Chapter 2

Asha sat in his wheelchair staring at the koi fish swimming in an artificial pond decorated with several lotus plants. Unfortunately, the lotus flowers were not in bloom, so the view of the pond did not attract Asha's eyes. Asha had been in Zane's body for two months and during that time many of Zane's memories had begun to be known, but there were still many memories that were fragmented and, most importantly, Asha could not remember the whole of the book 'Crown Prince Who Takes Off His Crown'.

" Damn, it's been two months since I've been in Zane's body, but neither my memory nor Zane's original memory is really complete. Zane is also only a minor character in the book 'Crown Prince Who Loses His Crown', so there is very little about Zane, and even then I can't remember everything. What is certain is that Zane will die before the age of 17 and that his death will not be due to his weak and sickly body but to something else. Ahh, why have I forgotten something important?! So why did Zane die? He's paralysed, he stays at home all the time and doesn't interact with other people, so why did he die? " Asha muttered in a low voice as he stared at the koi fish swimming around the pond.

"Ah! There is only one possible reason for Zane's death, and that is treason. What if General Thylane was accused of treason and ended up on death row with his entire family? Ah, not at all, as far as I remember, General Thylane was one of the generals who was very loyal to the Emperor, and his reputation was also very good. Then why did he die? " Asha took the begonia leaf from beside him and chewed it unconsciously.

" Young master, if you're hungry, I'll make you some snacks. So please don't just chew the leaves. " The maid named Gene said.

Zane removed the begonia leaf that was already at the corner of his mouth, smiled at Gene and said quietly, "Dear Gene, what snacks are good to eat while fishing?"

"Huh?" Gene looked confused by the young master's words.

" I'm bored, give me a fishing rod, and I'll catch the koi to make soup. So make me a snack while I wait for the koi fish to come to me. " Zane said, pointing to the koi fish swimming around the pond.

" Master, if you want fish soup. I'll ask the kitchen to make fish soup. You don't need to fish for the koi. " Gene replied in confusion and resignation.

" Ah, I don't want to. I wanted to fish for the koi. I couldn't go out of the house, so it wouldn't be wrong if I did it at home. Go and get me a fishing rod. " Zane looked at Gene with a mischievous smile. Gene could not refuse her young master's orders and immediately found a fishing rod and bait for her young master to fish for Koi fish in the pond.

Zane casually waits for his bait to be eaten by the Koi fish in the pond, while waiting for him to tell Gene to prepare a fire to burn the fish. Gene reminds him of this, but Zane doesn't care and wants to go ahead with his plan to eat the grilled koi fish from the pond in his house.

"Wow, this koi fish is big too," Zane stared at the grilled koi that had just been cooked.

All Gene could see was her young master eating the koi meat bit by bit. Gene said to herself." The young master seems to be getting more and more excited every day, and I'm so happy, but why is he getting more and more mischievous? His mischievous behaviour is daily. I hope the lady doesn't know."

It seemed that Gene's words were a wish and Mrs. Thylane, who had not seen the bridge of her nose for some time, actually appeared, seeing Zane's behaviour eating the koi fish by the pond. Mrs. Thylane is known for her gentle and kind nature, so Marques Thylane falls in love with her and accepts her to be Zane's stepmother. In reality, this was not the case, Mrs. Thylane only loved her own sons and daughters and ignored the children of the concubines. It's just that in Zane's case, she always looks loving and caring for Zane in front of others, but not in her heart. Zane clearly knew Mrs. Thylane's hatred for himself and knew the falsehood of her affection.

"Zane! What do you do? Do you want to get sick again and trouble others again!", said Mrs. Thylane, who came with her two servants.

"Oh", Zane turned and looked at his stepmother, who was wearing a different outfit than most people in the Odessa region. The long dress was full of lace and the top had no sleeves and only lace that hung the dress that looked like a balloon over the shoulders of its owner. Not to mention her hair, which is slicked up with ribbon decorations and transparent lace that matches the dress. Her glass shoes are also seen reflecting light every time she walks and lifts her dress.

The Lyndsey Empire has many cultures and styles in each region, such as Odessa, Asalie, and Hisa, which use wood, bamboo and stone buildings, buildings that rarely have more than two floors. The building is elegant, simple and has natural colours. Likewise with their clothes, which on average use some kind of clothing with wide sleeves. If Zane compares it to his time in another world, the regions of Odessa, Asalie and Hisa have a culture of dress and buildings similar to those of ancient culture in China, Japan, and Korea. The clothes are such as hanfu, kimono and hanbok, and the buildings are also similar to those of the ancient Chinese dynasty as well as the kingdoms of Japan and ancient Korea. While in other regions, such as in Lindsen, Visola, Faxon, Zoie and Liv have buildings and dress styles that are like Europe, with luxurious buildings made up of cement and sturdy pillars and clothes in the form of suits, shirts and lace dresses. What is quite different is that Quanika on average wears clothes like the pope and nuns like in the era of Catholics in ancient Rome. The rest are mostly mixed between several other cultures.

Mrs. Thylane herself is a noble person born in Zoei with a strong European style, so that even when she married General Thylane, she still occasionally wore her dresses that did not seem to fit with Marques Thylane's mansion. Zane looked at his stepmother's face, who couldn't hide her hatred and dislike for him. Zane had met his stepmother several times over the past two months and all of them when his father was around, his stepmother is excellent at acting, so he didn't think that his stepmother hated him at first. However, his memory explains it all, and now he can see it all clearly.

"Did you just come home from somewhere? As far as I remember, my father didn't really like the dress like the bird's nest," said Zane, who smiled at his stepmother.

Mrs. Thylane looked annoyed and quickly walked up to Zane and said with her anger and hatred in check, "What do you say?"

Zane has learned a little about his family that he can't get from Zane's original memories, and also from his own memories of the original novel. Obviously, it will not be explained in the novel because Zane is just a minor character, just like Mrs. Thylane. But after asking Gene and telling her to find out a few things, Zane finds out a lot. Such as the fact that his biological mother, General Thylane's first wife and the woman who accompanied General Thylane from a young age and while still holding the title of ordinary General and later became a Count. Her mother was the daughter of a general who was also a senior to General Thylane and who helped him to become a Count. Although his biological mother's family did not have a noble title, among the soldiers, his biological mother's family was highly respected. General Thylane fell in love with his first wife from a young age, and the two married after General Thylane returned from the war and later received the title of Count.

After becoming Count, General Thylane got the Odessa region to lead and for the first time ended up in the capital of Lindsen to meet the Emperor. It was at that time that his stepmother met General Thylane and fell in love. But unfortunately, General Thylane already had a legal wife who became his Countess. But, because she liked General Thylane very much, her stepmother was willing to become a concubine and went with him to Odessa, which was not as calm as it is now. Perhaps General Thylane's position at that time was not so good that he could not refuse the girls given to him.

Bad luck befell his first wife who was waiting in Odessa, after giving birth to Zane, her health deteriorated and shortly after General Thylane returned to Odessa with some of the Emperor's maidens and other nobles, his first wife died. Mrs. Thylane, who is now also finally his legal wife. But, even though she has become her legal wife, Mrs. Thylane is still very afraid of losing her position, which ends in the tragedy of the death of the other concubines and the difficulty of having a new birth in this mansion. And Mrs. Thylane likes to compare herself to General Thylane's first wife and hates her and her son.

"Take Zane into his room and just feed him white rice with leek soup for 3 days", said Mrs. Thylane, who stared at Zane and then at Gene as if she was threatening Gene. Mrs. Thylane didn't seem to want to deal with Zane for too long, and she turned away by lifting her dress.

"Young master", Gene looked at his young master who was still relaxed, continuing to eat the grilled koi fish in his hand.

"It's okay, there's still rice", Zane smiled as if he didn't care and then continued to eat again.

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