Ch.0Prologue. Did I Not Tell You That You Are Mine?

Why did it come to this?

“The title prepared for you, and even the territory for you, everything is ready. Do you see? All the land and people spread before your eyes will become yours.”

A woman with long blonde hair that shines blindingly bright, incredibly beautiful and dignified, speaks to me.

“Didn’t I tell you, Swen? That you are mine. I can give you everything for your sake. Wealth, honor, power… If you wish, I can even give you the surname ‘Einhart.’ You know what this means. I’m certain that neither Lynn Brans nor Baranga Yurie Aeshus can give you anything like I can.”

She looks straight into my eyes…

And speaks as if gazing at something incredibly precious.

“Even if that’s not the case… you can never, ever escape me. You’ll be with me forever. From the moment we first met… it’s been determined like fate. Hehe…♥”

Why?

After looking at me and chuckling in a low voice, she soon brightens her eyes like a young girl and asks me “that question” she always has.

“So… now give me your [Prophetic Inner Eye]. Can I… Serpina von Einhart… hold this world in my hands?”

Regardless of my will, once I receive the question, I begin to predict.

I turn my thoughts inward and sink into contemplation.

Can she become the unifying monarch who will pacify this age of chaos and grasp this world in her hands?

Before long, the answer comes with ridiculous simplicity.

Well, my intelligence stat is 100, after all.

And.

I had no choice but to give her the same answer I’ve always given.

“…My lord cannot hold the world in your hands.”

At least not yet.