Chapter 22: She Was Determined to Take Him Down

The crowd’s gazes were divided into a triangle.

Christine was in the center of the main auditorium, Himan had entered from the left student passageway, and Leticia had entered from the right VIP passageway.

It was quite ridiculous.

Originally, they all thought Hall was going to agree, but Himan actually refused Leticia’s invitation on Hall’s behalf.

And the moment Himan spoke, many people saw Leticia bite her lip, probably unwillingly.

Himan liked to control Hall, which was not a novelty for the people in the class. It was also an old rumor among the freshmen in the school.

Although Hall had a bad reputation, he was also the son of an admiral, and Himan was the daughter of an admiral. They could almost become the talk of this year’s freshmen just by their status.

But Himan only controlled Hall when he made a mistake. Did Hall make a mistake now?

As Hall’s older cousin, she should have immediately agreed on Hall’s behalf.

After all, the one who invited him was Leticia. Besides, it was just to have Hall sit next to her. She should at least give Leticia some face.

If they made an enemy of the Child family because of this, Himan’s father would honestly have a hard time.

The eastern military district near the border of the Xia Kingdom was not entirely funded by the Church. Many famous merchant guilds had invested in related projects, and it was said that the future repayment method for these loans within the Papal State was the trade tariffs of the East, and even the land of the East.

Lenny, on the other hand, almost applauded. He didn’t know why Himan refused, but it was a good thing to be able to disgust Hall.

Hall’s own expression, however, made everyone a little confused. How did it look?

This black-haired young man didn’t look sad at all, and even seemed to want to smile.

Indeed, he was just worrying about not having a reason to refuse Leticia.

“What, you really want to refuse the little princess of the Child family?”

Christine, who was next to him, looked a little happy and even nudged Hall’s waist with her elbow.

This slightly intimate gesture did not escape Leticia’s eyes.

She looked at this Saintess candidate, and a thought suddenly came to her mind.

Could it be that Hall refused her because of Christine?

Leticia’s upbringing required her to live in the world with the proudest posture. The head butler often told her, “You can look down on anyone, my lady. No one in this world is as free as you are. Even a crown prince needs to be wary of his siblings and is constrained by his father. But you were born to be the queen of this money empire.”

But Leticia’s heart was very sensitive. Although she had become the princess of the Child family, when it was quiet at night, she would always think of her mother who died alone in a small town that was not even one-ten-thousandth as prosperous as Saint Louis.

She thought of herself as a child from that small town.

If she compared herself to Christine, she might really be inferior to her.

Leticia and Christine were not very familiar, but she knew the background of this Saintess candidate. The other party was born in an orphanage that was burned down by a fire.

She and another girl were the only two survivors of that fire.

The Church saved them. Christine, who learned languages quickly, was taken by the nuns to be a little nun. The other girl seemed to have a unique talent in swordsmanship and entered the reserve force of the Black Knights Order.

Why did she know this? Because her family had once invested in that other girl.

The other party’s file was top secret. Leticia could have inquired, but she had no interest. She had only heard from the butler.

It seemed that her splurge of money on the Black Knights Order because of Hall was not meaningless to the old men of the family.

Christine came to the position of Saintess candidate by her own ability. Leticia knew that her halo depended largely on her deceased father.

“No… even if I’m not as good as her, I still have to… I already made up my mind last night. My dream is also responding to me.”

Leticia looked at Christine and Hall, her eyes burning.

Although she had a secret crush on Hall for the past few years, she had not really taken the initiative to disturb Hall a few times because she knew about the resistance within her family.

She just pretended to have some exchanges with Hall deliberately.

But Leticia’s deliberate method was very clumsy, she couldn’t figure it out.

So far, the progress was zero.

After the first direct attempt failed yesterday and she had another hazy and shy dream, Leticia reflected again.

She knew she had to act. Hall also had a marriage contract. Not to mention there was Christine now. Once that fiancée came, she would really have no chance.

The last words her mother said to her before she died were.

—Be brave to pursue happiness.

Her father asked her what her mother had said to her before she died.

After hearing it, the old man showed a relieved expression and then said to her.

—No matter what means.

Yes, no matter what means.

Leticia decided.

Before Hall’s marriage contract was officially announced, she had to win him over.

“Duchess Leticia, please forgive me. I just want to sit with my classmates. Besides, your status is noble, and there is a distinction between men and women. Being with me will affect your reputation.”

Hall continued to use honorifics.

Indeed, this little princess had inherited her father’s title at the age of ten.

The title was not bought, but was personally granted by the previous Pope, with high value.

“Is that so?”

Leticia asked calmly.

Being rejected by Hall in front of so many people made her a little uncomfortable, but she was not stupid.

“Then why can’t I sit among you?”

As soon as she said this, Hall’s classmates all showed excited expressions. To be able to get so close to Leticia was something they could never achieve in their lifetime.

Although they got this opportunity because of Hall, they didn’t want to miss this opportunity either.

They all expressed “good” and “good”.

Hall was shocked, but he was not too panicked. If he directly expressed stronger opposition, it would not work.

It would be easy to become a public enemy.

He had to play a new method.

He had to scare Leticia away.

In the story, this little princess was basically the type who blushed and her heart beat fast easily.

According to the vague description of the mana replenishment plot, Leticia should have no experience in matters between men and women.

“It’s like this, Miss Leticia. I plan to withdraw from this Theology Day.”

When Christine heard him say this, she smiled. She actually didn’t mind watching the fun of this man chosen by God.

She said from the side: “What, Baron Hall is not going to give me face?”

“Not at all. Because I see that my class doesn’t seem to have a seat for me. I remember that each class has ten seats, and the number of people who came is also exactly ten. I think it’s because of my tardiness that the seat was given to someone else. This is indeed my negligence.”

When Hall said this, the group of people in the class and Himan all looked like they had seen a ghost.

When did he become so generous?

Leticia pursed her lips and didn’t speak.

But soon, Hall’s next sentence directly reversed the plot.

“Then, Duchess Leticia, since you insist so much, if you are willing to give me your seat and sit on my lap, wouldn’t that be just right?”

Now everyone came back to their senses.

In their eyes, my goodness, you, Hall, are planning to show your true colors!!