Chapter 166 - 166: 1913, The Year History would Break

As the year of 1913 began, time once again began to feel slower, somehow, as if the days had finally stopped chasing Oskar and had begun to walk beside him.

Life had once again settled into a simple routine, untroubled by any great crisis. Birthdays were celebrated in warm rooms with familiar voices. Letters were answered before they could pile into accusing stacks. Inspections of the country were still made—rail lines, factories, barracks, ministries—but without urgency. They felt less like burdens and more like the steady rhythm of his life as Crown Prince, a responsibility that no longer tasted like emergency.

Even the scars of the assassination attempt so long ago, had nearly faded entirely. And with that fading of past scars, Oskar found himself drifting back into the role the people of Germany loved most: the People's Prince.

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