Chapter 183

Kylan

“Welcome back, Your Highness!”

People bowed as I passed. The same words were called out over and over, but I ignored them. Back in the day, I enjoyed the attention, and the power. It made me feel like, despite the way the king treated me, I actually was something. Someone.

After winning the throne battle, those words just fed my ego even more, but now, they meant nothing.

Don’t get me wrong, I still wanted to be—no, I was going to be—the king of Lyperia. That was set. I didn’t go through everything to end up like a nobody.

My jaw was tight as I walked the royal halls to give my respects to the king. The moment I didn’t see him outside, I already had a good idea of where that man might be, and I was right.

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