The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love & The Missing Heiress - Chapter 295

King Gustav and Queen Elena were shocked when they heard from Ren that he wanted to leave Moravia and return to being a commoner.

“I don’t understand … aren’t you the one who decided to come back?” asked Queen Elena in a muffled sigh. “If it’s about your wife whom you married secretly … we can think about it. You had a press conference yesterday without our consent. We have to hear everything over the news on the internet. Why don’t you talk to us first?”

Ren looked at his grandmother with a cold gaze. He never loved his grandparents. Since childhood, he had hated them with all his heart.

After he heard how the king and queen of Moravia treated his mother, Ren didn’t think of them as his family at all.

Just as Hannah thought that only Friedrich and Charles were her family, Ren was like that too. The only reason he returned to Moravia was to seize the kingdom from the Hanenberg family dynasty that had ruled Moravia for centuries.

He managed to kill his cousin who became the crown prince before him. Heinrich was King Gustave’s only grandson and he loved him very much.

Ren had no problem with Heinrich, but he had to get rid of the young man so he could force the Moravian royal family to acknowledge him and call him back to Moravia.

Now, Ren regretted killing his cousin. It would be easier for him to leave the palace now if Heinrich was still around. He sighed, imagining how much blood was spilled at this point because of his revenge.

Ren realized that he was no different from Elios Linden, whom he hated so much. Ren had turned into the monster he had hated his whole life.

Deep within his heart, he felt sad because he did not deserve to be with Vega who was a kind and pure-hearted girl.

“Your Majesty… I will not change my decision,” said Ren, waving his hand. “I just came to inform you, so you can take steps to handle it. My assistant has already prepared a press conference and I will immediately inform the world that I will resign from my position as the crown prince of Moravia. It should be effective today.”

“Renald!” King Gustave immediately stood up and called Ren’s name out loud. “You can’t just do whatever you want. This kingdom needs you …”

Ren smiled mockingly at the old king. “I can do whatever I want, I don’t owe you anything. You’re lucky I didn’t destroy this kingdom to repay your actions to my mother during her lifetime.”

Queen Elena widened her eyes at Ren’s words. She did not think that her grandson could be so ruthless toward them.

She knew that Ren had been cold and ignorant towards other people, but never to herself and her husband. For her, Ren was a devoted grandson.

Why did he suddenly change into this kind of rude person? Was he influenced by his wife? It really can’t be tolerated anymore!

“That woman… she changed you…” hissed Queen Elena angrily. “She seduced you only to turn you against your family.”

Ren immediately got up from his seat and stood threateningly at the queen. This action shocked everyone.

“Old hag! Don’t go around talking shit about my wife. You don’t deserve to even say her name,” said the young man in an emotional voice. “Vega is too good to be accused of something like that.”

He then turned away leaving the king and queen who were stunned, confused. Ren was now completely unrecognizable to them.

They didn’t know what happened. Why was he being so rude and cold at them while casually leaving the position of the crown prince?

If Ren really stepped down from his position, who would replace him then? He was their only grandson now. Should they change the Moravian constitution so that they can appoint a granddaughter as a queen?

The Moravian monarchy had been in constant tension with its citizens for a long time, some of whom were demanding the royal family to be dissolved and their country should be turned into a republic.

They thought that in modern times like today, the monarchy had become an ancient thing. The Hanenberg family still managed to maintain their position over the years due to the influence of their extended family and strong political supporters.

They also cultivated good relations with other kingdoms in Europe that could strengthen their position. One of the ways to do it was through matchmaking between their children.

That was why the failure of the matchmaking between Princess Hannah and Prince Valentino of Spain angered King Gustave and Queen Elena. They blamed Hannah when she chose to get pregnant by a scientist, who was a mere commoner.

Now … if the citizens of Moravia found out that Ren, as the only male heir of the Hanenberg family, had decided to step down, the tension between the Moravian people and the monarchy would surely return.

The royal family must be prepared to watch the people returning to the streets and asking the king to step down.

With King Gustave getting older by the day and the loss of the crown prince, it was certain that the people would push for the constitution to be changed so that the Moravian kingdom could be converted into a republic.

King Gustave grabbed his chest which suddenly felt very tight.

“In-insolent child …” he said breathlessly. Queen Elena panicked and immediately grabbed her husband’s shoulder. She shouted for help, and before long the palace staff had come scattering and helping King Gustave.

The king had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital.

***

Ren did not feel sympathy at all when he read the news from the palace that his grandfather was being hospitalized with a heart attack.

He knew for sure that King Gustave fell ill because of his sudden decision to step down as crown prince and leave Moravia.

With calm steps, he walked into the hall of the crown prince’s office, where hundreds of journalists were waiting for him to hear the announcement he was about to make.

When he stepped to the very front, the corner of his eye caught the figure of Karl standing in the corner of the room with a cloudy face. He suspected that Karl already knew what had happened at the palace that made King Gustave fall ill.

His uncle was very ambitious and wanted to seize Moravia through Ren. He was the one who kept forcing Ren to stay as the crown prince and ascend the throne of Moravia after his grandfather died or abdicate from his position as the king.

“I just wanted to avenge your mother, after what they did to her,” Karl said over and over.

Ren used to believe that, but at this point, he felt that Karl was just using his mother, Princess Hannah, as an excuse.

Ren smiled faintly as he remembered that his driver, John was picking up Sophia at the airport. Karl didn’t know that Ren had tricked Sophia into coming to Moravia. The girl thought it was Karl who wanted her to come.

‘It’s your fault that you didn’t give Sophia a way to contact you,’ Ren thought to himself as he glanced at his uncle.. ‘She won’t know if the call is really from you, she would have no idea if someone else is trying to set her up.’