Chapter 18

The family meeting of the Kesion household.

A place only the select few could participate. Heisi, a distant branch member of the Kesion family, was not pleased with the current situation.

‘Lindsey Kesion participating in the family meeting?’

Lindsey wasn’t a true noble.

It was hard for Heisi to believe that someone like Lindsey would attend the noble’s meeting.

Why would they bring such a lowly blood?

The family meeting of the Kesion household held special significance. It was a place where those with pure bloodlines discussed the family’s major affairs.

Only the most outstanding members of the Kesion family could attend.

And yet, Lindsey Kesion was going to attend the family meeting.

“I heard Lindsey healed Lord Mikhail.”

“Lord Mikhail?”

“That can’t be possible!”

“That lowly thing…”

“Just thinking about that dirty blood being near makes my skin crawl, and Lord Mikhail allowed it?”

Heisi spoke with a determined expression.

“She’s of no consequence. What could she possibly contribute? No matter how much divine power she’s awakened, she has dirty blood.”

“……”

“How strong could someone like her possibly be?”

“Exactly. We need to make her realize her place if she shows up.”

Their conversation was cut off when Kenyan Radian appeared.

“Shut up, you’re noisy.”

Kenyan looked at them with a chillingly cold gaze. It was just a glance.

But Heisi felt deep fear from his piercing eyes. He quickly lowered his gaze. Although he was born a transcendent, he hadn’t inherited the goddess’s strong power.

Faced with the instinctual difference in power, he had no choice but to bow his head.

And this was Kenyan Radian. A transcendent who, compared to his brother Azhet, did not fall short.

It was a humiliating thought, but Heisi could only blush and remain silent.

It didn’t end there.

“Wh-why are you doing this?”

Kenyan began exuding a menacing aura toward him.

The meeting room fell silent in an instant. Heisi instinctively realized that if they weren’t in the Marquis of Kesion’s house… he wouldn’t be standing here now.

“Wh-why…”

“Let me give you some advice.”

“……”

“If you don’t watch your mouth, you might die without anyone knowing.”

Heisi’s face turned pale. He couldn’t respond and his hands trembled.

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Kenyan couldn’t understand.

Lindsey Kesion.

Her treatment here was the worst. Even after awakening her divine power, it was unimaginable how bad it must have been before.

‘How did she survive this?’

The Marquis of Kesion had a tendency to be cruel to those with impure blood, even among noble families. The Marquis pursued pure and strong power.

But he never imagined it would be this severe.

He felt inexplicably displeased.

Even though Lindsey had impure blood, it bothered him to see her being ignored by such vermin.

‘It’s only because the engagement hasn’t been broken yet. It’s upsetting to see Brother Azhet’s fiancée being disrespected. Once the engagement is broken…’

Once the engagement is broken, they would be nothing to each other, and there would be no need to care.

Kenyan thought so.

Then he felt foolish for what he had done.

Offering to marry Lindsey Kesion? The look of contempt in Lindsey’s eyes when he said that didn’t leave his mind.

Why did he say something that was sure to make her scorn him?

No one had ever looked at him with such disgust before.

And the fact that it was Lindsey Kesion.

The dirty blood despised by the nobles.

If it were a normal situation, she wouldn’t even dare to look at him.

But… why?

Why does such a spiteful woman…

Even so, he couldn’t get Lindsey out of his mind. Lindsey Kesion, who was humiliated by Sylvia.

The foolish girl sitting on her terrace with a lonely expression.

What was she thinking?

Was she thinking about my brother?

The only one who might make her look so wistful was Azhet.

Her gaze was always directed at him. She was always like that. Kenyan had been bothered by Lindsey since the beginning.

From the moment he first saw her.

He couldn’t take his eyes off her.

That’s why he hated Lindsey Kesion. The fact that she was engaged to his brother.

Having to keep seeing that gloomy face… he hated it so much it made him feel…

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Kenyan was frustrated with himself. He didn’t understand why he was so affected by Lindsey Kesion. Despite her impure blood and the disdain of the nobles, she had somehow become a thorn in his side. As he pondered, he heard a strange sound.

“Sir Kenyan. Is there something… troubling you…?”

The noble next to him was pale with fear. Kenyan looked down at his hand.

Unconsciously, he had gripped the table so hard that he had broken it. The reactions of the other nobles were similar.

Kenyan realized that he had been emitting a menacing aura without realizing it.

Ordinary people couldn’t handle the presence of a transcendent. No, even other transcendent beings would find it difficult to withstand his aura.

The people of the Kesion household were visibly trembling. He couldn’t understand why he was making such a novice mistake of not controlling his power.

‘Pathetic.’

As he thought this and calmed his power, Lindsey Kesion entered the meeting room.

Everyone’s eyes turned to her.

It seemed there was a sweet scent emanating from her body.

Ah, that feeling again.

The feeling of being unable to take his eyes off her.

That bothersome feeling…

Lindsey averted her gaze.

For a moment, her eyes met Kenyan’s.

He saw her face contort in irritation as she looked at him.

Seeing this, Kenyan felt something strange in his chest.

Something hurt.

And he didn’t like it.

He didn’t like things he couldn’t control. That’s why he hated the power of the goddess too.@@novelbin@@

Born with arrogance, he had never faced a situation that didn’t go his way.

He was starting to feel strange.

He couldn’t control himself.

And that was…

Unacceptable.

‘Should I get rid of her?’

The thought crossed his mind for a moment.

If she disappeared from his sight, maybe things could go back to normal.

If he got rid of Lindsey Kesion before he became more unstable and uncontrollable…

He might be able to return to his original state. But if he couldn’t…

What would happen then?

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Lindsey looked at Kenyan with disapproval. She could see Kenyan staring at her intently.

‘Why is he looking at me like that?’

Lindsey suddenly realized that someone’s mere gaze could make her feel this uncomfortable!

‘Does that guy really think I tried to kill myself because I broke off the engagement with Azhet? Does he really believe that?’

No matter how strange he was, he wouldn’t imagine that.

‘Or could he? In this world, there’s no such thing as a normal person.’

Falling from that height would typically result in just a leg injury.

Of course, if she was unlucky, anything could happen…

Lindsey shook her head.

‘No, don’t worry about it. Once the engagement is over, I won’t have to see him again.’

Ignoring Kenyan, she looked around at the faces in the meeting room. She saw people from the Marquis of Kesion’s household. The people who had always tormented her in Lindsey Kesion’s life.

They were still looking at her with hostile eyes.

Lindsey took a seat at the head of the table under their gazes. The people who saw where she sat began to whisper.

“Isn’t that Miss Rosalyn’s seat?”

“Only the person with the strongest divine power in the Kesion household can sit there.”

“How can dirty blood sit in that seat…!”

It was the seat for the most important person in the Marquis of Kesion’s household.

The people watching Lindsey’s actions were left speechless.