Heir of Xingyi in One Piece

Chapter 162 Willow and Lorraine

When the news of the king's marriage reached Willow's ears, Willow was patiently bandaging the wound of the injured worker.

"Your Highness, it's not good. There's news from the palace that His Majesty the King has granted Lord Lorraine a marriage to Prince Gude!"

"Snapped!"

The alcohol bottle used for disinfection in Willow's hand fell directly to the ground and shattered.

When Willow rushed to Fuernst's house, Fuernst was comforting the crying Lorraine.

"Your Highness Willow, you are here."

"Grandpa Fuernst, has my father really betrothed Lorraine to Goode?"

The expression on Willow's face was very anxious, and Lorraine threw himself into Willow's arms and burst into tears.

"It's true, I blame me for not confirming your marriage early."

Fuernst's face was full of remorse.

Lorraine grew up with the two princes since he was a child, and he still had the same feelings for the two princes when he was young.

But as he gets older, Lorraine has already secretly agreed with the kind-hearted and calm-hearted eldest prince Willow.

The two came together naturally, which made Goode full of hatred for Willow.

"I don't agree, I'm going to beg my father to take it back!"

Willow looked at Lorraine who was crying with pear blossoms and rain in his arms, and said angrily.

"Don't do useless things, you go now just to give your father a bargaining chip to abolish you!"

"You have to know that you are the heir to this country!"

Willow shook his head:

"I don't have much thought about the throne. If I need to pay Lorraine to take that position, I'd rather not be the crown prince!"

"Snapped!"

Fuernst slapped Willow angrily.

"You have to know that Lorraine is my most beloved granddaughter, who can give her happiness, don't I know?"

"However, compared to the future of this country, Lorraine's happiness is insignificant!"

"His Majesty's thoughts, you and I are very clear, maybe he is waiting for you to beg him now!"

"This is the only way to abolish your crown prince status!"

Lorraine stopped crying and buried her head in Willow's arms, wondering what she was thinking.

"Lorraine! If you really love His Royal Highness Willow, then you should accept King Garton's marriage offer!"

"If Gude becomes the king of this country, you know what he is like. We can't imagine what this country will be like!"

"You have been as kind-hearted as His Royal Highness Willow since you were a child. You pity those workers and those slaves!"

"You once cried for the civilians who were beaten to death by King Garton, and you also secretly visited those children who lost their fathers and wives who lost their husbands!"

"You told me that you will never forget the despair in their eyes!"

"Lorland! Tell me, as a member of the Farr family! Will you let these citizens continue to live in endless pain for your own happiness!"

Lorraine raised his head and looked at his grandfather with red eyes from crying:
"I understand Grandpa, I will fulfill my responsibilities to the Farr family!"

"Lorraine!"

Willow yelled anxiously, but Lorraine shook his head at her.

"Grandpa, I will persuade His Highness Willow, please give me some time."

After Lorraine saluted Fuenster, he pulled Willow out.

Fuernst closed his eyes and stood there, tears streaming down uncontrollably for a long time.

"Father!"

Fuernst's son, Lorraine's father, Landry, walked in.

Seeing Fuernst's sad expression, Landry popped out a sentence:
"Why don't I go and kill that stupid king!"

"Bastard!"

"Snapped!"

Fuernst slapped him, and Landry was sent flying.

Landry, who got up on the ground, looked at his father with unwilling eyes:

"Lorraine has always been the apple of our family's eye. Letting her marry that bastard Gude will ruin her life!"

"Since Garton III is so fatuous and tyrannical, why don't we find a way to kill him and let His Highness Willow ascend the throne directly!"

Fuernst looked at his son in disappointment:
"Do you think that I can act recklessly because I am in charge of the country's military?"

"The guards of the palace have always been led by the king himself. Can you kill him silently?"

"Even if you kill him, we still have to face the world government! The change of the Tulai Kingdom's heir is not a trivial matter, and the world government will definitely investigate to the end!"

"Don't forget, even if the cause of the late king's death was an accident, the World Government took several months to confirm it!"

"Do you think you can leave no trace?"

"The most important point is that our Farr family has always been loyal to the Garton royal family, and we must not do such a rebellious thing!"

"If you really killed King Garton IV, what do you want Your Highness Willow to think of our family?"

Landry bowed his head in silence.

Fuernst patted his son on the shoulder:

"The personnel sent by the World Government to thoroughly investigate the Revolutionary Army are about to arrive, so you should focus on this."

"Lorraine, why stop me?"

After arriving at the private stronghold between the two, Willow asked angrily.

Lorraine didn't answer, just smiled at Willow, and beckoned Willow to sit beside her.

Although Willow was very angry, after seeing Lorraine's smile, he silently walked to Lorraine and sat down.

"look!"

Lorraine leaned on Willow, pointed to the king's capital under his feet and said.

The private stronghold of the two is the highest point on the back mountain of the royal capital.

From here, you can see the panorama of the city.

The direction Lorraine pointed to was the most prosperous place in the entire royal capital, where most of the nobles of the kingdom lived.

It was late at night, except for the palace, there were only sporadic lights in other places, but the lights there were brighter than the palace.

Willow looked at it for a while without speaking, got up and lit the torch next to the stronghold, and looked at Lorraine.

Lorraine stared blankly in one direction, with a complicated expression on his face.

Following Lorraine's gaze, it was pitch black in that direction.

"Willow, did you see that?"

"The streets where most of the common people live in this country don't even have a few oil lamps to light them at night."

"And where the nobles live, the lights are kept on all night."

"Remember when you were a child, you said that after you became a king, you must let the common people use electric lights to make their lives better."

"But now, even being able to afford oil lamps is a luxury for them."

After listening to Willow, he looked at the city under his feet and fell into deep thought.

Yes, in a few years since his father ascended the throne as queen, the country has been in panic ever since.

I tried my best to help those poor people, but the effect was minimal.

When Grandpa was in power, although people's life was difficult, at least there were smiles on their faces, and they were full of expectations for life and the future.

But now, nothing but panic, numbness and despair appeared on their faces.

He secretly swears that when he becomes king, he will treat his people kindly and change the status quo of this country.

But why is his road to becoming a king so difficult?

Why does the king hate me so much?Even to give my beloved Lorraine to that cruel fellow of Goode!

A surge of anger surged in Willow's heart, and he suddenly punched the big tree next to him.

The tree slowly split in two.

Lorraine turned around and smiled at Willow:
"Forget me, if you still remember what you said, if you remember the responsibility on yourself, then forget me."

"Compared with the lives of tens of thousands of people in a country, which one is more important, you should know."

Willow kept shaking his head, tears streaming out uncontrollably.

Lorraine's eyes were also flushed, but he still said to Willow:

"As a member of the Farr family, I have my own responsibilities."

"And you, as the heir of the kingdom, bear an inescapable burden."

"If you want to change this country and realize your ideals, you must first become king."

"Willow, I like your kindness the most, but it's also your kindness that I hate the most."

"As the future king of a kingdom, you need to give up what you have to give up, and you have to be ruthless when you should be cruel."

Willow couldn't control the grief and indignation in his heart and shouted at Shenshan:

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

After roaring, Willow slumped on the ground.

"Willow!"

Lorraine walked to the cliff, looked back at Willow, and smiled at Willow:

"If I jump down now, Grandpa will be dismissed by His Majesty the King, and you will also be deposed."

Willow yelled in horror:

"No! Lorraine! No!"

"Then you choose me or this country!"

Willow knelt down on the ground, looked at Lorraine who was approaching the edge of the cliff step by step, and roared:
"I choose country! Country!"

Lorraine took back his steps and walked slowly in front of Willow:

"This is my last kiss, my love, forget about me in the future, you have to remember, you will eventually become king and change this country."

Lorraine tapped Willow's face lightly with his lips, turned and left mercilessly.

Willow was the only one left, stretching out his hands in vain to try to hold something back.

After a long time, Willow stood up, looked at the city under his feet, and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)