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Chapter 791 I Want The Throne (Part One)
Understandably, Diana was beyond annoyed when she was taken away from her bed in the middle ofthe night. It had been intensified by the fact that Harper had yet to accept her as her disciple. She wasvery upset with Howard who was taking her away.
"Howard, do you really think you can just treat me like this because you're my master's elder brother?Well, you're completely wrong. I only have to show respect for my master, not you. If you dare tocontinue being rude to me, I'll certainly make you regret it!" Diana exclaimed while waving her hands inthe air.
"Your master or my sister, whichever you prefer, told me to escort you back to the South Kingdom, soyou can be reunited with your father as soon as possible. At this moment, almost the entire kingdom isunder Catherine's control. Are you sure you want to continue staying at the Birch Pass? If you do, youmay have to face a lot of consequences. Some of these might include the death of your father andCatherine inheriting the throne. You know what will happen after that. As the true heir of the SouthKingdom, your mere existence is going to be a threat to her. Wherever you are in the world, she's goingto hunt you down," Howard comprehensively explained. As soon as he loosened his grip on her, Dianafell on the ground.
She didn't scream for pain but instead, wore a frown on her face. "Do you really think that Catherine willkill my father? That's impossible!"
"Why is it impossible? It's clear that she wants the throne. Now, based on what she knows, the officialheir to the throne, which happens to be you, is already dead. And once your father dies, the thronewould naturally pass on to her. It's up to you whether you want to go back or not. If you don't want toleave, I'm going back to sleep," Howard said while he got on his horse.
"Then go! Right now!" Diana said. Then she got up from the ground and rode on the horse with somuch ease that it impressed Howard very much.
Meanwhile, in the South Kingdom's palace, Lance was severely unwell that he couldn't get up from thebed. The courtiers had no choice but to ask the Holy Maiden to check on him and possibly treat him. Atthat moment, the government affairs were being taken care of by two first rank ministers, a civil ministerand a military minister.
Due to the collapse of the Starry Palace, Catherine had been temporarily staying in the Royal Palace.As a matter of fact, Lance was not sick. He had actually been poisoned by Catherine for the purpose ofusurping the throne of the kingdom. Even though Lance knew that Diana had very little chance ofsurviving the Labyrinth Swamp, he still refused to hand over the throne to Catherine. Out of rage andresentment, Catherine had secretly given the venomous insect poison to Lance.
"Your Majesty," Catherine greeted. At that moment, there was nobody else in Lance's bedroom exceptthe two of them. Since Lance couldn't move at all, the only thing he could do was to open his eyes tostare at Catherine. In his eyes was apparent sadness.
"I won't let you have the throne," Lance slowly said. There was no way that he would allow Catherine todestroy the South Kingdom.
"If you don't want to give the throne to me, then to whom will you give it, Your Majesty?" Catherineasked with a smile on her face. She then approached the table beside the bed and started poundingmedicinal materials with a pestle. "Are you going to give it to Diana? But she's already dead. Do youwant to know why I'm so sure?"
"You... you summoned the Holy Beast."
"Your Majesty, you're so smart! Well, it's our kingdom's policy that anybody who has committed aserious crime will be thrown into the Labyrinth Swamp and eaten up by the Holy Beast. So do you thinkthat Sister Diana is still alive? In fact, I had never thought of treating you this way until Harper Chureminded me," Catherine said, a very gentle smile still on her face.
"Lady Harper?" Lance asked. Perplexed, he could not understand how Harper had anything to do withthis. Was it possible that Catherine had colluded with them?novelbin
Catherine stopped pounding the medicinal materials and looked at her father. With a stern expressionon her face, she replied, "Yes, she told me the story of how her father had never treated her well. Inreturn, she made him lose everything so he didn't have any other choice but to live the rest of his life inremorse. Your Majesty, I also hope that you can taste the loneliness that I've experienced over the pastyears."
"As the Holy Maiden, you enjoy the admiration of the common people and even possess prime rightswhich are exclusive to you. All of those are not enough to satisfy you? You and Diana are sisters.You're forever bonded by blood! Why did you do this to her? Why did you take her life so brutally?"Lance asked in a harsh tone.
"Sisters?" Catherine laughed so frantically that she almost burst into tears. "Can a younger sisterbetray her elder sister? Is that what sisters are supposed to do? If she didn't refuse to be the HolyMaiden at the last moment, I wouldn't have needed to bear the responsibility of that godforsakenposition! I grew up by myself in the Starry Palace. Do you know what that feels like?"
"Catherine, you should think about what happened more carefully. You should ask yourself: Has Dianaever owed anything to you over the past years? Yes, she often went to the Starry Palace to quarrel andfight with you. But do you really think she's irresponsible and improvident? Anyone who becomes theHoly Maiden needs to be separated from all of her relatives and friends. Diana was afraid that once youbecame the Holy Maiden, you wouldn't recognize her as your sister anymore. She was also afraid thatyou would feel lonely. It was for these reasons that she made it a routine to visit the Starry Palace,"Lance stated while tears welled up from his eyes.
There was not a single emotion on Catherine's face while she quietly stared at Lance. "So what? I willnever forget whose fault it was that I become the Holy Maiden in the first place. If she didn't throw theresponsibility at me, she wouldn't need to compensate all these years. She's selfish!"
"It wasn't Diana's fault! She didn't want that to happen to you. She wanted to be the Holy Maiden at thattime—"
"Enough!" Catherine furiously exclaimed, cutting off her father. "I only know that I was the one who wasforced to be the Holy Maiden at that time."
When he saw how enraged Catherine was, Lance didn't know what to say. He couldn't argue the factswith her anymore. It was neither his nor Diana's idea for Catherine to become the Holy Maiden.
"I didn't know you resented being the Holy Maiden so much. I remember that I had asked for youropinion in advance and you said you were willing to take on the position," Lance finally said. His voicesounded somewhat illusive, as if he was trying his best to recall the past.
With a bitter smile, Catherine asked, "Was I allowed to refuse? Everyone knows that it's a great honorto be the Holy Maiden, but I never wanted it for myself. At that time, I liked someone very much and allI wanted was to marry him when I grew up. But all my dreams about the future were destroyed. TheHoly Maiden should have been Diana. But you preferred her over me, so you forced me, like asacrificial lamb. I couldn't understand. I'm also your daughter, right? How could you have forsaken methis way?"