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Chapter 135
Chapter 135: The First Life
The fifth day of the Hero’s diligent sowing.
As usual, Oswald prayed inwardly for the appearance of a Many Children, Many Blessings System. I am sorry. I cursed you too loudly before. Many Children, Many Blessings is correct. It is necessary for such a thing to exist…
After they left the deep pit, Oswald watched Thorne and Lilith move from a tent into a wooden cabin. They were practically about to live a harmonious conjugal life outside Green Gorge City, yet Lilith’s belly still showed not the slightest change.
Thorne was indeed working hard. He worked so hard that Oswald and the others supervising them could find no peace day or night. But reality always reminded everyone, day after day, that hard work did not necessarily bring returns.
Ẇ ě b̈ n̄ оv̊el Е nû m̌ã
If there was one thing Oswald had gained from this, it was the discovery that the Hero’s Holy Spear had an effect somewhat similar to a sedative.
In every sense of the phrase, Lilith had now rapidly transformed into a bona fide lying-flat youth.
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She was no longer frantic. She no longer complained. She had even tacitly accepted Oswald’s surveillance and threats toward them, calmly accepting everything.
After observing Lilith from a distance as she quietly washed the bedding outside the house, Janice ended her Mana observation, turned to Oswald, and shook her head helplessly.
With his pipe clenched between his teeth, Oswald said nothing.
Thorne was still chopping wood outside, continuing to expand their small cabin while answering the villagers’ questions now and then.
Еn u m a
Anyone could see that he was nervous, so nervous that the hand gripping the axe was trembling. Oswald’s silence meant that this man of overwhelming authority was steadily running out of patience.
But what could Thorne do? It was already rare luck that such an absurd plan had been approved at all.
During this time, more and more people came from the Northern Territory to see the incarnation of the curse.
Everyone was very enthusiastic. After noticing that Thorne and Lilith lacked all kinds of daily necessities, these simple villagers would occasionally chat with them from a great distance and bring them furniture, tools, and other items.
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After all, with the Duke here, they did not have to worry about safety. And now, the most discussed topic in the Northern Territory was that unknown first life.
The incarnation of the curse was merely a little girl. There was nothing special about her. She did not even look as… strange as His Grace?
Е ň üḿâ
As for the first life, that was truly fresh. Since it had happened in their Northern Territory, how could they not gossip about it? They would have something to boast about when they went back.
Perhaps because the commoners were amusing themselves nearby, Oswald tolerated Thorne’s failure once again. He quietly exhaled a plume of thick smoke, turned around, and returned to the command tent to handle political affairs.
First, he picked up the document on the table. All the information Lilith had revealed about the first life had been recorded in exhaustive detail in this file.
Intelligence was always the most important thing, especially when it concerned the story after the Demon King was defeated, a story even Oswald knew very little about.
Reading through this document with its organized timeline, Oswald found that, just as he had speculated, the Hero’s Squad of the first life had eventually reached the end of the road as well.
There was a very interesting phenomenon in human history: after a war ended, the victorious side would often face even more problems.
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Defeating the demon race did not bring the Hero’s Squad the slightest benefit. On the contrary, in order to win that war, the Northern Territory paid an incomparably tragic price.
The King soon revoked financial support for the Northern Territory, yet the Hero’s Squad had no choice but to rack their brains for ways to repay the nobles for their help.
Thorne did not possess Cao Cao’s ruthless decisiveness as a formidable warlord. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Xu You had barely begun flaunting himself before he was rewarded with a generous burial.
As for Thorne, when those nobles came with their bulging bellies to “congratulate” the Hero on his victory, he could only stand to the side and keep smiling awkwardly.
After feeding those nobles, they could not neglect the Central Academy classmates who served as their backbone in military and political affairs either.
And someone always had to bear the cost.
Е̃ nū m̌ а̃
Fortunately, Oswald had not overestimated the Hero’s Squad’s moral standards. Unfortunately, after the threat of the demon race was temporarily eliminated, life for the commoners of the Northern Territory became increasingly difficult.
Even more painful was the fact that most of these families, which formed the foundation of the Northern Territory, had lost the young laborers who were the pillars of their households.
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The terminally ill Northern Territory grew worse year by year. The pastures had no warhorses, no household had surplus grain, the population capable of forming an army had greatly decreased, and bandits roamed everywhere through the mountains and forests.
When the demon race united as one, shook off the shadow of defeat, reorganized its troops, and returned in force, cracks also appeared within the Hero’s Squad.
The first to collapse from exhaustion was Annie, who was responsible for managing the territory. Then came Nicole, who oversaw the finances.
Maria became increasingly elusive. After Archbishop John passed away, she spent more and more time at the Church in the Royal Capital. Whenever she left, she would be gone for several months.
W̄е́b̀ñò ṽ е l̈ Е n̄uḿ а̂
Lilith clung to Thorne all day, and the two of them had no mind for political affairs. Once again, they returned to their old profession as adventurers.
Princess Diana also had a grand plan. She wanted to force Annie and Nicole to use the Wishing Star, intending to use the goddess’ power to make the Northern Territory great again.
When news of the demon race’s invasion arrived, the six of them finally reunited for once. Faced with a situation in which there was neither grain nor soldiers, the first thing they did was hold a struggle session against Annie and Nicole.
After officially declaring that the team had fallen apart, they successfully triggered a famine in the Northern Territory in order to gather grain and fodder.
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Wonderful. Truly wonderful.
The absurdity of the Northern Territory had reached the point that even King Frank could no longer bear to watch.
Е̌ n̊ u mä .ї d
He took the initiative to send grain, finally easing the Northern Territory’s crisis with great difficulty. Then another unexpected piece of news arrived.
Annie had slit her wrists.
Fortunately, she was discovered in time. After Maria’s emergency treatment, Annie was no longer in mortal danger.
But from then on, she never said another word. The light in her eyes was gone, and she became like a puppet, staring blankly at an old formal gown day after day.
An old formal gown…
Oswald could only hope he was overthinking it. If this gown was the one the Oswald from the story had given Annie after imprisoning her family and forcing her to attend a ball as his fiancée…
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Then this story was far too interesting.
Of course, Oswald of the second life had not experienced this plotline.
Although he had received the role-playing script, the System generally only arranged mandatory tasks for key plot points. Some unimportant plotlines were basically skipped by default.
If those two really did have a romantic subplot… Oswald drew in a sharp breath, mentally filling in countless tormented romance scenarios.
Perhaps he should not confuse the first life with the original story.
People were complex. In the eyes of a thousand people, there were a thousand Hamlets. Even a simple story could be interpreted from countless angles.
Е̌ num̆а .і̃ d̄
Oswald gently set down the document, clenched his pipe between his teeth again, and sank into deep thought as he smoked.
Previously, he had speculated that the reason the soul of Oswald from the first life had disappeared was because Annie had used the Wishing Star.
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After all, Annie had the strongest reason to hate him to the bone, and only Annie could possibly have used the Wishing Star on the already-dead Oswald.
To reconfirm the premise: after Annie learned that someone would use the Wishing Star to reverse time, she erased the original Oswald’s soul.
What could not be determined now was her true motive for erasing Oswald’s soul. Was it hatred, or was it love?
If it was love… then what exactly had those two experienced between them?
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