Chapters Chapter 226: Stories of Old (pt. 2) (1/2)
“The Emperor of Blood and Iron…”
Kang Chul-In was reminded of this title whenever he was about to forget about it.
I guess there is something.
The magician, Nilus.
The Needle of the Empress.
The Demonic Sword, Kaiforce.
His daughter Arshelly, who was the princess of the Empire.
The promise that had come from earlier generations with the Ninetails.
Swordmaster Tuzenbach.
And even what the witch said.
There had to be a backstory or a reason behind why this was happening.
Even Kang Chul-In, who didn’t have any interest in his ‘reincarnation’ story before had become somewhat curious at this point.
Especially when there was someone like this witch who knew about the reincarnation without him saying anything.
“So, your name?”
Kang Chul-In asked, pointing towards the witch.
“Circe.”
The witch answered.
“Circe Heliades. I’m a witch who was waiting because of the prophecy of old.”
“Prophecy?”
“It’s simple.”
Circe continued.
“There’s a prophecy in our witch tribe, saying that ‘300 Lords and 299,700 warriors from another world will descend upon the continent.’”
Kang Chul-In knew exactly what Circe was saying.
The Great Summoning!
“In our tribe, we used to call this future event the ‘return.’”
“What do you mean?”
“Well...”
At Kang Chul-In’s question, Circe shrugged.
“This prophecy is from an ancient witch, or more precisely, my ancestor.”
“Your ancestor?”
“Yeah. It was just something she said from her mouth.”
Circe nodded.
“The prophecy came from my grandmother, the Archwitch Agrippa. It was her last words before she died.”
“Is that so?”
“Anyway, according to the prophecy, 1 year and 9 months after the ‘return’, one night the reincarnation of the Emperor of Blood and Iron would come looking for the ‘Tear of Purity’ in order to save a female warrior.”
It was a terrifyingly accurate prophecy.
“Which is why I came walking for a few days in order to check if the prophecy really was true.”
“...”
“I’m shocked too. I didn’t know that the prophecy was this accurate either. And you look the same as the portrait I have too.”
“...”
“Anyway, it’s good that we met. You can save your subordinate girl, and I can carry out the prophecy from my ancestor too.”
Even though there was no reason to disagree with this because it was a win-win situation for both of them, Kang Chul-In didn’t like leaving any doubts.
“The prophecy?”
“I told you, to show you the past.”
“How?”
“Through a ritual. I will make you remember your memories from your previous life. I honestly don’t know what will happen, nor whether it will backfire, but… That’s how it’ll work.”
“So, you’ll give me the Tear of Purity if I do the ritual?”
“No.”
“...?”
“Here.”
Circe used her telekinesis to pass Kang Chul-In a flask with a transparent liquid inside it.
“This is what you were looking for.”
Shockingly, Circe just handed the tear to Kang Chul-In.
“Thanks.”
Kang Chul-In quickly took the Tear and put it inside his inventory,
“Then goodbye.”
And immediately turned his back around.
He was going to run away shamelessly after taking what he needed.
“...”
The Ninetails, Dorian and his soldiers were lost for words.
“H-Husband?”
The Ninetails opened her mouth.
“What? What is it? Let’s go.”
“A-Are we really going to go?”
“What, is there anything else left to do here?”
“If we don’t stay friendly to the witch tribe, we might get cursed in the future…”
“Well then, tell her to curse me.”
Kang Chul-In said, laughing.
“In the first place, that woman doesn’t want anything from me. She isn’t going to curse me.”
“What makes you think that?”
“If we were making a deal, the tear is that woman’s everything. What kind of dealer would show what they have first? Which means it’s between two things now. Whether this is false, or whether there is no reason to follow the prophecy. In this case…”
Kang Chul-In shrugged his shoulders.