“People often think of pink cherry blossom trees, but purple cherry blossom trees do exist. The most beautiful flowering tree in this world is none other than the purple cherry blossom tree. It’s also known by another name, Jacaranda. Lady Lorencia.”
Only then did Teishar realize that the flowering tree blooming behind Lorencia was a purple cherry blossom tree.
“I see. I never thought the flowering tree I saw in my dream actually existed.”
“Your mother, Lady Musila, also bloomed a beautiful flowering tree.”
“What was my mother’s flowering tree?”
“It was a Nerinzae tree.”
“A Nerinzae tree?”
“When the flowers bloomed, it was as beautiful as white snow settling on the tree, and after the flowers withered, sapphire-like fruits would form. A flowering tree is beautiful when the flowers bloom, but it’s most beautiful when it bears fruit.”
Lorencia tilted her head at the unfamiliar tree name. Magus smiled as he watched Lorencia.
“After the flowers of the purple cherry blossom tree wither, the fruits that form have various colors.”
“Do cherry blossoms also bear fruit?”
“Yes. The fruits form in various colors. The fruits are very sour and delicious. Teishar, you must have seen it when you were young. Do you remember?”
“Yes. I have a vague memory of it.”
Teishar recalled the vacant house of Musila that he had visited while holding Magus’ hand when he was young. He remembered seeing a beautiful purple cherry blossom tree, unlike the pink cherry blossom trees that bloomed near the house.
“I thought Roa’s tree felt familiar for some reason. I can’t believe I forgot about such a beautiful flowering tree.”
Teishar smiled while looking at Lorencia.
“Will my cherry blossom tree that Magus and you are looking at also bear fruit?”
“Of course. It will bear very beautifully.”
Lorencia grinned while thinking of her beautiful purple cherry blossom tree.
“The purple cherry blossom tree beautifully blooms around late February.”
“Did you say late February?”
“Yes, Teishar. Cherry blossoms are flowers that bloom in spring.”
Teishar remembered that Lorencia’s 20th birthday was on February 21st.
When one becomes an adult, they can also get married. Thinking that he could comfortably serve Lorencia if they got married, the corners of Teishar’s lips slightly lifted. Just thinking about it made him feel happy.
“Magus.”
“Yes, Lady Lorencia.”
Lorencia stopped smiling and looked at Magus.
“I want to let others know that Princess Charlotte is alive.”
“What?”
“Originally, Princess Charlotte should have been killed by monsters, but the future has completely changed since I came to the Poloid Empire.”
Due to the pillar of light, all monsters have been purified. For the time being, monsters will not appear as they did before. Occasionally, contaminated fairies may appear, but the water of life will take care of them.
“He will soon find out that monsters are not appearing. And it’s only a matter of time before he finds out about the pillar of light.”
She had prophesied that Ruans would encounter a horde of monsters and die on his way back to the Poloid Empire. He was very happy. It was a false prophecy. She had intended to announce that Charlotte had really died, but there was no need for that in the changed future.
“Due to the changed future, Crown Prince Ruans will act differently from the future I saw. In that changed future, the High Priestess appeared.”
“Are you referring to the High Priestess who rarely comes out of the Temple of Goddess Ella?”
Lorencia stretched out her arm and spread her palm wide. Instantly, the purple cherry blossom petals falling behind Lorencia stopped.
“Yes. She is most likely to be the White Snake. So we need to let others know that Princess Charlotte is alive as it is. Magus.”
Teishar’s eyes widened.
Lorencia looked at the surprised Teishar and raised one corner of her lips, concentrating on her palm. The purple flower petals gathered above Lorencia’s palm and began to swirl. The purple cherry blossom petals gathered on her palm turned into a round, shining amethyst bead.
Her violet eyes sparkled as she looked down at the amethyst bead. Teishar stared at Lorencia in a daze. A moment passed.
“Scatter.”
At Lorencia’s words to scatter, the purple amethyst bead turned into petals, fell to the ground, and disappeared into light.
“The moment they find out that Princess Charlotte is alive, Crown Prince Ruans and Duke Daniel will make a move.”
“If you tell me how to prepare, I will make the necessary preparations.”
“Crown Prince Ruans will attack His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress in the Isuter Empire.”
“No matter what, they are the Emperor and Empress who gave birth to him.”
Magus spoke in a trembling voice.
“Unfortunately, Crown Prince Ruans will kill the imperial couple and definitely ascend to the throne of the Isuter Empire. We need to twist that future.”
In the past future, too, he killed many people, including Adrian and Charlotte, to become the Crown Prince. After becoming the Crown Prince, Ruans killed the Emperor who gave birth to him and took his place.
Death always lingered around Ruans. Nothing has changed, then or now. His desire.
That desire was fueled by Daniel and Pelina. If Ruans had grown up normally, loved in an ordinary family, he would have become a different person now.
“And after becoming the Emperor, Crown Prince Ruans will visit the Poloid Empire to get me back.”
At Lorencia’s words, Teishar frowned. He shook his head blatantly, disliking Ruans’ visit.
“It’s okay. He can’t do anything to me. Rather, he will be dumbfounded after being hit by me.”
An anxious heart invites impatient actions. And it leads to mistakes, and the accumulation of mistakes leads to things going wrong.
“After Crown Prince Ruans returns to the Isuter Empire, he will begin preparations for war.”
“If he declares war, we will have to prepare.”
Thinking of meeting Ruans on the battlefield, Teishar felt as if his congested insides were being cleared.
Lorencia recalled Ruans, whom she had confirmed through the future. When he came to the Poloid Empire, he began to cling to her. Saying that he loved her even though he had lost his prophetic ability and asked her to become his empress.
At that moment, she confirmed the future where she returned the words she most wanted to say to Ruans.
Lorencia smiled. Just thinking about it was thrilling. And how would Ruans accept the fact that the lowly bastard turned out to be the young lady of the Di Gloston Duchy of the Poloid Empire?
“Then shall we begin the meeting to save His Majesty Emperor Adolf and Her Majesty Empress Ines of the Isuter Empire?”
Magus newly felt that Lorencia, who possessed a power different from Musila, was the child of the wise Goddess Ella. However, wisdom is accumulated differently from accumulating knowledge. Knowledge can be accumulated as long as there are books and teachers to teach, but wisdom can only be accumulated by experiencing events in life firsthand.
Before a person grows old and dies, leaving their knowledge in books is not wisdom, but the wise methods gained through experiencing all kinds of ups and downs in life. How on earth did Lorencia accumulate that wisdom?
[This is the timeline separator]Daniel blamed Adrian’s death on the nobles in the Poloid Empire who opposed the marriage.
In the midst of this, if it is announced that Charlotte died because of monsters, people’s questions of “The pillar of light appeared and the monsters disappeared? Why did she pass away?” will quickly turn into the conclusion that “The Isuter Empire assassinated Charlotte.”
If that happens, the war between the two empires will accelerate. To prevent that, people and Ruans need to know that Charlotte is alive. If that happens, it doesn’t matter even if they find out about the pillar of light. His mind will only be anxious about the fact that the prophecy has changed.
The anxious Ruans will rush to kill the Emperor and Empress of the Isuter Empire.
And by the time he ascends to the position of Emperor, he will face the resentment of the nobles.
In the previous future, Ruans ascended the throne as Emperor amid the cheers and blessings of the empire’s people and nobles, along with the priestess of the Temple of Goddess Ella. However, that will never happen.
After twisting and twisting the present so that it can never happen, hand Ruans the poisoned chalice.
All the plans made by the White Snake who betrayed Goddess Ella and descended from the heavens must be invalidated.
Lorencia unknowingly pursed her lips, tense. Inferring from the past shown by the amethyst bead, Daniel is the White Snake who betrayed Goddess Ella. But strangely, it felt unsettling. It felt like she was missing something.
Daniel’s black mouth and pitch-black tongue that appear alongside Ruans when confirming the future.
“Why are you like that? Roa.”
“Duke Graykan.”
“Yes. Crown Prince Ruans’ maternal grandfather.”
“No matter how much I think about it, he is the White Snake… But strangely, the term White Snake doesn’t come up.”
“Could you tell me why you think that way?”
“Queen Titania said that the White Snake is a goddess.”
Teishar nodded.
“She clearly said that the White Snake Saraph is a goddess, and goddesses do not devote themselves to men in this world.”
“Then if Duke Daniel is not the White Snake…”
“Duke Daniel is a puppet, and it’s likely that the High Priestess in the Temple of Goddess Ella is the White Snake Saraph.”
If the High Priestess of the Temple of Goddess Ella was the White Snake Saraph, it was incomprehensible. What had she been doing there for such a long time? No, what was she preparing for?
“The Temple of Goddess Ella… It’s one of the places where Duke Daniel donates the most money and manages. Teishar, it’s the place you’re currently investigating, right?”
Magus asked Teishar.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Teishar recalled the situation where drugs and the illegal alchemical drug Digen were being distributed and sold together with Daniel at the Temple of Goddess Ella, although the investigation was still ongoing.
Come to think of it, he remembered Lorencia telling him before that when Ruans ascends to the position of Emperor, the Temple of Goddess Ella would move to the Isuter Empire.
It wasn’t a matter that simply ended with defeating Daniel and Ruans. The White Snake had been hiding among people for a long time, waiting for Lorencia, the seventh child of Goddess Ella.
Teishar suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
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
