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

Chapter 453: 1001% Sure

The crowd went silent. That’s true… several people thought at once.

“She already said it back then,” someone muttered.

“Yeah, she practically shouted it in public,” another replied.

“If she didn’t want to ruin Nnenna’s future, she wouldn’t have spoken in front of everyone in the first place.”

“That’s not kindness. That’s calculation.”

Suddenly, the sympathy that had been swelling for Jana began to drain. Faces shifted from awe to doubt, admiration to suspicion.

Arthur’s gaze didn’t waver. His voice stayed calm, but the weight of his words pressed heavily in the air. “You said what you said. And it spread. In a place like Omniora Academy, where nobel’s opinion carries weight, it’s not a small thing to call someone seductress, manipulator, liar.”

He stepped slightly forward.

“So if you’re going to pretend you care about protecting her, at least do us the courtesy of sticking to one version of the truth.”

Jana’s lips parted, but no words came out. Her hands trembled slightly at her sides.

The crowd began to waver. Doubt crept into their hearts. Maybe… maybe Jana wasn’t so innocent after all? Arthur’s cold voice had landed like thunder, shaking their confidence in the girl they were defending.

But then they looked at her again.

Jana’s eyes were glossy with unshed tears, her lips trembling like a delicate petal in the wind. She looked so heartbroken, so vulnerable, that many of them quickly brushed aside their suspicions. No, it couldn’t be that she was faking it… right?

“She must be acting this way because she’s worried Arthur might blacklist Nnenna,” someone whispered. “That would destroy the poor girl’s future… marriage, career, everything.”

“But isn’t she forgetting that Arthur and Carl are best friends?” another murmured. “He’ll find out the truth anyway.”

Still, Jana’s silence seemed… odd.

than necessary. There was a softness in his gaze that didn’t go unnoticed by those nearby, though he tried to mask

said with forced affection. “You can tell Prince Arthur. He’s not

those two are best friends. If Prince Carl really said something, Prince Arthur is going to hear

agreement, but Arthur’s expression

lowered her gaze,

reluctant nod, but deep down,

Finally.

had given her the nudge she needed. That boy, ho clearly had a

was doing something noble. In

admired her from the year twos, but he was the

had a new boost of confidence, Jana lifted her chin

she began. “I thought she was my friend. But Prince Carl…

read his unreadable face

He said she tried to seduce him, right after

rippled through

was almost shot by an arrow,”

spread instantly like

“What?!”

“So it’s true?”

got into trouble and made

her, I really did. But when

of sympathy began to shift again… though Arthur hadn’t said a

unreadable. But his silence

kept spinning

voice small, like she was barely holding back tears. “He said he was disgusted by her… then told

down, as if reliving a painful memory. The

Arthur simply

watching took that nod as acceptance, as if he was silently agreeing