Chapter 22

Rajiv’s POV

“We are getting too close to the aristocracy of this country, Jyn,” I said while looking at Asper who was just getting out of the mansion. “If I had known that she is the first daughter of the Axia Region’s duke, I should have stopped you from meddling with their family issue.”

“Is it really bad?” Karyu suddenly appeared at the doorway while holding a bowl of popcorn. “I mean, it is not like she is here because of us, right? As far as we all know, she was also running away and laying low from her problem in their region. She doesn’t want to marry a prince so hiding from everyone is the only option that she has. It is not like she is deceiving us to harm us.”

“To be honest, our situation is not that far from what Asper is trying to avoid,” Schlain said. He just got out of the mansion. “She was also being cornered by the Azaria and their ministers which made her decide to hide here and alter her identity. And avoiding her just because she is a daughter of