Although their marriage had been quite political in the beginning, it did not mean that the relationship between Kim Seon-Hyeok and Ophelia was formal. Just as Ophelia loved him, Kim Seon-Hyeok truly loved his beautiful and wise wife. 

There was a trust between them that was stronger than in any other couple, and they didn’t hesitate to devote themselves to each other. 

Caring and loving each other, they lived for a thousand years like that, so it was only natural that Kim Seon-Hyeok felt like his entire world was collapsing when Ophelia left the world. He couldn’t do anything nor did he feel like doing anything. He simply stared vacantly at Ophelia’s empty seat. 

“As she had fully accepted the Eternal Flower, her body was just a shell, so she must have found her true form after her death.”

If Najima hadn’t come and told him of Ophelia’s reincarnation, he might have lived with his loss and grief for a long time, perhaps even forever.

Najima told him that since Ophelia was influenced by the Eternal Flower, she most likely would have been reincarnated as a Spirit.

“Then can I see her again?”

Even with the passing of the seasons, his voice...