Angelic Lady

Chapter 1

The marriage between the daughter of a lower-ranking aristocrat and the Crown Prince.

People have called this love story beyond the status gap the romance of the century, but in fact, a marriage in the imperial family was not possible with only love.

There are four reasons why Angela, a lowly daughter of a baron from the countryside, could become the crown princess.

First of all. Angela was very beautiful.

She has silver hair, white skin, green eyes reminiscent of emerald, and a slender figure, all are characteristics that were rare in the Empire.

No one disagreed with her reputation as the most beautiful woman in the Empire.

That appearance bound to have an absolute effect on people.

If Angela hadn’t had such a beautiful appearance, the daughter of a low-ranking nobleman would never have been called “the flower of the social circle” in the capital’s high society.

Then the second one, the existence of her close friend ‘Jayna Bellechateur’.

The only daughter of the Marquis of Bellechateur, Jayna, who cherished Angela as if she was her own biological sister.

In order to help Angela adjust to the capital’s social circle smoothly, she spared no effort to provide her support.

In addition to the monetary part, she brought Angela to every social gathering and introduced her to the influential nobles.

The stature of Angela within the nobility was entirely attributed to Jayna.

And, thirdly, she ran a clinic, gained popularity and fame among commoners.

Angela, a healer and a herbalist, opened a treatment centre in the capital with the support of the Marquis of Belchester to help the poor civilians in need.

Naturally, the commoners began to praise her.

A young noblewoman that took care of them, who would not be respected by anyone!

Angela became popular with the common people, and her reputation grew naturally.

She began to be called “White Angel” one day, and when the prince who heard this rumour took an interest in her.

That’s how Angela and the Crown Prince met until in the end, the two became lovers.

Then lastly, the revelation of Marquis Bellechateur’s so-called treason.

Angela had discovered that her patron, the Marquis of Belchester, was trying to rebel.

After much torment, Angela attempted to report the rebellion of the Marquis to the Imperial Court, but Jayna Bellechateur, who discovered her, in an attempt to silence Angela she tried to poison her.

However, Angela managed to survive and gave decisive testimony to reveal the plot of the Marquis.

As a result, the Marquis of Bellechateur, who dared to rebel against the Imperial Family, paid the price with the extermination of his whole kin

Angela was recognized for her contribution to guarding the peace of the Empire and received permission from the Emperor to marry the Prince.

Everyone in the Empire was delighted by the news. A beautiful sweet white angel deserves to be his queen.

***

In the dungeon of the Imperial Palace.

The stale bread thrown by the guard collided with her head and she yelped in pain because she felt as if she was hit by a rock, but her vocal cords were injured and only a screeching sound came from her throat.

She looked up and saw that the guard was staring at her with contempt then he spat on the dungeon floor and left.

The thrown bread fell to the other side of the solitary cell.

Jayna's POV

Without the strength to stand up, I crawled and picked it up. The bread was hard enough to hurt my teeth when I chewed, but I still ate it whole. Because this was all I could eat.

I forcefully swallowed and leaned against the cold wall.

My body was full of wounds, the ruined hair was so bad that it tore with one slight pull. The graceful figure of a young noblewoman was nowhere to be found.

I don’t even know how much time has passed.

The image of my father, who had been executed for treason, surfaced to my mind and my tears flowed again. My father’s head was said to be hung on the capital walls.

There was nothing I could do.

I, and the Bellechateurs, did not commit any crime.

How the hell did it become to this?

Angela was nearly poisoned for wanting to report the Bellechateurs, and I, Jayna Bellechateur, have been accused of being the culprit who tried to poison her.

She had simply sold the Marquis of Belchester to become the Crown Princess.

The prelude was framing me. Angella fell whilst she was having tea with me. Although everything was her acting, because of this, I was charged with the attempted poisoning and got taken to the Imperial Palace for it.

The crown prince was furious at the thought of losing his lover.

No one could preclude him from his rage. The crown prince ordered my execution, and my father protested.

My father tried to save me, but with the words from Angela’s mouth, the situation worsens.

A rebellion.

It was a trap for the Marquis Bellechateur from the very beginning.

When the imperial palace searched the residence of the Belchester family, unknown evidence of rebellion appeared, starting with the alleged corruption of my father who was in charge of the military service.

In order to not conform to the status of a prestigious family with a long history, the investigation and sentencing were conducted in a very short period of time.

The family in the end could not escape extermination.

I know I am the last remaining Belchester, but sooner or later I will disappear in the dew of the execution ground.

“Jayna?”

The quiet underground prison became noisy after a long.

It was Angela. She was approaching me accompanied by a group of knights.

When I saw Angela, my dying eyes filled with anger.

I moved towards her with a strength I didn’t know I still had. My fists holding the iron bars trembled.

“What are you doing here? You still dare to show your face in front of me?!”

“Who are you to threaten her royal highness!”

Just as he said that I felt my sight blur and jostled to the other side of the cell caused by being shoved by a knight accompanying Angela.

I spitted up blood with a cough. I could see his face, a familiar one, through the hair covering my visage.

It was my ex-fiancee who attacked me, Cassiel Kalmár