Under Eulalie's account, Riezel had already guessed and learned the truth, but Little Princess Liz fell into a long silence, her emotions incredibly complicated.
Although Eulalie spoke very calmly, even coldly, anyone could imagine how painful this must have been for her.
Not only had her respected father suddenly died, but after being entrusted with the throne in a crisis and becoming Queen, she had immediately faced a disaster that swept across the entire continent, bringing the prosperous golden age of the Reinayl Clan and the Ancient Magic Civilization to an end in her own hands.
One could easily imagine how agonizing that had been for Eulalie herself.
Yet the most painful part was that the source of this disaster had been none other than her own father.
After her father died, he had not only failed to find peace, but had fallen under the blood-sacrifice curse of an Abyss King, transforming into a new Abyss King. He became the enemy of those he had once protected and personally destroyed the entire Ancient Magic Civilization and the Reinayl Clan...
And in order to protect the kingdom, her people, and the entire Ancient Magic Civilization, she had been forced to become his enemy and kill him with her own hands!
This was not something one could casually speak of, much less with such a detached expression.
"What happened afterward?"
Riezel had no intention of exposing Eulalie's wounds, but at this point, he had to get to the bottom of things.
"Didn't you sacrifice yourself to defeat that enemy?"
In response, Eulalie shook her head.
"I did indeed die from exhaustion, but I was unable to successfully defeat that King."
"Father... the Previous King had already reached the peak of the Great Saint realm while he was alive. He was only one