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Chapter 1639 - 22.26 Third Red Star - Death of the King

Force submission by his clan, his mother’s commands to steal the throne. These eyes look at him with pity and disdain for coveting something that wasn’t supposed to be him and the hatred of his brother, who had enough of him, causing their brotherly relationship to ease existing.

Only after losing his emotions and no longer fearing his mother and clan did Second Prince Rion realize how much his mother tried to control him. His elder brother used to pamper him at that time, but he was still living in the main palace with his elder brother and his royal father, as well as his elder sister.

There is a law in the royal clan that states, ’All heirs under the age of 10 must live in the main palace with the king. The queens are only able to visit them once a year, and this is to adjust the mindset of the heirs to fit someone vying for the throne.

In reality, this is just a recently added rule of the king. This is to give time to his children to foster good relationships and lessen conflict as they get older. At the very least, in the first ten years of the second prince Rion’s life, he had the love of his father, doting from his elder brother, and his care from his elder sister.

Those days were broken after he reached the age of ten when his mother took him away from the palace and left him in her clan, the Siegfred Clan. It was at that moment that he suffered a lot of disdain, hate, and contempt. Every time he wanted to look for his elder brother, his grandfather would strike him with a jade ruler, his mother would pinch him, and his uncles would look down on him.

Due to this, he grew up with a distorted mind. He can only hate his once-beloved elder brother and become a tyrant who hurts others to protect himself. By the time he becomes an adult, everything is too late. He can no longer return to the past when there isn’t a conflict between brothers and siblings.

There is actually that last assassination attempt from him that the original crown prince Rion had died. The only reason the crown prince died was because the assassin told him everything about what happened to his younger brother in his maternal clan. The torture and abuse since he was young and with no protection from anyone, including his royal father.

It seems at that time, the king had already made a choice. To choose Nokto as the only son he will protect with all his power. It’s not that he didn’t love his other children. But compared a natural-born son to the other two children born through artificial means as a way to fulfill his contract with the Siegfred Clan. The king chose his oldest son.

Now that he completely lost his attachment to his emotions, everything in his eyes was processed without anything affecting it except for rational thinking. It was at this point that he realized how ridiculous his mother and the Siegfred Clan’s actions were.

They dare to covet the authority of the royal clan after failing to get authorization from the military despite their success with artificial little mermaids. The reason they were wealthy but had no power as a clan was because of the military itself.

They gave them wealth to gain a way to save people through the little mermaids they created. However, the origin of this artificial creation being stolen from the sea itself cancels out all their advantages. Adding the fact that their clan is infamous for their greedy nature in a bad way that the military never gave them any power in the federation like the royal clan.

The words of the second prince made the second queen unable to look at him. She had always been guilty of her own son and daughter being exploited by the Siegfred Clan. But like them, she also has no choice. Once she becomes useless, the clan will also throw her away like used garbage.

However, this was the first time her son had confronted her. Meeting those dazed, empty eyes, the second queen’s heart grips in pain. She could only avert her eyes, trying to avoid the uncomfortable feeling in her heart.

The second queen said, ”Son, you do not understand. You and I have no choice. Our backing is the Siegfred Clan, and at the same time, it’s also our chain. Unless we find a backer that is willing to give up everything to protect us like your sister’s husband, we can only comply with their commands.”

The second prince said, ”I am willing to give up all my wealth, standing, and even the name of Siegfred for freedom. Mother, can you free me?”