Time hurried by, and on April 28, 1875, amid cheers, Franz was crowned King of Jerusalem, and history turned a new page.
Just after the coronation, Franz received dire news that his Uncle Ferdinand I was critically ill.
God did not favor him, and even in the Holy Land, he could not suppress the illness.
Ferdinand I's illness was of long standing, and it was a miracle he had lasted this long; to speak of "curing" him was out of the question, not just now but even a hundred years into the future, medicine would be powerless.
After visiting his uncle, who was not in his right mind, Franz let out a sigh. The helplessness of birth, aging, sickness, and death was truly inescapable. In the original timeline, his uncle also passed away this year; the butterfly effect did not manage to change the outcome.
No one can be devoid of emotion, not even the plants and trees. Ferdinand I had no children and had treated Franz like his own since childhood, doting on him excessively even.
