The change was really noticeable as soon as she opened the door.
"What's this?"
Simone looked around with a surprised face.
Normally, as soon as she came out, the sunlight would have poured in brightly from the hallway windows, but today, the windows and everything else were blocked by something.
Except for a narrow path just wide enough to walk from the entrance to the room, the entire hallway was filled with all kinds of gifts, silks, gold and silver treasures.
The wide hallway was filled with so many expensive-looking items, piled up like a mountain, that her mouth was wide open and she felt overwhelmed, almost as if she wanted to go back to her room.
“What? Should we move?”
“Moving? No way!”
Kaylee, who was following Simone, smiled proudly and said.
“These are all gifts for Simone!”
“To me?”
Who? Who gives me so many of these things?
Simone eyed the gifts suspiciously.
The Grand Duke of Illeston is not the type of person to express gratitude in this way, is it the Grand Duchess Florier?
Because whenever she had the chance, she wanted to give Simone this or that as a gift.
...No. Even if the Illeston Manor had recently received funding and was financially comfortable, it would not be enough to send this many gifts.
'Or in the imperial palace?'
Ah, it's the Imperial Palace. I understand.
If it were the Great Empire of Luan, it would be more than enough to give such a gift, and above all, wouldn't there be someone who would send a lot of expensive and flashy things without considering Simone's tastes?
“Did His Majesty the Emperor send it?”
Even so, it's too much. I can't see the sun...
"No?"
“...Oh, no?”
“Yes, no.”
Simone scratched her cheek awkwardly at Kaylee's firm words.
Kaylee took a fancy case out of the pile of gifts and handed it over.
“Of course His Majesty sent them, but not all of them. These are gifts from His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Then what about the rest?”
“They all come from different places.”
“Huh? Simone! Are you out of your room today? Wow!”
Just then Anna came running towards Simone from the end of the hallway, carrying a gift box in her arms.
Simone waved at Anna and pointed to the box.
“That too?”
“This is a gift for Simone.”
Kaylee and her attendants, with familiar, tired faces, organized the gifts in Anna's arms on one side of the hallway.
Simone had not understood this situation since earlier.
“Who the hell is this? Why me?”
No one, not even the Emperor, would give Simone such a gift.
To begin with, Simone didn't know many people with whom she could exchange gifts.
Then Kaylee smiled brightly again and said.
“Who is it? They are the people of the Luan Empire!”
"What?"
What do you mean by that?
Kaylee said as if she thought Simone wouldn't understand.
“Simone, you are a hero of the Empire! All of this was sent to you as a token of gratitude by the nobles and people of the Empire!”
The people to me? To the necromancer?
Simone, far from being happy, tilted her head as if she didn't understand even more.
“Why? Why am I a hero? What are you talking about now?”
“Huh? What do you mean? Didn’t Lady Simone save all the people of the empire?”
So, what I'm asking is why the people and nobles know that I saved them.
The fact that the people know of Simone means that they know that necromancers exist and are even active within the Luan Empire.
Emperor, let's say he knows because Louis told him.
Isn't it still dangerous for Simone's existence to be known?
No matter how much Louis promised that even necromancers would be able to live proudly as citizens of the empire, that was something that would literally happen someday, when the time came.
At least that's what's going to happen after Louis VII becomes Emperor?
The servants, who were very excited by her expression, exchanged glances with each other.
“I thought that this was something that His Highness the Crown Prince and Lady Simone had discussed and decided... wasn’t it?”
“Decision? What decision...”
At that moment, the image of Louis smiling and waving the book of prophecy in front of her flashed through Simone's mind.
“I agree with the decision to destroy the prophecy book, but I heard that destroying the sacred relic is extremely difficult and arduous. Let’s deal with it together after Simone’s health has recovered. Until then, may I keep this prophecy book?”
Simone readily accepted the offer from the royal family to keep the Book of Prophecy.
A dangerous relic that can change the future at will if you put your mind to it.
How can the powerless Grand Duke of Illeston protect it? What if those who notice the existence of the prophecy come running?
These are people who have been locked up in the mansion for hundreds of years. Even the knights here are not specially selected, but rather children who were brought in from orphanages and were relatively large in stature, and were trained to learn only basic swordsmanship.
Simone had used up all her mana destroying the Occult Society, so it took a while for her to recover.
So, does that mean that Grand Duke Illeston, who is somewhat skilled in swordsmanship, should be the only one to guard the Book of Prophecy? To be honest, isn't that too much?
The Imperial Palace has excellent talents who can protect the Book of Prophecy, even though it is at high risk of being discovered.
She handed over the book of prophecy to Louis, foolishly thinking that he would protect it even if she couldn't trust anyone else.
This was a conversation that took place when she was in the middle of treatment, so she sent it off without even checking what he had written in the prophecy to make the situation perfect.
‘What is this...’
What did you write to cause this?
Simone stared at the gifts with a face full of rejection.
At that reaction, Kaylee shook her head and said.
“Since you don’t seem to know, I must tell you. About what happened while Lady Simone was recuperating.”
“Well, I sent you the gifts as a token of my appreciation! I’ll bring them into the room!”
The servants brought Simone, who had barely come out after a month, back into the room and sat her down on a chair. Then Kaylee sat across from her and began to explain.
“What happened?”
The things that Kaylee tells her are so urgent and surprising that it feels more real to hear stories of centuries changing and rivers and mountains changing.
“This incident wasn’t just limited to the Silk Mansion and the capital. People died horribly simultaneously throughout the Luan Empire, but they all came back to life.”
“Thanks to Simone!”
“Thanks to Lady Simone, His Highness the Crown Prince, and Lord Abel and his colleagues, everyone survived!”
The attendants added their remarks in time with Kaylee's words.
Simone nodded to them as if to tell them to continue talking.
She already knows that people remember the events of that day quite specifically.
Although they don't remember wandering around as a spirit, they remember most of their deaths and come back to life clearly.
What's important to hear is what happens after that.
Kaylee nodded and said.
“Since Lady Simone entered the hospital, the situation has been quickly resolved by His Majesty the Emperor’s order. Although there is still damage left in various places, it was a disaster that turned the entire empire upside down, so I think both the nobles and the commoners are working enthusiastically to help with the recovery.”
“Really? That’s good.”
After Louis returned to the castle that day, there was no news from him, perhaps because he was busy sorting out the damage here and there.
"And?"
“And soon His Majesty the Emperor informed his people of what had happened that day.”
It was when Mana and Dongnan Simone spent most of the day sleeping.
This incident was too big to just pass over naturally, with too many people affected.
Moreover, since they had a strange experience of dying and coming back to life, it is a situation that is bound to be full of questions.
That is why the Emperor informed all the people of the empire of the truth about this incident.
This incident was the work of the Occult Society, which attempted to revive the Demon King and then use him as a sacrifice to summon the traitor Anasis.
“...Therefore, I have decided that the Occult Society can no longer function as a society. Therefore, the Occult Society is permanently closed down, and its buildings and lands will be confiscated and destroyed as punishment! I also declare that all members of the Occult Society will be executed without exception!”
The people gathered in the capital's square that day cheered the Emperor's speech and were outraged by the Occult Society.
As the truth came to light, all surviving members of the Occult Society were executed and their mansions were burned down by the enraged populace.
Kaylee continued, recalling the days when news of the executions came almost every day.
“His Majesty said in that speech! Who helped the empire, which was on the verge of collapse, to survive?”
“It’s Simone!”
“Of course, Simone!”
The servants clung to Simone, who was excited.
It wasn't just that Simone's activities spread all over the country that they liked her so much.
“We, the Luan Empire, must remember what happened 300 years ago. How much pain the traitor Anasis left on the Empire. In order not to forget her, we executed all the necromancers within the Empire and also eliminated them as soon as they were born. That is how great our hatred for Anasis and the necromancers was, and it has left an indelible scar. However, there is something you must know! I cannot hide the existence of the hero who saved our Luan, so I would like to take this opportunity to reveal her name! Our benefactor!”
"What's this?"
Simone looked around with a surprised face.
Normally, as soon as she came out, the sunlight would have poured in brightly from the hallway windows, but today, the windows and everything else were blocked by something.
Except for a narrow path just wide enough to walk from the entrance to the room, the entire hallway was filled with all kinds of gifts, silks, gold and silver treasures.
The wide hallway was filled with so many expensive-looking items, piled up like a mountain, that her mouth was wide open and she felt overwhelmed, almost as if she wanted to go back to her room.
“What? Should we move?”
“Moving? No way!”
Kaylee, who was following Simone, smiled proudly and said.
“These are all gifts for Simone!”
“To me?”
Who? Who gives me so many of these things?
Simone eyed the gifts suspiciously.
The Grand Duke of Illeston is not the type of person to express gratitude in this way, is it the Grand Duchess Florier?
Because whenever she had the chance, she wanted to give Simone this or that as a gift.
...No. Even if the Illeston Manor had recently received funding and was financially comfortable, it would not be enough to send this many gifts.
'Or in the imperial palace?'
Ah, it's the Imperial Palace. I understand.
If it were the Great Empire of Luan, it would be more than enough to give such a gift, and above all, wouldn't there be someone who would send a lot of expensive and flashy things without considering Simone's tastes?
“Did His Majesty the Emperor send it?”
Even so, it's too much. I can't see the sun...
"No?"
“...Oh, no?”
“Yes, no.”
Simone scratched her cheek awkwardly at Kaylee's firm words.
Kaylee took a fancy case out of the pile of gifts and handed it over.
“Of course His Majesty sent them, but not all of them. These are gifts from His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Then what about the rest?”
“They all come from different places.”
“Huh? Simone! Are you out of your room today? Wow!”
Just then Anna came running towards Simone from the end of the hallway, carrying a gift box in her arms.
Simone waved at Anna and pointed to the box.
“That too?”
“This is a gift for Simone.”
Kaylee and her attendants, with familiar, tired faces, organized the gifts in Anna's arms on one side of the hallway.
Simone had not understood this situation since earlier.
“Who the hell is this? Why me?”
No one, not even the Emperor, would give Simone such a gift.
To begin with, Simone didn't know many people with whom she could exchange gifts.
Then Kaylee smiled brightly again and said.
“Who is it? They are the people of the Luan Empire!”
"What?"
What do you mean by that?
Kaylee said as if she thought Simone wouldn't understand.
“Simone, you are a hero of the Empire! All of this was sent to you as a token of gratitude by the nobles and people of the Empire!”
The people to me? To the necromancer?
Simone, far from being happy, tilted her head as if she didn't understand even more.
“Why? Why am I a hero? What are you talking about now?”
“Huh? What do you mean? Didn’t Lady Simone save all the people of the empire?”
So, what I'm asking is why the people and nobles know that I saved them.
The fact that the people know of Simone means that they know that necromancers exist and are even active within the Luan Empire.
Emperor, let's say he knows because Louis told him.
Isn't it still dangerous for Simone's existence to be known?
No matter how much Louis promised that even necromancers would be able to live proudly as citizens of the empire, that was something that would literally happen someday, when the time came.
At least that's what's going to happen after Louis VII becomes Emperor?
The servants, who were very excited by her expression, exchanged glances with each other.
“I thought that this was something that His Highness the Crown Prince and Lady Simone had discussed and decided... wasn’t it?”
“Decision? What decision...”
At that moment, the image of Louis smiling and waving the book of prophecy in front of her flashed through Simone's mind.
“I agree with the decision to destroy the prophecy book, but I heard that destroying the sacred relic is extremely difficult and arduous. Let’s deal with it together after Simone’s health has recovered. Until then, may I keep this prophecy book?”
Simone readily accepted the offer from the royal family to keep the Book of Prophecy.
A dangerous relic that can change the future at will if you put your mind to it.
How can the powerless Grand Duke of Illeston protect it? What if those who notice the existence of the prophecy come running?
These are people who have been locked up in the mansion for hundreds of years. Even the knights here are not specially selected, but rather children who were brought in from orphanages and were relatively large in stature, and were trained to learn only basic swordsmanship.
Simone had used up all her mana destroying the Occult Society, so it took a while for her to recover.
So, does that mean that Grand Duke Illeston, who is somewhat skilled in swordsmanship, should be the only one to guard the Book of Prophecy? To be honest, isn't that too much?
The Imperial Palace has excellent talents who can protect the Book of Prophecy, even though it is at high risk of being discovered.
She handed over the book of prophecy to Louis, foolishly thinking that he would protect it even if she couldn't trust anyone else.
This was a conversation that took place when she was in the middle of treatment, so she sent it off without even checking what he had written in the prophecy to make the situation perfect.
‘What is this...’
What did you write to cause this?
Simone stared at the gifts with a face full of rejection.
At that reaction, Kaylee shook her head and said.
“Since you don’t seem to know, I must tell you. About what happened while Lady Simone was recuperating.”
“Well, I sent you the gifts as a token of my appreciation! I’ll bring them into the room!”
The servants brought Simone, who had barely come out after a month, back into the room and sat her down on a chair. Then Kaylee sat across from her and began to explain.
“What happened?”
The things that Kaylee tells her are so urgent and surprising that it feels more real to hear stories of centuries changing and rivers and mountains changing.
“This incident wasn’t just limited to the Silk Mansion and the capital. People died horribly simultaneously throughout the Luan Empire, but they all came back to life.”
“Thanks to Simone!”
“Thanks to Lady Simone, His Highness the Crown Prince, and Lord Abel and his colleagues, everyone survived!”
The attendants added their remarks in time with Kaylee's words.
Simone nodded to them as if to tell them to continue talking.
She already knows that people remember the events of that day quite specifically.
Although they don't remember wandering around as a spirit, they remember most of their deaths and come back to life clearly.
What's important to hear is what happens after that.
Kaylee nodded and said.
“Since Lady Simone entered the hospital, the situation has been quickly resolved by His Majesty the Emperor’s order. Although there is still damage left in various places, it was a disaster that turned the entire empire upside down, so I think both the nobles and the commoners are working enthusiastically to help with the recovery.”
“Really? That’s good.”
After Louis returned to the castle that day, there was no news from him, perhaps because he was busy sorting out the damage here and there.
"And?"
“And soon His Majesty the Emperor informed his people of what had happened that day.”
It was when Mana and Dongnan Simone spent most of the day sleeping.
This incident was too big to just pass over naturally, with too many people affected.
Moreover, since they had a strange experience of dying and coming back to life, it is a situation that is bound to be full of questions.
That is why the Emperor informed all the people of the empire of the truth about this incident.
This incident was the work of the Occult Society, which attempted to revive the Demon King and then use him as a sacrifice to summon the traitor Anasis.
“...Therefore, I have decided that the Occult Society can no longer function as a society. Therefore, the Occult Society is permanently closed down, and its buildings and lands will be confiscated and destroyed as punishment! I also declare that all members of the Occult Society will be executed without exception!”
The people gathered in the capital's square that day cheered the Emperor's speech and were outraged by the Occult Society.
As the truth came to light, all surviving members of the Occult Society were executed and their mansions were burned down by the enraged populace.
Kaylee continued, recalling the days when news of the executions came almost every day.
“His Majesty said in that speech! Who helped the empire, which was on the verge of collapse, to survive?”
“It’s Simone!”
“Of course, Simone!”
The servants clung to Simone, who was excited.
It wasn't just that Simone's activities spread all over the country that they liked her so much.
“We, the Luan Empire, must remember what happened 300 years ago. How much pain the traitor Anasis left on the Empire. In order not to forget her, we executed all the necromancers within the Empire and also eliminated them as soon as they were born. That is how great our hatred for Anasis and the necromancers was, and it has left an indelible scar. However, there is something you must know! I cannot hide the existence of the hero who saved our Luan, so I would like to take this opportunity to reveal her name! Our benefactor!”
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