They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 455: Hers Tastes Better

A collective gasp ran through the crowd.

The VC paled, sweat springing to his forehead. He looked like he wanted the ground to open and swallow him whole.

But Arthur… Arthur was just getting started.

In that moment, that was when the VC finally realized something painfully obvious, Arthur was still standing.

He jolted, eyes darting around in search of any spare, movable seats. There were only five.

Two were near Jana, one for her and one she had reserved for her precious backpack like it was royalty.

The other three? Already claimed by Nnenna, her bag, and the a girl munching popcorn, Emily.

Jana followed his gaze and immediately assumed Arthur must be referring to the seats Nnenna and Emily had taken. Everyone else assumed the same.

The Vice Chancellor didn’t waste time. He began walking toward Nnenna and Emily, obviously planning to ask them to vacate their seats, for Arthur, himself, and Ava too.

But Arthur’s voice sliced through the moment, calm and sharp.

“Why are you going there?” he asked.

The VC froze.

Arthur casually raised a hand and pointed, right at Jana.

“Aren’t there two seats right here?”

Everyone “…”

The silence that followed was deafening.

Jana’s face turned from confident to ugly in a split second.

Her fists clenched on her skirt. So now even Nnenna’s bag matters more than me, the future Queen of Riverum?

Everyone saw it now, Arthur didn’t just dislike her. He had no intention of giving her even a shred of respect.

Her face burned with humiliation.

Does he know the truth already? Is that why he’s so against me? Or is it just that… Nnenna matters more to him than I ever could?

The crowd fell into stunned silence for quite a while.

Did Arthur hate Jana that much? That he couldn’t even let her keep a seat for herself? Did she really mean so little to him compared to another girl’s bag, a stranger for that matter?

Whispers rippled through the hall like wildfire.

“Was she lying all along?”

“Maybe that’s why he’s ignoring her…”

“But what if he’s just doing this because she rejected him like she said—”

“Come on, have you seen Prince Arthur give a good look at anyone before?

“No.”

“Exactly. He just behaves like everyone is invisible until it’s utmost necessary to talk.”

Yet amidst all the speculation and tension, Arthur stood there as calm as a still lake. Completely unbothered. Not even a twitch in his expression over Jana’s dramatic accusations.

The Vice Chancellor, however, was a whole storm of internal conflict. Sweat dripped down the back of his neck as he hesitated. Then, with a grimace, he turned and walked over to Jana’s side, took the two chairs, and brought them over.

Jana’s face was a masterpiece of disbelief and silent fury. Her hands gripped her dress so hard, her knuckles turned white.

Arthur, meanwhile, waved Ava over with a slight gesture.

She grinned at her brother’s subtle thoughtfulness and made her way forward, ready to sit.

But Arthur didn’t sit just yet.

Instead, he took the two seats, walked over to where Nnenna and Emily were sitting, and arranged the chairs beside them.

Then, without a word, he sat beside his little sister.

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He dipped his hand straight into the popcorn pack Nnenna was munching from and took a generous handful.

Everyone froze.

Even Nnenna blinked at him, surprised.

Wait… what?

The icy Prince Arthur, whose personal space was a holy land, just casually reached into someone else’s snack like they were old friends?

Emily choked on a kernel.

Jana looked like she had just been wacked with a frying pan.

Even the VC had to blink twice to confirm what he was seeing.

Arthur didn’t look at anyone. He just leaned back, legs crossed, casually popping popcorn into his mouth like this was the highlight of his day.

Was he really that hungry for popcorn that the famously clean freak prince actually ate from the same bowl as a stranger? Everyone stared like they had seen a ghost, but Arthur didn’t even glance their way.

He calmly ate the popcorn, then took another generous handful. It was just as sweet and crunchy as he had imagined.

The crowd whispered in disbelief. The cold, untouchable Arthur looked almost…normal. Relaxed.

Seeing how Arthur was genuinely enjoying the popcorn, Ava couldn’t resist. She leaned a little over him to catch Nnenna’s eye and gestured. Pass the popcorn.

Emily blinked at this unexpected turn and finally came back to her senses. “It’s okay, I brought a lot,” she announced, her voice cheerful.

Without missing a beat, she reached into her bag and pulled out more packets like some kind of snack miracle worker. She handed one each to Ava, Arthur, and Nnenna, who had been eating from her own.

The audience was struck dumb again. Was this some secret club? When did the tense, cold atmosphere turn into a little picnic?

Emily passed the popcorn packs with some hesitation, not sure if they would actually accept them. After all, these were the highest of royalty, people who could have entire banquets prepared at a snap of their fingers.

But before she could finish overthinking it, Ava reached out, took her packet without hesitation, tore it open, and started eating like she had been waiting all day.

Arthur, however, hesitated. His eyes flicked to Nnenna’s half finished pack, clearly wanting to keep eating from it instead.

But the look Nnenna shot him, somewhere between a scolding glare and silent outrage, made him pause. He was eating faster than her, after all.

Sighing, he finally accepted Emily’s pack, though not before giving Nnenna a small, sheepish look that almost counted as an apology. Nnenna huffed and happily opened a fresh packet, satisfied to reclaim her own snack without Arthur depleting it again.

Emily had to press her lips together to keep from laughing. Really, she thought, watching them. Nnenna was so carefree it was almost contagious.

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