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.

There was a softness in

“You can tell Prince Arthur.

around, trying not to appear too eager. “Besides, those two are best friends. If Prince Carl really said something, Prince Arthur is

murmured in agreement, but Arthur’s expression didn’t change. His icy eyes were still

gaze, gripping her skirt

nod, but deep

Finally.

given her the nudge she needed. That boy, ho clearly had a crush on her, had unknowingly rescued her

he was doing something noble. In her mind, she had already promoted him to her closest

but he was the first to step

a new boost of confidence, Jana lifted her

to see Nnenna’s true colours,” she began. “I thought she was my

up at Arthur, trying to read his unreadable face before looking away

me I shouldn’t get too close to her. He said she tried to seduce him, right after he showed

through

the same time Nnenna was almost shot by an arrow,” Jana added, lowering her voice for dramatic

spread instantly like

“What?!”

“So it’s true?”

she got into trouble and made it

believe in her, I really did. But when Carl told me the truth, I couldn’t

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

stared at her, his expression unreadable. But his silence

spinning

was barely holding back tears. “He said he was disgusted by her… then

if reliving a painful memory. The crowd

simply nodded,

as acceptance, as if he was silently agreeing with her heartbreaking