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Chapter 56
Chapter 56: A Terrible Beginning
The streets were so quiet today.
Diana sat in her carriage, escorted by several palace guards as she headed toward the banquet venue. She lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at the empty street outside.
Ice City’s residents still kept far too regular a schedule. It was unlike her Royal Capital, where even at midnight, there would still be people sitting by the roadside, playing and enjoying themselves.
However, this trip to Ice City could be considered the resolution of one knot in her heart. Those soldiers were actually nothing to fear. As long as she tried to win them over a few more times, it was not impossible for her to take them under her command.
Е ṅŭ ma
Although Oswald was still somewhat stubborn and unenlightened, at the very least, the people of the Northern Territory had still accepted her, the princess.
The banquets were held frequently, and the nobles inside were all talented people. They spoke pleasantly too, so the business her royal brother had entrusted to her was quickly settled.
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Even though Frank had repeatedly instructed Diana that before purchasing supplies, she had to greet Duke Oswald in advance and personally hand Oswald the letter he had written, Diana had not taken it seriously at all. She had burned the letter long ago. After all, she had her own arrangements and plans.
It was just a pity. If everyone in this life had memories from the previous life, Oswald’s tyranny would surely be overthrown very quickly, and that madwoman Eileen would never have another chance to turn things around.
As for Maria saying that Eileen might very likely possess memories from the previous life, Diana had not discovered any clues.
According to her understanding, as an ambitious woman, if Eileen had truly lived another life, then even if she did not cultivate her own confidants, she should have used her prophetic advantage to quickly become the mistress of the Ducal Estate.
W̆ еb̄ ňо̀ vе̂l̊ Ёñ ūm a
Moreover, that repulsive man Oswald had already shown that kind of look…
Eileen had no reason not to take advantage of the situation and climb upward.
The carriage gradually slowed and stopped in the middle of the street.
“Your Highness, the road ahead seems to be blocked.”
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“There isn’t a single person on the street, yet the road can still be blocked?” Diana impatiently stepped down from the carriage, and the coachman quickly raised an umbrella and followed her.
She wanted to see who dared oppose the kingdom’s princess.
Еnum̌а
The palace guards raised their torches and protected Diana on both sides as they walked to a pile of wooden boxes scattered across the street.
Not far away, melodious music drifted through the light rain. Diana kicked one of the wooden boxes and found that something heavy was inside.
“It’s probably cargo that some merchant caravan lost,” the coachman explained.
Diana clicked her tongue. “Who cares what it is? Hurry up and move these things aside. This princess still has a banquet to attend!”
“Yes!”
Several palace guards put down their torches and immediately stepped forward to move the wooden boxes.
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The wooden boxes were not too heavy. There just seemed to be a strange smell coming from them. The soldiers did not think much of it and moved the boxes to the roadside, clearing the road bit by bit.
With a thud, perhaps because the sky was too dark and the rain-soaked road was too slippery, one palace guard fell to the ground. The wooden box smashed against the street, and something rolled out.
That thing rolled all the way to Diana’s feet. Under the torchlight, a blood-covered human head with a twisted expression appeared before everyone’s eyes.
The coachman trembled in fright. “Murder! Murder! Protect Her Highness!”
“What are you shouting for?”
Diana slapped him across the face, leaving the coachman momentarily unable to find his bearings.
Еn ù ma
No matter what, Diana was someone who had seen great scenes before. She had charged through… escaped from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. How could she possibly be afraid of a mere human head?
After reprimanding the coachman, Diana crouched down and carefully identified the somewhat familiar head. She was slightly surprised. “Baron Ruhr?”
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Then she looked at the pile of wooden boxes ahead, and a vague guess formed in her heart.
“You lot, open a few more boxes and see whether they are all filled with dead heads.”
Suppressing their nausea, the palace guards immediately did as ordered. They opened the wooden boxes and poured blood-soaked heads onto the ground one after another.
Diana raised a torch and was just about to step forward to examine them when footsteps sounded behind her.
W е́ b̈ n̈ӧv е̌ l Е̃ň ūm̂ а̀
Tap, tap.
The palace guards were well trained. They drew their swords in unison and protected the princess. This was no ordinary emergency. They had to respond with force.
“Your Highness, do you not like the gift I prepared for you? If you do not like the nobles of our Northern Territory, please return them to me instead of casually throwing them on the ground.”
Oswald held an umbrella, as though he were merely passing by. He stopped ten meters away and leisurely studied Diana’s group.
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The palace guards’ expressions changed. The swords in their hands were utterly meaningless against a powerhouse who could single-handedly defeat the Undead Giant Python.
As long as the Duke wished, he could kill all of them at any time as easily as crushing ants.
Wё b̊ n оvӗ l Е̃ṅůḿӑ
Compared with the cowardly soldiers, who even wanted to pull her backward, Diana was much braver.
She took a step forward, pointed at Oswald, and shouted, “Are you trying to rebel, Oswald?”
“I have said it long ago, Princess Diana. The word ‘rebellion’ cannot be placed on my head.” Oswald walked toward her step by step, and the palace guards felt as though they were facing a great enemy.
Had it finally come? Had things finally reached this step? Was the Duke truly going to establish himself as king?!
They instinctively wanted to retreat. A mountain-like pressure came straight at them, but their duty only allowed them to advance!
They had to protect Her Highness!
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Sweat fell even faster than the rain. The legs of several palace guards trembled as though they were convulsing, yet they still took a tiny step forward.
Oswald: ???
Pushing aside their swords, Oswald sighed. “Stop trembling. Make way and go build yourselves up mentally off to the side.”
“A-all right, Your Grace.”
This time, the palace guards moved much more efficiently. They did not advance, nor did they retreat. Instead, they took a large step out to both sides.
“What exactly do you want to do?” Since her subordinates were useless, Diana’s expression naturally looked terrible. But she also knew that if Oswald truly wanted to kill her, she would not have lived until now.
Ѐ ň u ṁ а. і̃ d
In the previous life, they had already caused enough trouble in the Northern Territory, yet Oswald had likewise never done anything to them.
Oswald’s eyes were cold. “I do not want to do anything. I simply feel that Your Highness has carried your nonsense too far, so I want to send you away from the Northern Territory.”
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“Hmph!” Diana braced herself and rebuked him. “What right do you have to lecture me? You are merely a Duke. On what grounds do you strut so arrogantly before me?”
“Besides, your position as Duke should have been yielded to someone else in the first place!”
“Is that so…”
Oswald took one step forward. Diana felt a tremendous force wrap around her, and the scenery before her eyes suddenly changed.
Ӗṅ umа̃_
Heaven and earth flipped upside down. The gale exploded beside her ears. At this moment, the lightning tearing down from the sky seemed almost within reach. In the blink of an eye, on the street below, dense ranks of fully armed soldiers stood with her carriage as the center.
In the span of a few breaths, Diana felt as though she had traveled across a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers. When she stood on the ground again, she could not help feeling dazed. Oswald before her seemed to have only just taken that step.
As soon as Diana recovered, she cursed viciously, “You dare lay hands on this princess?”
SLAP!
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Oswald slapped her to the ground.
As though his hand had been stained by something dirty, Oswald wiped it and spoke casually to Diana, who lay collapsed on the ground with an expression of disbelief.
Еn̄ úm̂ ă .і̄ d̊
“Let me tell you, Diana. My title does not require anyone’s recognition. Even without this title, I would still be the lord of the North.”
The palace guards hurriedly shifted their gazes away, pretending to look at the sky, pretending they had seen nothing.
“And I can bet with you that even if you cry and run to Frank to complain, he will not blame me. He will even apologize to me.”
“Since you have debased yourself into a bargaining chip that can be traded, there is no need to think too highly of yourself. No one sees you as a person either.”
Not far away, Eileen leaned against the wall, her fingers lightly tapping the hilts of the two blades at her waist. Behind her, the entire Second Regiment had already finished forming ranks.
In the rain, the soldiers’ formation was solemn, and their momentum was magnificent.
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Oswald was too lazy to waste words with Diana. He turned around and ordered, “Eileen, see off our bargaining-chip princess.”
“Yes!”
Eileen straightened and walked before the army. Her tone was concise and forceful. “All troops, move out!”
The army immediately set off, crossing the main street from north to south like a surging flood. Red, who silently watched all of this, shed tears of envy and jealousy.
His Grace was far too biased toward Eileen. Had she ever led troops? Had she ever fought a war? Did she understand what an army was?
I… am your most loyal military officer!
W ӗ b n о̆ v ӗ l Е n ů mа
Diana, who was so stunned that she had lost the ability to speak, got back into the carriage under the escort of the palace guards. They were swept along by the army like a fallen leaf carried away by the current.
Oswald knew that this was a terrible beginning.
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The Southern Commercial District was close to the Central Region, and its nobles had always been independent. They were too far from Starfall City and too close to the Royal Capital. They had never treated resisting the demon race’s army as their rightful mission.
In any case, even if Ice City fell, they would have ample time to escape. They had even long since placed half their wealth in the Central Region, ready at any time to break away from the Northern Territory.
This time, he had personally killed so many nobles. The Southern Commercial District would certainly rebel! If they then obtained the King’s assistance, Oswald would fall into a situation where he could not decide how the war began, and even less could he decide how the war ended.
The entire Northern Territory would be dragged into the vortex of war. And at this moment, if the demon race’s army once again marched south in force, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Е_ǹ u̇m̃ӑ. id.
But the Southern Commercial District was a piece of rotten flesh on the body of the Northern Territory. It was the source of suffering for countless people. No matter how painful it was, he had to cut it away with one stroke.
So what if it was the King? So what if it was the Demon King? So what if it was the Hero? Sooner or later, he, Oswald, would crush them all to pieces.
July was approaching, and the plague that would sweep across the entire country was about to arrive. He had to withstand it. He had to endure until the day the world changed completely.
The eroge heroines would not know that some of their Wishing Stars had already lost their effect. Even by the most conservative estimate, they only had one wish left that could be fulfilled.
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In this life, without the interference of the goddess’ power, Sister Janice had already stood on the same starting line as Saintess Maria.
The day the goddess could no longer respond to the Saintess would be the day the Northern Territory rose!
Еnū mӑ
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