Chapter 220: Emperor’s Assassination (2)

I visited the Imperial Palace with Epherene. The air hung heavy and dark over the halls.

Stomp- Stomp-

As I was walked down the hallways, certain gazes caught my eye. Those were the eyes of people who heard the news.

“…Please wait here for a moment.”

Ahan led us to the reception room with two chairs.

“I will be back soon.”

Ahan left. Epherene sat down and wiggled her fingers with an anxious look. I sat quietly beside her.

“…”

“…”

We waited in silence. Epherene coughed. Then, there was the sound of a ringing watch before the door opened again.

“…Professor Deculein. Disciple Epherene.”

Ahan’s expression was corpse pale.

“Yes, yes?”

Epherene responded with surprise, and I watched Ahan silently.

“From now on, I ask you not to leak anything I say. This was also Her Majesty’s order.”

“Okay.”

“Yes.”

Her complexion was ominous, but I wasn’t too concerned.

“Professor, and Epherene. Her Majesty has just…”

Sophien’s death was the destruction of the present world. If she were gone, the entire continent would be colored with a death variable. There was no death variable here now.

“She has passed away.”

…So that made it difficult to accept Ahan’s words. It was an impossible theory, utter nonsense.

“Her Majesty said that only you two should know about it.”

Ahan was now holding back tears. I leaned against the back of the chair and listened to Epherene’s trembling breath.

“So…”

Ahan swallowed her words. I continued in her stead.