Chapter 49: Materialism, Divine Beings, and A Cute Puppy (5)

What if he had never known?

That feeling of omnipotence where the whole world moved at his word.

Those brilliant days when he adorned himself with radiant gold and jewels, never doubting his success.

The blonde man sighed as he dwelled on such laments.

His appearance was utterly disheveled.

Bloodshot eyes and a face worn with exhaustion.

No one in the world would associate this unkempt man with the title of Golden Duke.

'Even though I'm alive, I don't feel like I'm living.'

He knew the taste of money and power. He had personally experienced what true strength meant. Yet because of that, the current reality was unbearably painful.

The crime he committed was trivially small...