One shouldn’t dwell on the past.

That’s what regret is.

No matter how much you dwell on something that has already happened, it won’t change anything. Knowing this, it’s better not to think about it at all.

This was the mindset of the Crown Prince as described in the novel—his optimistic attitude.

He was someone who didn’t let the past hold him back but always looked toward the future.

Even when he allied himself with Wolfgang, Mikhail’s sworn enemy, or when his choices led to an apostle of the cult invading the east, he saw these events as stepping stones …