“So, first explain what you mentioned before…about this world being like hell for me.”
As Ilea spoke, she made a gesture that put Viel completely at ease — she placed that green electric baton on the round side table nearby.
Obviously, for the time being, she didn’t need to worry about getting shocked.
“Because…this world, for you…isn’t very friendly.”
Viel spoke a bit vaguely.
Hm?
Ilea raised an eyebrow.
Not very friendly…to me?
Is it that something will happen in this world that will make my situation precarious?
Or…has Ilea’s fate already been set on a fixed path?
Could it be that this goddess before her can actually see the future?
Thinking of this, the young lady sized up Viel from head to toe.
This little fluff ball didn’t look anything like a seer who could peer into the future…
“Be clear.”
Though questions piled up like mountains in her mind, Ilea only asked this flatly.
“It’s…just that, before assigning reincarnators…I can not only see their past memories, but also glimpse some…of their future fates.”
Perhaps due to being intimidated earlier, Viel didn’t dare hide anything now.
She sat honestly on the bed, her pair of black eyes blinking innocently, looking especially harmless.
Oh?
So it really is future sight…or in the common words of Earth: This goddess of death, who handles reincarnation, knows part of my “storyline”?
“Speak specifically — what might I go through later?”
Ilea rubbed her chin, legs slowly crossing, her toes tapping lightly in the air in front of her, as if still pondering while asking.
“Actually, I’m not too clear on the specifics…I only know some rough things. The most important is…you’re not the only reincarnator in this world.”
What?
That one sentence from the goddess instantly made Ilea’s eyes narrow slightly.
“This world actually has a designated reincarnator. Earlier…I…I thought you were an unpardonably evil person, so I…”
Halfway through, the death goddess felt the chill radiating off Ilea.
She immediately stopped speaking and changed the subject.
“I do know some things about that designated reincarnator! In your words, he’s very likely the ‘male protagonist’. And… he will get engaged to you in a year!”
Hah?!
Hah?!!!
If just now Ilea had still been mulling over various possibilities, then now it was as if a divine thunder from the heavens struck her directly.
Getting engaged in a year, to the male protagonist?
“You…what do you mean?”
“It’s…literally what it means. The fate of Ilea Bartios is to get engaged to the designated reincarnator a year later, and then…and then your family will be ruined, and you’ll wish you were dead…”
The more the goddess spoke, the softer her voice became.
Her head slowly lowered, not daring to meet Ilea’s gaze.
At this moment, Ilea’s left hand was already on the handle of the electric baton.
But in the end, she gave up on that action.
Saying anything now was useless.
Even if she turned the goddess before her into charred coal, she still had to accept this fate.
Rather than wasting energy beating up a goddess — which would change nothing — she might as well sort out her current situation first.
Though the “plot” Viel gave was quite vague.
Combining it with the current circumstances, some things could still be deduced.
First…was this timing, one year later.
If her memory hadn’t failed her, then just this morning her mother told her that “Father and elder brother have gone to the royal capital, and will return to the territory in a year.”
Meaning, the engagement news would very likely come from her father.
Given how dotingly he treated her, the engagement target was most probably a marquis-level noble heir — maybe even a prince.
So the possible range of reincarnators had a preliminary scope.
Of course that was the most likely.
But…there was one more piece of information.
That was “the king summoned all nobles of viscount rank and above.”
The heroic king of Harlonz wouldn’t pointlessly summon nobles without cause.
Something must have happened.
Could her engagement a year from now also be tied to this?
“This designated reincarnator, when will he arrive?”
Ilea thought for a moment, then turned her head to look at Viel, who sat nervously like on pins and needles.
“Ah? Ah…I don’t know the exact time, but it should be…a few months before your engagement to him?”
Viel scratched her head.
Having lost her divine power, she couldn’t see anything concrete, and could only give Ilea hints based on past memories.
Is that so…
“In this year leading up to my engagement and family ruin, will anything else big happen?”
“Uh…well…”
Viel was a bit hesitant.
“I only know that during this time you’ll get a younger sister. Other than that…I’m not sure yet.”
A younger sister?
“A cousin? Or some other relative?”
“I remember it seemed like…a half-sister, same father, different mother.”
Viel thought for a bit before speaking slowly.
Hah?
A half-sister?
Did father have an affair during this year away…and bring back a child?
Thinking of her gentle mother, Ilea’s eyes suddenly turned icy cold.
Ilea thought she should probably sound out her mother’s views.
If her mother would be heartbroken by something like this, then naturally Ilea wouldn’t be able to lay a hand on the Marquis.
But that woman and this so-called little sister of hers…
Perhaps, they could conveniently die in an accident before they ever came back.
“Gulp…”
Sensing the chill radiating from Ilea, Viel shivered for who knows the how many-th time.
In truth, this was all she knew — just these fragments.
Right now…she was extremely regretful.
Why hadn’t she, back when her divine power was still intact, properly looked into this world’s fate and course of events?
What if…after this, she’d just be tossed aside as worthless trash?
She…really didn’t want to go wandering again…living as a beggar…that was something she truly never wanted to experience a second time!
“Judging by your look, you don’t have any more information to share, do you?”
Before Viel’s thoughts could even finish, Ilea had already seen through this foolish goddess’s mind.
How should she put it?
For a goddess, this one’s behavior from beginning to end was far too simple — or rather, a bit stupid.
“I…if I can find a way to restore my divine power later, I’ll definitely be able to see much more! And…and I also know necromancy! You have to…you have to believe me! I’m still useful!!”
As she spoke, the little goddess, who completely lacked the ability to take care of herself, wore a miserable expression, her eyes pleading desperately.
“Heh, what? Are you willing to stay by my side and be my pet?”
Seeing how anxious she was, Ilea drawled out calmly.
“Pet…I…I don’t want to be a pet.”
The little goddess slowly lowered her head, her tone full of grievance.
“Alright then~ Yumina! Throw her out!”
“Eh, eh, eh! Don’t! Why are you doing this…”
Viel lifted her head, wearing a look that clearly said “So you really did just want to use me and toss me aside,” like someone staring at a heartless scumbag, glaring at Ilea before her.
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