Chapter 630
Rowen exhaled deeply as she stepped away from the Kernstadt military camp.
Royalty was always a force to be reckoned with, but Louise von Schwartz was something else entirely. She had not expected to be able to manipulate them like mere pawns, yet Louise still managed to surprise her.
Rowen had achieved her goal, despite having to make alliances she wasn’t thrilled about. In fact, she hadn’t even needed to voice her own desires.
Louise had not outright said she wanted Rowen dead. Instead, she spoke of a “need” for Rowen’s death—not for her own sake, but for the Demon King’s. Louise’s negotiation tactics and her demands were chillingly effective because Rowen herself found them persuasive.
In chaotic times, a dog’s purpose was to bite. Nobody needed a cute dog. A hunting dog or a mad dog would be preferable, one that was large and fierce enough to bite the enemy. Once the chaos ended, though, the usefulness of a hunting dog would diminish, while a mad dog had to be put down.
For the Demon King, who surely dreamed of a peaceful reign, Rowen might be necessary for the moment, but once stability was reestablished, her actions could become a liability.
Rowen’s life had to end the moment the Demon King’s world was completed. She had to die, and take all her sins with her. She needed to confess that her sins were her own and not tied to the Demon King before she left.
She was already a villain, and every day was a gamble on whether her villainy would be exposed. The longer she lived, the more the Demon King would have to bear the burden of having overlooked Rowen’s sins.
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Louise von Schwartz had achieved remarkable success.
Even if she withdrew her demand, Rowen still understood that she would have to die the moment the world the Demon King envisioned came to be.
The essence of things always remained unchanged.