If this continues, she will be completely replaced by the demon, and her body will become nothing more than a vessel for the demon's flesh and blood.
Finally, the Stoke family discovered her condition and took her back to their family lands.
The fact that the Stoke family was able to take Claudia away when she was about to become a demon already showed that they were no ordinary family.
The Stoke family are actually a clan of witchers hiding within the Empire.
Her witcher father is preparing to summon the demon within her and kill it.
But by then, Claudia had completely lost consciousness.
Possessed by a demon, she became a pure vessel for the demon.
However, when she woke up again...
The entire family was brutally murdered, with no one spared.
“My father, your maternal grandfather, was an excellent witcher.”
"But he didn't realize the demon lurking within me, called jealousy."
Envy, one of the seven primordial demons, is extremely powerful.
This is not something a simple witcher can solve.
No matter how outstanding this Witcher is.
Ultimately, even Claudia, who had no recollection or memory of it, could guess the reason for her family's annihilation.
They failed in their battle against the demon of envy.
Everyone was slaughtered by her when she transformed into a demon, and Claudia became the sinner who wiped out her race.
However, after waking up, she regained consciousness.
But the reason she regained consciousness was not because the demon was destroyed.
Rather, it was because the demon that was attached to her was forcibly expelled.
There is an irreconcilable conflict between the power of the Witcher and the demons, and the appearance of the Envy Demon led to the massacre of the Stoker family.
Ultimately, the entire Stoker family line was carried on by Claudia, who was still alive.
Claudia received the power of her deceased father, and that immense power of the Witcher forcibly dispelled the demon within her body.
"But as you can see."
Claudia slowly turned her head, her gaze meeting the First Prince's deep one.
One of her eyes gradually filled with a scarlet color, and a deep, dark light seemed to flow within its crimson pupil.
Thin, red lines emerged from Claudia's neck, with tiny spikes extending outwards from the lines.
These lines, like thorns, wrapped around her neck, climbed up half of her cheek, and surrounded her red eyes.
"As long as this power is used, the traces of that demon that once remained in my body will be revealed."
The demon of jealousy had not completely left her body.
Even after it completely took over Claudia, the Witcher's power drove the demon away.
She was no longer purely human.
But it was precisely because of this residual power of the demon that Claudia became one of the strongest witchers.
"That's why I understand the demon of jealousy better than anyone else."
After saying that, Claudia looked at the Crown Prince's trembling eyes and smiled helplessly.
If only Aubrey had given her more love, if only her jealousy hadn't been so intense.
If Aubrey hadn't imprisoned her and dealt with the demon within her in time, preventing it from having the chance to corrupt her body...
Will the ending change?
But all the "what ifs" cannot change reality.
So Claudia put the mask back on.
She did this so as not to frighten others by seeing the half of her face covered by wrinkles.
Her voice slowly rang out again through that silver-white mask:
"In the end, the Stoke family was wiped out."
"But in order to avoid causing public panic, I cannot say more about the reasons."
The dignity of the royal family cannot be compromised, so the empress must never be condemned as a criminal.
Therefore, the reason for the downfall of the Stoke family was announced as the family's collusion with outside forces to amass a large fortune.
Ultimately, the wise Queen Claudia upheld justice and killed her own family.
Not long after, Claudia left the Empire, but the real reason for her departure remains unknown.
After listening to his mother recount all of this, the eldest prince felt somewhat confused.
He could only watch as his mother spoke these words so calmly.
Any one of these details is enough to be heartbreaking.
But at this moment, the eldest prince was speechless, unable to express his grief.
In the silence, a faint rustling sound suddenly came from their ears.
Following the sound, several witchers were slowly carrying a huge block of ice out of the ruins of the banquet hall.
And on this block of ice, a faint golden light was emanating.
When the ice block was brought before Claudia, the witchers bowed deeply to her.
"Sir, we found this in the ruins."
Claudia looked down and examined the ice block, which was emitting a mysterious golden light, and found that it showed no signs of melting.
The more carefully she examined the ice, the more puzzled she became.
Because, she saw a person inside the ice.
It was a girl.
She had long, waist-length golden hair and was dressed in exquisite, gorgeous clothes, lying in the ice.
The girl was curled up, her arms crossed over her body, her eyes closed, and her breathing was steady and even, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.
The eldest prince also squinted, carefully examining the somewhat mysterious golden ice block.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth wide and stared with wide eyes filled with doubt and shock.
Just as the two were focused on the golden ice, a light footstep gradually approached them.
A nobleman appeared before the golden ice block and respectfully addressed Claudia and the First Prince:
"Your Highness the First Prince, Your Majesty the Queen."
"It's getting late, and everything's been resolved. We nobles should leave now..."
Before he could finish speaking, the nobleman's gaze involuntarily drifted toward the enormous block of ice.
The words I was about to say suddenly stopped abruptly.
Upon seeing the girl inside the ice, the nobleman's eyes widened, and he uttered a sound of astonishment:
"This...isn't this Duke Reeves' daughter!?"
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