73 – {those facing an altered reality}

{Those facing an altered reality}

The Duke of Artin.

This family that produced the Chosen One was truly a glorious family that was envied by all nobles.

That was the case just yesterday, until Friday.

But now things are different.

“Did you hear?”

“Uh. At the Minst Academy, it was said that Tobias, Archmage of the Thran Empire, publicly confirmed it.”

“Is it real?”

“It’s an issue confirmed by countless students. And the magic itself is difficult to use as wizards say, but it’s easy to verify?”

The swordsman who was in the Minst Academy, and the result spread quickly to all parts of the Britannian Empire, as if someone had intended it.

“Then Theodore Skylord was the real Theodore Artin.”

“Then who will be the chosen one?”

People questioned.

Until now, they thought William Artin was the Chosen One.

There were many voices that doubted him, but the reason it didn’t come to the surface was because there was pressure from the imperial family of the Britannian Empire, but there was no alternative other than William Artine.

But now, as an alternative, Theodore Artin, a man with real mighty powers who was different from William appeared.

“Isn’t that Theodore Artin?”

“That’s right. The abilities he showed are the abilities of the chosen one mentioned in the prophecy.”

“Honestly, it’s because it’s quiet, isn’t telekinetic power only zero with the ability of the chosen one?”

When the alternatives appeared, of course everyone started talking that Theodore Artin must be the real Chosen One.

In particular, he even showed overwhelming ability to the extent that dissenting opinions could not come out.

“By the way, I heard you are the heir to the Duke of Skyroad?”

“So what’s going on?”

“Could it be that the chosen one belongs to the Arkhan Empire now?”

And those who were interested in the appearance of the real Chosen One, Theodore Artin, soon realized an important problem.

The one who was chosen right away belonged to the Arkan Empire, not the Britannia Empire.

It was a problem that the students of Minst Academy were aware of from the beginning, but most of the Britannian Empire people realized this problem belatedly only a few hours after hearing the story for the first time.

“So what?”

“Damn it! The lowering of tariffs in trade was because of the chosen ones!”

“What if we raise tariffs for offense?”

The people of the Britannia Empire slowly began to feel uneasy.

It was their pride that the chosen one was born in the Artin duchy of the Britannian Empire.

And because of that, I was seeing a lot of national benefits.

‘I might spit it all out!’

‘Damn it! What did the Duke of Artin do?’

‘This is all the responsibility of the Duke of Artin!’

So naturally, public sentiment began to turn an angry gaze toward the Duke of Artin in an instant.

As it was Saturday, a day off, the heat of this anger quickly spread.

“Great…”

“Ahhhhh! Theodore…”

And the Duke of Artin, where that anger was directed, was like a house of mourning.

Reina Artin, the princess of the Duke of Artin, could not stand the stress of William’s threat and her parents’ neglect, and even threatened her life, and left.

After Theodore Artin disappeared without a trace 11 years ago, even Reyna Artin had left the Duke of Artin.

‘Whoa, where did it go wrong?’

Duke Artin, Eliot’s head hurt so much.

I couldn’t believe how the Duke of Artin had come to be in this situation.

Until that day 11 years ago, everyone praised and envied the Duke of Artin.

‘Everything has been a mess since Theodore left.’

Elliot thought about it for a moment, but she knew that it was a mistake.

It all started 19 years ago, the day they started discriminating against Theodore and William, who were only 2 years old.

‘Whoa, I can’t believe Theodore was really the chosen one!’

And even if he wasn’t the chosen one, he was his own son.

Even though he was only 2 years old and hadn’t done anything wrong, he and Ceres surprisingly didn’t pay attention to him.

The reason was that he was blinded by drunkenness from the unworthy glory of being the father of the elect.

The father of a hero who will save the world from the end!

However, the position that everyone envy has now become a symbol of mortal sin.

“Theodore, ah! Reina, uhhh!”

Ceres looked like a madman as he called out Theodore and Rayna’s names.

She, too, had turned away from Theodore, blinded by the glory of giving birth to her chosen one, and she stood by the tyrannical behavior of William.

He knew it was wrong, but he didn’t actively try to fix it.

And the price of that led to the result that even Reina left the Duke of Artin.

“Mr. X!”

Then the door burst open, and William came in with a curse.

He had blood in his eyes and looked like a true madman.

“Dad, Mom! What are you doing? Do you know what the rumor is spreading?”

Yesterday he was trembling, but today he stormed in with a face full of anger and started shouting.

“Whoa, what’s going on again?”

But Elliott was now treating him with a feeling of tiredness.

He was no longer the chosen one, so there was nothing to worry about about his status.

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No, apart from that, he felt desperate because he had reached the point where he was treated as a traitor by the Britannian Empire due to his excessive atrocities and the fact that he declared Theodore Artin dead because of it.

“Dad! No, bitter! Father! I speak as the heir of the Duke of Artin! Rumors are spreading that dare to touch my position!”

“Your position? Heir?”

“No! The Chosen One! The voices that dare to doubt and slander me as the real Chosen One are spreading!”

William’s words were not the words of a madman.

Elliott was also dazzled by her as she stared at him frantically.

“If you’re really the chosen one, wouldn’t it just be enough to show the power of the chosen one?”

“Great!”

At that, William was silent for a moment, gnashing his teeth.

“No…no…I am the Chosen One…I am the real one!”

William seemed to have reached the point of giving up accepting reality.

Already, the Duke of Artin was in a position to be treated as a public official not only by the emperor of the Britannian Empire, but also by everyone above and below him.

‘The Duke of Artin ended in my generation.’

I was devastated just thinking that the Duke Artin family would be shut down.

The Chosen One raised the status of the family to an endlessly high level, but to bring it down was to the point of ruin.

‘If Theodore would change his mind…’ I don’t know… ‘

Elliot, however, felt that he had no energy.

As the Duke of Artin, she had to do her best to save her family, but she had already turned her son and daughter away from her.

“Whoa.”

Eliot sighed and looked at Ceres and William, who were still sobbing despite William’s arrival.

“William, can you go and talk to Theodore?”

“Ugh! That bastard?”

William’s complexion was visibly frightened.

‘This guy must have already known that he was Theodore.’

She didn’t tell the truth to herself.

She must have been afraid that she would bring Theodore Artin, appoint him as his successor, and publicize that she was the true chosen one.

William Artin had no intention of saving the world, but he took the benefits of being the chosen one for granted as a right he deserved.

‘This is all my karma.’

I regret it.

I regretted everything.

Elliott felt she could now properly recognize her own faults.

Her own faults that she had been ignoring… It was such a low and terrible sin that she couldn’t even imagine.

It was a disqualification for both Theodore and Raina as parents.

‘It’s only now that I realized this.’

If she had realized this, she wouldn’t have left even Reina Bay.

He couldn’t learn properly even after experiencing the incident 11 years ago, and now he seemed to know what was wrong.

That’s why Elliott smiled bitterly at her belated sense of collapse and regret and said to William.

“Go and tell Ceres and I that we are truly sorry. And, William, tell them that it is my fault that you went wrong.”

Elliott had decided to give her last consideration as her father to her William.

However, his awakening was already too late.

“Why me?”

“What?”

“Why do I have to apologize to a dangerous guy who pretends to be the chosen one?”

William was already so disfigured that he couldn’t even accept such consideration.

He was already a monster in a negative sense.

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