I Became the First Love of the Impenetrable Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 118

“Sir, the sun seems about to set.”

“Already?”

I rose from my seat, patted my stiff shoulders, and shook my head. Though heavy curtains covered every window, making it dim even at midday, after hearing Hudro’s words, the room indeed felt quite dark.

“You should head down before it gets completely dark.”

Hudro’s eyes, filled with concern, twitched faintly beneath them. After spending two days straight with me reviewing documents, he too seemed worn out.

“Am I making things hard for you?”

“No. The divine artifact has shone brightly, and the gods have delivered a message to us. Though we merely serve as messengers, we must still strive to understand their will.”

Hudro added that this incident had served as a positive stimulus for them as well.

“A stimulus?”

“Among those who fled the temple was a scribe—one tasked with meticulously recording everything that happened within the temple. According to the records left behind before that scribe passed away, our ancestors believed it was divine will that Abilus, your ancestor, aided them, and thus settled in the empire.”

“……”

Realizing this wouldn’t be a brief conversation, I sat back down slightly. Hudro continued with a gentle smile.

“Though they couldn’t build a temple here to worship the gods, our ancestors chose land not far from the ‘Mountain Touching the Sky.’ For several months, they performed rituals just as they had in the temple—but those few months were all they had.”

The Fones Empire had never believed in the existence of ‘gods.’ Not only the imperial family, but also among the general populace, disbelief in divine beings was widespread.

Had anyone witnessed their rituals, they surely would have found it strange.

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