Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 770 The Prophecy of Gezar
Of course, Count Montes would not have any dealings with her family.

Even if a respectable nobleman has a philandering heart, he can still have a mistress. Who would have any special requirements for their wife?

Only someone like Baron Watson, who would turn his wife and children into some kind of experimental subject, or... someone who might have excessive demands for offspring, such as someone who, as he gets older and his health declines, still needs the woman to bear 'his' child, would pay such an exorbitant price to buy back a noblewoman with good physical talent.

Moreover, it would also require reserving a proper in-law position for the woman's family and bringing them into one's own social class... How could all of this be possible with just one woman and a decent dowry?

The more luxurious and glamorous a marriage seems, the dirtier and more filthy it may be.

Therefore, the Countess never felt that Agris had suffered much in the Montes family.

No matter what, it was a normal marriage.

Such a marriage may have regrets and sorrows, but... as long as one can think positively, there will be no pain.

How could a female knight who came from a legion and had countless lives on her hands be so easily attracted to a man, especially an older man who was inferior to her?
As long as you don't get tempted, those trivial matters are just a bit annoying... If they pass, then fight them; if they're still manageable, then just bear with them for now.

What can Count Montes do? Can he explain why he was beaten?

If I told anyone, I'd only be ridiculed.

Furthermore, because of this, Aegris gave birth to a child like Lori, ensuring glory for the next few hundred, or even tens of thousands of years.

This child was entirely hers!
Which noblewoman wouldn't be envious?

No matter how good the relationship between husband and wife is, a woman will still have regrets.

Otherwise, so many noblewomen wouldn't have given up normal marriages.

However, children born out of wedlock still have some drawbacks... They don't have the right to inherit that is naturally recognized by law.

They all have to go through the trouble of dealing with the noble affairs office themselves and pay a price.

So, Agris really was... lucky.

She was almost lacking in everything, but also, she got everything.

The Countess glanced at Arms... He would probe into the matter of Lori and the mechanical fragments, which were some fragments left behind long ago, when the oracle mages could still see the true starry sky.

Even if eight out of ten of those prophecies are proven false, no royal family would ignore them... After all, when the world was still normal, prophecies were indeed a major concern for all countries.

The appearance of the white dragon had actually been predicted, but the ambiguous prophecies led everyone to focus on magical creatures in this world, and even caused some unpleasant chaos.

So when the White Dragon invaded, everyone was caught off guard.

Prophecy is a double-edged sword.

The White Dragon's successful invasion finally brought the prophecy down from its pedestal, but it will still be taken seriously.

In any case, it's always good to be prepared.

Of course, if the prophecies before the world closed off were merely true but ambiguous, then the ones afterward were all complete fakes.

However, the few true prophecies that have been confirmed clearly tell the world that even when the starry sky is most turbulent and the vision is most blurred, a mage truly illuminated by fate can still glimpse a corner of the river of destiny.

The fulfillment of prophecies causes unbearable pain to everyone who is unaware of them, but... those who gamble on prophecies that are mostly false will also suffer just as much heartache.

Especially as the story progresses, those prophecies become less and less accurate.

His Majesty Travis appeared without any warning whatsoever.

Even if it's because Luscania's fate is difficult for human mages to discern, that's still... far from the truth.

Without Travis's guidance, everything else could be thrown in the trash.

Especially after His Majesty Travis had effectively controlled the Northern Kingdom for decades.

The Gezar family is a group of unfortunate individuals associated with the prophecy of abandonment.

That family has indeed appeared in prophecies more than once.

The first few times were quite outrageous.

For example, the rise of Gezar... can actually be considered a kind of rise, after all, his family has formed an alliance with the Gale Wolves.

But the premise is that all the powerful members of the family perished while protecting the new generation, leaving only a level 10 knight who inherited the title on the front lines to maintain appearances.

Even after working closely with the Gale Wolves for many years, the Gezar family has never been able to return to its former strength... That was the strength that the first king had placed high hopes on, the strength that he was certain could confine the Storm Nobles' power within the mountains!

Just think that even the Storm Knights couldn't break through the Gezar Knights, who were also wind-elemental guardians, and you'll know their capabilities.

On the surface, the reason they used Gezar to guard key areas was because their family had chosen neutrality.

But if it weren't for Count Gezar secretly favoring the royal family, the founding king of the North, who held absolute power, would never have placed such a powerful family in such an important position.

The stronger they are, the more worried I am about them!
This rise is a complete joke.

Those in the Gezar family who knew about this prophecy all...

The Gezar family already harbored deep resentment over this matter, but the one who succeeded to the throne suddenly felt that Gezar's rise might be due to... the lack of royal power.

Then he made that foolish decision, making himself a laughingstock to the whole world. Indeed, the Gezar family failed to rise again and instead fell into complete ruin.

But... no one thinks it's because of His Majesty's wise decision.

From then on, the Northern royal family's attitude towards prophecies worsened, even tossing them into a secret library of miscellaneous books.

It's the kind of book that's full of rumors, but the words spoken would displease even the gods.

The main point is that at each stage, there will be audacious bards.

Although the content of their chants is mostly absurd, it is still very valuable for observation in some aspects... such as the local customs and the environment that led these poets to disrespect a certain deity.

Royal family members need to understand these things from a young age.

The royal family did not demand that they achieve great deeds, but they would never allow them to incite public anger.

For example, although His Majesty Travis has some children who do absurd things, their targets are mostly nobles... and generally, they don't force them to do anything: the coercion is not strong, but the enticement is very deep.

Many things can be avoided if no direct action is taken against civilians.

Ordinary people are unlikely to understand how distant a will led to their misery; they will only hate the person who gave the order.

Of course, the royal tutors would only use random examples to teach them about the consequences... mainly emphasizing what would happen if they were discovered.

In fact, the royal family is very strict in this regard.

Otherwise, back then, everyone would have understood Leon's innocence, yet they could only watch him being banished from the capital... The chain of evidence was too complete.

Leon himself has a confession.

Of course, it was his own stupidity to believe a biased mother.

Generally speaking, even those who aspire to be future kings would not read those miscellaneous books.

Unexpectedly, Armies saw it.

Otherwise, he would never have known about the prophecy related to Gezar... The mechanical ghost will awaken in the descendants of Gezar.

This prophecy was the least valued among the prophecies related to Ghezal during the time when the world was closed off.

After all, people back then still had some understanding of other regions.

He naturally knew what the Demon Tomb in the Mechanical Realm was.

Including that Master of the Mechanical Realm, they could never be revived... They were all food for the will of the Mechanical Realm, and could not possibly leave any trace.

But her son may have other information, so he takes this prophecy very seriously.

Because of this incident, Lowry has been observing the neighboring Qingfeng Territory.

However, he was also certain that Lowry was not a being that any mechanical being could impersonate.

Their creativity is abundant, and their imagination soars.

Even if the will of the Mechanical Realm were to personally appear, it would be impossible for them to exhibit that kind of performance.

Moreover, he was so...overwhelmingly wealthy.

When mechanical beings consume resources, it will always be just right; it will never be like Lori, where everything is so overcrowded that money is no longer considered money.

Armes told her all of this after observing her, but he still paid attention whenever he encountered a clue.

The Countess really couldn't understand this.

If someone in Gezar really is the incarnation of the Mechanical Realm, then... wouldn't the women on the Tower Lord's side be even more likely?
Iagos... oh, she's had children.

This does not mean that the demonic creatures cannot parasitize women who have given birth.

Rather, any parasitic transformation that occurs without leaving a trace can only succeed before adulthood.

Those transformed by the Demon Tomb will not completely lose their emotions and desires, but they will never have children.

The Demon Tomb defines offspring differently from other creatures.

Even a powerful divine force like the Singularity cannot change that fixed mindset... If it could, it wouldn't be a mechanical life form.

Therefore, if we disregard his personal actions and daily life, Lowry does indeed resemble the person in the prophecy.

Armies was always interested in prophecies, probably wanting to see what kind of missed opportunities led to such different outcomes.

In particular, Lori, who has always enjoyed utilizing the energy inherent in these artifact fragments, has never been fond of using the Mechanical Realm fragments.

But now it seems that the other party simply chose to convert these things into standard equipment.

Katarina's performance shows that this type of illusion-based bomb is very common in Green Maple Territory.

(End of this chapter)