Episode 4

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Luckily, I was able to enter the forbidden book area without anyone noticing me.

This was the place where records about the origins of Tuniat and past royal families were stored.

As I walked inside, I took out a history book that detailed the origins of the Tuniat imperial family.

My theory was that everything had to start from scratch.

I opened the first chapter of the book.

[The first human with divine power was the first emperor, Iel Tuniat, whom the goddess Tunia worked hard to create.]

The first emperor of this empire was the human most loved by the goddess Tunia. Because she was the one that most resembled her.

Since it was something I was familiar with, I skipped to the next chapter.

[The Goddess promised the protection of the Tuniat royal family and freed them from all chronic human diseases.

Additionally, he granted divine power to the being that most resembles him, so he was worthy of becoming the owner of Tuniat.]

As a token, the goddess granted her divine power only to the heirs of the royal family, and the Tuniat Empire was able to inherit the throne peacefully without any conflict.

This is because without divine power, he was not qualified to inherit the throne in the first place.

Since the person who inherited the throne could receive the goddess’s oracles, people naturally called the Emperor of Tuniat the ‘Agent of the Goddess.’

It was thought that when he was angry, the goddess was angry, and when he was sad, the goddess was sad.

However, if there was anything at stake in this part, it was Caros, the current emperor of Tuniat.

“No trust has ever been announced.”

Is it because it’s so peaceful?

Since I was born, I have only seen Carlos once a year.

For reference, once a year it was Etheron’s birthday.

[The Goddess did not want Tuniat’s throne to be stained with blood.

The new owner of Tuniat was called by the goddess and brightened the future of the empire.]

And this part was the cause of Etheron losing its divine power.

He is blinded by the heroine, Sieta, and eventually takes the throne of the emperor, staining it with blood, and the goddess eventually takes away his power from him.

I put back what I had been reading and found an old book containing an oracle.

There were not many oracles containing the goddess’ prophecies because they were very precious. Therefore, the book in which the oracle was recorded was very thin.

When I opened the bookshelf, I saw something very strange.

“Huh?”

[Tuniart’s future will become bright again.]

Since the oracle that came down exactly a thousand years ago, there have been no records.

“What. …I heard the owner of the new tuniat was called by a goddess?”

The goddess’ call meant an oracle.

But why has nothing been recorded since a thousand years ago?

However, to say that the goddess’s protection had disappeared, there was still a successor in the imperial family who was born with divine power.

“From which emperor did the trust cease?”

I took out the genealogy of past royal family members. Since the oracle was cut off a thousand years ago, it was only necessary to check who the emperor was at that time.

The emperor at that time….

[Diliant Shan Tuniat (1505~1595)]

There was a portrait of an emperor with silver hair and blue eyes looking straight ahead with no expression. Below that, his life was recorded.

“Why haven’t I received the trust since then?”

I absentmindedly turned the pages one by one and then stopped.

[Arisa Tuniat (1485-1505)]

Why did the Tuniat royal family, who should have been free from all chronic human diseases, die after only living for twenty years?

This was an unexpected record.

“…Did I record it incorrectly?”

I quickly checked the portraits of other royal family members.

[Bellona Lev Tuniat (1616-1636)

Elsius Selena Tuniat (1667-1687)

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Trevisa Teni Tuniat (2352-2372)]

…However, upon further inspection, I realized that this was not just a mistake.

Moreover, this strange situation only applied to the princess.

It was confirmed that all other members of the royal family lived their full lives.

Little by little, the clues I had were coming together.

My hands were shaking from the incredible truth.

“What is this….”

Unusually, there was never a princess born into the Tuniat royal family.

However, none of them could last more than twenty years and passed away.

If this is true, I only have two months left to live…?

Tuk.

The book in my hand fell to the floor.

There is only one princess born every time.

Prince Etheron cannot control his divine power.

And I, the princess, can calm him down.

[He also granted divine power to the being that most resembles him.]

Perhaps, if the princess is the one who most resembles herself in this sentence, does this mean that Tuniat has already been defying the goddess’s will for a thousand years?

“…Lie.”

It didn’t matter how the divine power, which was the domain of the gods, was transferred.

The important thing was that the imperial family had successfully done it, and now it was my turn to become a victim.

I came to my senses late and ran to the princess’s palace.

Ignoring all royal court etiquette, I ran recklessly, lifting my dress up so that my ankles were exposed.

“Princess, where are you going? Oh my god, why are you acting like this? Your ankles are all exposed!”

Lisa, the maid who met me in the garden, became thoughtful.

This is because the royal family of Tuniat was never allowed to show their skin.

I shouted as I entered the palace.

“I have urgent business! I want to be alone for a while, so don’t come into my room.”

“Yes?!”

I climbed the stairs without stopping and entered the room. And then I grabbed the desk calendar.

“The period when Sayad Atresia became crown prince was the founding of the nation.”

The calendar displayed all the continent’s annual events, making it easy to guess when the original work would begin.

The hand that was flipping through one or two pages stopped. The founding anniversary of the Atresia Empire was exactly two months later.

And coincidentally, the week before that was my birthday.

My legs became weak and I sat down.

Because the Tria family was still a count family, it was a mistake to assume that there was room for the original work.

Next two months.

That was all the time I had left.

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It finally dawned on me that I would die before the original.

Atresia Sayard, one of the male protagonists of the original work, was a prince with an incomplete lineage.

However, from a young age, he had to be kept in check by the empress due to his excellent swordsmanship and extraordinary intelligence.

This is because Sayard was an obstacle to raising her son, the first prince of the Atresia Empire, to the throne.

Therefore, Sayerd was driven out to the outskirts early on and was unable to intervene in any affairs of the imperial castle.

Even though he was driven out to the outskirts, Sayard’s abilities went beyond the imperial castle and even reached the ears of the emperor.

The central nobles whom Sayerd had recruited pleaded with him every day to bring him back.

“…And as soon as Sayed returned, the immediate task was to occupy Sieta’s homeland, the Kingdom of Lariette.”

That was the beginning of the original work.

It was around that time that the heroine woke up in Sieta’s body.

With her country ruined overnight, she is held hostage by Sayerd and is in danger of becoming the Crown Princess.

Sayard decides to welcome her as a rain queen, judging that it is difficult to secure the title of crown prince based on his lineage.

The Lariette Kingdom boasts a long history, making it an appropriate complement to his lineage.

In addition, if they acquired high-purity magic stones buried underground in the kingdom and a canal connecting the continent, they could have a solid position.

The problem was that the Empress was too stubborn to build a satisfactory army.

So, just before Sayard returns to the imperial castle, he contacts ‘Lahitrian Ikarsen’ of the Nation of Darkness.

He proposes to invade the Kingdom of Lariet, and Lahitrian accepts the proposal.

“…I feel like I was confirmed dead.”

I sat down against the wall, put my knees up, and buried my face.

If I were alive, Sayard wouldn’t have had to touch the Lariette Kingdom.

Lisbeth, who was a descendant of a goddess, had a perfect lineage, and had the Tuniat Empire on her back, would have been coveted more than anyone else.

Moreover, it was also stated in the original work that Sayard did not want war.

“As soon as I returned to the capital, it was war. I’m so sick of it. I feel sorry for Lariette.”

He was already fed up with the war while protecting the border.

I lost all motivation and lay helplessly on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Then he jumped up from his seat.

The man came to mind.

Lemmut.

A strange man with a unique appearance that I met in the library.

“…Princess Tuniat won’t learn the ancient language.”

I jumped up from my seat.

“That man knew everything.”

The truth that the Tuniat imperial family was hiding from me.

He wasn’t just teasing me, he was genuinely convinced that I didn’t know the ancient language.

Because until now, the princesses of Tuniat would not have been able to learn the ancient language.

I had to meet Remmut again.