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.

on Jana a bit longer than necessary. There was a softness in his gaze that didn’t go unnoticed by those nearby,

with forced affection. “You can tell Prince Arthur. He’s not unreasonable. He’ll uphold

to appear too eager. “Besides, those two are best friends. If Prince Carl really said something, Prince Arthur is going

a few nods. The crowd murmured in agreement, but Arthur’s expression didn’t change. His icy eyes were still

lowered her gaze, gripping

reluctant nod, but deep

Finally.

boy, ho clearly had a crush on her, had unknowingly rescued her

was doing something noble. In her mind, she

twos, but he was the first

that she had a new boost of confidence, Jana lifted her chin and continued, her voice trembling just

that time… I refused to see Nnenna’s true colours,” she began. “I thought she

Arthur, trying to read his

He said she tried to seduce him, right after he showed her kindness just because Nnenna and i were

through

around the same time Nnenna was almost shot by an arrow,” Jana added, lowering

spread instantly

“What?!”

“So it’s true?”

into trouble and made it

pretended to look heartbroken. “I wanted to believe in her, I really did. But

that, the tide of sympathy began to shift again…

at her, his expression unreadable. But his silence didn’t mean

spinning

back tears. “He said he was disgusted by her… then told me to stay

as if reliving a painful

Arthur simply

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