51 Rivalry

The hall was strangely peaceful, the audience simply staring at the pocket watch with rapt attention. Aurelia knew this wasn’t a good sign - it meant all her worries would come true. It was naive of her to have entertained the thought that these people would give her any leeway. It was only natural they would aspire to take such a priceless thing. She wasn’t the main character of an oddly popular drama who could have anything she wanted. At most, she was just another cannon fodder character who had the luck to have her own little side story, and that meant none of those privileges at all. “Don’t get too nervous,” Circe said, finally sensing that Aurelia was becoming quite anxious. “If you lack the money, why don’t you try contacting your husband?” Those words were enough to shake Aurelia out of her daze. She smiled at the other woman and laughed out loud. “He’ll probably find out the truth of the matter and end up killing me instead.” After all, Dante didn’t know that she was wor