Chapter 227

　　Louisa's POV 　　I was petrified. 　　Me? The King's sister?! 　　Zabel said, "Tallulah gave birth to a boy before she was cast away. The boy is Lycidas and he was born to be the next King. However, the Red Queen didn't think he was the right candidate for the throne, so she cast away Lycidas along with your pregnant mother. After that, I was born. I was chosen to be the next King, but it turned out that I was born to be the defective one in our family. That's why Zack had to be born." 　　"But who gave birth to you? The late King Duko had only one wife in his life and it was my mother!" I was puzzled. 　　Zabel didn't say anything. He took out all the flowers from the vase and tossed them into the trash bin. 　　"Nobody. We don't have a mother, little girl," Zabel replied with tremendous sorrow in his eyes. "Anyway, as Zack was growing up, he started to show a string of traits that were considered to be unfit for the throne." 　　"Do you mean that...?" I was hesitant. 　　"Yes. It turned out he doe