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Episode 186 A space where not a single ray of light could reach. Six figures, each wearing an iron mask with only eyeholes, sat gathered around a massive round table. A faintly glowing orb floated at the center of the table, casting a dim light around, but it was far from enough to discern their ages, let alone their genders. It was a woman with a delicate voice who broke the heavy silence and began to speak. “The reason I’ve called you all here today is none other than to deliver…
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185I shot Sir Cherie a sidelong glance and spoke to Leo. “Leo, don’t pick up habits like that.” “But isn’t it better to be upfront about these things?” “…Are you announcing you’re about to get into trouble?” When I fixed him with a sharp glare, Sir Cherie opened and closed his mouth several times, suddenly at a loss for words. Then, as if betraying his lord with a faithful heart, he shut his eyes tightly and said, “That’s not what I meant…” His reaction was a…
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Episode 184 The area in front of the academy was a sea of carriages, all there to collect students pouring out after morning classes. It was mayhem on the street, with carriages sent by every sort of family crowding the avenue, but as always, Leo had no trouble at all finding the Blanche carriage. After all, only Blanche used so large and dazzling a four-wheeled carriage, drawn by four jet-black horses, just to transport their child to and from school—it was bound to stand out. “Isn’t…
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Episode 183 What I want is the precise information about the future that Giuseppe holds. And with that information, I intend to prevent the destruction of humanity. ‘The First King failed, but I can do it.’ Had not my past experiences already proven, time and again, that fate—said to be unchangeable—could shift because of me? Recalling Vivian, Terry, and Cheshire’s final moments in , the so-called true future, I pressed on without hesitation. “You mentioned before that you…
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182 As breath filled my chest, my mind’s gears began to spin furiously. Once consciousness returned, one thought alone came to me: What must I do to prevent the extinction of humanity? Clinging only to that thought, I opened my eyes—and saw my younger brother’s anxious face gazing down at me. Poor thing. For all the ways he had resisted fate, how wretched he must have felt when, as prophesied, he was forced to stab me in the back. I reached out my aged hand toward…
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181 “O King, what do you see?” The man standing precariously at the edge of the icy cliff lifted his gaze. The northern winds whipped his long blond hair into disarray, but with merely a tilt of his head, the gusts quieted. The man—Lucas—shrugged and stepped aside, giving his younger brother space beside him. “I was taking a moment to admire my own genius.” What Lucas was observing was a forest of green crossing the white snowscape. Ten years prior, the hero-king who…
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Episode 180 Quick-witted Terry swiftly brewed a fresh pot of tea and quietly left the room. After seeing Lady Cherry out as well, I found myself alone, face-to-face with the crown prince. A brief silence fell between us, as though we were trying to gauge each other’s intentions. Our last meeting hadn’t been particularly pleasant, so I found it difficult to speak first. It was Mikhail who broke the silence. “Today, I’m not here as the crown prince, but as your friend. So let’s…
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Episode 179Even without going through Mikhail, there was a way to verify whether the First King’s prophecy was accurate. That was by asking Giuseppe, who currently possesses the “gift of prophecy,” whether he too had seen the kingdom’s calamity. However, if Giuseppe truly had seen it with his prophetic gift, I couldn’t approach him recklessly. If I made a mistake, he might discover that Leo was the Star of Heroes. ‘I can’t be sure, but I’ll try probing for a reaction by letting…
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Episode 178“They say that a child born under the Star of Heroes, chosen by its light, bears a mark upon their body. I had my doubts—but Leon Blanche has that very mark recorded in the prophecy, right on the back of his neck.” A curse rose to the tip of my tongue, but I managed to choke it back. There was no use in denying it. Mikhail had clearly finished his investigation and was merely informing me of the truth. In this moment, the man before me was not my childhood friend Mikhail, but…
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Episode 177As if scalded, I hastily withdrew the hand I had stretched out toward Lady Cherry. ‘How can she look so unconcerned?’ Fanning my burning face, I shot a glare at Lady Cherry, who only seemed as calm as if she’d been exchanging polite greetings. It was all because of Lady Cherry that I found myself clutching the folding fan I’d tossed aside when disabling the translator. Yet this infuriatingly buggy AI of a person kept stubbornly staring only at my hand as she asked, “My…
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176 As summer drew to a close in the north, we began preparations to return to the capital. Of course, Sir Cherry was going with us, and since he was to enter the capital under his true identity this time, there was much to be arranged. At last, the day came for us to leave Valua-Shuten Castle. “My lady, I entrust our lord to your care.” Sir Fenadel implored me earnestly, like a parent leaving a child at school. I turned his words over and over in my mind, then replied. “Sir…
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175I made sure Leo had firmly covered both his eyes and ears, then turned to face Sir Cherry. In his crimson eyes, I could see emotions seething like a volcano on the verge of eruption. All I had done was meet his gaze. “It’s because I love you, my lady.” His confession from that day lingered in my ears, tickling them. It felt as if I were about to crush a red flower that had finally bloomed after a winter spent holding its breath, but I opened my mouth to speak. “Sir Cherry, to…
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Episode 174 Leo rubbed his cheek, mumbling as if the inside of his mouth felt strangely itchy. “Do you remember the morning after Sir Knight and Lady Belinda left for the Warded Forest, when I said I thought I’d encountered a demonic beast?” Cesar didn’t reply, but Leo went on speaking. “At the time, I thought it was a demonic beast—but now, I’m not so sure. Because, just now, he touched my cheek behind the curtain, just like you did. So, if that person is really my…
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Episode 173 Leo went on to explain the reasoning behind his assumption. “That’s why I could walk freely through the Enchanted Forest.” There are two families welcomed by the Enchanted Forest—the descendants of the First King, who created the forest, and the Valuashuten lineage, his younger brother’s house. Leo had chosen the former. While Leo’s expression was solemn, I had to bite my lower lip to keep from laughing. Whether he noticed or not, Leo leaned in with a very serious…
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Episode 172 Regrettably—or perhaps fortunately—Cesare never saw the expression on Belinda’s face as she looked at him. “You really are… hopeless, Sir.” Her words were a whisper, laced with a touch of laughter. “Why would you say something like that at a time like this? It’s just so…” Like a death flag. Belinda bit back the words. At some point, she realized Cesare was now lying with his eyes closed, exhaling faint, shallow breaths. The hand she held in her own was…
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Episode 171 Night descended upon the Enchanted Forest, without exception. Belinda and Cesare sat side by side, conserving their energy by speaking little. Cesare reassured her, insisting that if northern knights were on their trail, they would surely find them. For those knights, the forest was an ancient enemy—sometimes, they could see through its secrets even better than an old friend. The only problem was time. ‘They must find us before the poison reaches Sir Cherry’s…
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170 Something warm as a spring day’s sunlight kept tickling my eyelids. Frowning in my sleep, I tried to block out the light with the back of my hand, but for some reason, my whole body felt bound, unable to move a single inch. Groaning weakly, I gave up on moving and burrowed my forehead deeper into the bedding. “My lady! That’s the forest’s boundary!” Flash. At the sound of Penadel’s voice—the words I remembered hearing before losing consciousness—I snapped my eyes…
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Chapter 169 Soon, his aura chillingly cold like a shard of ice, his left hand touched my cheek with utmost care. “I’ve said this before, haven’t I? Lady Blanche is more precious to me than anything else in this world.” A whisper, tender as a lover’s secret words slipped into a beloved’s ear. But Sir Cherry had never spoken those words before. That night, on the balcony, his revelation, though desperate as a sinner in confession, was at once solemn as a knight’s vow. So I…
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168At that moment, someone stepped in front of Caesar. “Your Excellency.” Caesar and Penadel’s gazes met in the void between them. Though the whites of Caesar’s eyes, glimpsed through the mask’s slits, had not yet turned completely black, the signs were ominous. Once the whites went jet-black, the beast’s transformation would progress to the physical form; at that point, not even the Valuaachten family’s abilities could reverse it. Penadel placed a cautious hand on his sword…
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Episode 167 As with any beast wounded and driven to the edge of a precipice, the creature facing Caesar bristled with an extraordinary wariness. Yet, the reason it did not flee into the forest just behind may well have been instinct: somewhere, it sensed that the moment it set foot in the woods as a beast, it would never return. But Caesar, too, had no intention of letting the beast retreat to the woods. This was an affair that had to be ended by his own hand. Gazing at an old…
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