In the Crown Prince Residence, the Crown Prince set down the book in his hand with a heavy expression, looking at the black-clad man reporting below, the sorrow in his eyes was obvious.
He and the dethroned Crown Prince were born of the same mother, and he once naively believed that they were the best brothers.
Even when he initially learned that the dethroned Crown Prince's residence had a hand in swapping the child, he repeatedly made excuses for him, deceiving himself.
At that time, he probably never thought that there would be a day when the brothers would turn against each other with swords drawn.
He truly didn't want to act from the heart, but he also clearly knew that the dethroned Crown Prince wouldn't just give up on the throne because of being exiled to the borders.
Therefore, if he didn't act first today, the next time they met, it might be when war was stirred, plunging the entire populace into chaos and misery.
