Chapter 200: Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (64)

༺ Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (64) ༻

On that morning, Cien sensed an ominous atmosphere.

It might have been a sort of intuition. Woken by the chaotic wind banging against the window frame, the Imperial Princess got out of bed with an uneasy gaze.

The once eye-catching light gray eyes had long lost their vibrancy. The recent series of events had been enough to shatter the mind of the girl who had just recently come of age.

First, she survived a life-threatening crisis.

In the process, the head maid who had taken care of her since her childhood passed away. Her escort knights also died, and Cien and Irene were the only survivors.

The deaths of carefully chosen close aides were not merely a matter of profit and loss. As a human, Cien, too, could not help but have her mind completely shaken.

However, even in the mud, flowers found a way to bloom.

Despite the bleak situation, Cien found a new hope.

That was none other than Ian. He was the only person who treated her with sincerity in a world full of falsehood and deceit.

However, despair still remained. The ‘new hope’ was the same person Cien had treated coldly and harassed all along.

She might have been better off if she had only harassed him.

Unfortunately, Cien did not only harm Ian but also his family. And those who had sided with the Imperial Princess and criticized Ian all along made her a scapegoat.

The ‘Dragon’s Eyes’ could read all human emotions.

Whenever she faced the surges of hatred and enmity, Cien would feel suffocated, and nightmares from her childhood resurfaced. The more this happened, the more Cien became obsessed with his presence.

Not long ago, she even started to take on the role of serving those women around Ian, including the Saintess.

At first, the Saintess seemed somewhat reluctant, but later, people around her, including herself, were willing to make the Imperial Princess do all sorts of menial tasks just to see how much Cien could endure.

Of course, Cien did everything.