Ch.252Chapter 252 – The Princess’s Doubt

Emperor of the Gelebrio Empire, Decatro IV.

His eldest daughter, Karen Lucien Decatro Gelebrio Aurelios.

She was a regressor.

The reason she regressed was because all the futures she had experienced were ruined by the “Demon God.”

A Demon God whose name was unknown.

This being, who simply called itself the Demon God, began to destroy and trample the entire world through demons and humans who had defected to their side.

In the process, countless people died, and Aurelios, the imperial capital, burned to ashes.

“We’ll hold them off here! Hurry, escape and seek help!”

“But!”

“There’s no time! Hurry up! You’re our only hope!”

A special unit was organized to defeat the Demon God, but even that unit was completely wiped out.

The remaining members of the special unit modified their plan to help Karen escape, and thanks to their sacrifice, Karen was able to survive.

There was only one reason why she was chosen to be the one who must survive.

“Regression.”

She possessed the ability of “regression,” created by the Time God who had gone into hiding, using the last of their power.

The Time God gave her this ability for one reason alone:

“You are the only one qualified to use the regression ability to change the future because you can make rational judgments in any situation and remember everything.”

This was due to Karen’s perfect memory ability, which she had possessed since birth, and her rational judgment to utilize it.

Because of this, Karen had been called a genius or prodigy since childhood and received many expectations, but all the futures she experienced ultimately ended in complete catastrophe at the hands of the Demon God.

However, through numerous regressions, she gradually accumulated knowledge, and through this, she managed to turn the tide a few times, but ultimately could not prevent the Demon God’s forces from destroying the world.

And through countless regressions, she realized something.

That the number of times she could use the regression ability was running out.

The regression ability she received was, after all, created with the last of the Time God’s power.

Unless a new Time God was born, it became clear that her ability would not recover but would gradually be depleted.

But she did not despair.

Because through numerous regressions, she had finally found a glimmer of hope.

“The central axis of this world is Count Patos Severio.”

Karen had seen many people while traveling back through countless periods of time.

But among all the people she had seen so far, there was no one like Patos.

According to the original timeline, there would have been significant casualties in the capital due to the theft of the demon sword.

Moreover, this would have led to the incomplete resurrection of the Demon God, and a group of heroes would have been recruited to stop it.

But what about now?

With Patos’s ability, the demon sword was destroyed, and the demon cult, which would have had the greatest influence on the Demon God’s resurrection, completely collapsed.

She used her knowledge to help completely expel the demon cult from the empire.

Karen operated a massive information network rivaling the Black Feathers under the alias Lea, and through this, she helped information about the demon cult flow to various religious orders and the Black Feathers, allowing the cult to be completely eradicated.

Perhaps because of this, the Gelebrio Empire was now more peaceful than ever before.

Officially, the demon cult had been completely expelled from the empire, and the plague, believed to be the work of the demon cult, was rapidly disappearing thanks to the plague remedy created by the Glesius Academy.

“Come to think of it… wasn’t the person who brought the plague remedy the second wife candidate of Count Severio…?”

Karen realized that the plague situation was also resolved thanks to Patos.

Even if there was a formula to create a plague remedy, who would have brought it?

Moreover, all the ingredients for the remedy were expensive spices, but Patos helped create the remedy by using his ability on spoiled spices without asking for any money.

Considering this merit alone, it wouldn’t be strange if Patos received a viscount title immediately.

Karen thought that while Patos might not be able to rise to the rank of duke due to his young age, he could certainly receive the relatively lenient title of marquis.

Moreover, even the nobles, who typically don’t readily accept newcomers, had no objections to Patos receiving the title of count.

Additionally, he was already receiving treatment comparable to that of a saint just for curing baldness, healing incurable diseases, and bringing hope to couples who couldn’t have children.

Would the Gelebrio Empire declare all-out war against the demon cult just because one noble died?

If they had, rumors might have spread that the imperial family was protecting that noble.

However, the empire’s nobles and many imperial citizens cheered with both hands raised at the imperial family’s decision.

Karen thought it was because it was revenge for the death of someone who could cure incurable diseases and had made the world a little more peaceful by destroying the demon sword.

In the end, the demon cult was completely wiped out, and Patos was resurrected and returned.

Moreover, he returned with even stronger abilities after experiencing death…

It was to the point where nobles were openly suggesting that he should be officially canonized as a saint.

Karen smiled wryly seeing those proud nobles being the first to suggest canonization.

Had there ever been someone in the history of the Gelebrio Empire who received support from so many people?

Even her father, Decatro IV, couldn’t achieve such a feat.

“This is getting interesting.”

According to the original history, the evil dragon Neberander should have been resurrected and causing havoc by now.

However, as the mana concentration in the atmosphere thickened, the seal on the evil dragon Neberander was strengthened.

When she discovered this phenomenon, Karen had one guess in mind.

“Did Count Severio… even fix the World Tree?”

After the collapse of the World Tree, the mana concentration in the atmosphere had thinned, causing many magical beasts to be released from their seals.

But now, the seals on magical beasts were stronger than ever, and in some cases, the magical beasts sealed inside had exhausted their power and perished due to the prolonged sealing.

If even that powerful evil dragon couldn’t break through its strengthened seal to resurrect, how could other magical beasts dare to break through their seals?

And most importantly…

“The aura of Eldran, the first demon, has completely disappeared.”

Having accumulated knowledge through long periods of regression, she had grown to rival Cheonhyeryeong or Regina in terms of sensing auras.

Of course, her magical skills had also improved according to her talent.

But that’s not the important thing.

For Karen, the most hateful opponent was none other than Eldran.

The one who cultivated demons and threw the world into chaos through the followers of the demon cult, ultimately resurrecting the Demon God.

The one who offered his own body as a sacrifice to summon the Demon God, and then was resurrected as the Demon God’s servant.

But this timeline was different.

A terrifying aura, which even she perceived as death itself, had enveloped Eldran’s aura and annihilated his very existence.

Karen had trembled before this powerful aura, unlike anything she had experienced before.

But she could finally feel relief knowing that this aura had annihilated Eldran.

Perhaps… it was eliminated by the person who was Patos’s second wife candidate.

“The Heavenly Demon… was it?”

Karen also knew about the Heavenly Demon. However, the Heavenly Demon she knew wasn’t as strong as the current one.

Karen remembered that her final fate was to perish together with Eldran after a fierce battle against him, who had grown stronger due to the Demon God’s resurrection.

“With Count Severio’s appearance… people who were supposed to die have survived and become stronger?”

Karen felt her head becoming complicated.

She had been running here and there, turning back time to somehow save the world.

But with the appearance of someone like Patos, all her plans had been thrown off course.

However…

“The situation is changing for the better, so I should just let go of plans that were based on worst-case scenarios.”

Karen smiled for the first time in a long while.

She rarely smiled, but with Patos’s appearance, the world was becoming safer and more peaceful.

In that sense, she wanted to give Patos a gift.

“It’s a reward for making the world I’ve lived in, am living in, and will live in more peaceful, so I hope he accepts it without feeling burdened.”

As Karen spoke about sending a gift to Patos, her smiling face looked more beautiful and happier than ever before.