Reject me, you damn woman.

Lynn shook his head again:

"I'm asking about you or Lilistia."

The people, who were gradually beginning to feel resentment towards Hedwig, were stunned.

Yes, although they are both rings of the heart, Lilistia and Princess Hedwig are two completely different people and cannot be confused.

Lilistia has a thousand reasons to destroy the Fire Rose, but why would Princess Hedwig do this?

If it was under the control of Lilistia, how could Her Highness Hedwig be blamed?

Hedwig looked at Lin En with a puzzled look, as if she didn't understand why Lin En did this, but she didn't read anything from Lin En's expression.

At this moment, lying no longer made any sense, so she had to admit:

"Maybe... it's Lilistia."

"Why Lilistia? Didn't you win the war of souls? Your will devoured Lilistia. You are the new Heart Ring."

Lin En continued to ask, and what he asked was almost what everyone was thinking.

And Hedwig could only say:

"It's not that simple. I was lucky enough to win the battle against the Heart Ring. However, in the process of collecting the results, I realized that it's not that simple."

"why?"

Lynn asked.

"Because of the order, Your Highness Lin En,"

Hedwig smiled bitterly and shook her head:

"The Heart Ring, Lilistia, after she came to Rose City, the first person she wanted to possess was indeed me. But possessing my soul was not the first thing she did after arriving in Rose City, and the first person she wanted to possess in her plan was not me."

"Devouring my soul, obtaining all the myths and surface dominance of the Fire Rose, and information related to the Secret Fire, is indeed an extremely important part of her plan, but it is not the first part. Summoning the blasphemers, secretly having someone to support Brother Zevis, and tempting the dark side of his heart to make him fall, and... stripping away her own power and planting the seeds of the Nine-Ring Arcane Tree, these are the core parts of her plan, and they have already been completed."

"I see. Then this should have nothing to do with you."

Lin En said as if he suddenly realized something.

"How could it have nothing to do with me?"

Hedwig pursed her lips, clenched her fists, and her arms trembled.

"After I regained control of my body and inherited Lilistia's legacy, I could have stopped all this in advance, but... I didn't have the courage to do so."

"I can't imagine what would happen if I failed. If those blasphemers leave the organization, they will be like a drop of water in the sea. They will scatter into every corner of the Fire Rose and take root there. Brother Zevis, the power he has accumulated is terrifying. If this child who has never been valued chooses to backstab all his brothers and sisters at the same time when no one expects it, I can't imagine how many brothers and sisters I will lose... The most important thing is the seed of the Nine-Ring Arcane. If I dare to remove that seed, I have a hunch that the Magic Clock Tower will immediately know about Lilistia's change, and there may even be... a new ring descending here."

"But you didn't do nothing, did you?"

After a moment of silence, Lynn asked again.

"Yes,"

Hedwig forced a smile. She seemed to be relieved and relaxed. She no longer concealed her true self and spoke everything as if she was telling a story.

"I realized that it would be impossible for me to survive the crisis alone with the Fire Rose at that time, so I needed help."

She gave Celitia and Martina an apologetic look.

So, the rest of the story is self-explanatory.

The choice of the first helper is unquestionable.

In this world, there exists a merciful God who will lend a helping hand to those who ask for help.

Hedwig prayed to the Earth Mother for protection.

But when the reinforcements finally arrived, Hedwig was disappointed, an elite team of hound nuns and a divine messenger whose limits were unknown.

This lineup is luxurious and can even fight against demigod-level disasters.

But it was still far from her expectations.

Because what this team is facing now is not an ordinary demigod, but the savings that Lilistia has carefully prepared for who knows how many years.

And when Hedwig was about to despair, another piece of news came into her world like a ray of light.

The prince of the Purple Gold Flower Empire, the Fire Rose's eternal ally, is suspected to have personally killed the other ring leader of the Magic Bell Tower, the Ring of Shadow, Mordiana.

Everyone said it was fake, everyone said it was just to build momentum for the prince's rise, but people in despair will grasp at any straw.

So, she launched the imperial election in advance in the name of her father.

She gambled again. She bet that the prince would follow his youngest sister to this increasingly hopeless Rose City.

If he was just as despicable as the false rumors said, and was just a product of the Purple Gold Flower's hype, then Hedwig would let Historia experience the cruelty of the struggle for hegemony in the imperial family, expel her and Lin En back to the Purple Gold Flower, and then begin to try to stop everything in her own way.

If she succeeds, everyone will be happy. If she fails... at least then, in the distant Purple Gold Flower Empire, there will be a thriving seed left for Fire Rose and Bayer.

And because the seed was heartbroken, she would not seek revenge for her unworthy homeland and family, but would live happily. That was enough.

But........

Hedwig couldn't help but look at Lynn, then slowly lowered her head and smiled.

That was not a bitter smile of enlightenment, but a smile of happiness.

Because, when she saw that furious soul like a dragon or a lion stand up and overturn the table at the gathering of the crown princes, she knew that she had won the bet.

Only such an angry, unruly and powerful soul can turn the rumor into reality. Only such a descendant of the disaster dragon who roars at the gods as in myths and legends can fight for a glimmer of hope for this precarious country.

She won over Lin En, she constantly created a sense of crisis for the two of them, she hinted to Lin En that there was another ring here, and gave him one test after another and new power, until everything was revealed.

Everything is saved.

Of course, there were some minor changes and episodes in the process.

"Originally, everything was going well."

Hedwig sighed.

"originally?"

Lynn asked.

"Yes, originally,"

Hedwig sighed.

Not small ones, but too many surprises.

"For example, Your Highness Lynn, I underestimated you. You actually realized everything in advance and realized that the winner was Hedwig, not Lilistia. And Historia... my lovely little sister, she was really stupid. She was deceived from beginning to end, but she was really great. She actually recognized her sister just by intuition... Why, why... didn't you let Hedwig, as a pure villain, just... die like this?"

The silver-haired princess' voice was choked with sobs, and Historia threw herself into her arms, sobbing.

The onlookers' eyes also turned red, and sobbing sounds were heard from the crowd. Quevedo pursed his lips tightly, and Butler Carl lowered his head and silently wiped his silver-rimmed glasses.

Celitia looked at the biggest "opponent" in her eyes. At this moment, she finally realized that they were not at the same level and she was far behind him.

It is hard to imagine what kind of perseverance this girl, who looks about the same age as me, relied on to defeat the demon with thousands of souls.

How she played the role of the evil ghost destined to destroy her hometown, deceiving everyone and everyone, and getting through day after day.

Does she dare to sleep at night?

Does she still have sweet dreams?

No, there should be.

It is even about to happen now.

In her beautiful dream, she was the big devil who was the source of all disasters. She was surrounded by people, judged, and died in curses.

And now, her dream is about to come true.

Although it was not amidst the public's curse, the death she expected was about to come.

A fanatical savior, the most wonderful actor, a liar who even deceived fate.

The source of all this crisis, and one of the main culprits that almost destroyed Rose City.

The heart ring is not Lilistia, but Hedwige Byer, and she will usher in the last chapter before the end.

Chapter of Judgment.

"May Mother of Mercy guide this holy soul."

Celitia and Martina made a blessing sign together, put their hands on their hearts and bowed their heads slightly.

Seeing Lin En taking steps and gradually approaching Hedwig, Historia finally couldn't bear it anymore, rushed forward, blocked between the two, pulled Lin En's arm, and begged:

"Woo woo, scumbag, please, please, you must have another way, right? You must have a way to change that broken prophecy without killing Sister Hedwig, right?"

"Your Highness Lin En, please don't kill Her Highness Hedwig. She shouldn't have such an ending!"

"There must be another way. There must be another way. We have already won once. We can definitely rely on our own strength and fight against the prophecy!"

Everyone was praying, except Hedwig, who just looked past everyone else and looked at Lynn.

Hedwig, who inherited everything from Lilistia, knew the absoluteness of the prophecy of destruction, because it was not a peek into the future, but a direct creation of the future. Unless the ring that carried the power of destiny died, it would never be changed.

She believed Lynn knew it too.

However, she saw a trace of helplessness and astonishment on Lin En's face:

"Huh? When did I ever say I wanted to kill Her Highness Hedwig?"

Historia raised her head stiffly:?

Everyone:? ? ? ?

Even Hedwig herself was stunned: "Your Highness Lin En, what did you say?"

Lynn smiled bitterly:

"It is true that the prophecy will only be lifted when the ring that participated in the destruction prophecy dies. However, have you forgotten that the ring that participated in the prophecy is not just Her Highness Hedwig."

Everyone:..........

It seems to be true.

If you think about it carefully, compared to Hedwig, the "pig teammate" who looks diligent on the surface but is actually slacking off and even helping the opponent to build power, from any angle, the other handsome guy with the destiny character who always claims that this is not his home court but uses all kinds of dirty tricks and attacks to death is more like the real big boss.

With the joint efforts of the four Fire Kings, every time the Serpent of Fate, which is the ring directly involved in the destruction of the prophecy, "dies", the predicted future will be rewritten.

Once or twice, just faintly.

Thousands and thousands of times, it will completely reverse the inevitable future.

This time, I really have to thank a certain guy for taking the blame, otherwise, Hedwig would really be rude to death.

Thank you, Serpent of Fate!

"Then what are you going to do with such a dangerous sword!!!"

Historia collapsed.

"Well, if there is something wrong, there is something wrong."

Lynn coughed lightly, stepped over Historia, and slashed through the air.

In the eyes of others, it seemed as if nothing had happened, but in the world of Lynn and Hedwig, an "unequal" contract connecting the two had been ruthlessly severed with this sword.

Through arcane communication, Lin En's voice echoed directly in Hedwell's ears:

"That slave contract should be one of the last trump cards you prepared for us to kill you. Now that everything is over, it is naturally no longer needed."

"what......."

Hedwig's lips slightly opened, looking a little surprised.

So, the purpose of this sword is for this?

Can't you change the occasion and method? You are such a self-centered and reckless prince.

Big tears rolled down from her eyes.

It turns out that I don’t have to die anymore. Being alive is actually pretty good.

"However, in order to make me seem less inexplicable, please continue to cooperate."

Lynn's voice rang out again.

Then, the sword that severed the contract between the two of them was placed on Hedwig's shoulder and tapped lightly three times.

"In the name of Prince Flame Flower, with the permission of the fifth generation Flame King Rudolf, I would like to confer upon you, Her Highness Hedwig, that until the 30th Flame King, Her Highness Historia, grows up to be able to carry the country, you will be asked to maintain the country for her in the name of the eldest princess and regent of the empire for the time being."