Chapter 108 Overwhelming Certainty

• After the old empress had not only told but also shown them that what she was saying was the purest truth by taking everyone back in time, they returned to the palace. A sepulchral silence accompanied them, as if the enormous truth were so overwhelming and terrifying that they still could not believe it, despite having seen it with their own eyes.
• "There is something I do not understand, which your story does not explain, Your Majesty," Lotha said. "Why, if I am not the son of the Emerald Queen, did I become his king? The emeralds of my clan accepted me and made me the Emerald King! On the other hand, my poor younger brother Dustin was not recognized. Why?"
• "That I can answer for you, son," said the emperor. "You are the second prince of the imperial clan with all the powers. Your brother Dustin, despite being the rightful heir to the Emerald Clan and my son, had his powers extracted from Zelda through you by his mother in her efforts to hide him, causing Dustin to take a long time to be born. Because even though he was mine, by not being connected to her or me, he had to struggle with powers that were consuming him."