[Storybook] Tale of the Deposed Crown Prince

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Chapter 4: The Grand Objective

"Thank you, Traveler, Dolswe... Rather, Lee Mongryong."
"Im Yeook of Yuunru! You're the deposed Prince Young?"
"Yes. It was a necessary choice for the son of a dethroned king to survive."

The deposed king's son had lived disguised as a woman in order to survive. No one in Seoul could have ever suspected the woman's true identity. But Mongryong was curious about something.

"If you were in league with the Centipede Market, why on earth did you help us take down Jang Daeseung? It makes no sense! He went to such lengths to make you king!"

"Did you not rid me of all the traitors in the court? Now no one left in the Land of the Morning Light can defy me. Except for you."

"You...!"

The deposed Crown Prince's father was a tyrant overthrown by court officials and those close to him. The information Yeook had provided always led to high-ranking officials. To avoid repeating his father's mistakes, he had used the traveler to remove them, to allow him to ascend as a king with absolute power, rivaled by no one.

"Now, I will restore the heavens. And ascend the throne."