The Abandoned Empress

Chapter 139: Chapter 139

The Rose Palace was where Jiun was staying.

I turned my eyes at the crown prince. Not sure that I was watching him, he asked the attendant nonchalantly, “Who conveyed the message to me?”

“The chief maid at Rose Palace. She has told me to escort you there quickly.”

“The chief maid?” Slightly knitting his brows, he nodded.

“Got it. Let’s go right now. ”

My heart jolted when he responded without hesitation. Standing up, he looked at me and said,

“I’m sorry. Let’s talk later.”

“… Yes, Your Majesty. ”

“Goodbye for now.”

I blankly glanced at him walking away. I couldn’t help but give a hollow smile.

‘Is this what I deserved, after all?’

I suddenly got upset with God.

If God had let me be swayed by fate like this, why did He give me the name ‘Pioneer of fate’? I’d rather have pursued my path without having to get entangled with the crown prince if God had not given me such a name.

Why did God give me the middle name? And why did He let Jiun come one year earlier than scheduled?

Biting my lip, I left the crown prince’s palace. When I arrived at the wagon center with a heavy heart, a family knight who had been waiting for me in advance handed a letter to me.

“May the blessings of life be bestowed on you, Lady Monique. Why have you come to the temple?”

“I’m here at the request of the High Priest.”

“… I see. Please wait a moment.”

I smiled bitterly, watching the apprentice priest disappear quickly. When I came here five years ago, I didn’t feel at all that they were wary of me. But this time it was clear that they were wary of me, which made me realize that they heard of Jiun’s arrival.

So what?

Even before returning from the past, I rarely stopped by the temple because I am the daughter of the Monique family, the core member of the imperial faction. Besides. As I was skeptical of God, I couldn’t afford to pay attention to their attitude here.

Waiting for a while while looking at the holy paintings hung on the hallway, I saw a young man in a white priest robe walking toward me from the end of the long corridor. His long white hair that stretched to the floor made a rustling noise as he walked.

“May the blessings of life be bestowed on you. It’s been a long time, Lady Monique.”

“Yes, it’s been a while, Your Excellence.”

“That’s right. It’s been a long time since I asked to see you. How have you been? ”

“Sorry. I’ve been through lots of things… ”

“That’s fine. I take delight in waiting for a beautiful woman.”

“…Pardon?”

When I looked at him in embarrassment, he smiled faintly and said with a worried look, “How do you feel now? Does it still hurt?”

“No. Thanks to your treatment, I’ve been healed completely. Thank you.”

“How fortunate. By the way… Um?”

The moment the High Priest’s handsome face was about to make a frown, I heard some buzzing in my ears. As my eyes became blurry, the voice I once heard once was ringing in my head.

Back then, I was aghast at his voice sounding loudly in my ears with an impressive message.

The voice that buzzed in my ears disappeared, leaving a few short words, but I couldn’t escape from it. Is that the reason? I spat out a few words in spite of myself.

“Jiun…Graspe…”

That moment someone grabbed my shoulder strongly. When I looked up, stunned, I saw the High Priest, who seemed to be relaxed all the time, staring at me intensely with transparent eyes.

“What did you just say a moment ago?”

“Pardon?”

“Did you also hear the voice?”

Obviously, he was surprised at my muttering a moment ago. Feeling I made a mistake, I bit my lip. If the voice I just heard was God’s prophecy, the high priest, one of those who received the token of God, must have heard it, too.

‘Even when I was given the name Pioneer, no one knew that I had heard God’s prophecy in person.’

No matter how absent-minded I was, I had to admit that I acted recklessly a little while ago. What should I do? Should I deny it?

“Please answer me. Did you hear it, too?”

I tried to deny it, but he was already fully convinced. I sighed deep down. When I thought about the repercussions of my admission, my head was pounding.

“Well…”

When I opened my mouth carefully, I saw five senior priests running toward us in a hurry with apprentice priests. Their yellow-green priest robes were embroidered with geometric patterns that looked like trees and threads.

“Your Eminence! We’ve been looking for you. By the way we heard some noise just a moment ago…”

“Yes, it is God’s prophecy. All the tokens in Sanktus Vita are gathered? ”

I thought to myself, ‘Are they the ‘tokens of God ‘ who allegedly receive God’s prophecy directly?’

Regaining his composure, the High Priest opened his mouth, “Bring me a paper and pen, apprentice priest.”

“Here you are, Your Eminence.”

” Will everyone be the witness of this place, swearing on the name of Vita, the father of life? From now on, we will check what God’s prophecy is.”

“Of course, Your Eminence.”

As the rumor spread that the high priest received God’s prophecy, the priests, who began to gather in the corridor one by one and replied, bending deeply.

Taking the paper and quills from the apprentice priest, the high priest said, “Give a pen and sheet of paper to Lady Monique, too.”

“Pardon?”

“Don’t make me repeat it.”

“I’m sorry, Your Eminence.”

Speaking to the apprentice priest sharply, he turned to me and smiled vaguely. This time he said very softly in a break with his cold voice a moment ago.

“Lady Monique, could you write down what you heard from God a little while ago?”

“… Your Eminence.”

“There must be a reason why our God Vita gave his prophecy to you. Even if you deny it now, the fact that you already have received it will not be concealed.”

“… I see, Your Eminence.”

I took a pen and a sheet of paper with a sigh.

I heard the priests who heard his dialogue with me whispering here and there. As the spacious corridor was full of their noise, the High Priest silenced them by raising his hand with a frown.

The High Priest wrote down God’s prophecy without hesitation, and the priests watching me closely also began to take up the pen one by one.

“Whew” I let out a sigh unconsciously.

‘Why did I end up being in this situation?’

After staring at the white paper for a moment, I wrote down the contents of God’s prophecy that was still in my head. When I was about to fold the paper in half, the priests came and reached out to me, the high priest and the five priests with the tokens of God.

“Then, we will disclose God’s prophecy.”

With everyone’s eyes focused, the seven sheets of paper spread simultaneously.

God’s prophecy written down on the paper was all the same. Only

“What the hell…? ”

“How could Lady Monique dare…?”

“This is unbelievable… ”

The eyes of numerous priests focused on me. Everyone was amazed at the fact that I, who was not a priest with the token of God, heard God’s prophecy. An elderly priest, who appeared to be a senior priest, asked the high priest, swallowing, “How could this happen, Your Eminence?”

“You saw it. It seems that Lady Monique has also received God’s prophecy.”

“How can an ordinary person who has not received our God’s token receive God’s prophecy? I smell a rat…”

“Priest Omar, it seems that you are suspicious of me who received the name Tertius as the third root of our God Vita,” the high priest retorted coldly.

At his chilly reaction, the old priest, called Omar, paused for a moment, then replied casually, “Well, I didn’t mean that, Your Eminence. But don’t you think you should deal with it more clearly?”