Chapter 242 - The Press Conference

Elios wondered, who the hell would have dared to contact him and slander Ren? And why?

He contacted Pavel and asked him to ask Sisqo to trace the whereabouts of the mysterious email sender. He still didn't want to trouble his brother, Nicolae. Later, if Sisqo couldn't find a clue, then he would talk to Nicolae.

[Why should I suspect Ren?] Asked Elios to the mysterious person, just to probe more information.

But there was no reply. This was the type of people who wanted to trick two opposite sides to suspect each other, thought Elios. They would throw accusations on the other person so that they would think the other people were the bad guy.

Hmm ... Even though he believed this was the enemy's tactic to divert his suspicions, Elios had the thought of rereading all the information about Ren that he had asked his team of informants.

He already read Ren's background and all the details about his family and his past before he met Vega. Nothing seemed suspicious. In fact, you could say, in many ways, Ren reminded Elios of himself.

He even investigated the sequence of events that led Ren to meet and marry Vega, to ensure that Ren didn't just take advantage of Vega. Ren did regularly visit the resort in Rhine. He was there from time to time, even before Vega started working there.

His father died there in an accident while calming himself down in the village. He had health issues and went to Rhine to get a well-deserved holiday and calmed his mind.

Ren regularly came to Rhine to deal with his severe insomnia problem. Vega had worked at the resort for four months, then she got the opportunity to meet Ren in person because. It only happened because she was assigned to be the housekeeper in the villa where Ren was staying.

Vega's transfer to the housekeeping department was the result of the jealousy of a new director who was also the youngest daughter of the hotel chain owner. If there had been no such incident, maybe they would never have met and got married, because Ren was very secretive and hardly ever interacted with people who were not close to him or worked for him.

Of course, Ren couldn't have created this kind of coincidence, could he? Destiny brought Ren and Vega together and both fell in love ...

Hmm .. no, not really falling in love, because Ren claimed he could not love his daughter. Elios massaged his forehead.

He also still had to sort things out with Ren. If Ren really couldn't love Vega, then there was no point in continuing the marriage.

But first, he had to make Ren recover Vega's reputation. Although she used the identity of Fae Muller, Elios did not want his daughter to be humiliated and become the subject of gossip.

[I've finished gathering various information on Rhine. I'm going back to Almstad in the morning. How long will you be in Almstad?]

Elios read the incoming message from Mischa.

What a coincidence, he thought. He immediately sent a reply.

[Next week. You happen to be here tomorrow, don't you? Ren will have a press conference tomorrow to clear his wife's reputation. I want you to order some people from RMI Almstad's office to come and watch the press conference.]

Mischa was amazed to read Elios' text. What was it that Alaric wanted RMI to interfere in the crown prince's press conference?

Didn't Elios make it clear to Ren not to reveal Fae's identity as Vega Linden? What did Elios want to do?

However, Mischa had learned to do what his foster father told him to do without asking questions.

[Okay.]

***

After refusing to comment for several weeks, Prince Renald finally agreed to speak openly to clear the big gossip surrounding his life. This made many journalists from various media enthusiastically packed into Ren's office building in the city center. 

After a long period of speculating and listening to gossip here and there, journalists were finally able to find out the truth straight from Prince Renald's own mouth.

The press conference immediately caught the attention of many people who received notifications on various platforms on the internet. They enthusiastically prepared to watch the live broadcast from the media they followed, curious to know how the love story of their crown prince and a commoner girl could happen.

What a modern Cinderella story! How lucky for the village girl to meet and captivate their prince's heart. He was such a perfect man who was known to be a genius and also handsome.

At 1 pm sharp, the hall in the building was filled with invited guests, journalists who were asked to attend directly by Karl. Ren took a deep breath when he saw how the room was filled with people who were eager to know his personal affairs.

Karl stood up and signaled to silence the audience. Slowly, the voices of the journalists who were chatting died down and they now turned their attention towards the stage.

Ren walked gracefully towards the center and sat on a chair. Nobody spoke until he relaxed and began to speak.

"Good afternoon, Everyone. Thank you all for coming to this place," He greeted them all. As usual, his face was unsmiling and cold. People who knew him very well had no objection to this.

Prince Renald rarely smiled. That was what made his photos in Bali with Vega created such an uproar. People could see that Ren looked happy with that woman. And now they all wanted to know their love story.

"I want to discuss a few things in this opportunity," said Ren calmly. "Please note it or record it."

The people looked at each other and let out a one-time sigh. This was completely unexpected.

Usually, the press conference in the palace was prepared in as much detail as possible, however, they would be forbidden to ask certain things and there was a rule not to spread anything that the palace asked them not to tell.

However, today not only did Ren welcome them to his office and allow them to announce this press conference to their audience, but Ren also didn't prevent them from recording it. This is great news!

"A few weeks ago there were some private photos of me and of a woman. It was a very serious invasion of privacy in Moravia, and if I find the source, I can assure you all that they will get the punishment they deserve."

The atmosphere had turned very quiet. Ren then continued his words.

"I want to clarify that I am indeed married and my wife is not a noble girl." His eyes caught sight of the audience and he fell silent suddenly. Ren's gaze had caught the figure of Mischa entering through the hall door followed by several people whom he knew were employees at RMI.

What are they doing here? Ren thought in surprise. Does this have something to do with Elios telling him to hold a press conference today?

Mischa, Sam, Sarah, and other RMI staff members took their seats in the back row and seemed to be focusing their attention forward.. Ready to hear what Ren had to say.