CH 66

“…?”

Daniel pondered why Frey’s cheeks were red-hot, and hurriedly added the subject.

“I want to see your future. If you don’t mind.”

“Ah, the future.”

‘What on earth was I thinking and reacting like this?’

Frey wanted to hide in a rat hole.

“If you want to see it, just see it.”

She pulled up the blanket that was covering her chest and covered her face. Frey felt like she would bite her tongue if Daniel found out that she instantly blushed like an apple. It was embarrassing to shovel, but she couldn’t reject Daniel to look into the future.

‘Even if he said let’s start again, I will be anxious.’

Because Frey knew what made Daniel reject love.

Daniel’s father, Duncan Prause, is a transcendental being who inherited dragon blood. He was much stronger and had a longer lifespan than a normal human, but when his wife, who was a human, died, he could not bear the sadness and ended his life with his own hands.

‘It’s a desperate love story for the parties involved, but from Daniel’s point of view, his father is too irresponsible.’

To leave the world behind young Daniel…

In any case, from Daniel’s point of view, he must have wondered if his love would not lead to ruin like his father’s. Because no one wants to have a love that ends in destruction.

‘I’m curious too. Will I still see the man He always said was in my future?’

It seemed that the future might have changed now that Daniel, who was a business partner, said to start over again.

Frey reached out to Daniel.

“The beauty of a relationship is that you don’t know what will happen in the future, but if you’re anxious because you don’t know the future, wait a minute.”

“Yes?”

“Whatever comes out, don’t let me know.”

Daniel nodded and carefully grabbed her wrist. With Frey’s face right in front of him, it was harder than usual to concentrate.

Dig-

With his eyes closed, the transcendental power he possessed vividly showed Frey’s future.

[“I never thought this day would come…”]

Frey murmured softly and looked in the mirror with a smile. She wears a white dress and a long veil on her head. Blonde hair that looks softer than usual.

The outfit was more luxurious than usual, and the table was piled with gifts to celebrate something.

‘Marriage…ceremony?’

Daniel had a hunch that something was wrong.

Frey and himself have already been married once. So there was only one occasion when she could put on her wedding dress and veil again.

‘Remarriage after divorce?’

As soon as He reached that point, it felt like the ground he was stepping on was completely extinguished.

Daniel thought Frey was sure to understand that the suggestion to think again was a confession that she was starting to see Daniel as the opposite sex.

‘Of course, even if I said that there is no guarantee that my wife would give up on the idea of  divorce…’

He was still devastated, and his heart was pounding when a man appeared. 

Light blue hair and blue eyes. It was a completely unfamiliar face. A man admired Frey’s lavishly decorated beauty and held out a bouquet of flowers.

[“Your ring suits you well.”]

“….”

Daniel was at a loss for words and kept his mouth shut. His concentration was distracted and he could no longer see Frey’s future.

He couldn’t figure out the source of the betrayal he was feeling now.

‘It’s not me.’

Frey’s future was always true. Although it seemed to be hanging on pathetically, at least it appeared.

However, as soon as Daniel said to start again with Frey, the future changes by remarrying the blue-haired guy.

“…”

“Daniel? Are you okay?”

Daniel wanted to say, ‘Congratulations on remarrying another guy.’ But He barely held back.

He couldn’t help but become sarcastic.

“I saw the future well. It seems to have changed.”

Frey ignored Daniel’s reaction. Where did it go for a day or two when he had a strange reaction to Frey’s future?

‘I didn’t know what kind of scene he saw, but I didn’t ask.’

The future is bound to change, and it would be more fun for an ordinary human being to live without knowing the future.

‘Is it like a lottery ticket?’

In any case, since the future can be changed, she decided not to take it seriously.

Frey fell asleep quickly, probably because there was a lot going on during the day.

Daniel was the only one who couldn’t sleep. He said to start again, but the divorce is the ending.

Judging by her youthful appearance, it seemed that she had remarried right away. For a moment, other questions rage in his head like a storm. Daniel Prause’s curiosity eventually came down to one question.

‘Frey, that man…Who the hell is he?’

It was the moment when his eyes, which had only been clear and bright, began to be stained with obsession.

* * *

“Your Highness, Grand Duchess. If you want to stop by the temple, I think you should prepare soon.”

Emma woke Frey up with a soft voice.

She decided to get up early because she had a lot to do before she went back to the Prause estate, but it seems Frey overslept.

“Ah…yes get ready.”

As expected, Daniel, an early-morning person, had already left his bed.

After a quick breakfast, Frey started getting ready to go out with Emma’s help. As she was finishing her preparations, Lina appeared with a file folder.

“In the morning, we plan to enjoy refreshments with His Majesty the Emperor and High Priestess at the Great Temple.”

“Thank you for taking care of me. What’s my afternoon schedule?”

“Wiz is preparing well so that there are no disruptions.”

Here, ‘preparation’ refers to coordinating a meeting schedule with Vikram, a wizard with hate embedded in the mage tower.

Wiz is a spirit that is weak in the fight, but it was easy to communicate with the wizard using magic.

I’m worried that I cannot meet Vikram.’

If Frey had more time, she might be able to persuade him persistently, but she only stayed in the capital until today.

If Vikram refuses Frey’s proposal to destroy the mage tower together, she’ll have to send someone to convince him. But using someone will be less effective than doing it by herself.

‘But it’s also important to finish the story of the temple and the sacred Tower.’

I took Lina and Emma out toward the Emperor’s Garden.

Her father found her while wandering around the Emperor’s carriage, and looked happy.

“Frey, you’re here.”

“It’s been a while since we went out together in a carriage, right?”

Escorted by her father, Frey climbed into the carriage.

It took only ten minutes by carriage to the temple.

Frey had many conversations with my father, but she couldn’t help but remember the bad memories that she had buried deep in her heart.

[“Oh my god. That lowly child did not even know the subject and went to the emperor’s carriage…”]

[“I think His Majesty the Emperor did too much. Considering the country’s prestige, we shouldn’t let lowly things get on the royal carriage.”]

[“I’m worried about the safety of the country because that’s lowly things don’t even know the subject.”]

Frey, Her mother, and her father.

That people whispered when the three of them lightly around the imperial palace in the carriage.

In particular, Frey heard the word ‘low thing’ so many times that she could tell just by looking at the way their lips moved. Even now, some of the people who glanced at the carriage started talking with their mouths covered as if they were having fun.

‘It’s like they’re losing money just because I’m riding in my father’s carriage.’

If it was like before, Frey would have been hurt, but not now.

“It’s all good to be married to Grand Duke Prause, but I’m so upset that I can’t see my father often.”

She laughed lightly with a voice full of charm.

Now, instead of being conscious of the people who gossip about me and getting hurt, it was their turn to feel a sense of crisis while conscious of me.  As expected, whenever the names of Grand Duke Prause and the emperor were mentioned, those who were gossiping swallowed dry saliva.

“You got married to the north, and you’ve become a little stronger.”

When her father noticed the change in her strategy, he couldn’t hide his delight.

* * *

“Meet His Majesty the Emperor, the Sun of the Empire, and Her Highness Grand Duchess Prause.”

When they arrived at the temple, the high priest and his party greeted them.

Since they had to have a confidential conversation, Frey, her father, and the High Priestess headed to the inner garden without waiting.

After exchanging short greetings.

“Grand duchess, I was waiting for when I could hear the story of the Holy Tower.”

There was anticipation and excitement in the voice of the high priest who said that while pouring tea.

The emotional expressions of high priests she has seen while living in the imperial palace for over 20 years are mainly,

– and so on.

Frey thought everything was on the negative side, but she never thought the day would come when she would receive this kind of attention.

I felt embarrassed and couldn’t speak, so the High Priestess fluently expressed his solicited impressions.

“The priests are already confident that Her Highness Grand Duchess Frey’s sacred tower will mark a milestone in the fight against undead monsters.”

“Thank you for the positive review. I’ve only built one in the north, but-“

The moment she tried to be humble to get scoring points with the high priest.

“Hmm, Did I tell you my daughter is not spending money and obedience without thinking?”

Her Father cleared his throat, interrupted Frey, and continued to boast.

The High Priestess, who would have normally cut off the boasting of Frey’s father, did not do so this time.

“The Sacred Tower is really… Even the emperors of the previous generation did not know how to process jewels to contain divine power.”

“Well, the unrivaled research that my daughter has been doing has finally come to light. These days, I can feel the worth of my generous support.”

Frey’s father wrapped up the past when Frey was frequently spending money to buy jewelry.

“You did a wonderful job with the divine power of Count Vliette’s eldest son, who touched the fog of Fall.”

“Haha, divine power is exactly like his father. The members of the Vliette family are also being detained at the Great Palace and the Imperial Family, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask.”

Listening to the two people’s rally made Frey feel emotional.

If she keeps thinking about it and says that she wants to do something, they don’t listen to it until the end.

It reminded her of her cousins from a previous life who only gave negative answers.

‘Why are you doing that?’

‘Don’t waste money on useless things.’

‘There are people who believe in what I do, so I want to do better.’

As if Frey had waited, she unfolded the file that Lina had given her on the table.

“So, I’m going to increase the number of sacred towers a bit.”

“How much…?”

“About 50?”

“What 50!?”