Eula didn't talk about her sister again after that.
But Leon didn't need her to.
As the one who created her, he already knew what she was like. What she did, and what led to her fall.
From one side, people would call Princess Charlotte's end tragic, a merciless and brutal death.
But the truth was far from it.
She received the same treatment she once believed was right.
A ruler who hesitates to punish is the same as one who approves of sin.
At first, her ideology was admirable.
But over time, she started believing that the kingdom survived only because she was willing to do what others could not.
Justice doesn't need to be kind. It only needs to be done.
That belief became her truth.
And it made her blind to nuance. She began executing nobles without investigation, sentencing enemies of the throne without trial, and punishing people she merely suspected.
From her previous deeds, she had already earned a name for herself.
