“Frey. I have a present I want to give you.”
Drunk with the enchanting night view, Frey was startled by Daniel’s words.
‘What else do you want to give me…? You gave me a villa with such a wonderful view, and what else?’
She thought that if the gift was too much, she should reject it, but seeing Daniel’s jewelry box, she couldn’t say that.
“This….”
Prause’s crest engraved with gold thread on a jewelry box made of the finest velvet.
Beneath it was a faded label.
[Duncan Prause to Julia Prause.]
“Open it, Frey.”
Daniel held out the jewelry box to her.
Thinking it was something left by his parents, Frey couldn’t refuse.
–klik
As soon as the small box was opened, the contents glowed mysteriously in the moonlight.
Inside was a ring with a large diamond in it.
On the body of the ring, the word ‘PRAUSE’ was delicately crafted.
Daniel took off Frey’s wedding ring and replaced it with the one he had just given.
“This is the last ring my father gave to my mother.”
“The last…?”
“The day the doctor told him that my mother didn’t have much time left.”
“…..”
“I remember that as soon as the doctor told him, he called craftsmen and jewelry merchants and asked them to make it, and a week later he gave my mother a present.”
Daniel had a vague memory of that time.
The expression of the mother who is getting thinner and the father who is hardening with each passing day.
‘My mother who passed away and my father who abandoned me and followed his wife…’
They were too heavy memories for a child to remember.
But not too long ago, he got a glimpse of that memory.
“Remember when I went to rescue Lydia, you came to help me using the special power of minerals?”
‘He was referring to the 4th Awakening buff.’
Frey could understand his words at once.
“How can I forget that incident? How scared I was of losing you.”
Daniel smiled.
“On that day, my power was distorted and for a brief moment, I was able to see a scene from the past.”
“past?”
“Yeah. I think the mineral you brought me temporarily changed my power to see the future.”
For a brief moment, Daniel looked at his father and mother.
[“Duncan. If I die, will the world I’ve been looking at fall apart?”
[“……”]
[“I guess that’s what it means to go to a world where you don’t know a single person.”]
A mother who laughed self-deprecatingly while talking nonsense.
Looking at such a mother, his father seems to have decided something.
[“I’m here, Julia.”]
[“Oh, my God, I am talking about the afterlife right now.”]
[“As long as I’m here, your world won’t fall apart.”]
‘The image of my father, determined to throw away his life and smiling sweetly for his lover was no longer strange or made me feel resentful.’
[“I’m here, Frey.”]
Because he said the same words with the same expression in order to protect the world of the one he loves.
In the end, Duncan Prause, who commanded the North, couldn’t help it either.
In order to calm her fearful lover, he had no choice but to sacrifice his life lightly.
It was funny that he had hated that kind of thing about his father, but he had resembled that kind of thing.
That if he hadn’t met the woman in front of him, he wouldn’t have known this for the rest of his life.
“Frey. If you hadn’t summoned me to the capital using your right of absolute obedience, I would have ignored my childhood memories for the rest of my life.”
However, the forced encounter changed everything.
Daniel brought Frey into the Prause and accepted her as a member of the Prause.
To prove his love, he even presented a villa on the mountainside that was deep in his dark memories.
‘How can life be so different because of just one person?’
It was a change that would make his old self laugh.
“I love you, Frey.”
“Daniel…”
“And this is a gift to you for telling me you love me.”
Daniel pressed his lips to the back of Frey’s hand where the large ring was nestled.
The moment his soft lips landed respectfully, her body was filled with trembling and shivers.
Frey pressed her lips against his.
Instead of avoiding her, he accepted her, ruffling her blonde hair and supporting her neck.
It wasn’t long before Frey was completely trapped under his body.
“I love you too, Daniel.”
She closed her eyes and put her arms around his shoulders.
Outside the window, firecrackers began to explode in celebration of the festive night.
Under that light, the time of lovers confirming their love for each other continued for a long time.
* * *
Because the time spent staying at the Prause estate was so much fun.
“Hah…”
When the installation ceremony of the heir to the throne, which she thought was a distant future, became a reality, Frey could not hide her tension.
Emma put a large mirror in front of her as she finished her makeup.
“Your Highness Frey. You are beautiful as always.”
Now she stopped calling Frey the Grand Duchess.
‘Wasn’t she the one who would be installed as the next emperor in a few hours?’
Emma shed tears when she realized that her owner, who was always intimidated when she was in the imperial palace, had become the next emperor.
“Maybe because of the white dress, I keep thinking about things from the time you get married and leave for Praus until now…oh!”
Emma finally excused herself to find a handkerchief.
In her place, Lina placed a white veil on Frey’s head.
“These veils and white dresses are said to have the meaning of being blessed by God. The lace was woven by the priests of the Great Temple, so I think it will bring good luck to Your Highness.”
Frey glanced at Lina.
As always, she was the first to tell Frey what she was curious about.
“Lina looks good in a suit too.”
“It’s much more comfortable than when I was wearing a dress, so I think I can perform better.”
When Frey announced that she would hire Lina as her aide, no one objected.
‘It’s natural since everyone saw the presentation materials that seemed to have been printed with a 21st century printer…’
Lina was also happy to leave the Holt estate and stay at the imperial palace as an aide.
“I’ll excuse myself to check the schedule, then. Others will come in turn to congratulate you.”
Left alone in the waiting room, Frey smiled and looked in the mirror.
“I never thought this day would come…”
A white dress and a long veil on her head.
Blonde hair that looks softer than usual.
The decorations were more luxurious than usual, and the table was piled with gifts from people.
Soon the door opened and Vikram entered.
“…..”
He looked at the gorgeous Frey for a long time, then held out the bouquet he had prepared.
“I see Your Majesty the next Emperor.”
“The first-class contributor who will soon become a royal wizard has come.”
Frey laughed and chatted with him.
Unlike the past, where magic was dominated by Gelon and the Magic Tower, it was mainly about giving it to everyone.
“Great. That way, a large number of talented wizards can be selected and managed by the Royal Ministry of Magic.”
“Vikram. There’s a rumor going around among young people that if you and Sergey keep inviting geniuses to join the institute.”
“Only in this way can I be of use to Her Majesty.”
Vikram looked at Frey with a meaningful smile and suddenly noticed something.
“As expected, the ring suits you well.”
“Really?”
Some strange praise raised Frey’s doubts.
“The material is a bit unusual, so it doesn’t suit just anyone.”
“I’ve always wondered about that. The center gem is a diamond, but the body looks like platinum, or maybe marble…. ” Vikram said nonchalantly.
“It’s made from the scales of a dragon..”
“Dragon, scales?!”
“yes. I asked Baron because the ring exuding power was strange and he told me that His Highness, the Grand Duke, wished his wife well…”
Frey was stunned.
[“There’s a myth that if you wear dragon scales, you’ll be healthy!”]
‘He processed the scales of dragon’s body and made a ring for His wife as a gift.’
‘Although we had never met, Duncan Prause’s obsession and madness were truly extraordinary.’
—Clik
“Frey. Are you with Vikram?”
“…..”
It was Frey who suddenly had a bad feeling when she saw Daniel showing his obsession with his eyes shining with a mysterious light.
‘Daniel might become as obsessed as his father in a few years…’
While Frey sees the seeds of obsession and madness in him. Daniel noticed that he had caught a glimpse of that moment he was watching in the past.
Frey in a white dress.
Vikram, who is wearing neat clothes.
‘It wasn’t a wedding.’
He was dumbfounded by the fact what he had seen in the past and misunderstood that Frey was going to remarry.
How on earth could he have been so afraid that this woman might leave?
After Vikram leaves.
Frey asked Daniel to sit next to her.
“You’re making a bit of a puzzled face right now.”
“that is…”
Daniel briefly explained that he saw this moment when he looked into the future, and that he had misunderstood.
He was able to speak because the future he had glimpsed had already become the past.
Hearing the truth, Frey burst into laughter involuntarily.
“I love you. As long as you love me too, the power to see the future means nothing.”
“But…If you try to leave, I’ll go after you.”
Daniel showed his possessiveness with a fresh face.
Not hate him for saying that, so Frey held out her hand.
“I am not leaving. If you are anxious, I will give you one last chance to see the future.”
When Frey playfully suggested, Daniel lightly squeezed her wrist.
Then, pretending to use his power, he frowned and opened his mouth.
“Frey. You and I are together in this life, in the next life, and from the next life to eternity.”
They never lose each other or let each other go.
Now that he realizes that it is meaningless to look into the future of the person he loves as she said.
Daniel calmly recited the future he would create.
When he opened his eyes, he was madly happy that she was as satisfied as he was.
He kissing her briefly.
“Then let’s go, Frey.”
“Yes…”
Frey took his hand and left the waiting room.
Every step she took, people she knew congratulated her.
No one tried to stop her from standing at the center of the imperial palace, and no one could stop her.
“It’s Lady Frey!”
“Frey!”
“You are pretty!”
Damon, Arsene and Lydia, who occupied the best seats, waved at her.
Frey lowered her posture in front of the High Priest, the Emperor, and the Council of Elders.
“Does Frey Prause, Obelir’s bloodline, swear to govern the country righteously as expected by the four Transcendentalists, the Council of Elders, the High Priest and the Emperor?”
Frey recalled the faces of the people who had been with her and her mother, and answered concisely.
“yes. I swear.”
At the same time, shouts like thunder erupted from all directions.
“Wow!”
“Long live the new heir!”
The wind of people’s blessings passed through her hair.
Frey rose from her seat and greeted the crowd.
In the center of the imperial palace, when in the past she had no choice but to look at it from a corner with her mother, now she have become a person who is supported and respected.
