It wasn’t that I was attacked by the monster; it was because I was a Swordmaster who knew how to manipulate aura.
But it was a bit difficult to honestly tell him that I cough up blood every time I use aura, especially after hearing the conversation in my dream earlier.
What did I see?
‘That’s because you are the only Swordmaster in this empire besides me. I cannot die on my own. So, you must kill me…’
I calmly recalled the conversation between Rosebelia and Ian in my dream. Then, I tied it back to the original work.
Curse, Swordmaster, Ian, and Rosebelia.
“It seems the Winters family is seriously disliked by His Majesty.”
“The heiress of the Winters family, who was considered the next Commander of the White Knights, fled to the Lenore Kingdom. I heard that His Majesty personally asked her several times to take on the position of Commander, but she refused and became a Commander in the Kingdom…”
Suddenly, that part of the original work came to mind.
If Ian had been looking for Rosebelia since ascending to the Crown Prince’s position, and continued to seek her even after becoming Emperor, then he would have been noticed at least a few times.
If someone witnessed it and misunderstood that he went to request the Commander’s position? What if he had actually gone to ask her to kill him?
It was not a completely absurd conjecture. Even in the original work, Daisy had clearly said that Ian had become a completely different person after the Crown Prince’s appointment, so if the curse manifested before and after the appointment…
My head became overloaded, and suddenly, everything started to spin.
“Senior? Are you all right?”
Ian immediately put his hand on my forehead. A slightly cool sensation helped calm my confused mind a little.
“There’s no fever, but I think we should call the doctor again.”
“No, I think I’ll be fine with a little rest. What about the doctor?”
“He says there’s nothing wrong with your body.”
I knew it would be like that.
I was inwardly worried about coughing up blood, but fortunately, it seemed there was nothing wrong with my body.
“Then it’s fine.”
“No, I must know why you collapsed while coughing up blood, Senior.”
“That… Actually, I don’t really know why.”
“What?”
As I met Ian’s narrowed brow, I thought of an excuse.
“Could I have been injured without knowing it while fighting the monster?”
“It could be an internal injury that the doctor failed to diagnose. I will find a more renowned doctor.”
I hastily grabbed the hem of Ian’s clothes as he started to rise from his seat.
“There’s no need for that. I know my body better.”
“But…”
“If there was something wrong with me, why would I hide it? There’s nothing wrong with me.”
[Star Icon] Late in the afternoon when I returned to the Duke’s residence, I headed straight to the study.“I think I’ve seen a book about the Phoness Empire somewhere…”
Carefully examining the bookshelf, I took out a book titled .
I looked through it meticulously until the last chapter, but I could not find any mention of a curse being laid upon the Imperial Family.
Is it a secret curse, unknown to others?
If I had to point out something peculiar, it was that there were quite a few cases where the Emperor suddenly abdicated, leaving the throne to the Crown Prince.
There was no problem with the Emperor, and the Crown Prince did not forcibly seize the throne either.
In all the cases I’ve seen, an Emperor without any political problems suddenly abdicated the throne to the Crown Prince.
Ian had a similar case, perhaps?
I glanced outside, which had become dark, and soon got up. I returned to my room, but I couldn’t sleep for a long time.
The content of the dream I had during the day wouldn’t leave my mind.
If I close my eyes, sleep will come eventually. Thinking so, I slowly closed my eyelids.
‘I do not want to live again.’
It wasn’t my voice, but Rosebelia’s.
‘This is a first. I’m offering you a chance to live again, and you’re rejecting it?’
The voice that followed was the very one that reached me when I fell on the asphalt.
‘I have lived my life to the fullest. I have no regrets.’
‘I have already turned back time, and I can’t undo it. Everything can change depending on what you do, yet you’re refusing the opportunity I gave you?’
‘There’s nothing to change. I lived according to my beliefs, and if life is given again, I will make the same choice. So, it’s not an opportunity for me, but a repetition of my past life.’
I must have fallen asleep without realizing it, for I suddenly woke up.
I had another dream, but what does it mean to offer a chance to live again?
Moreover, to turn back time…
“Regression?”
My heart raced at the word that suddenly popped out.
So…
“Rosebelia refused regression?”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
