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Chapter 172
Chapter 172: All That Has Passed
A light, ethereal musical prelude seemed to seize all that had passed. Another early autumn in the garden. Back then, those eyes had been purer than the azure sky.
Never ask why people change. Never ask whether an open and honest heart can remain the same forever.
Fragments of the three siblings’ past surfaced in Frank’s mind. He felt as though he had fallen into a dream. After the music in his memory reappeared, even the colors of childhood twisted along with it, until only a filthy sort of cleanliness remained.
If loneliness was a poison that brought death, then power was the most alluring catalyst.
W̄ е̌b̈_n̆ о vе̊ĺ Ё ňu mа̃
After ascending to the peak of power, Frank came to understand many things. Everything in the world could be explained with absolute clarity by two words: need.
The old King needed an excellent heir, so he poured all his love into the First Prince.
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Then could this heir be replaced by someone else? Frank had successfully proven that yes, it was entirely possible.
Because what the kingdom needed was the next King. As for who the heir was, most of them did not care.
And what did a King need?
Just as nobles needed the cheap labor of commoners, a King only needed others to be of use to him. As for who the nobles were and who the commoners were, he had no way to care at all.
Е̂ n̊uḿa
Or rather, he did not dare to care.
Was there truly such a vast difference between people? Was there truly such a vast difference between him and the First Prince? Why could some people have their needs satisfied, while far more people could never find enough security or contentment in their entire lives?
After observing the implementation of Northern Territory’s new policies, Frank gradually found an answer to this question.
In truth... within a stable, functioning country, who someone was, and what kind of person they were, did not matter at all.
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You could obtain a job because someone needed others to work. As for whether the person doing the work was you specifically, that did not matter at all.
Some people were born nobles. Some people were born able to receive all affection. Some people could be allocated more resources. Some people could have every need endlessly satisfied.
Wеḃ no vе̂ l En̂ um â
As for far more people, they were born slaves. Most of them merely knew it in silence, and instead, as beneficiaries of some unfair distribution that the upper classes regarded as insignificant, they felt smug and self-satisfied.
After understanding all this, Frank began to learn to accept the hatred of others.
The people would not hate him for no reason, but the crown above his head had destined him to become the greatest injustice in the kingdom.
Suppose that in an environment at the very bottom, a family was forced onto the road of ruin, and the father, in his role as a father, risked his life in one desperate struggle and successfully saved his family. What would he receive?
Answer: he would receive the sanction called law from the King’s hand.
The more Frank governed the country, the more troubled and worried he became. Far too many countless, indescribable events piled up in the depths of his heart, making him desperately want to do everything he could to change it all.
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Although Duke Oswald’s influence was also part of it... no matter how one put it, Frank himself had also been someone who had suffered unfair treatment.
But Frank truly could not understand Diana, that incomprehensible creature.
He truly could not understand just what monumental grievance Diana had suffered from the moment of her birth until now, to make her hate everyone around her so thoroughly.
The old King had never treated her poorly. The First Prince had regarded her as his younger sister, the kingdom’s only princess. Frank, too, regarded her as his younger sister, the kingdom’s only princess.
It could be said that she was the princess of iron, while Kings came and went like flowing water. Even if the palace fought until everyone lived or died, not a single trace of blood would stain her palace.
Sometimes, when Frank saw the intelligence from his previous life showing that he had absolutely trusted Diana and granted whatever she asked for, he could not help wanting to slap himself across the face.
W ě bn̆о v е̄ l Еṅ ů_m̈ а
What a sin!
Time passed in a rush. Today was Princess Diana’s birthday. As for this reserve incarnation of the curse, who was also his younger sister by the same mother, Frank still wanted to spend more time with her today, while also trying to obtain some information along the way.
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He had invited the orchestra Diana liked and arranged the garden she loved most. Frank lifted his wineglass and looked toward Diana, who seemed either dazed or lost in thought.
“Do you still have nothing you want to say?”
Diana looked back and snorted coldly. “Is Royal Brother planning to release me?”
Frank instantly lost the desire to speak. He could only take a headache-inducing sip of wine and say in a heavier tone, “Diana, you must understand that becoming an incarnation of the curse cannot solve any problem. You also will not gain freedom just because the curse erupts.”
Еn̆ úm̀а́.і̃d
“Whether I can do it or not, Royal Brother only needs to wait and see.” After saying that, Diana’s brows drew together, her expression full of resentment. She slapped the table hard and said urgently, “And I will say it again. I did not use the Wishing Star!”
At a time like this, she was still speaking nonsense. As Frank put down his wineglass, anger also rose in his liver. Everything had already been laid bare, yet she still refused to speak a single word of truth.
Frank displayed his authority and reprimanded her. “You did not know Maria turned into a monster? You did not see Lilith transform into a curse right in the palace? If the Wishing Star you are wearing has never been used, then make a wish to leave this place right now!”
Diana turned her head away. She wanted to speak, but she had no strength to refute him. She had discovered earlier than anyone that the Wishing Star could no longer be used.
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Last time, when she had been trapped by Oswald in Northern Territory, right before Paul came to take her away.
She had gripped the Wishing Star and first prayed for Oswald to die suddenly, then prayed to obtain unrivaled power, and finally had even made a humble wish like being teleported back to the Royal Capital.
Ěǹ.umá
The Wishing Star still had not reacted in the slightest.
What else was she supposed to say? What was the point of probing back and forth like this?
In her previous life, she truly had never used the Wishing Star. She did not even know how her previous life had ended.
In any case, when she closed and opened her eyes, she had crossed through time and appeared in the palace. If one really had to talk about wishes, she would only have thought about how to turn the tide of war, never about reversing time.
“Let us talk about the previous life, then. That damned great battle you fought.” Frank raised his hand and summoned an attendant, then solemnly ordered, “Go and invite our Princess’s good friend, Miss Annie, here.”
For now, he would set aside whatever they were still hiding. Taking Annie’s detailed testimony as the baseline, Frank had inferred from intelligence from all sides that Diana was the one who had reversed time during the great battle.
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Because at the time, only two people could not explain whether the Wishing Star had been used: one was Annie, and the other was Diana.
There was naturally no need to say more about Lilith and Maria, who had already become curses. Nicole, whose Wishing Star had been stolen, likewise did not meet the conditions to activate it.
The Wishing Stars passed down through the human kingdom could not be used in another’s place once they acknowledged a master. Let alone ordinary people, even other Wishing Star holders could not use them on someone else’s behalf.
And if it had been Annie who reversed time, then that would have been far too stupid.
She would have gone back only to be arrested by Oswald on the spot, right? Was she dissatisfied that she had died too slowly on the battlefield, and had decided to give herself a quicker death?
What, had she chosen to return to the day Oswald liquidated the Marquis Estate so she could move Oswald with love?
Е́ ńu m à .і̂d̃
To put it bluntly, did she truly have no idea what Oswald regarded her as?
Fortunately, the music continued. The two of them sat in the garden, enjoying the gentle autumn breeze, and before long, Annie arrived.
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Annie bowed calmly, appearing neither happy nor sorrowful. However, after exchanging a glance with Diana, a trace of surprise and helplessness still appeared in her eyes.
Was it finally their turn? It seemed... Lilith had been dealt with as well.
Frank had someone bring over a stool. Although they were insane, they had at least been loyal to the King in their previous life. It was better to judge their hearts. Judging their actions would make the matter impossible to continue.
Annie sat down with a faint sigh of emotion, then heard Diana suddenly speak.
Е n̄ u̇m а̃
“Annie, explain this clearly. In the previous life, was it me who activated the Wishing Star and reversed time?”
Annie froze on the spot. No, sister, at a point like this, when the curse has already erupted twice, you are still tangled up over this question?
Also, do you even know that our little group back then had practically all assumed by default that you were the one who reversed time?!
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