Her brother wants to poison his own father?
Claire couldn’t accept that!
Although what had happened was enough proof that Reese was the poisoner, but Claire still didn’t want to believe it.
Claire didn’t know much about her brother. He was the eldest and Claire was the youngest daughter, they were almost ten years apart so they didn’t grow up together. But Claire has heard a lot of stories about her brother.
Her brother was exceptional since young, he may not have been apt in fighting, but he was outstanding in strategizing and talented which was discovered by her father early on and developed.
As the eldest, he had an age advantage compared to the other princes and princess and his talents that were nurtured quickly distinguished himself from his siblings.
Astronomy, geography, military affairs, and politics… he received the best education, and read plentiful books. Her father spent a lot of effort to raise him, and he indeed didn’t let him down, as a child he quickly learned things that even adults found complicated and profound.
His daily studying made his talents even more evident and he became the king’s pride and joy.
Of course, those were all things that Claire heard later on, she didn’t have memory of it, because at that time she was still a little girl that was running around the yard all day.
She had thought that if it continued on like that, her brother would surely become a respected scholar, but who could have expected the rapid change in events.
The seed of resentment had long since been planted…
At the start, everything Reese learned was just normal knowledge, so with his natural talents he quickly learned it all and enjoyed it while being praised by his father, so he was happy every day.
That was a positive feedback loop, but this good thing wouldn’t continue forever.
As he began learning more in depth, and the knowledge became more complex, he gradually began to feel the pressure.
After all at the time he was still a little kid, no matter how talented he was, it would be difficult to learn adult knowledge. As time passed, his studying slowed down, and he could barely understand the fields of study he never came across before. His grades naturally dropped and the pressure increased along with it.
And so, the positive feedback loop became a negative one, a vicious cycle. The more he felt the pressure, the less he could understand the books. The less he understood, the more disinterested he became and didn’t want to study, so his father would get disappointed and urge him more and of course also came scoldings and punishments, and so he would feel even more pressure.
So, whose fault was it?
Was it the fault of Reese who just wanted to play, or George’s for not being able to educate him properly. Or was it all wrong from the beginning, and a child shouldn’t have been forced to learn bullshit knowledge that even adults didn’t want to learn.
Claire didn’t know, at that time she was immersed in equestrian archery.
Unlike her brother, Claire wasn’t interested in studying since a young age and enjoyed things that boys would like.
Because she was a girl, she wasn’t strong enough to compete with other boys, so she would be often bullied by her siblings, but she came to realize that if she learned archery and her aura was strong enough, she could beat boys stronger than her from far away!
She had her mind set and she trained daily with other boys and even forgot she was a girl. So her childhood was completely different from her brother’s.
Since she wasn’t talented on the scholarly side, her father had no expectations for her and let her do as she pleased. So she grew up carefree playing around with her brothers.
Reese was the exact opposite.
Because he showed his talents early on, his father personally supervised his studies, but as his grades fell off a cliff, their father son relationship was completely ruined after an argument.
Claire already forgot what had happened, she just remembered that her brother and father had an intense arguments, and her father even hit him. Reese held back tears as he held his swollen cheeks and ran out of the palace.
Although Reese was found and came back, his father never forced him to study anymore after that, and Reese also completely changed.
Smoking, drinking, fighting, women, falling into bad company… he became no different that those other hedonistic children of rich parents, perhaps even more so, it was like he was trying to make up for all the lost time.
According to what Claire knew, her brother once called up a group of friends and went over to a neighboring village at night, caught a beautiful girl and defiled her.
What’s more is that after that, since they took hallucinogenic drugs, they killed the entire family in a daze!
The King was furious! After a thorough investigation, they quickly arrested the killers along with his own son and personally interrogated them!
At that time, George really wanted to kill his disappointment of a son to appease the citizens.
But after the investigation, George was shocked to find that although Reese gathered the people, he himself never participated, whether it was the defilement of the girl, taking the prohibited drugs, or the murder, he was never involved and was just a bystander.
So he did all those things for drama?
“Son, are you insane!?”
Claire still clearly remembered her father’s disappointment and scolding at the time.
Later on, all the criminals plead guilty and were hung at the market. Reese only survived because he never actively participated, but he was still strictly punished and was locked away in confinement and was not allowed outside for numerous years.
After his lockup, Reese became a lot more restrained, who knows if it was out of fear of punishment or because he repented, but he didn’t do any more of those foolish things and his relationship with his father slowly recovered, at least on the surface, and the brother from this time period was the one Claire was familiar with.
So after all these years, her brother still harbored hate and actually poisoned his father?
Claire and George both fell silent and was shocked by the sudden news, Lin Xiao was more ahead of them and thinking of something else strange.
Did Reese poison George just to kill him?
Reese completely disappeared after poisoning the king and the rebellion started in the same month, was that a coincidence?
If Lin Xiao remembered correctly, then the head of the rebellion was someone called Ma Long, who allied with several large city states in the south and got the support of the lords. His identity was still a mystery.
Lin Xiao found it strange, who was Ma Long and how was he able to get the support of so many city states that they would willingly submit to him?
Now Lin Xiao kind of understood, if prince Reese was Ma Long, then his identity alone could be used to get their trust.
If that was the case, then he really was a wolfman!
He concealed his strength and bid his time and started the rebellion using the plague as an excuse, this wasn’t something anyone could do, you would need extreme patience and strategizing.
Although Lin Xiao never heard anything about Reese before, he could tell that he was a ruthless person.
But Lin Xiao didn’t want to talk any more about it.
“Cough, you guys don’t look so good, are you tired? … Then I won’t interrupt your rest, I’ll be heading out first.”
Lin Xiao looked at Elena and they came to an agreement and slipped away. They didn’t forget to each grab a tray of pudding to take away.
At this time, King George had completely shutdown and he still hadn’t come back to it, but Claire reacted quicker as she ran after him to try and grab his hand.
“Hey! … Lin Xiao, don’t leave, I still have something I want to say!”
“Not listening! Farewell!”
Lin Xiao tried running out of the door, but unfortunately Claire grabbed his arm and he couldn’t slip away.
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