"I... I like Felyn?!"

Anise suddenly felt like her heart was about to leap out of her chest.

Being mistaken for being in love with a commoner, how... how is it so disgusting?

Anise didn't know Felyn at all; she wouldn't care about someone of his class.

Just like how before the Noke family rose to power, she wasn't cared for by high society.

"Miss Viloti, please don't make such jokes." She quickly waved her hands and gave an awkward laugh.

For some reason, she suddenly felt a sense of disgust towards Felyn.

As for why she disliked Viloti, it was because Viloti's title was even higher than hers. She was the eldest daughter of the Silafiel family, while Anise was merely Noke's niece.

"You don't like Felyn?"

"How could I? What would I gain? To go back to his little house and gnaw on bread with him? I would never."

Thinking of Felyn's face, she gradually became irritated.

Her noble superiority made her quickly draw a clear line between herself and Felyn's commoner status.

"Miss Viloti, I'm just offering a suggestion. Perhaps Lord Silafiel doesn't know about your relationship with Felyn yet. But I think he would probably prefer you to find someone... of equal social standing, not someone like Felyn."

"Someone like Felyn?"

Hearing Viloti repeat her words, Anise immediately felt there was a chance.

"Yes! Girls like us, noble young ladies like us, should be having afternoon tea in a manor, right? Then in the evening, we attend banquets and meet the young masters from powerful families in the empire."

"If we like a certain young master, we should first tease him and then distance ourselves, so he will love us even more."

"But if you're with a commoner like Felyn, Miss Viloti, you might not feel it much at school, but once you graduate, the gap between men is still very large."

"Felyn only knows some sweet talk; he's of no help to you at all. And I think he..."

Viloti watched as Anise spoke vividly and with increasing excitement.

What was she talking about?

Aren't Felyn and I both human? Why talk about class?

Saying I'll see Felyn's bad side after graduation, but I don't even know if Felyn will be willing to see me after graduation.

Viloti couldn't understand Anise's logic.

It wasn't that Viloti couldn't understand Anise's way of thinking because she had been pampered since childhood and hadn't experienced what Anise had in the past.

On the contrary, Viloti and Anise's experiences were almost identical.

Both their families were newly emerging nobles, having grown from second-rate nobility.

Watching Anise continue to elaborate on how she was different as a noble young lady, Viloti couldn't help but frown.

What is she blabbering about? I should try throwing a sigil.

Her hand subconsciously went to her pocket, but she remembered Felyn's words, "Don't just throw sigils around."

Then... if I don't throw a sigil, I can only argue...

"Miss Anise. I don't agree with your thinking."

"Huh?"

Anise was suddenly interrupted by Viloti mid-sentence, almost losing her breath.

"Felyn is not that kind of person. I like him very much, whether he is a noble or a commoner, whether he has money or not. He is just Felyn, and whether a person is worthy of trust is not proven by money."

These words were as incomprehensible as a foreign language to Anise.

No money? Are you kidding me? I'm this beautiful so I can marry a noble young master, right?

"You... you have a point, hahaha, Miss Viloti, I was too narrow-minded."

But she didn't dare to refute.

Viloti's status was higher than hers.

Viloti thought Anise was going to argue back, but she didn't expect Anise to suddenly wilt.

This left Viloti at a loss for what to do.

Let me think, right, I should probably apologize too.

But if I make Anise apologize to Felyn, won't that waste Felyn's time again?

Compared to an apology, Viloti felt that Felyn would prefer something else.

"Anise, give me two hundred krona, and I'll apologize to Felyn for you."

"Apologize?!"

Anise didn't react for a moment, but seeing Viloti's serious expression, she felt she wasn't joking.

"Okay, I'll apologize to you. I'm sorry, Miss Viloti. I shouldn't have said that about your Felyn."

"No, you're not apologizing to me, you're apologizing to Felyn."

Viloti still couldn't understand Anise's logic. Anise thought Felyn was Viloti's accessory, so she only needed to apologize to Viloti.

"Making me apologize to a commoner..."

Anise clenched her fists tightly, enduring the humiliation in her chest.

She didn't want to do it, but she had to.

To be obsessed with the power of class and system, one must naturally obey it.

"Then I'll go apologize to Mr. Felyn."

Viloti shook her head. "No need. Going there will waste Felyn's time. Give me 200 krona, and I'll apologize to Felyn for you."

A trace of surprise and confusion flashed in Anise's eyes.

I would be wasting Felyn's time?!

Me, the grand young lady of the Noke family, going to apologize to Felyn, would be wasting his time?!

Anise bit her lip tightly and lowered her head, not letting Viloti see her expression.

She felt the world spinning at that moment. Her long-held pride was completely shattered in front of Viloti.

"What's wrong, Miss Anise?"

Even Viloti's concern at this moment sounded like an interrogation in her mind.

She took a deep breath, took out two thousand krona from her pocket, and handed it to Viloti. "I'm sorry, Miss Viloti, I was... a bit too rash just now. You and Felyn are a very good couple."

Anise felt she had been led astray by Viloti.

Because from the beginning, Anise thought Viloti's expression looked unhappy, and mistakenly thought Viloti must be dissatisfied with Felyn.

But she never expected that Viloti's expression was always like this! It had nothing to do with being happy or not!

I was tricked!

"Only 200 krona is enough."

Although Viloti felt Felyn would definitely love 2000 krona, it was a bit too much to ask of Anise.

"No, Miss Viloti, this is a small token of my sincerity."

If Viloti didn't accept it, Anise would really lose it. She would feel that her apology was only worth 200, which was simply looking down on people.

Since Anise had taken the initiative to say so, Viloti didn't continue to entangle with her.

She put the krona in her pocket, planning to secretly stuff it into Felyn's school bag.

"By the way, Miss Anise, what did you want to ask Felyn just now?"

"N-nothing, Miss Viloti."

Anise felt there was no need to ask anymore.

There must be some power behind Felyn.

Otherwise, how could Viloti be so devoted to him?

Falling in love with a down-and-out noble? How is that possible? That kind of thing is only good for fooling children. Viloti must be lying.

After bidding farewell to Viloti, Anise walked to a secluded place, took out her communication sigil, and called Noke.

"Aunt Noke, I've found out. There really is someone behind Felyn."

"Really?!"

Noke, sitting in the car, immediately sat up straight upon hearing this news.

As long as she knew who the enemy was, it would be fine. In the face of the Divine Church, the Sivishus Empire was nothing.

"Really, Aunt Noke. Should I go and tie him up for you?"

Anise made no effort to hide the excitement and anticipation in her tone at this moment.

She loathed Felyn now. Because of Felyn, she had made a fool of herself in front of Viloti.

Because of Felyn, Viloti even wanted her to apologize to Felyn, a commoner.

She was even mistaken by Viloti for liking Felyn. It was really... really too humiliating.

Anise wouldn't hate Viloti; she would only hate Felyn, believing that it was because of Felyn that Viloti treated her this way.

"Don't be hasty. Let me think about it some more, and investigate a bit further."

"But if the Silafiel family forms a marriage alliance with Felyn, there will be no chance. Viloti is about to marry Felyn and have his children." Anise was very anxious. She couldn't bear this humiliation for another moment.

"Have children?! A marriage alliance?!"

Noke didn't believe it at all. She hadn't heard anything about the Silafiel family wanting to form a marriage alliance with Felyn.

A marriage alliance requires both parties to be of equal social standing. What does Felyn have to offer for a marriage alliance now?

Could it be that Felyn really has some secret power, and that fellow Silafiel saw this in him?!

It must be so. Otherwise, Silafiel would have to be out of his mind to let his precious daughter marry Felyn.

"Anise, listen, don't be anxious. I know you're acting for the family's benefit, but don't be impulsive. I'll send a few people over to help you. Find an opportunity and make your move." Noke tried to make her voice as gentle as possible.

"Your safety is the most important thing. Auntie is most worried about your safety. You know, I've watched you grow up since you were little, and I'm closest to you. You must pay attention to your own safety first."

"Mhm, I know, Auntie."

After hanging up the sigil, Noke cleared her throat and looked at a hooded man in the back seat.

"I'll have to trouble you."

"Hmph." He grunted, not caring.

"Just blend into the crowd. Don't make a move unless absolutely necessary. I'm afraid things will get more complicated. But if you do have to make a move, anyone who sees..." She made a throat-slitting gesture, signaling him to kill them all.

"By the way, that includes Anise. She has enjoyed so much; it's time she contributed to the family."