Interlude towards the final chapter!
■Wilfred Well Dehauvalz’s Perspective
“Damn it… why do I have to suffer like this…?”
Kaditt Tower, a prison exclusively for Royalty, located in the center of the Royal Capital Kaditt.
I am now confined in a room without windows on the top floor of this tower.
Defeated in my second Duel with Harold, I was handed over to the guards and judged by the Kingdom.
Of course, for plotting to assassinate Harold and attempting to brainwash the Saint.
Even my father, King Aival, couldn’t protect me, and with voices from influential nobles such as Prime Minister Olson and the Foreign Minister demanding severe punishment, it was decided that I would be imprisoned here for life.
Also, I heard that Lalanoa was forcibly returned to the Sherwood Kingdom.
As the main culprit in the attempt to brainwash the Saint, he will be formally judged and permanently exiled from the country.
It’s not much to say, but the fact that the woman was treated as the main culprit is the only reason I was spared execution, so I have no choice but to say I was lucky.
Next is Frederica, although she was also an accomplice, she was treated leniently due to extenuating circumstances, being reduced to a commoner and exiled from the Royal Capital.
However, her family, the Duke Marshall family, was demoted to an earldom, and a third of their territory was confiscated.
Frederica survived, but she won’t get away with this unscathed.
…Or rather, the Marshall family, who suffered damage, will not let her get away with it.
Warren’s situation is even more tragic.
After all, both his arms and legs were severed by Harold’s fiancée, and he was thrown into the slums of the Royal Capital, unable to live on his own.
In this situation, he will either be left to starve to death, be eaten by stray dogs, or be toyed with by someone with peculiar tastes… I can’t bear to think about it.
And Marion, who was my Personal Maid.
“Prince Wilfred, it’s time for your meal.”
She was ordered to take care of me in this Kaditt Tower.
Although it was acknowledged that she was not involved in the assassination attempt on Harold, she could not escape punishment entirely due to her past association with me, and her status as a knight, which I had granted her, was revoked.
She has been forcibly assigned here as a Maid of the lowest rank.
“…Marion, do you resent me?”
“Not at all. It is all due to my lack of discernment that such a result has come to pass.”
“Tch…”
I clicked my tongue at Marion’s grand sarcasm.
Originally, when this woman was Harold’s Personal Maid, she was abandoned for despising him as the ‘Incompetent Rascal Prince’ and was assigned to me.
At first, she shunned me, who was called the ‘Tainted Prince,’ but as soon as I gained the support of King Aival, joined Cardis’s faction, and established a firm position in the Royal Palace, this woman fawned over me and tried to get close.
I remember asking her, ‘Do you want to rebuild your family that much?’ and Marion nodded shamelessly.
At that time, I thought Marion and I were alike.
Not choosing means to achieve our goals, just like me.
Since then, Marion has served me with all her heart, even dedicating her entire body to me.
I toyed with her as I pleased, and before I knew it, she was completely captivated by me… or so it should have been…
This woman betrayed me in the second Duel with Harold.
I will never forgive Marion.
“Did you know? Ulisse’s messenger appeared the other day and said that he is planning to get me out of here soon.”
“………………….”
Saying that, I raised the corner of my mouth.
That’s right. You betrayed me, but I’m not dead yet.
When I regain power, I will cut you off first.
To the point where you will say that even your current position as the lowest-ranking Maid was happiness.
By the way, Marion also knows about Ulisse’s existence.
That man appeared regardless of whether this woman was present or not.
That ‘Battleaxe Skydrive’ was also given to Marion by Ulisse.
However, it is all supposed to be prepared by me.
“That’s what it is. You can look forward to that time.”
I put the meal I received from Marion in my mouth.
It is extremely simple compared to the time in the Royal Palace, but this is only a little more patience. It will soon return to the original luxurious meal…!?
“Gah… guh…!”
“Hehehe… how is it? How is the taste of your last supper?”
“Gi… giza, ma…”
I scratch my throat in agony and writhe around.
I can’t believe this woman would do such a thing…!?
“This is a message from that person… Lord Ulisse, to Prince Wilfred, who is still not seeing reality. ‘You were indeed the ‘Incompetent Rascal Prince,’ he says.”
“Gah… guh…”
I vomit a large amount of dark blood from my burning stomach.
Ha… ha, ha… in the end, I was the real stepping stone…
Tears overflow with regret, and I.
–Ended my life as a stepping stone who could not become the protagonist.
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