After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

Diana's shattered body slowly reformed, and as she regained consciousness, she covered her head, feeling a moment of disorientation.

What were those eyes just now? What exactly happened in the royal city...?

Fragmented memories are constantly being reassembled in her mind: the same life, different paths, unexpected love, false friendship, and real betrayal.

The fraudsters have fooled fate!

It must be Annie, Annie betrayed them!

She should have known, she should have realized, that Oswald's fiancée could never truly love Thorne.

She simply didn't understand Thorne's charm. As a woman, Diana could completely understand Annie's heart. Annie was just a fool who wanted to prove that she could live well without Oswald!

This shouldn't be happening. They failed twice in a row, and last time they were even driven to the brink of despair...

Ending her recollection, Diana found herself amidst ruins. She tried to push the stone slabs overhead, which, judging by their weight, appeared to weigh at least several hundred pounds, and easily lifted them.

As she moved the stone slab aside, Diana looked at her slender hands in disbelief. When had she acquired such power?

Could it be that I've also turned into a monster like Maria and Lilith?

Wait, so last time, it really was me who activated the Wishing Star at the last minute?

Diana tried desperately to recall, but still couldn't find any memory of using the Wishing Star.

She crawled out of the ruins, only remembering that she had been taken to the main hall, and then countless eyes appeared in the sky.

Looking up at the sky, the scene changed again, and the light shield was covered with a disgusting layer of skin.

At the other end of the ruins, Frank, with the help of many soldiers, crawled out of the rubble and saw Diana, whose hair and pupils had turned completely silver-white.

The worst has happened. Didn't this guy say he'd kill us all after becoming the embodiment of the curse...?

Seeing Frank retreat step by step, Diana called out in confusion, "Brother?"

Before she finished speaking, she seemed to have jumped through time again, suddenly appearing at the top of the ruins, holding in her hand Frank's tragically killed head.

"Brother Wang...?"

Beneath his feet lay the corpses of soldiers, countless swords, spears, and halberds stuck in the ground, still damp with warm blood.

In a panic, she dropped the head she was holding. Diana did indeed have the intention of teaching her brother a lesson after becoming the embodiment of the curse, and she also thought about becoming the queen and controlling everything.

But she never imagined she would kill her own brother with her own hands...

"What did you do?"

John, who could once again clearly perceive the passage of time, appeared before Diana.

Meeting John's heavy gaze, Diana hurriedly explained, "I..."

"Words devoid of compassion!"

The magical winds dissipated, and John, keenly seizing the moment, activated the Merciless Word, which could erase the release of magic, a step ahead of time.

This high-level goddess magic is one of the reasons why the Holy See has been able to stand firm for thousands of years.

Time returned to its normal flow, but Diana's condition was very strange; her entire pupil disappeared, turning into a delicate white.

Diana, whose demeanor had suddenly changed, wore a meaningful smile.

She raised her hand, displaying her power directly.

Pfft!

Blood splattered, and a throwing knife appeared in John's abdomen, causing the unfinished light gun in John's hand to vanish instantly.

Then came the second and the third. These throwing knives appeared out of nowhere, with no flight path whatsoever. They were already striking as soon as they appeared in sight.

Throwing knives pierced John's body one after another, and he was forced to retreat without any chance to fight back, blood spilling from his mouth.

Diana pressed forward relentlessly, and just as she was about to fall, John seized the opportunity and resolutely unleashed his ultimate technique.

"Like a fleeting spark!"

In the instant the world froze, terrifying magic poured out from John's body. The emerald green magic transformed into a blazing red light the moment it left his body, engulfing everything within a hundred meters.

The red light, like a chain, decomposed the matter, turning the stone into dust with a crash. Layers of vacuum white mist, expelled by the displaced air, accumulated and were then dispersed by the red light.

The summoned weapon turned into countless plumes of black smoke, forcing even Diana to take a step back and kneel on one knee. Her expression was one of agony as her flesh and blood continuously died and regenerated, revealing every single bone in her body.

At the center of the red and green light was John, who was rapidly annihilating himself. Like a burning lone lamp, he continuously emitted beams of red light, forcefully suppressing Diana, who was about to become the embodiment of the curse, to the ground.

Meeting John's resolute gaze, Diana's face showed a hint of surprise. The king was dead, and she didn't know what John was still protecting.

What could possibly be worth sacrificing everything for?

……

The many strange changes that occurred within the palace eventually caught Leia's attention.

After she finished organizing the documents that no one else would handle, she walked out blankly to look at the protective shield in the sky, and then hurriedly bumped into Queen Barbara, who was fleeing in panic.

Rays of red light poured down from the sky, shattering the earth. The suction they generated was more terrifying than a tornado, and the air whistled with every step.

Brushing her wind-blown hair aside, Leia instinctively moved away from the center of the battle. A sticky sensation came from beneath her feet; every path she took was stained with blood.

What happened at the royal palace?

Leia, who had just covered her mouth, felt a sudden dizziness and couldn't help but lean against the wall, vomiting out loud.

A kind soldier ran past her and reminded her, "Miss Leia, you should leave the capital quickly. Everything is in chaos now. You must protect yourself."

The soldier, having uttered those words, fled while removing his armor. Then, under Leia's dazed gaze, he first moved a potted plant in the garden, quickly cleared away the loose soil, and then, without hesitation, slipped inside through a hidden door.

Just as Leia was about to leave, she suddenly heard a loud crying sound.

Perhaps because she was focused on handling state affairs, or perhaps because the king's study was too secluded, Rhea luckily escaped that murderous gaze that filled the sky.

But not everyone is so lucky.

Arriving at a small house she had never set foot in before, Leia looked up as soon as she opened the door and saw a familiar face: a portrait of Luna.

The hut was very sturdy and well-hidden; if someone didn't look for it, even if they passed by frequently, they probably wouldn't have any impression of it.

Because there are so many such rooms in the palace, either gardeners' storage rooms or storage rooms for certain items, which can only be opened with a specific key.

There was no time to ponder who was so audacious as to covet Duke Oswald's sister. Leia rushed forward and scooped up the baby from the bloodstains.

His mother, who only had half a face left, identified the baby as Frank's son.

So this... is Frank's safe house?

Without dwelling on the problem too much, Leia was at a loss as the incessantly crying baby left her helpless. She hurriedly covered the baby's mouth with her finger and then turned back without looking back.

There's no time to worry about that now. The princess is dead, Frank's enemies have come knocking, and the palace is littered with corpses. Leia isn't going to be stupid enough to stay here and wait to die.

But John burned himself out before she could escape.

A tiny flame sank into the shadows, the red light dissipated, and Diana, whose body had been reduced to a skeleton, calmly stood up.

She raised her hand to heal her injuries, unaware that the dark shadow John had left behind had silently merged into her own shadow.

Dust billowed from the ashes-covered ground. Diana raised her finger, and countless fragments of corpses shot into the sky, transforming into various weapons that blasted at the skin on the light shield.

Large chunks of skin fell to the ground, and as light returned to the world, a bloody massacre was about to spread throughout the entire royal city.