Chapter 708 – 80 Days – The Princess Thinks About the Future Soundly
“I’m going to be honest… I’m still wondering if I’m still dreaming, or if I’m having nightmares because I’m so stressed about the fact that you’re time traveling…?”
“It’s not that bad, is it?”
“Of course it is!”
Arisa, who could not even take a single sip of the white steaming coffee, stood up and slammed the table with both hands.
“To be honest, it was a huge shock to learn that Mr. Ceres, who helped me so much when I was attending the academy, was a demon, but what…? Venus came back through time travel, and I couldn’t even understand it normally, so I had to ask Hedone to find out about it. You understand all the knowledge and wisdom of…?!”
Arisa, who was shaking, let out a deep sigh.
“Of course! I feel good and happy when my friend does well, but…! This! To be honest, this is a situation I could never have imagined, so rather than being dumbfounded, it makes my head hurt?!”
“Well, I haven’t understood and incorporated all the knowledge of demons and ancient demons into my head to the point where you’re so angry…?”
“Oh, is that so? Just now, you and Hedone were reading a book written by a demon very comfortably as if it was nothing?”
Arisa spoke with her lips pouting, sat down with a sigh, brought her coffee to her mouth, and took a sip or two with an anxious expression.
The place where Arisa was making such a fuss was one of the hidden rooms in the imperial palace that the princess found. Arisa felt amazing, and a little defeated at the fact that she was able to enter this space hidden behind an elaborate wall.
Arisa has always been praised as a genius, young but wise and smart, the owner of the magic tower, so it was very embarrassing to feel inferior to the princess because of her knowledge and wisdom.
“Still, please don’t be too distressed, Arisa. It seemed like the princess didn’t really know everything.”
“I understand what Hedone means when he says that. If Venus is in charge of strength, then I am in charge of wisdom… Anyway, we were close friends like that, right?”
Grumbling, Arisa crossed her arms and pursed her lips.
Ceres, who looked at the situation next to the princess, smiled a gentle and beautiful smile. Of course, she was not the usual Ceres, but Vergilia, a demon.
It was not because she wanted to, but she changed into what she saw at the princess’s request and maintained her position. Because the four of us had to think about what to do next.
It was nice for her to have sex with Ceres, but she couldn’t indulge in carnal desires without even thinking about the future.
“I’m sorry, Arisa.”
“… No, I didn’t mean to hear that from Mr. Ceres.”
To be honest, she thought that being angry at the princess was funny, so Arisa had a complicated expression.
“But, Arisa.”
Ceres smiles and points to himself.”
“Arisa, you have done something truly amazing.”
“I don’t think I would be particularly happy if you took me on a train now…”
“However, Arisa has completed the time travel magic I created using Queen Madolche’s relics. That is truly an amazing thing.”
Contrary to Arisa’s thoughts, Ceres, who spoke calmly, was definitely not flattering.
“That relic is an item imbued with the technology of ancient demons. Even I was not confident in using it in a sound and safe way, so the last time I repaired the relic, I stole the most important part.”
“Hmm… But Ceres-san, you repaired the part that was broken when you stole it, right?”
Ceres shakes his head from side to side.
“No. I repaired it, but I didn’t write down the correct usage instructions anywhere.”
“Yes, but…”
“Arisa, after looking at the parts I repaired, you were able to complete all the basics, understanding, and application of time travel magic. That is something that even I cannot easily accomplish. You created a miracle that can only be praised as truly amazing. “
“Hmm… Hmm… I’m glad to hear the compliment…”
Arisa cleared her throat a few more times.
“Venus said… He healed Mr. Ceres when he first met him?”
“All I’ve done is add a little auxiliary device that allows you to choose exactly what date you want to go to – the future or the past. The fundamental magic is still Arisa’s.”
After hearing Ceres’ entire story, Arisa coughs loudly.
“Well… You said that… But I probably won’t be able to use that magic again.”
“Huh…? Why is that? I would be happy if I could continue time travel.”
Arisa shrugs his shoulders.
“Well, let me tell you the truth, from a slightly more healthy point of view, that the idea of solving the many problems that will arise in the future through time travel is not a good idea…”
Arisa pointed to the princess’s pocket watch with her finger.
“You need magical power to use time travel magic, right?”
“I also had a bit of a hard time because of that.”
“I played around with your pocket watch while you were messing around with Mr. Ceres, but if you’re going to use magic again, you’re going to need a huge amount of magical power.”
Arisa sighed.
“So, I may have set the formula a little wrong… Anyway, the magic power required increases more and more every time I use that magic, right?”
“Hmm… I had to get help from the old gods to recharge, but now this is actually…”
“I think it’s impossible. It’s absolutely, absolutely, absolutely impossible to do the same time travel using your pocket watch. Why not do something crazy like convert this entire world into magical power?”
At Arisa’s words, the princess looked a little disappointed and touched her pocket watch, but shrugged her shoulders.
“Well, there’s no need to worry about what you can’t write about in the future and write about it, right? Rather than that…”
The princess smiled and grabbed her pocket watch and showed it to everyone.
“It is for this reason that I called Hedone and Arisa.”
Throughout her time travel, the princess showed everyone her pocket watch, which she had only used as a tool to use her magic.
“Ah… Right, if you think about it, it was originally given to you for this, right?”
“Oh my… Princess?”
Hedone opened her eyes wide and smiled slightly.
“I showed it to Ceres in advance, but look. The seven stars that signify the breakthrough of my destiny are all twinkling beautifully!”
The princess spoke her words with a confident expression on her face. As soon as Arisa saw it, she looked a little dazed and straightened her front hair.
“I… Honestly, at first, I didn’t think you could know this… All seven of these…”
Haha, Ceres, who was also the oracle, said this. I am certain that I have gathered these seven stars! I can change my fate!”
Ceres placed his hand on the princess’s hand holding her pocket watch.
“Yes, princess… The truly terrible and painful future that I had to see… You, princess, are finally able to change it.”
“It is true that you have clearly guided me in a bad way. In the end, you have given me a chance to change my terrible fate.”
The two smiled, and Arisa looked at them and then burst out laughing and cleared her throat.
“Then you are Oracle?”
“Ah, Arisa… You don’t have to call me that…”
“You were right, Oracle, right? Even His Majesty the Emperor always visits to hear prophecies… You are the one with perfect prophetic abilities, right?”
Ceres seemed a little embarrassed and touched his ears.
“Anyway, then you can see the future right here too?”
“Yes, that’s true, Arisa. I can see the princess’s changed future with my own eyes.”
Arisa looked at Ceres with a little envy.
“No matter how much I learn about astrology, I can’t do it… Well, then Hedone is here too. Can you tell me about it?”
Seeing Arisa saying her words with a bright smile, Ceres turned her head and looked at the princess.
“Hmm… There are still 20 days left until the 100th day, but wouldn’t it be important to know exactly what the future holds?”
“Yes, then… I will briefly show everyone here how the princess’s future has changed.”
Ceres was able to show this skillfully.
So she got up and filled her white cup with hot coffee.
Carefully taking the billowing white smoke from her head and placing it in the center of her table, Ceres took a deep breath.
“The princess’s future… I will show you how the princess’s future has changed after collecting the seven breakthroughs.”
The pure white smoke rising from the coffee soon began to create a beautiful scenery.
Everyone began to see a clear landscape that could be compared to a hologram, and Arisa swallowed her saliva.
“Amazing… Are you saying this is the future of Venus?”
The future Ceres showed her was so happy that even people who didn’t know her circumstances could tell right away.
There were small children near the princess, and the woman holding her hand was wearing a beautiful white wedding dress.
There were so many people participating in the wedding as if it was a given, and they were all smiling happily and even applauding the wedding.
“I see you’re married?”
The princess smiled at Hedone’s little joke. She wanted to marry everyone even now, unless something terrible happened in 100 days.
The sweetness of her future shown by Ceres was truly extraordinary. As she watched, she felt that she had made this future happen, and the princess felt both embarrassed and excited.
“It certainly seems like Ceres’ magic is amazing… I never thought it would show us a beautiful future so clearly.”
Unlike the admiring princess, Ceres suddenly frowned.
“Ugh… This can’t be like this, my prophecy… Ugh…”
“Huh.? What is it, Mr. Ceres? This is suddenly blurry…”
Arisa, who was the first to notice her strangeness, got up from her seat in surprise.
“What, what’s wrong with this? Mr. Ceres! What, what…!”
The future of the princess that Ceres had shown suddenly began to be filled with pitch-black darkness.
The brightly smiling faces of Hedone and Ceres disappeared in an instant, and only an unpleasant energy overflowed in the pitch black darkness.
“Ceres! No matter how you look at it, isn’t it dangerous?! Stop! Stop!!!”
The princess stretched out her hand and quickly hugged Ceres’ waist and lifted him off the table.
At that moment, it was scary! Ceres, who radiated tremendous magical power from her fingertips, swayed her body as if she felt dizzy and fell into the arms of the princess.
“S-sorry… I apologize.”
“Why is it like that all of a sudden? Is it because you worked so hard after the surgery without taking a break?”
“Well, that’s not it, princess. So… That…”
Arisa, who was looking at Ceres who swallowed her saliva, looked at the princess with surprised eyes.
“B-Venus, you…! W-what did you do?! Did you break that watch?! In the meantime?”
“What are you talking about? There’s no way the watch was broken when I didn’t even touch it…”
The princess looked down at the watch hanging around her neck and was momentarily speechless.
The pocket watch, which was emitting 7 lights, began to turn backwards at an incredible speed, and the 7 lights became 6, and the 6 became 5… Slowly, the lights began to decrease one by one, and eventually there was nothing left.
“What is this…”
─Cow wow…!!!
The princess felt a heavy vibration in her feet and looked at Ceres and Arisa with her pale face.
“Well, so… W-what happened…?”
