How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

Henkel had worked tirelessly to get admitted as the top student to the Academy.

He not only hired top-notch tutors to ghostwrite his papers, but he also, through his father’s influence, met the interviewers in advance.

‘All that effort, and she’s blown it away? This is the first time I’ve lost due to background.’

The loud-voiced Henkel was already dominating the atmosphere among the prospective students. He even spread false rumors.

Leticia’s comment during the interview, ‘I came to the academy because I want to work,’ was twisted and spread as, ‘I attend the academy because I’m bored.’

“Law school is no joke; perhaps she came to drink tea and learn knitting.”

That day too, he was loudly badmouthing Leticia.

But suddenly, silence enveloped the surroundings.

“What’s going on?”

He looked up. His peers were staring at him with grim faces.

“Why are you…”

He locked eyes with Leticia, who stood at the entrance of the bar.

Even the brazen Henkel felt a chill down his spine at that moment.

Even if Leticia was seen as a joke, the Ducal family behind her was terrifying. Leticia’s reputation was fearsome as well.

However, Leticia just hung her head.

“Is she crying?”

“Well, she’s just a girl.”

Henkel smirked inwardly. But then…

Leticia slowly smiled.

“Hello.”

She said softly.

Henkel almost blushed, taken by surprise. The princess was prettier than the rumors said.

“Uh, um, hello,” he stuttered in response.

She grinned at him.

“Oh my. You do know how to greet properly?”

“What…?”

“From what I heard, you were talking nonsense. I thought you were a bit off in the head.”

Leticia said sweetly, looking genuinely concerned.

Henkel realized a few seconds later.

This woman… With an innocent angelic face, she was being sarcastic.

“You don’t seem to have hurt your head. That’s good, right?”

“What? Are you calling me a fool?”

“You recognized it, didn’t you?”

Leticia looked at him as if he was a complete joke.

Then she confidently looked into the eyes of each of the peers.

“I heard you were discussing something interesting.”

“…”

“Could you possibly say it in front of me?”

Leticia challenged.

A few in front of Leticia stared at her, enchanted by her smile.

“Could you step forward and tell me every single word? I’m genuinely curious.”

However, no one came forward.

The tense atmosphere lingered. But that standoff ended anticlimactically.

“Since you all oppose so much, I’ve decided not to become the top student. There must be a more fitting candidate.”

It was because Leticia spoke softly.

“Is she really giving up being the top?”

Peers couldn’t believe their ears.

“Are you serious?” Henkel asked in surprise.

“Yes. Being admitted to the academy is important, not such titles.”

At that moment, Henkel felt a sudden attraction to Leticia.

‘What, you’re a more obedient woman than I thought, right?’

She was a princess and a national hero. Normally, she was someone he couldn’t even look at.

And yet she’s being so kind to me… ‘She’s quite a decent woman,’ he thought.

‘Well, it’s only natural that she’s pretty, since she’s a girl who even seduced the prince.’

Besides, since Leticia was going to be an academy student like himself, Henkel felt that Leticia was on the same level as him.

‘If you’re a woman who isn’t well-behaved enough to hang out with the second prince, who isn’t even her fiancé, maybe I’ll have a chance…’

No, Henkel wasn’t the only one with such a brazen idea. Several of his classmates were already looking at Leticia with disdain.

Just then, the door opened and someone came in.