Her request couldn’t possibly be more absurd than overthrowing the Empire. Thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to hear her out, Seol Jihu accepted.

“Of course, any time.”

“Thank you. Then…”

Roselle expressed her gratitude, then slowly raised her hands.

Seol Jihu opened his eyes and let out a small gasp. The palace’s beautiful interior was nowhere to be seen, and he could only see a destroyed ruin.

White steam was rising from the debris, and it was obvious who the perpetrator was. After all, only Roselle and the expedition team were in this place.

“Ah, I’m in the middle of remodeling the place.”

Roselle quickly spoke up, noticing the flustered look on Seol Jihu’s face.

“The shocking news made me want a change in my surroundings.”

Covering her mouth and chortling, Roselle waved her hand and restored the broken golden palace.

“This way, please.”

Seol Jihu somehow came to tour the palace, staying tensed the whole time.

He stared fixedly at Roselle, who was walking ahead. After about five minutes, she sparked the conversation.

“Pitiful, aren’t I?”

“?”

“I ended up like this after talking so high and mighty….”

Well, it was funny at first, but Seol Jihu didn’t mean to ridicule Roselle in any way.

“Not at all.”

After all, she had endlessly put in the effort to accomplish her goal.

While dreaming for several hundred years, to boot.

How clear must her sense of purpose have been to not be shaken for so long?

If anything, her unwavering mental fortitude was something to respect and emulate.

At that moment, Roselle opened her mouth.

“Do you know what sorcery is?”

It was a sudden, seemingly random question. But realizing that it had something to do with whatever she would bring up next, Seol Jihu listened carefully.

Roselle must not have been expecting an answer as she continued calmly.

“Magic refers to the act of using mana, a power unique to humans, to carry out incomprehensible feats. Witchcraft is the technique of manifesting all kinds of phenomena by borrowing the power of supernatural existences or other mystical powers.”

She continued explaining clearly and...