“That damn god.

Sesenia almost blurted out those words.

‘Our god has already abandoned us, so why does he keep talking about the gods?’

There is no god.

The gods are extremely selfish beings who have long given up on the empire.

“About the gods…”

“Lately, strange dreams. I’ve been having weird dreams.”

“Dreams?”

“Yeah. I don’t remember it well, but it was a profound nightmare. I seemed to cause you irreparable wounds in it. I regretted it and woke up. Maybe it’s because of that dream that I seem different about you… I don’t know.”

Sesenia looked silently at her father.

“Is that all? That dream?”

“I don’t remember the nightmare well. Just… um. It felt like you died. So I regretted it. It’s so vague that I don’t really understand.”

A dream. Is it just a dream? Or does it show future events, or the return of time?

‘Is it really absurd, even for my father to know?’

But it didn’t seem so.

Sesenia, who fully returned in exchange for hoping for her death, Elzelle, who returned for an unknown reason.

In such a situation, if the central point for revenge, which is Father, also returned in time, it would truly be an absurd event.

‘The situation is different from others.’

Unlike daughters who could remember everything and act, Father became an ambiguous medium called a dream.

Not complete memories, just delivering uncomfortable emotions.

“I guess it’s more fitting to say that it guides the path like a god.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. So don’t worry too much. It’s just a dream.”

“Yeah. It must be…”

Was he always so easily influenced? Or was he someone who casually overlooked things that bothered him?

Either way, looking at the new side of the viscount, Sesenia changed the subject.

“So, you won’t see your sister?”

“I don’t want to see her. She really deceived me, as you said. Threatened and intimidated me by saying she would go on a hunger strike… and now she seems to be eating well. Even enjoying desserts brought by Prince Ian…! Unaware, I, I…!!”

Again, anger seemed to well up as the viscount looked at Sesenia.

As if the words were abruptly cut off, he blurred out the rest of the words.

‘What would come after that would be, despite deceiving me, she continued the engagement with Prince Ian…!’

He was too obvious, so his actions of anger were visible.

Sesenia tried to suppress the laughter that was about to come out and consoled him.

“Maybe I said too much.”

“No. Thanks to you… I clearly knew how much Elzelle ignored me. Really. I don’t understand why she’s doing this. Lying to me… me…”

“Father.”
Sesenia, as if becoming a devil enchanting people, whispered into the despairing viscount’s ears, who bowed his head.

“Come to think of it, I heard something strange.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It seems like Sister… is trying to make Prince Ian the emperor. So… she seems to have ignored Father’s words. Because she’s the heir… it seems like she wanted to channel the viscount’s power to Ian.”

After staring at the floor, the viscount slowly turned his head.

“What…?”

Quite surprised by the unexpected words, the viscount didn’t see Sesenia’s eerie expression.

“He said that to me. He told me not to marry Prince Ian.”

“That…?”

“He said he wanted to be the emperor himself. I told him it was impossible. Then… he asked me if there was no viscount for himself.”

The viscount’s hands trembled.

“What? That arrogant guy…!! Even if we were born into the same imperial family, the starting points are different! What’s he trying to do to swing you around like that?”

“Don’t worry. I firmly refused. But strangely, he seemed convinced. Now that I think about it… it seems to be related to Elzelle’s actions.”

“That worthless guy… So my daughter has changed like that…!!”

For the viscount, Elzelle was always a good daughter. And after just discovering the reason why his good daughter had changed, the viscount expressed even more anger.

“I don’t know which side is the culprit. Still, you should be a bit careful. Ian is too confident. Perhaps… if this fact reaches the ears of Prince Ian or Empress Mother, there might be problems with the engagement. Suddenly. Very suddenly. I have such thoughts.”

“Yeah. It’s better not to know this. I’ll handle it decisively.”

“If you cut off Ian… Sister still needs to be careful, right? Unlike me, who gave up everything about the viscount’s succession and lived according to Father’s will… Sister has too much power. If Sister actually succeeds the viscount… Father’s hard work over the years might go wrong. Ah… this is my speculation, but I’m too scared. I liked Prince Ian… but what if it goes wrong…?”

Sesenia returned with an angelic face. As if she was worried that the engagement with Prince Ian might go wrong.

And all the words she said left a strong impression on the viscount.