Chapter 149

Ever since realizing that Viola was the daughter of his late sister Ophelia, Emperor Walter had been secretly watching over his niece.

"My proud brother, Walter. When the time comes, please… just this once, look the other way."

His sister's dying wish, that he pretend not to notice even once he'd figured it out.

Given how deeply Walter had cherished Ophelia, he chose, once again, to quietly honor her wishes.

But that didn't mean he intended to simply stop paying attention to his niece altogether.

It was merely the greatest concession he could make for his sister's sake.

Even without revealing the truth right away, Walter had decided he would protect his poor niece in his own way.

Quietly summoning the Devereux daughter to the palace and nipping her scheme in the bud right then and there had been part of that very effort.

In his heart, he'd wanted to…