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The journey was dreadfully boring.
I tried to make small talk.
“So, how long has Eric been on the throne?”
The maids ignored me.
According to the original plot, he was supposed to meet, fall in love with, and marry the General’s daughter, becoming the empire’s most envied and loving royal couple.
But the pocket world had glitched.
Eric’s mother was executed in a witchcraft scandal, and the entire storyline veered off course. He became a forgotten, pitiable
prince who was supposed to be a beacon of light and honor became far more terrifying when he embraced the darkness.
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That’s when the System sent me in, tasked with redeeming him before his corruption was complete.
Mission accomplished, plot set back on track.
He was supposed to go on to meet his true heroine and live a life of love and devotion with her.
And I was supposed to go back to my miserable life of a college student facing five 8 AM lectures a week.
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A wave of sorrow washed over me at the thought. He gets to fall in love, and I get to suffer through early morning classes. My life
is so tragic.
I wanted a bite of my cake to console myself.
But my hands were tied.
