“I noticed her as soon as once more, someday.”

Felix stated in a fearful voice, fortunately simply earlier than his breath caught in his throat.

“The one with the hood up?”

“Yeah. I used to be drained from the day, so I went to mattress early, however one thing was fallacious, and once I awakened, I noticed…………”

*Begin of Felix’s flashback*

Felix was within the Empress Dowager’s palace.

“What’s it? I can’t transfer.”

Younger Felix was awake however unable to elevate a finger.

Barely in a position to transfer his eyelids, he opened his eyes and noticed an unfamiliar ceiling.

“That is…”

A peculiar scent wafted by the air.

“I’ve smelled this earlier than.”

He acknowledged the scent from the day he took a fallacious flip and ended up on the Empress Dowager’s palace.

It smelled like incense from the candles lit in entrance of the altar.

And the tough, chilly ground as his senses slowly returned.

Felix’s fingertips twitched.

‘That is the altar, and I’m now…’

He’s within the Empress Dowager’s palace.

With an instinctive realization, Felix shuddered.

‘What occurs to me now?’

Quickly, he heard a voice from contained in the room.

“You introduced the crown prince again in spite of everything?”

“Sure. I need to be certain that we get it proper this time and please our nice god.”

It was the Empress Dowager and the hooded shadow from the final time he noticed them.

Their voices grew nearer as they approached.

Felix squeezed his eyes shut as he heard footsteps cease in entrance of the altar.

The hooded determine stood earlier than him.

“Your providing lacks maturity, however… it’s ok to strive.”

Together with her phrases, Felix felt one thing slip out of his physique.

“Good, this needs to be sufficient to steal the King of Spirits that might be born in Brighton.”

The hooded shadow spoke in a happy tone after a second.

The candles on the altar burned brightly.

Then she stroked Felix’s head.

“You’ll overlook this second. Except you meet me once more, or somebody with extra energy than me, you won’t be able to unseal your reminiscences.”

“Don’t fear, my expensive. I’ll come to see you when you’re an grownup, and the wait is not going to be lengthy.”

Finish of flashback

That was the top of Felix’s reminiscences.

“What does this all imply? Do you occur to recollect when this occurred?”

“About fourteen years in the past.”

Fourteen years in the past, the yr of the tragedy within the Fairy Tree Backyard.

“You simply abruptly remembered that day, in such element?”

“Sure. I didn’t keep in mind it both till a short time in the past, after which it simply popped into my head.”

The extra I listened to Felix’s story, the extra confused I turned.

So let me get this straight.

Felix’s first contact with an unbeliever was a very long time in the past.

Almost certainly across the time tragedy struck Brighton.

‘I had a sense Elizabeth had somebody behind her, however I by no means thought it might be an unbeliever……………….?’

It appeared that the supply of the Acarosia she used was from an unbeliever.

Nonetheless, the query remained.

‘Wasn’t Daisy the ultimate villain?’

I vaguely thought that Daisy, the unique heroine, might need been the ultimate villain.

However when he informed me that this had occurred 14 years earlier, I assumed one thing completely different.

‘Daisy is my age, she couldn’t have performed this 14 years in the past.’

Except Daisy is an historical witch who lives ceaselessly.

My head was nonetheless spinning, however I needed to do what I needed to do.

“Anyway, thanks. Felix, now I do know why you’ve been by this.”

“It has one thing to do with the Empress Dowager, doesn’t it?”

“Yeah. She’s an unbeliever of god Helios, I feel, and she or he was attempting to sacrifice you once more at that assembly.”

Earlier than I might end talking, a reminder popped up.

[Quest  has been confirmed].

[Quest  has been completed].

[You will receive 25 Fate Energy as a reward].

I contemplated for a second.

‘The Empress Dowager and people behind this have identified for a very long time that Felix is Blake’s particular person.’

In the event that they knew, why did they keep silent?

‘As a result of it’s extra worthwhile for them.’

No, possibly.

Possibly he was concerned from the start.

There was a chance that the Duke of Blake, who disappeared within the wake of his sentence, was an unbeliever.

I brushed the thought away, realizing I’d strayed too far.

[A new quest has arisen. Do you want to check it out?]

I didn’t have to see the brand new quest to know.

I checked out Felix and stated.

“Okay, we’ve found out every thing we are able to work out, so what will we do now?”

“Um, expose the reality in regards to the… incident?”

“No. That will be nice, however that’s not the rapid precedence.”

“Then what’s it?”

“Let the Empress Dowager who sacrificed her kids be uncovered.”

It was time for cider*.”

(T/N: This can be a Korean slang for novels that’s used to explain the satisfying feeling after an extended, arduous state of affairs that the characters needed to undergo)

I entered the grand corridor, simply in time to see the Empress Dowager shouting on the high of her lungs.

“To make the Emperor and Crown Prince wait, in addition to the nobles, what is that this if not an insult to the imperial household! Let the responsible man of Palesdon, who has dedicated such a terrific sin…………!”

“No, let me communicate.”

I stepped ahead, and all eyes had been on me.

“The responsible occasion who insulted the Imperial Household is Her Majesty the Empress.”

The Empress’s face contorted in anger.

“H, how might I’ve insulted the Imperial household! The Duchess of Palesdon might be held accountable for her phrases!”

“Sure, in fact.”

Simply then, a notification popped up.

[Your pet wants to communicate with you. Would you like to use the skill ?]

“What’s fallacious with Calix?

I glanced over to see Calix watching me with a fearful expression on his face.

I can inform by his physique language that he desires me to make use of the Communication ability as quickly as potential.

[Skill  will be activated!]

-Rose, are you positive you’re okay?

-What?

-I’ve been working exhausting on my crown prince coaching. The Empress Dowager doesn’t such as you, but it surely’s a distinct story once you’re insulted in entrance of so many individuals. It’s an insult to all the royal household.

-Calix, you don’t know me very effectively but, do I strike you as somebody who would let myself be stepped on?

-I don’t. I’m fearful about you………….

Calix stammered, his expression grim.

I rapidly added, thanking him for his concern.

Seeing his face brighten a bit, I assumed.

‘It’s the Grasp who is aware of me higher than anybody else.’

The Grasp, who had given me the information from the Grand Corridor earlier, naturally trusted me to deal with the state of affairs effectively.

He inspired me, saying he would look forward to information.

“Actually? In case you’re so assured, inform me. How did I insult the imperial household?”

On the sound of the Empress Dowager’s voice, I finished utilizing the ability and walked ahead.

“February 11, 4984 Imperial 12 months. I’ve failed once more immediately to obtain the sacrifices.”

“What’s that out of the blue?”

“Sacrifices?”

The nobles who heard me narrowed their eyes.

I regarded straight on the Empress Dowager, unperturbed, and walked over to her.

“September 15, 4984 imperial yr. I narrowly failed. At this charge, I could also be relegated to the again of the road.”

The Empress Dowager’s face contorted as I continued.

“June 13, 4985 Imperial 12 months. After repeated failures, He lastly positioned me ‘on maintain’. It’s actually hopeless.”

“Why is the Duchess of Palesdon abruptly saying one thing completely different? What the hell does that must do with me!”

“Actually, are you positive you don’t thoughts if I inform you what this has to do with Her Majesty?”

“Wait…………!”

I ignored the outstretched arm of the Empress Dowager and pulled one thing out of my bosom and unfolded it.

I opened it to the facet I’d already marked and browse.

“March 17, 4986 Imperial Calendar. The day of the appointment has arrived. I’ve kidnapped Prince Felix and provided him as a sacrifice. I do know I’ve no energy, but when I weren’t the Empress Dowager, this may not have been potential.”

This was the Empress Dowager’s diary entry.

“How might you try this!”

“How dare you method my daughter-in-law with such a vile gesture?”

The Empress Dowager approached me and tried to grab the diary away, however Catalina stopped her.

“You……!”

“My daughter-in-law, do no matter you need!”

The Empress Dowager struggled, however she couldn’t overcome Catalina’s robust physique.

Due to her, I used to be in a position to proceed my revelations.

“The facility of Felix, with the blood of the Duke of Blake in his veins, could also be of some use to our nice God. When our nice god descends, the captured Helios might be consigned to the fires of hell. Maybe that can carry some consolation to my poor kids who died first.”

I swallowed exhausting, afraid to complete my sentence.

‘It’s no surprise.’

Although he now not was, Felix had as soon as been a crown prince.

Kidnapping the crown prince, or tried homicide of the crown prince, was blasphemy. The Empress Dowager wouldn’t be spared.

“Duchess of Palesdon, do you thoughts if I take a fast take a look at the factor?”

“After all. I used to be about to provide it to you now.’

The Emperor was fast to reply.

I coldly handed him the Empress Dowager’s diary.

The Emperor emitted an vitality that solely royalty may give off and touched the diary.

Objects which are in fixed use by the royal household have their very own aura, and he needed to see how it might react.

Quickly, the Empress Dowager’s diary glowed with sensible gentle.

It was genuine.

“Ugh. It’s actual…………!”

The Empress Dowager glared at me with bloodshot eyes as somebody exclaimed.

“The Duchess of Palesdon has simply admitted to stealing from me, and she or he deserves to be punished for stealing from the royal household with out figuring out that the sky’s the restrict!”

“Ah. I knew you’d say that.”

I smiled and signaled as if I had been ready.