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Chapter 1 - I'm Glad I Didn't Give Up
Author: CleiZz
Editor: Tetrax

There was only one step left.

[“Your Highness! The Crown Prince has given up the war! A messenger from the surrendered side has come with a white flag in his hand!”]

[“His command is to come up to the throne and receive the crown. Your Highness has finally been recognized as the rightful heir to the throne!”]

It was the moment when becoming a king was just around the corner.

But it had become just a dream.

Shruakk!

A rough pain came from the skin tearing.

Somebody’s blade stabbed me through my chest.

“Duke? Why would you?”

He was definitely a loyalist I believed in.

The only man who supported me when I had nothing to say once I declared I would become a king.

Such a man was thrusting a dagger into my back.

Instead of answering, he whispered absurd words.

“If I had met Your Highness a little earlier, maybe it would have been different. It’s too late.”

I didn’t know anyone else, but I knew he wouldn’t betray me.

He took me who lived without knowing that I was of a royal family and made me dream of being a king.

But I couldn’t believe he stabbed me in the back at the last minute.

I died just like that.

King Tenon’s 7th son, Ian.

He once had only two dukes in the kingdom as his sponsors, only leaving the succession ceremony behind. His life ended in a lonely way without anyone knowing.

No, I knew it.

However…

***

Ian was staring blankly in the mirror.

There was a little boy with a puzzled look on his face.

A particularly conspicuous expression.

A body without muscles.

There were no royal symbols, no weapons.

If there’s anything good about him, it’s just his handsome face and golden eyes that were rare on the continent.

However, Ian was embarrassed in a different sense when he saw it.

“I’m back in the past?”

Ian couldn’t even laugh.