At a time when the world was abuzz with rumors for a while due to the appearance of a gigantic demon species.
Across various parts of the continent, secretive and mysterious events were unfolding, unnoticed by the people.
Trivial if one were to call them trivial, yet for those who encountered them, they were definitive catalysts for change that could turn the course of their future upside down. They were subtle movements, patching up the flaws between cause and effect.
That coincidence first occurred in the imperial palace.
“…What is this?”
In the Pearl Palace.
Edith, who was tidying up the prince’s empty room as always, discovered a small bead rolling around at her feet. It was none other than an empty soul stone.
“Now that I think about it, Prince Morres used to carry this around quite often…”
She couldn’t figure out by what circumstances the prince’s belonging had ended up rolling on the floor. But Edith picked up the bead without giving it much thought.
“I should take it and ask His Highness about it.”
She felt no sense of apprehension about handling the prince’s possession without permission. The person she served wasn’t that inflexible, after all.
Take the previous incident, for instance. Even though she had used the palace carriage without permission on a whim, hadn’t Prince Morres not only praised her greatly…