“Ahem,” Knox cleared his throat, and the guards who heard the sound came back to their senses and hurriedly lowered their heads.

“Sigh, the past owner of this body is not crazy and ruthless. He was just raised that way by his royal relatives since he is also an orphan and was throned while he was still a kid. His relatives' influence and his friends from noble families greatly affected his mentality and turned it very twisted and crazy. Since his mentality and character became crazy, he started enjoying the suffering of innocent people and liked the suffering and angry looks on their faces before they were executed. I have to fix every mistake made by this crazy king,” Knox murmured with a thoughtful look on his face.

Knox walked out of his royal chamber and started searching for his motorcycle.

One of the guards, who silently trailed behind him, quickened his pace and came close to Knox and asked with a voice filled with fear, “Your Majesty, may I inquire what it is that you are searching for here? If you tell us what it is, we can help you search for it.”

“It is a motorcycle,” said Knox while looking around.

“Mo… motorcycle?” The guard looked at the other guards, and they all shook their heads in response to his questioning gaze.

“Your Majesty, how does that mo… motorcycle look?” asked the guard while bowing his head.

“Damn, I forgot that there is no motorcycle in this world,” Knox thought, realization dawning on him.

“Sorry, it's nothing, just forget what I said and what you saw here,” said Knox with an embarrassed look on his face.

“We will do as you say, Your Majesty,” said the guards in unison while bowing their heads.

Knox nodded and moved towards the stables. A horse filled with countless whip marks on its body caught his sight and piqued his interest. He immediately started searching for information on that horse in his mind.

As he moved closer, the horse became restless and angry. With a loud neigh, it stood on its rear legs and kicked him with its front legs.

“Aye… aye… it hurts,” Knox held his chest. Fortunately, as a king, he was wearing inner armor, which protected him from fatal injuries. Without it, his ribs would have broken due to the impact of the horse's hooves.

He dragged his body back while on the ground and slowly stood up with a painful look on his face. Even though the inner armor protected him from serious injuries, the impact still hurt his chest like hell.

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He glared at the horse, then relaxed his gaze and said, “Even though I'm not capable of riding you at this moment, I will be back in the future, and that time I will ride you for sure.”

He took one last glance at the horse and ordered the guards, “This horse is going to be my royal steed from now on. Take care of it.”

The guards nodded their heads with a blank look on their faces. They thought the king was going to order them to execute it on the spot, but instead, they were ordered to take care of it as his royal steed.

“Get me the royal guide. I want to visit maid Trisha’s house,” ordered Knox in a stern tone.

Even though they wanted to know why Knox wanted to visit the house of maid Trisha, who was executed by him, one of the guards stepped forward, “As you command, Your Majesty.”

He moved towards the royal chamber where the royal guide was staying, and after a few minutes, both of them reached the place where Knox was waiting.

As usual, both of them were drenched in cold sweat, and the royal guide immediately knelt on the ground to greet Knox.

“Lead the way to maid Trisha's house,” ordered Knox.

“As you command, Your Majesty,” said the royal guide while slowly standing up on his feet.

All of them moved out of the royal palace on steeds, and after a few minutes, they reached the capital and entered inside. The moment the people caught sight of Knox and the guards, they all immediately knelt, placing their foreheads on the ground.

“Looks like the previous owner of this body was beyond overbearing,” thought Knox while looking at the people hurriedly kneeling on the ground one after another.

After a few minutes, they reached the outskirts of the capital, close to the slum area.

Knox turned to look at the royal guide, who hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained, “Your Majesty, according to the information I obtained, her home should be around this place. I will go and check it out.”

He hurriedly stepped down from his steed and moved into the slum area. After a few minutes, he came back and said, “Your Majesty, I found her house.”

Knox entered the slum area led by the royal guide, and the guards trailed behind. The stench in that place was so overbearing that all the guards, including the royal guide, covered their noses. Since Knox was raised in a place like this, he was repellent to the stench.

“Your Majesty, this is her house,” the royal guide pointed to a house close to them.

Knox raised his face to look in the direction the royal guide was pointing and moved towards the house. Since the house was not far, he reached it within a few minutes and peeked inside through the window.

Inside the house…

“Little brother, here, eat it,” she took out the moldy bread from her clothes and placed it in her little brother's skinny hand.

The little boy shook his head and said, “Sister, I'm not hungry, you eat it.”

Growl… Growl…

The little boy's face flushed with embarrassment. His sister reached out her hand to rub his head and said, “Your mouth says you are not hungry, but your stomach says otherwise. Here, eat it. I already ate some bread.”

“Okay,” the little boy reached out his hand to take the moldy bread and started munching on it.

Note: Do you think she is lying?