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The Watcher looked like she couldn’t wrap her head around the fact that the Kingdom of Hoxeth had fallen.
“You’re telling me the kingdom fell... hundreds of years ago? Then what was all that time I spent in this place?” She stood like a broken puppet, lost in thought.
Eventually, she reached up and touched her neck, where the bone was fully exposed. “Don’t tell me I’ve been wandering this damn forest in a dead body for centuries...”
Do-Jin stayed quiet as there wasn’t a single thing worth saying.
The Watcher turned to him with a bitter expression. “I still can’t fully believe the Kingdom of Hoxeth is gone. Part of me keeps thinking you’re lying through your teeth.”
“I can’t blame you for thinking that,” Do-Jin said. “But I’m not lying. Why the hell would I even bother making up something like that?”
“Fine. Then do you know how the kingdom actually fell?” the Watcher asked, her voice low and unsteady.
Do-Jin gave a slight nod. “If the records aren’t full of crap, it all started when the royal family’s spirit magic went to shit. The spirits that used to swear loyalty to them suddenly turned their backs and walked away, one after another, like it was nothing.”
“The spirits did...?”
“Yeah. The Hoxeth royal family was nothing without them. The spirits were the only reason they could pretend they had any right to rule. But once those spirits fucked off, they lost everything....
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