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Uncle Will nodded, looking me seriously in the eye without a particularly surprised expression on his face.
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"...... Is that why you were kicked out of the royal palace?"
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"No, it's not that. It's just that my brother and I didn't get along."
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Uncle Will laughed sadly.
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"You didn't get along with the king?"
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Jill said, raising an eyebrow.
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Jill really doesn't like the king.
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When I was a little girl, I used to like the king because I felt he had a certain amount of dignity. .......
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"I'll tell you a funny old story about me..."
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Uncle Will said, staring off into the distance.
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"Is it okay if I talk to you here?"
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Rebecca said anxiously to Uncle Will.
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There are certainly a lot of people around us. Even ......, their eyes are completely different from when I first saw them. They look more hopeful than before. And you can tell by the look in their eyes that they adore Uncle Will.
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"It's not something I'm afraid to ask, you know."
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Uncle Will smiled as he said this.
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"We're half-brothers. Me and Luke."
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Uncle Will's voice echoed through the silence.
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It was a shock to me, but perhaps not a surprise since the King and Uncle Will were quite a few years apart in age.
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I'm more surprised that I've never heard of the King having an older brother before.
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I had never heard even the smallest rumor. I wonder how he managed to keep it a secret.
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"My mother died soon after giving birth to me. But then I lost my magic. The boy who was supposed to be the genius of this land has become useless at once."
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"So the former king remarried?"
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Jill asked quietly, and Uncle Will gave a small shake of his head.
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"No, I never remarried. I just had a new child with my mistress.
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"Wait a minute. You had a concubine?"
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I couldn't help but raise my voice.
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...... It's forbidden in this country to have concubines.
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"He must have been a sloppy father."
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Uncle Will smiled slightly and looked somewhat forlorn.
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It's true that you have to be able to use magic to be king, but that doesn't mean you can have a child with a concubine.
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"But a child with a concubine..."
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I had no choice. I lost my magic, and now the next king is gone.
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Uncle Will interrupted Jill as she said this.
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My heart ached. I wondered what ...... he was thinking. It must have been heartbreaking for him to have been revered as a genius, to lose his magic, to have to give up the throne to the child of his father's concubine.
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How can he be so calm and kind to others now?
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"My father told me it was my job to support the king and I studied hard to be smarter than anyone else. I was once said to be a genius because I could think better than anyone else. ...... Well, maybe that's just what I wanted to think."
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He smiled at us, wrinkling the corners of his eyes.
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Jill wrinkled her brow and looked distressed. Not only Jill, but everyone who is listening to this story has a pained expression on their face. It's obvious how much Uncle Will is loved here.
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"...... Luke became king at the age of seventeen and I was twenty-eight at the time. I did most of the king's work back then. ....... This village was not as bad as it is now."
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Uncle Will said this with a slight frown.
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That's why when I read about the poor villages in the past, they were described in a completely different way than they are now.
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The poor village became more and more miserable after Uncle Will was kicked out of the palace.
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But seventeen is still very young. ....... He's too young to carry a country on his shoulders.
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"And then one day, Luke and I fell out."
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The look in Uncle Will's eyes as he said this seemed to be pleading with us to redo that day if we could go back in time.
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