The world is presently in upheaval because of the emergence of an invention.
There are rumors that the Milter family has produced another genius who created a new device he calls a Transcript Press.
It is a device that transcribes written scripts by imprinting them onto blank sheets of paper.
It is believed to be capable of producing hundreds of identical replicas of a written paper.
They said that, because of this discovery, it is now much simpler to reproduce textbooks all over the world and sell them for a lower price.
Currently the Transcript Press is being purchased by several book institutions at a higher price.
One of these institutions has also started publishing paper that they refer to as Real-Time Reports across the world.
And soon Real-Time Reports or RTR paper gained popularity among consumers because of the crucial information they provided to the people.
This information involves the current gossips among the aristocratic families with true evidence to back them up.
Some papers detail the cold war between the Acrevon Kingdom and the Marvon Principality as well as reports of a few monster sightings in the adjacent woodlands.
Many kingdoms are opening their doors to the institutions who make RTR papers, including the Rimeheldra Kingdom, the Elven Kingdom, and the Northern Kingdom.
It is anticipated that the RTR papers, which includes reports on current events, will also be distributed throughout the Rimeheldra Kingdom.
However, for the time being, word-of-mouth is the only way the information about the adoption of the second Saintess and the breaking off for the Prince's engagement is spread.
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"Have you heard of Marquess Velmour, by the way? According to my maids, the Second Saintess will soon join their family"
One of the ladies explained with excitement in her voice while everyone looked at her with confusion.
"I was told that the Queen herself visited them to suggest that the Marquess adopt the second Saintess."
She continued and everyone gasped.
"Are you saying that the other Saintess will become Lady Lalaine's sister?"
"Why would the Queen herself request it? Does she favor the second Saintess?"
The ladies responded but the girl simply remained silent and sipped her tea.
"I also heard it from my father. It was expected that the second Saintess will be engaged to my--- The Prince too"
Another girl added with a smile so everyone at the table turned on her way. But despite their stares, the girl simply looked at Elivian with a smirk.
"Huh? Then what about Lady Amelia?"
"Of course, their engagement will be annulled"
At those words, everyone murmured among each other and talked about Amelia.
"But why is it the second Saintess and not one of us here?"
At the girl's words, the whole place turned silent and everyone looked at Elivian and Stella's way.
Elivian inspected the girls' expressions before biting into her pastry and savoring her tea.
Because of her silence everyone at the table tried to shift the topic of conversation and soon their tea party ended.
"How was your day, Milady?"
A servant asked as Elivian strode inside her room.
"Nothing special"
She said and sat down to brush her hair.
"Just some birds chirping around finding scraps on the ground to hold on for dear life"
She added in a cold tone and smiled.
"How about my brother? Is the party with Lisanna doing well?"
She asked with a glint in her eyes.
"Oh. Right now, the young master was with the Princess, Milady"
The maid gave an explanation, but she appeared to be holding back on another information, so Elivian asked with a grin.
"And? Is there more?"
The maid widened her eyes at Elivian's question before answering
"T-That… The Princess requested to have tea with you."
"Tell her I'm not going"
Elivian immediately refused and continued brushing her light brown hair.
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"What is my sister-in-law doing!? Why is she marrying the Prince to a commoner?"
Princess Ivy complained in a fury causing the servants to flinch their body while the kid in front of her simply looked back at her in confusion.
"What? Thierry's marrying a commoner?"
Ellezar asked with a dumbfounded look.
"That's what I heard. Brother is not even in the Kingdom right now, so why is sister-in-law making such a big decision on her own?"
Ivy asked with a scowl on her face while pushing a tart to Ellezar.
Ellezar looked down at the tart and frowned.
"I'm done eating now, Mother"
"You're too skinny, you should eat more"
Ivy retorted and told the maids to bring more snacks to the table.
"By the way where's Elivian? Why is she not here yet?"
Ivy asked with a confused expression showing on her face.
The maids simply bowed their heads with apologetic face.
"About that----"
"Where is the maid I sent to her?"
Ivy asked cutting off the maid who tried to speak.
When Ivy's irritation was about to rise more. The door finally opened, and the maid came.
"Madam, the lady said she is too worn out to attend today"
The maid simply said while bowing her head.
Ivy clicked her tongue at the maid's words before she shooed them away.
She then turned her gaze to her son and smiled.
"What about you Ellezar? Did you become close to Lady Lisanna?"
The Princess teased while giggling but Ellezar simply furrowed his brows and glared.
"I don't like her. She's too clingy and her voice is irritating me"
He complained with hatred in his heart, but the Princess only grinned at his words.
"What's wrong with that? Lisanna is cute and she'll soon grow up to be a fine young lady in the future. Moreover, I want her to be the Duchess for you"
"Still, I don't like her. She annoys me the most. Anyone can be my bride except her mother"
"Haha, is that so?"
Ivy laughed while feeding Ellezar more cookies.
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Before the final announcements of Flourel's adoption, words from the mouth have been spread about the true Saintess and the oracle.
Many people believed the oracle to be true and has supported the idea for their Prince's engagement with Amelia to be annulled.
"Whoa, so Saintess Amelia was actually fake. Why was she even born with the features of a Saintess if she can't heal?"
One of the men in the bar asked.
"The oracle stated that the daughter of the Azraels was the holder of the power that the Saintess could not contain. Only when the right time comes then will the Saintess get them back"
Another added while gulping down his beer.
"From what I heard; Amelia was the Saintess' seal… If you know what I mean. She's the seal so that the Siantess power won't be able to use her power and be abused at a young age"
At his words, another man widened his eyes and leaned in while gesturing the others to come closer to him.
"Have you heard about the rumors about the 16th Saintess? In the past they said that she got abused at a young age and died young. The truth was buried by the Priests now, but a lot of speculations was still in the people's mind till now"
"What? If that's true, then the reason the almighty God has sent two Saintesses this time…"
"Yeah, all the people who knows the story of the 16th Saintess believed that Amelia was a diversion to protect the Real one until she's old enough to show herself to everyone"
He said with confidence and realization.
"Huh? But I heard that the real Saintess is still a kid? Is she even prepared to resist the influence of those Priests?"
Murmur continued among the table of men while a kid heard them out.
"Is what they said true, Uncle?"
The kid asked while biting on his bread and dipping them in a hot soup.
"Hmmm. No one knows what the gods intend to do. But I believe that Amelia is also a Saintess"
"You think so?"
"Yes"
"Why so, Uncle?"
At the child's curiosity the man felt awkward and thought hard about the reason why he said that.
"Hmmm…Well, for many years Saintesses has been born with golden hair and golden eyes at birth. Nothing has ever been stated that they only show their golden color after time passes"
"Did the other Saintess not have a golden hair color before?"
"Well, that's what I think so. Or else everyone would have found her when she was still a baby"
The kid nodded in understanding at the man's words.
"Then, do you believe the girl Amelia is the real one?"
"I'm not saying that. No one knows what the truth is and only god knows about it. Amelia must have been part of his plans so we shouldn't talk about her as a fake one"
"Ah, I get it. So, we shouldn't believe the rumors, right?"
The kid nodded and the man smiled.
"Are you done writing the letter for your brother?"
The man asked with a warm smile on his face. The kid's eyes soon brightened.
"Yes!"
He shouted in excitement while rummaging his sling bag to look for the letter.
"Hold on to it and we'll soon visit the mail delivery office"
"Okay uncle!"
The man and the kid merrily ate their lunch before leaving to head to their destination.
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Remil who has been watching out for the Prince since the revelation was now in her room frowning.
Using the Book of Life, she was able to know the current situation in the Prince's everyday life along with his thoughts.
She was able to guess that the Prince has hidden feelings for Amelia but cannot be identified to be love yet.
"Admiration, maybe?"
Remil mumbled while sipping her tea.
The rumors about the Transctipt Press that she heard of was the best thing that she could ever know in her life.
She was waiting for their Kingdom to have it so that the publication of her books would be smoothly sailing.
However, despite the appearance of the invention. Remil can't help but feel anxious about Amelia's relationship with the Prince and pay more attention to it than the Transcript Press.
She hopes for their annulment to finally happen so that Amelia will become the Earl's successor and get busy. Then, Amelia won't have enough time to meet the prince.
Currently the prince appears to be normal since he's still a child.
In the future that the High Priest saw, the prince was already the King of Rimeheldra and was madly in love with Amelia.
No one knows what led him to his madness and no one is for sure if what they're currently doing to prevent it was either leading them to the same future they're seeing or not.
Remil grumbled and placed down the pen in the table.
She called out the Book of Curses that she's been avoiding.
She looked at the first page and saw the Blood Curses as the title and sighed.
"It's too intimidating"
She mumbled before turning the pages and finding the Mind Curses.
Puppeteer
[Amnesiac]
Eternal Love
Illusions
Prison
...…..
[If things come down to it, I might have to curse his mind so that he could forget everything about Amelia]
Remil recalled the witch that the Head Priest saw.
[The witch described was clearly me. Because of what happened to Amelia, I took revenge by destroying the Kingdom]
Remil didn't know why she wasn't able to prevent her sister's misfortune.
Remil recalled what's weirder is that it's not just her that the Head Priest saw in his dream
"A brown haired and grey eyed witch"
Remil murmured.
The Brown-haired witch has destroyed the Kingdom too.
In the future, this event will happen even if the Prince's madness towards Amelia can be prevented. If it's not Remil then it will be her.
[Is the witch in the Head Priest's dream, my descendant?]
Remil closed the book and awkwardly hid them.
Thinking about marrying anyone and having a child is still out of the question for her.
[I don't think I'll be marrying anyone now. Maybe in a hundred years I can. I'll live for a long time anyway]