Hottie Series 1 Ricko Gardenan

“You can’t do that!”

I was about to enter the study room when I heard my mother screaming. It was as if she and Daddy were arguing about something so I slowly opened the door and peeked in on them, trying my best not to get noticed.

It is not something new to me, but I know that when they are fighting, it always has something to do with me and my siblings. So, I thought I should listen first.

Maybe they were talking about me. I might have done something that Daddy didn’t like unconsciously.

“That is the only thing I can do to save her.” My father’s voice is calm. But I can also feel in his voice that his decision is already final because he always believed that what he does is always right.

So I was even more curious as to which of us, siblings, they were referring to.

“Marrying her off with that prince will only ruin her life forever,” Mom insisted. Her voice was filled with fear and worry. “You know how cruel that bastard is. He will just take advantage of our daughter and they just wanted to use her because the people of this country trusted her more than the royal family.”

“I know that,” Dad said. “I am well aware of what they want from her. But what can we do? If we don’t get her married to Prince Hector, her life will continue to be in danger. You know that we no longer have the ability to protect her.”

Ah, they were talking about me.

Well, I am aware of the things that have been happening in my family even though I am often out and socializing with common people.

I am not a princess. I am just a simple daughter of a duke that has been actively doing what I want to help, not only the people in our domain but also anyone who really needs help.

That is what my late grandmother taught me.

Helping others is something that is not based on what title is attached to our name.

So I just followed what she started.

I helped a lot of people around the country. I have set up several foundations and most of my rich friends have donated to them voluntarily. We helped many students so they could continue their education without worrying about their tuition fees.

I also have built some public schools supported by my foundations and it was being used by children who lack money to study.

Above all, I also built several public hospitals using the money that my grandmother bequeathed to me.

I focused on the education and health sector for the goal of the foundation that I created because those are the things that our government neglects the most.

I want nothing more than to help people. That is what is always in my mind. I don’t need anything in return for all the things I did for other people.

It is not even my money. I was just continuing what my grandmother wanted.

So I didn’t really expect that what I was doing would become a big issue, causing my life to always be in danger.

I have received a lot of death threats. And our previous close relationship with the royal family that rules all of Hexoria Kingdom has also gradually cooled because the citizens are looking for me more than them.

And because of that, I stopped going out more often in public but the citizens were not happy with it because they thought that the superiors of our government were preventing me from appearing before them as giving way to the members of the royal family.

Well, part of that is actually true.

Several palace ministers also talked to me and forced me to stop everything that I was doing. They wanted to get rid of me in the public’s eye. They also wanted me to transfer all of my foundations to the royal family.