Reincarnated Hero System

"Basically, any one of these 'ruins' that has more of one hero's crest than the other, is definitely a 'private base' and trying to forcefully open them would have severe consequences, ranging from just five platoons getting destroyed to the entire Nepte Province being wiped off the map.

That's a bit over two square kilometres, definitely gonna be a disaster if that happens."

She rose her gaze from the letter in her hands and turned to her father before continuing.

"Don't try forcing anyone of them open, okay?

And cancel the plans you had for the one in Ospor."

".... I will."

After the Emperor acquiesced, another personage present, Chief Court Mage Jenson Burke, spoke up while holding one of the earlier spoken-about memory gems in his hand.

"These memory gems contain far more information about the dangers of dimensional rifts than we have ever recovered from the previous ones.

However, they also have extra information that made me realise something."

He gazed straight into Laurene's eyes as he asked.

"All the previous information we discovered about dimensional rifts, their dangers and how to reduce the probability of them opening up wasn't just because of the chance of a rift opening up somewhere random like it had in the past millennia.

It was actually because of the inevitable fact that the dimensional rift on the dark continent would eventually open up, right?"

"Yep.

The seal on the rift in the Dark Continent, was never meant to be permanent from the start. It was only supposed to be a temporary fix.

The possibility of actions on this and the other side of the seal to weaken it were also taken into account, so in the end, it was predicted to last a thousand years, with a margin for error of fifty to a hundred years.

And said seal was placed exactly 1052 years ago."

"So, it's breaking within 48 years, huh?"

To the Empress' causal mutter, Laurene gave a short mirthful laugh and replied.

"It is not gonna last that long. Give or take, five to ten years, it's gonna break. Tops, fifteen."

Her words caused the eyes of all those present to widen in shock, with Duke Cheverton going on to ask why she thought so.

"The guys on the other side of the rift aren't the only ones trying to break it, you know?"

"Why would someone from our side want to break the rift and let the invaders in?"

To the Second Sword's question, Laurene tilted her head to the side and shot back.

"That's the same thing as asking a mad person, why they are mad. What kind of answer do you think that you're gonna get?"

The girl yawned lightly, before continuing.

"Anyway, just know that we have a group of nuisances on this side who know about the dimensional rift's vulnerability and are trying to speed up its destruction, with chances of them succeeding soon.

...

Oh, just so you know, when I say soon, I actually mean anytime between today and the next, five to ten years.

Can't say exactly when, given that I don't possess future sight."

Laurene shrugged her shoulders, with an expression on her face that made it seem like she could not care less about when it happened.

"Tsk...

If that was the case, then why did the 'Seven Heroes' of legend say they sealed the rift permanently?"

"They never did...It was just the authors of your history books that misunderstood them and went on to spread that misinformation for centuries."

Laurene replied to Ralphie's side comment as she turned the back of the letter and scanned its contents.

"Back to your original question, Sir Jenson.

Most of the rift information is because of the dimensional rift on the dark continent, but that doesn't mean that dimensional rifts can't just open up anywhere else.

It's just that the probability of being able to tear in through the seams of space and rip open a rift into Aidos is quite low, given that our world's natural laws of space are far stronger as it is a higher-level world....and half of you here don't understand what I'm saying, do you?"

"Not gonna lie, I got lost after you started talking about tearing through seams in space."

The man who was seated beside Emperor Rudeus, The First Sword of the Empire, Finley Thompson, said with a small laugh as she scratched his head.

"Space magic is more of Jenson's thing so he probably understands how whatever you said works."

Hearing his words, Laurene facepalmed and muttered.

"How are you able to cut space without such basic understanding of it?"

"Anyway, that's why the invaders of a thousand years ago didn't just create another rift somewhere else in the world after the heroes sealed the first one.

They simply could not."

The personages present in the room all nodded in understanding after hearing her words, ones that confirmed one of the suspicions they'd had for years.

"Anyway, I didn't call you all here and spend magic stones just to discuss something you should already know.

I called you all here because of this."

She gestured to the letter in her hands as she spoke, prompting the Duke to ask the question that had been on everyone's minds.

"What exactly is that?"

"Oh, this.

It's a love letter, to me..."

With half her attention on the paper in her hands, Laurene gave a reply that the Duke certainly wasn't expecting.

"...from your son."

"Wut?!"

Roger couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he heard Laurene's reply, only for the princess to burst into laughter right after.

"I'm just joking.

...

Besides, I already have my eyes on someone else."

The later part of her statement was a small mutter to herself, but all the beings in the room at the moment were existences with superhuman hearing, so naturally, they all heard her small mutter.

This time, it was the Emperor and Empress who exclaimed in shock, while Laurene just laughed lightly.

However, before they could even say anything in response, the smile on Laurene's face disappeared and her facial expression turned blank as she slammed the letter on the table.

The words she spoke next, gave all those who heard their biggest shock of the day, especially Duke Cheverton.

"These are the details of an Event that could potentially wipe out everything that lives in the Northern part of our Great Western Empire."