In this world where no one cared about Felio, he wondered if Felio was less lonely because these souls were present.
“I know someone who is skilled in black magic very well. If my Lord permits, I will right now……!”
“Enough, I already know.”
Fel said so, tilted his head, and looked out the window.
Before he knew it, the sun had hidden its form beyond the ridge, barely poking its face out.
“It will be impossible to go right now.”
“To where do you mean?”
“To the witch of the slums.”
The witch of the slums.
Hiding her extraordinary magic power, she was currently lying low in the slums.
Since it was content written in the novel, it was certain.
The witch of the slums was also the very person who told the Empress how to conceive a child.
She was no different from the instigator who gifted Fel a miserable life, but still, shouldn’t he try what he could do?
“Whew…….”
Fel moved his stiff shoulders.
Then, erasing the voices of the noisy souls, he pulled out a rolling piece of paper and a fountain pen.
‘Get inside.’
When he quietly issued the command in his mind, Asnel and Triel smoothly sank into the ground.
It had been one year since entering this place, and quite a long time had passed since he realized this family itself was crazy and decided to distance himself.
The thought of trying to live a new life since things turned out like this faded in just half a day.
Living an immortal life in the body of a person loved by no one was not a happy thing.
Family without a shred of trust, the cries of monsters heard from all directions, continuous helplessness, and a voice heard from somewhere telling him to return to reality.
“If I’ve decided to return, I have to see it through to the end.”
He had wandered until now, but now that his goal and direction had become clear, he needed to organize his thoughts a bit.
[ Felio: The villain of this novel, a necromancer? Is harvesting souls Kareb’s power? For what purpose did Kareb grant abilities to Felio? ]
[ Empress: Black magic, colluding with a witch? Need to know exactly what kind of monster Kareb is. (Important) ]
[ Emperor: Irresponsible human, not Felio’s biological father. No information yet. ]
[ Ethan: 18 -> 20, a 2-year time gap exists. What should I do until then? Make sure Ethan becomes a hero according to the flow of the novel. To do that, I must save the gray wolf. ]
[Novel contents: Eighteen-year-old Ethan deals with the gray wolf -> Confirmed as an illegitimate child of the Soliar ducal household -> The Duke’s death -> Revenge plot begins -> Receives the ducal title -> An unsettling ending (Who was the entity watching Ethan in the final scene?)]
Fel wrote that down, then deleted the last sentence.
He recalled the ending of the novel.
Thanks to Ethan, the Spelland Empire enjoyed an era of great peace, and the Second Prince became emperor, backed by Ethan’s power.
Ethan prayed to God, hoping this peace would continue.
Anyway, the novel ended by portraying Ethan’s happy appearance.
And someone was watching that sight.
The identity of that someone was never revealed until the very end.
However, for some reason, Fel felt deeply unsettled because he felt that figure would have a massive impact after the ending.
Open endings always made people think a lot, after all.
“Well, by that time, I’ll have returned to reality.”
It would only give him a headache to think too much.
Fel drew two lines across the content about the ending, which had nothing to do with him.
Instead, at the end, he wrote down about the Second Prince.
[Second Prince Aser: The person who will become emperor after Fel’s death. By the way…….]
“What on earth was the relationship between Felio and the Second Prince?”
Prince Aser, who was going to be crowned emperor by Ethan, had been acting overly friendly ever since he possessed this body.
He would cling to him calling him hyung, ask him to teach him swordsmanship, stand in front of the Basil Palace every day, and sometimes even boldly ask to share a meal.
Neither in the memories left behind by Felio nor in the novel had the prince ever been close to his younger brother.
To be more honest, Aser’s behavior was similar to a one-sided courtship.
It was true that the Second Prince had looked up to Felio like an idol since he was young.
However, the Felio in the novel held a massive amount of rage toward the Second Prince.
That anger might have started when the emperor, who had acted like he only had eyes for the empress, took in a royal concubine.
“He didn’t seem like such a bad kid…….”
Since he couldn’t start acting like an older brother now, he was just ignoring him for the time being, but why did the child who loved his older brother so much turn to Ethan’s side?
Why didn’t he cry even after receiving Felio’s severed head?
Muttering doubts that the person involved could never possibly know, Fel slumped facedown onto his desk.
It was the day he had experienced the most things since his possession.
Unable to resist his drooping eyelids, Fel slowly closed his eyes.
It was the night exactly one year after entering this novel.
“Did you really sleep in the office?”
“Yeah.”
“Why leave that nice bed behind……. More than that, where are you going again early in the morning?”
“You don’t need to know. Don’t even follow me.”
Fel mounted a horse as soon as dawn broke.
Easily dismissing Philip, who said he would follow to protect him, he pulled his robe over his head and headed for the slums.
The slums, which he faced after passing through a damp and terribly smelly tunnel, were darkness itself. It was truly a place full of shabby-looking houses and people wearing rags.
“…… Is this the place?”
It was a slums he had headed to relying solely on memory.
The novel said a witch lived here, so he had moved his feet blindly, thinking he might somehow be able to meet her.
The gazes of the people looking at the unidentified man were fierce.
Just as no one could easily talk to Fel, an old man with a bent waist walked slowly toward him.
So, where’s Felio’s older brother?..