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

Chapter 622

Chapter 622: The Very Best

"Mom, please, stop it," Obinna pleaded, his voice breaking as he reached toward her.

Obinna straightened, swallowing his emotions. "The funeral will be tomorrow. Since there is no body to bury, it will be done quietly. I don’t want the court or the kingdom to know exactly what happened."

But Queen Chioma surged forward, unwilling to be silenced. "So we’re just going to bury him silently and move on?" she spat. Her eyes snapped to Nnenna, sharp and merciless.

"About a year ago, right after his coronation, he left with you. And when you return? You tell us he fell off a cliff. You recover only his clothes. And we’re supposed to believe he’s dead?"

"Mom, please!" Ebere’s voice cracked as she grabbed her mother’s arm. She had seen the color drain from Nnenna’s face, seen her flinch under each word like it was a fresh wound.

But Chioma pressed on, relentless. "Somto has always been careful. What business did he have near a cliff in the first place? You were supposed to save him, pull him up, but you failed. And now you expect us to believe he suddenly sacrificed his life for you and Prince Arthur?" Her voice shook with bitter disbelief. "That’s impossible. That’s not my son. He knew how important he was to this kingdom, to his family. He would never throw his life away like that!"

The hall trembled with her fury.

Then, sharp as a whip, Darius’s voice cut through. "Then you don’t know him at all."

Every head turned.

He rose to his feet, his tone searing. "How can you call yourself his mother and not know him as well as we do? I wasn’t even as close to him as these three, yet I knew. I knew he would do anything for the people he loved. Without hesitation."

"Stop."

word froze

her. Her pale face was lifted, eyes dark with something deeper

"She’s right."


but they fell like a stone

trembled on her wheels as she forced the words

bear their eyes, she dropped

Chioma’s cry cracked through the air, sharp with vindication. "My boy has been alive and healthy for more than two decades,

voice rose suddenly, his eyes darting to Arthur, Carl, and Darius. "You were my brother’s friends,

Carl and Arthur’s jaws tightened, because they knew what really happened that day. They understood what Nnenna meant, her guilt tied to Athena. But

just admitted to killing my brother and your

he stayed silent, his gaze locked on Nnenna’s back. Carl’s chest rose and fell, his mind racing, searching for the right

studied the teenager. His sharp eyes softened just

Darius said carefully, his voice steady, "she had nothing to do with your brother’s death. She

but he looked

stop jumping to conclusions.

in the hall. Queen Chioma stiffened, her lips parting as if to retort, but the weight in Darius’s tone forced her into silence. Though her eyes still


tension temporarily contained, Obinna cleared his throat and leaned forward, his

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