Chapter 87: Future of Each Individual (2) (Teaser)
After finishing the lesson with the Empress, I walked through the palace corridors alongside Yulie. Even within the safety of the Imperial Palace, she remained cautious. As we continued, Jolang approached us.
“Lord Yukline, an incident has occurred in the underground,” Jolang reported.
I nodded and followed Jolang to the palace’s underground, the only route to the Darkness of the Imperial Palace—known as the Demon’s Mirror.
However...
"It’s sealed. This is troublesome," Jolang remarked with a frown.
I inspected the door, finding it encrusted with a dry, black substance, thick and tar-like.
"When did it get like this?" I asked.
"It was just a normal door until today," Jolang replied, gripping the handle and shaking it forcefully, but it wouldn’t give way. "Even the knights couldn’t manage to open it, so I had to send them all back."
I nodded and said, "Then the time has not yet come."
"Time has not yet come... But do you know what lies beyond this door, Lord Yukline?"
I already knew what exactly lay hidden beneath the palace and the details of the Darkness of the Imperial Palace quest. I had completed it back in my days as a player.
"Who’s to say?"
The Darkness of the Imperial Palace was the shadow cast by the Empress—Sophien’s own past. This underground chamber concealed the secrets of that past, and the Demon’s Mirror was the gateway to it.
The true mystery lay in the demon's obsession with Sophien’s past. The reason was clear—if Sophien died, this world would come to an end.
As I had mentioned before, if Sophien died, it would mean the end of everything. That was how the system was set up for the game. It was an extremely important quest, but not one that required immediate action. Since Sophien was a regressor, there were numerous chances—dozens of cycles—to explore her past.
"I haven’t entered, so how could I possibly know? We’re leaving. Inform me immediately when the door opens," I commanded.
"Yes, Lord Yukline. As you command," Jolang replied, his expression still sour as he turned away.
Yulie murmured in confusion, "It's strange. Why has the palace's underground turned out this way?"
"You don’t have to know," I said.
"Sorry?"
"Don’t even consider getting involved."
Yulie’s eyes narrowed, but the truth about the underground had to be kept from her. Sophien’s death was linked partially to the former head of Freyden—Yulie’s father.
"We’re leaving. We have a busy day ahead," I ...
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