Chapter 172: Gaining A Pawn.
"Life...."
"Have you ever considered life to be nothing more than a game and us its unwilling participants?"
"A game where everyone, no matter how exalted, is a pawn while simultaneously able to be a player capable of changing the entire board."
"Yes, that’s right."
"Everyone is a pawn."
"Something to be discarded at will."
"Because everyone is a pawn to something."
"Whether that is to power, wealth, a person, a nation or even a people."
"Even those who think themselves players are pawns."
"For a king is as much a pawn to his people as his people are pawns to him."
"As kings can be replaced and discarded if their rule is deemed to be unsuitable to be replaced by another."
"This is the same with ministers, nobles and anyone else in a position of power."