This Time, To The Believed Path
The Emperor
Leana had expected it from the beginning. He knew that sooner or later, it would happen. But he did not expect that this would happen so soon.
He hesitantly glanced back at the envelope with a gold stamp before him. In any case, the envelope came from the empire.
The possibility that the envelope contained an invitation to face the emperor was very high.
Leana sighed.
"If you don't want to come, then there's no need to come."
Leana glared at Forde behind her who was still focusing on her work with one hand that was coiled around her body.
He hit and pinched the hand strongly many times but his condition did not change at all.
He has not yet opened the letter but Forde seems to be able to read the future.
He breathed heavily again for a different reason.
"Forde, do you know that this is a letter from the empire?"
"Yes, I know."
"Then shouldn't we come?!"
Forde looked at Leana.
"I don't care. If you don't want to come, just say you can't come."
'No, no. How can you think like that, Forde?!"
Even though he was a Marquis, the Emperor still held a higher position than him.
Forde returned to her job while Leana still frowned in astonishment.
Leana again tries to break away but her powers do not support her husband. He also put on a sour face.
"I'll come to the palace. I seem to know where the topic of conversation will be taken, especially I feel it would be impolite to refuse this important invitation."
"If you're okay, then I won't stop you. But I ask you not to force yourself either."
Leana laughed awkwardly in her mind.
Given how he was a useless person at Grandall in his first life, he felt uneasy about not doing something.
In addition, Leana had another reason for her hesitation to meet the emperor.
Forde finished his work then turned to Leana.
"Leana, you don't have to bear the burden alone. Just as you want to help me, I want to help you too. So let's complete ya?"
Leana was at a loss for words and could only nod. Her face blushed reddish because she was glad her husband was so understanding to her.
The dream husbands of women. At least that's what it looks like in front of him.
After learning of Leana's two lives, Forde opens up more and the two fill each other up.
Just as Leana chose Forde as her last hope, Forde needed Leana as her life goal.
There was no reason for them to experience anything bad except the coming war.
With his feelings a little light, he indulged himself in Forde and gathered strength to face the emperor later.
***
The nervous and worried Leana continued to hold Forde's hand. His mind continued to battle with his feelings to calm down even he forgot his worries about his hands that might be sweating.
Forde silently smiled looking at his wife's slightly strange yet fresh figure in his eyes. Their moment when both of them is so precious that he hopes time never runs.
After sighing and gathering courage, he nodded to Forde and Forde gestured to the guard standing before the door of the throne hall.
The guard nodded and walked towards the doorknob and opened it.
"Marquis Forde Grandall and the Marchioness Leana Grandall face His Imperial Majesty!"
As Leana catches the backup in it, she remembers her first life.
His mind mixed with feelings of doubt, nervousness and also nostalgia.
He came before the emperor several times with Duke Leon to report to him.
The emperor's gaze to them was always cold as if trying to judge them. The suspicious and uninterested look he always saw in various places.
The Emperor's dislike of the two can be felt without the need to be told to make Leana like being stabbed by a needle during their meeting.
At that time Leana did not know that the Emperor had always questioned the credibility of Duke Leon to the stage of suspecting him. He always thought that Duke Leon had many enemies and people who did not like him. One of them is the Emperor.
To the point that he was betrayed by Duke Leon, then his eyes were opened to all clues and facts about the ugliness of Duke Leon which he always closed in his heart.
As he blinked his eyes again, the silhouette of the past disappeared and changed at the current event.
Unlike before, now the emperor before him looked at him warmly. As if he were waiting for his arrival.
Feels very unfamiliar and a little suffocating but he feels freer than he used to be.
Forde and Leana bowed to greet the emperor.
"Good day, Your Majesty. I'm Forde Grandall and my wife, Leana Grandall is facing His Majesty Emperor Solfilyan."
The Emperor raised his hand to finish their greetings.
"Lift your heads."
Leana looked at the Emperor. His appearance was not much different from what he remembered in his first life.
His hair was mixed between gold and silver, his eyes were yellowish green.
Just one look at everyone can already know that the figure before him has a powerful aura more than anyone.
'In his youth, the emperor was known as the number one expert after defeating Duke Doverbell who was a swordsman.'
The emperor who gave justice to his people, both nobles and commoners.
"Darkl, Marchiness. On this day I call you because-"
"Grand Duke Eclipse Volfelance is facing His Imperial Majesty!"
Leana was surprised to see a familiar figure coming in the middle of their meeting with the emperor.
The eclipse with a full appearance gracefully entered the throne room gracefully.
He knew that Eclipse was the nephew of the emperor, but to see the two in the same room was something rare in the public eye.
"Pardon my insolence, Your Majesty. Am I late?"
The emperor snorted at Eclipse who came without keeping his attitude as a noble.
"No. We just wanted to start a conversation."
Along with Eclipse who came to Leana and Forde's place, the door behind him closed.
Leana's stunned.
"Sir Eclipse, why are you here?"
"Hmm? Of course to meet the emperor. Anyway I'm not a hands-off person, especially if this situation is caused by me."
Is correct. The Emperor called him because of the report given by Eclipse. From what he read from Adde's information, Eclipse tells the emperor that Leana has a vision of the future.
Leana also gave an impolite stamp to Eclipse who had leaked the important thing to others.
"Continuing the cut, I would like to meet with the Marquis and the Marchioness to discuss the discovery at the residence of Duke Gwertivare" the emperor said.
"As the Marquis knew, everything related to the magic labyrinth would be international. If information regarding Duke Gwertivare's interference towards the magic labyrinth sounded out, the Solfilyan Empire would come under fierce criticism from the entire country."
Leana slightly flinched as the emperor's gaze headed towards her.
"Marchioness, I hear you have a vision. Can you tell us about your vision?"
Eclipse who was aware of the hot gaze from Leana waved towards him. Seeing this made him even more upset.
Behind Leana, Forde stared intently at Eclipse until he immediately stopped and fixed himself.
The emperor could only be astonished by the behavior of the guest before him.
"Ekhm!"
His attention returned to the emperor.
"So how, Marchioness"
"On that..."
The emperor followed Leana's gaze toward her surroundings. He looked at Forde.
"What do you think, Marquis Grandall?"
Forde calmly replied.
"I dare not refuse a request from you, Your Majesty. But if it's allowed, I don't want my wife to tell me anything she doesn't want to say." Forde said.
The emperor nodded in agreement and looked back at Leana as if asking for a definite answer from her.
He swallowed his nervousness and replied.
"All right, Your Majesty. I'll tell you that."
Leana tells the story of the magic labyrinth portal and the world war with monsters that emerge from the portal.
Stories without such evidence sound like nonsense. But seeing how Marquis Grandall and Grand Duke Volfelance fell silent with a solemn expression, the emperor felt he had to believe it.
"The world will be destroyed hm." the emperor tapped his index finger on the throne while thinking.
The future he knows is now too bleak for him to imagine but a new light to change it.
His swimming eyes returned to Leana with a solemn expression.
"With this knowledge, are you thinking of overcoming the magic labyrinth alone?"
Is correct. All this time Leana tried to cope with everything alone. He had never even thought of borrowing the emperor's strength to help him.
With his mouth slightly open, not a single word could come out of him. Leana feels like someone else whose secret is known to others.
"I heard you made a contract with the labyrinth keeper."
"That's right Who Started."
"Are you thinking of using the power of the magic labyrinth guard to stop the appearance of the labyrinth portal?"
"I can't deny it, Your Majesty."
"You mean sure that the power of the magic labyrinth guards can stop the portal?"
Leana wasn't completely sure, but this was the only way she had to take it.
"Let me answer, Leana."
"Telsia!"
With the name he accidentally mentioned, a magic mirror appeared before them and displayed the figure of a magic guard.
The emperor heard quickly knowing who the reflected figure before him was.
"Are you the one they call the magic labyrinth keeper?"
"really so. Nice to meet you, emperor Solfilyan."
Despite sounding a little disrespectful before the emperor, Telsia remained calm and indifferent.
"This is a lucky thing. I had thought of meeting you even if it was just for a moment."
"I present myself because I feel that my existence is needed right now."
Leana flinched as Telsia glanced at him. Forde also brought Leana closer to him with caution.
Telsia just snorted looking at him.
"Regarding the magic labyrinth you're talking about. You could say, I could have stopped him but of course with a big payment" he said.
"Unfortunately I don't plan to sacrifice myself for this world" he added.
"Do you want to say that people in this world must be sacrificed to stop the magic labyrinth?"
"To be more precise, the only ones who can stop the magic labyrinth in this world are people from this world. I as the guard and observer of the magic labyrinth are not allowed to intervene with the problems in this world."
"But isn't the magic labyrinth your responsibility?"
"In a different world, the magic labyrinth is considered a test for the inhabitants of that world."
"Examination, huh?"
"Therefore, permission for my movement is only as far as giving assistance to the inhabitants of this world. I live by the will of the magic labyrinth and to resist that will is taboo."
Telsia snapped her finger and brought up the countdown of the appearance of the magic labyrinth.
"Duke Gwertivare may have been caught but the main perpetrator of this incident has yet to be found.
"What does that mean?"
"Someone helped and provided information to Duke Gwertivare to scramble the schedule of the magic labyrinth."
"Not only the order of places and occurrences but also the time of their occurrence" he added.
The Emperor was shocked by Telsia's statement. He began to feel a headache in his head. His yellow furrow eyes looked straight at Telsia seriously.
"You said you'd help us, didn't you? What should we do to overcome the labyrinth portal?
"Create unity from different countries to combine their powers in order to defeat the labyrinth."
Everyone there is surprised.
"Creating unity with other countries?" eclipse.
"Maze mortality is when five magic mazes appear simultaneously and create a portal to open another dimension. In order to stop the portal from forming, every seedling must be defeated in order to shut down the portal system inside." Telsia.
"Was uniting forces able to solve the labyrinth portal problem?" ask Forde.
"With the power at hand now, you may not be able to stop the portal from forming. That's why I've come up with a solution to cover up those shortcomings."
"What solution do you mean?" ask Forde.
Telsia also began to explain the planned solution. With every word, the eyes of those in the room were melbar did not believe the explanation.
Leana was stunned to Telsia who acted very far to dive into this world. It becomes moved.
Telsia who finished explaining looked straight at the emperor.
"So how do you answer, O emperor Solfilyan?"
The Emperor held his chin and closed his eyes. Think about the important decisions he will make.
He opened his eyes and stood up from his throne. With a dazzling aura, he also gave his answer.
"alright. I will take your advice, magical labyrinth keeper."