Chapter 152
Valkaros Lantana von Staufen.
In the original work, no related information appeared at all.
There was no separate point of view dealing with the emperor, nor were there any special side story episodes.
Players could only infer based on the imperial princesses' stories.
Was that why?
The evaluation of Valkaros was not good.
[Category: Free Board]
[Title: No matter how you look at it, the emperor is the root of all evil in the rose part]
There's no vileness to compare to this bastard
He neglected his only blood daughters from childhood
Rarely showed his face
Not enough with that, when the Second Imperial Princess fell ill, he immediately confined the 8-year-old child
In the end the family broke down
The good relationship between sisters was ruined
Elise was lonely for over 10 years fighting disease, fell into various mental illnesses and self-harm addiction, and finally died by extreme choice even before her lifespan ended
Charlotte was left with trauma and her sociability decreased
In the story
If the dean is the top of incompetence
This emperor bastard is the top of vileness
[He really is a bastard himself]
-> Even beasts cherish their children
-> Watching the rose side story makes my emperor hatred boil
[Dean vs Emperor]
-> An unlikable battle where superiority can't be determined
-> Trash and waste ㄷㄷ
Everyone threw stones at him.
I was no different.
At the time, there was hardly any information given.
Our eyes were already biased to notice something strange.
Hypotheses pieced together in fragments hardened as propositions.
It wasn't particularly surprising.
'That's how it usually is.'
Understanding.
It is only carried out after sufficient truth.
If there is no light at all, steps are bound to go astray.
Misunderstanding, misconception, distortion... we tend to call such deviations of understanding.
At the same time, we live among such words.
'But.'
This time was different.
We were now able to understand each other.
Report on the disease, knowledge of the original work, actions found out through inquiries...
The clues uncovered soon intertwined into one stem and derived the truth.
At the end of all the long processes, the situation was telling the opposite story.
A story about some possibility.
'Everything.'
Eyes that didn't reflect emotions.
A voice that couldn't feel even a trace of warmth.
An attitude that was only indifferent to everything.
The coldness of directly confining his daughter, and the strangely cold times.
I realized all that winter was love for you.
I understood it was your best devotion.
[Category: Question Board]
[Title: So why did the emperor die in the story?]
He suddenly dies when you enter the final chapter in the game
There's no proper explanation, news of his death is just suddenly conveyed while playing
Since the timing is right before the cathedral collapse, it's the beginning of the final chapter... what happened to the emperor?
Did the heretics take out the imperial family while collapsing the church?
Does anyone know what happened?
[That hasn't been properly revealed yet]
-> Because nothing official has appeared separately
-> It's an unresolved plot point like the dean (prophet)
-> Why the hell is this game full of plot points
[There are a few theories though]
-> There's a theory the heretic side assassinated him
-> You know there are nobles who cause civil war? Like House Beniti... anyway there's a theory one of those places did it
-> Or there's a theory his original chronic illness worsened
-> Actually these are all just hypotheses, nothing has been clearly revealed yet
-> You're really roundabout in saying you don't know
[Honestly it's fine the shitty emperor died]
-> I found it regrettable gameplay-wise. He was a bastard who sent support well when asked
-> In terms of helper tier, he would have been at least tier 2
-> The emperor is an angel compared to the dean lol
-> Emperor really fucking cool
-> Charlotte turn off the wifi
-> The performance addicts immediately start raising the emperor
-> The usual wwe
A questionable death.
Valkaros always died away from home around the final chapter in all routes.
He withdrew from the play abruptly without even the clear cause of death being revealed.
At the time, it remained an unresolved plot point, but now we could face the truth beyond that.
The emperor's cause of death was none other than death by disease.
'Mana stone disease.'
He had died embracing that curse completely.
The story of about half a year from now.
Elise had already taken her own life, but for Valkaros who had received the disease, there was no way to turn back.
Therefore, the emperor had to die himself without being able to save his daughter.
The imperial family's end was that tragic.
-What... should I live for now?
-When I couldn't protect anything.
After the consecutive deaths of the two.
Charlotte who became alone wandered.
Because the imperial family collapsed in an instant.
The rose she had made her life's goal died, and even the emperor supporting the empire died away from home.
Charlotte had to shoulder responsibilities even before shaking off sadness and confusion.
Because she was the only successor.
-Is this what it means to be an adult?
-Tears won't come out.
Charlotte ascended to the throne.
The tears that flowed endlessly at first dried up more as time passed.
Her characteristically innocent appearance could no longer be found.
[EP41. Emperor of the Old Empire]
-A girl no longer young, becoming an adult-
Little Prince.
The nickname calling her no longer had the modifier 'young' attached.
The girl who stepped into the adult world sat on the seat of the empire.
Like that, the content of Charlotte's narrative was inheriting the throne in a world facing destruction, and facing the coming disaster.
Though that narrative received praise for beautifully expressing psychological conflict and gloom.
In other words, it meant a story punctuated by anguish and misfortune.
-Answer me, Elise.
-Can I who couldn't even save you... really command the empire?
-I'm afraid I won't be able to save anyone this time either.
-I'm just infinitely small.
Guilt for not protecting her sister.
The burden of the crown on her head.
The loneliness and confusion of a girl who suddenly became an adult.
That's why I didn't like Charlotte's story.
Because it was so gloomy.
'If there's a reason for pity.'
The imperial family's misfortune originated from misunderstanding.
Lack of communication soon gave birth to misfortune.
Perhaps.
They might have had a different ending.
Elise not giving up on life in the end.
Valkaros finding a way to survive.
Charlotte might have had a chance not to despair.
If. If there had been just a brief opportunity to understand each other.
That gap like a single sheet of paper made the story more pitiful.
That's how tragedies are.
'This time is different.'
An opportunity to understand each other.
Something that didn't exist in the original work existed this time.
As mentioned earlier, if ignorance is the starting point of misunderstanding, the cure for it is none other than knowledge.
I was volunteering to be the knowledge in their story mixed with misunderstandings.
Just through a few words of conversation.
"......"
The children were sunk in silence.
In their hands was a thick book.
It was none other than a manual written in the emperor's handwriting.
When I asked about the past on this side, he said it would be faster to read it directly and threw the book.
It was densely recorded with Valkaros's steps and goals he had walked so far.
The neatly arranged letters were supplementing our 'knowledge'.
The faint smell of ink spreading along the turning pages.
The imperial princesses still seemed unable to follow the situation with their heads.
"......"
But.
Even if confused, the truth before their eyes doesn't even have a scratch.
If the aesthetics of lies are ever-changing, the aesthetics of truth are eternally unchanging.
Truth never contains lies.
It just takes time to accept.
I waited for the children's confusion to soften.
"My head can't keep up."
"......"
"If it's as written in this book, it means all the actions His Majesty has shown so far were all for Elise's sake..."
"You saw correctly. The First Imperial Princess's words are right."
Charlotte muttering blankly.
Perhaps hearing the low voice, Valkaros threw an indifferent answer.
His gaze still had a cold and indifferent color.
Like a machine.
"Of course the current me can't understand, but it seems the me back then thought differently."
An expression saying it had become annoying.
"To choose the latter while weighing the empire and the Second Imperial Princess. It was a completely irrational choice. When everyone could be at peace by sacrificing just one. If it were the current me, I would have cut off the Second Imperial Princess's neck myself. On the charge of containing a vulgar curse in a royal body."
Sentences spat out.
Words without a heart were so sharp.
But there was no one hurt by it.
Because they had come to know what process there was until the heart was removed from that voice.
Even the cruelly merciless tongue was proof of past days.
"......"
Elise was silent.
The emotion reflected in her green eyes was hard to know.
She was sinking in the confusing situation.
Nearly 10 years of resentment, hatred, loneliness... to think all those were actually false.
It was like having all the time she had lived so far overturned.
Delicate fingers tightly grasped the manual.
[Instructions regarding the Second Imperial Princess]
-Everything for my beloved daughter.
-For Elise's sake.
Such sentences were written on the open page.
Elise couldn't turn to the next page at all.
It seemed it would take quite some time to accept the confusion.
It would be difficult to overturn 10 years of resentment with just 1 hour of devotion.
Now that she knew the truth, Elise had no reason to oppose Valkaros, but humans don't just live leaning on reasons.
The deeply dug trench of emotions wasn't easily resolved.
I had a conversation while turning away from the imperial princesses.
"It seems the imperial princesses need time."
"Yes. Let's give them some room."
The emperor was still looking at this side, not his daughters.
It was giving attention to the side that immediately piqued interest.
He spoke.
"By the way, it's surprising. I didn't expect you to even find out about the magic part."
"It's because I have quite capable people by my side."
"You're interesting indeed."
"You flatter me."
"But it's already too late."
"What do you mean?"
"It means nothing will change."
Pupils with fire extinguished.
The man's eyes were like withered leaves.
"The magic is almost complete. In about two weeks, I'll take all of the Second Imperial Princess's curse. I'll finish my life within 1 year."
The set fate remained the same.