Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1023 The Unchangeable Prophecy
Luciano, finally realizing what mistake he had made, left with a look of frustration on his back.

Looking at his dejected son, Louis sighed softly.

Bishop Laurel stood up and gently placed a hand on her shoulder: "Our efforts have paid off; Luciano's fate has already taken a turn for the worse."

This is the first time in forty years that there have been signs of something different... There is still time, we can do it.

Louis lifted his face, a tear glistening on his long eyelashes: "I know."

That's why I'm so panicked.

When there is no hope, you just need to keep trying and trying again, without having to consider the cost.

People have become numb.

But seeing hope brought a bittersweet feeling to her heart, as if she had finally seen the bitterness of the past again.

“Actually, the goddess once said that even the gods only see a part of fate.” Bishop Laurel gently comforted his wife, who was overwhelmed with emotion. “Although Luciano was chosen as the sacrifice for the resurrection of the world’s will, this was the fate he saw after excluding the influence of external forces.”

The opening of the underworld is not included in this.

Otherwise, even if Luciano had no luck, he could still enter the River Styx and wait for the goddess's summons!
The Goddess of the Night likes Luciano so much, she certainly won't give him up easily.

Moreover, the Lord of the Tower in the prophecy was not like this at all; he was far more insane and powerful than he is now.

Not to mention the Labyrinth of the Gods, and the Son of the Sun who appeared in our Emilia... The prophecy was general, and only a small part of it was not predicted, but this small part was clearly the most important.

Luis, today's Luciano, has at least a third less of the darkness in his soul!
The path we've chosen is the right one.

Then let's not worry about what exactly happened, and just stick to our own path.

Do not try to figure out why this happened; just let everything unfold naturally.

Our intervention might actually put fate back on its original track.

After all... we were part of the prophecy.

Louis nodded, his voice choked with emotion, and placed a hand on the large hand on his shoulder: "Thank you for being there for me, for facing this fate... You could have..."

“Oh, Louis.” Bishop Laurel smiled gently. “Although it may sound like a cheesy love confession from a chivalric romance novel, I still have to say that without you, my life would probably be just a still lake, with barely a ripple.”

Although this brought with it some turbulent waves, it didn't diminish my joy at all!
Of course, all of this can actually be summed up in one sentence: I love you.

Even though he was the one being pursued... didn't he fall for her too?
If he doesn't like it, what's the point of pestering him any further?
Even Queen Emilia could not force a true monk who walks the path of darkness.

It's worth noting that neither Louis nor the two previous Kings of Emilia received the blessing of the Goddess of the Night when they entered the Awakening Circle.

Luciano had this opportunity not because he was the Crown Prince of Emilia, but because he was the son of the Bishop of Laurel.

Bishop Laurel is the only true Chosen One of the Night in Emilia City.

The chosen ones and the favored ones may sound similar, but in reality, they are not the same thing at all.

Those chosen by the gods can almost all become demigods.

Even though the world was previously limited to level 16, the Laurel Bishop still possessed the aptitude of a demigod, only he was unable to use divine spells beyond the limit.

His status as the chosen one allowed him to bypass the blockade and accumulate divine power... His potential, when linked with the Goddess of the Night, became the Goddess of the Night's potential.

Of course, the chosen one can never surpass their own god, and the Laurel Bishop must also rely on his own efforts to gain greater power.

After all, even if the Goddess of Night transformed his body, she couldn't directly grant him power.

How far the Bishop of Laurel will ultimately end up is up to him.

But at least, he has a future that stretches out indefinitely.

Even a patron like Queen Louise did not have these advantages.

They were merely marked by the Goddess of the Night, and the laws related to the night would resonate with them more easily, but how far they could go ultimately depended on their own aptitude.

Furthermore, even if one dies unexpectedly, one can return to the Dark Night Kingdom.

The kings before Louis also received the goddess's favor, but their talents could only be described as excellent.

Although they can reach level 16 and live for hundreds or thousands of years... the Emilia royal family is rich and resourceful, and they have as many longevity potions as they want from the Earth Church, but as long as they are still human, their lives will inevitably have a limit.

Moreover, even among natural sorcerers, not everyone can attain immortality.

Magical plants, too, will grow old and die.

If magical plants initially determined the lifespan of a nature mage, then afterwards, it is the nature mage's own abilities that matter. Plants that ally with humans may gain the opportunity for rapid growth, but they also lose the possibility of progressing independently.

Only if their human allies can break through their own limits can they lead them to immortality.

Choices are never just a matter of human beings.

Plants, especially long-lived trees, are inherently extremely stubborn.

Even in their infancy, they would rather die than form an alliance with humans who do not meet their requirements.

Otherwise, nature mages wouldn't be so rare... Given that any profession can become a nature mage simply by allying with magical plants, there must be plenty of people with ulterior motives.

But if you don't have the qualifications, you don't have the qualifications. Plants won't pay attention to those stupid threats... They'll die sooner or later anyway, so why make themselves suffer?

The goddess of the night favors women, so the Laurel Bishop, who became her chosen one, was impeccable in every way.

Therefore, the marriage between Queen Louise and Bishop Laurel was often criticized by many in the Church of the Night as "a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung".

The answer is concise and to the point; it lies right there in the riddle itself.

However, perhaps the couple was too happy, because during Luciano's secret awakening ceremony, the goddess of the night, who personally blessed him, was shocked to discover that this child was actually the high-ranking sacrifice in their prophecy for the world's will.

It's not just outsiders who don't want the world's will to be revived.

It's even possible that among the followers of the gods, there are those filled with malice towards the will of the world.

The gods knew, but they couldn't stop it from happening before it occurred... After all, what those followers wanted was the freedom and power of the gods, and in a narrow sense, they couldn't be considered traitors.

Even the gods couldn't figure out who was plotting this in secret.

After all, they wouldn't take the initiative to come forward; they would only secretly supply intelligence and resources to the enemies of the world's will.

Even the gods cannot doubt all their followers... that would be too unfair to those who have done nothing wrong.

Therefore, all they can do is try to have more suspected entities when the world's will is revived.

Generally speaking, such beings have extremely turbulent fates, and there are many stories to explore.

But even the gods who made this arrangement could not decide who would be chosen; they could only leave it to fate.

The goddess of the night, who made the most arrangements and tried the most to interfere... then, fate gave her a key role as the son of the chosen one and favored one.

The Goddess of the Night was greatly shocked when she learned of this.

She even tried to change Luciano's fate... but each change only made the prophesied Luciano's life more tragic.

Even those around Luciano were changed one by one, but in the end, those who had not betrayed him turned their backs on him.

It's not even as good as their original fate, which they never changed... At least Luciano had several decades of happy life.

Louis even considered whether he could strip Luciano of his right to the throne and send him to the Temple of the Night Gods... As a result, Luciano simply became the villain on the path of fate, and Louis himself became the rebel.

In all those previous prophecies, even when Luciano encountered the most tragic events, he never changed his upright and kind nature.

Queen Louise immediately abandoned all similar decisions.

The first time they saw hope was twenty years ago at the meeting of the gods in Qingfeng Territory.

Even though it had nothing to do with Emilia and all the events took place in the North and the Ice Plains, for some reason, Luciano's soul, which had always been dull and gray, suddenly shone with light.

Luciano, who had always walked the path of darkness, also took the opportunity to become a nature mage.

The giant maple tree at the Golden Maple Hotel had stood there for nearly a century without showing any signs of consciousness, but at that time, it unexpectedly took Luciano's hand.

While Luciano was frowning over his future, Queen Louise was almost ecstatic.

She suppressed the unease in her heart, knowing everything yet letting Luciano follow the guidance of fate... Watching the followers slowly gathering behind Luciano, just like the initial prophecy, Louise almost had to bite her own flesh to suppress the urge to intervene.

Bishop Laurel wasn't having an easy time either.

He had always stayed behind the scenes to reduce outside speculation about Luciano… Luis was right, what truly made Luciano the chosen one was his unique identity.

The combination of absolute monarchy and supreme divine authority has always been something that the world's will rejects.

However, due to its unique way of existence, Emilia cannot be classified as a purely theocratic state.

(End of this chapter)