Six. I can get some of the alumni to talk too. You can’t reach them from where you are now, but I can.”

Jana looked intrigued, but not convinced yet. Linda leaned closer, dropping her final card.

“And don’t forget, my father is the Minister for Communications in Riverum. If I ask, he can put in a good word for you when the time comes. Influence isn’t just about popularity, it’s about connections.”

There it was.

The gleam of greed flickered in Jana’s eyes.

She tried to hide her sudden interest, but Linda could already tell, she was in.

Being friends with Linda now meant boosting her future. And Jana couldn’t resist a shortcut to more power.

“You haven’t forgotten your background already, have you?” Linda continued, her voice laced with fake sweetness. “Riverum will never accept a queen from such a low, poverty stricken family. That’s the reality. So the sooner you start working on their approval, the better for you.”

Jana stiffened, but Linda wasn’t done.

as far as defending you against his cabinet? Against the nobles? Up until now,

a slap. Right in the place

too. It had already been a month. A full month of longing looks and

really because

royal status, but she thought, just maybe, love would conquer that. That Carl, of

taken root. And it

smarting, she wasn’t about to let this golden opportunity slip

sure no other girl

do to her?” Jana

into a slow,

her life

having learned her lesson about punctuality, arrived early, quietly slipping into the rhythm of

But something was off.

of the hallway. The corridors were usually buzzing by this time, filled

stop mid conversation

what’s going on?” Nnenna asked warily, narrowing her eyes at

trap was set for you,” the system replied with its usual

“A what?”

up a

under her breath.

don’t ignore it. Want

she muttered, brushing it off after saying that “Let’s play this game

she scanned the students already seated inside the lecture hall, her eyes paused on

The mystery girl.

She was back.

an aura that screamed nobility.

as she had appeared. Nnenna made a mental note

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