Fighting you is like being in jail.

I opened it out of curiosity, only to find the text inside seemingly randomly arranged. If I didn't know the truth, I would have thought it was just a poorly written book.

What should we do with this?

to whom?

By the way, Lady Tribes might be able to understand it.

With that in mind, Rem picked up the book of prophecy and walked out of the study, intending to open the library herself.

They couldn't get in at all, so they had to run to find Kazuma Sato to help them open the door.

Click.

The moment the door opened, Cui Bisi's voice rang out.

"Can't you ask someone to open the door for you when you go to the bathroom?!"

"This time it really isn't, Rem is looking for you."

Kazuma Sato quickly explained.

"Ok?"

Tribes looked up curiously and saw Rem respectfully walk in, carrying a black book in her hand.

"What do you want with Betty?"

"Lady Asbess, this belongs to Lord Roswaal. I don't know what to do with it, so... I thought of you."

Rem handed over the book of prophecy and said respectfully.

"Alright, leave it to me."

Tribes nodded and took the book of prophecy. She knew what it was the moment she saw it, and she was also very curious about what was inside.

"If there's nothing else, you can leave now."

After receiving the book, she unceremoniously saw the guest out.

"What an annoying brat, how can he be so arrogant?"

Kazuma Sato left cursing, and Rem bowed and followed him away.

After the two closed the door, Tribes opened the prophecy book and found it filled with writing, while her own prophecy book was completely blank.

"This is not good! Why don't I get anything? Mother, you're so biased!"

She complained unhappily, full of grievances.

Then she discovered that Roswaal's prophecy mentioned someone, someone who had returned with Emilia, and that this was the person Roswaal was waiting for.

But... two people came back with Emilia.

Eh?

The prediction went wrong?

No! It's just that the time wasn't right; the people he was waiting for weren't Simmel and Frilian.

But... what happened before...

Tribes looked at the book of prophecy in her hand in astonishment, feeling incredulous. The book of prophecy had never had any problems before, but now it had.

In other words, the prophecy is inaccurate?

Does that mean my own prophecy book is also inaccurate?

If that's the case... why would Mother give me the book?

If it's not a book of prophecy...

Suddenly, she recalled the look in Echidna's eyes when she left, an emotion she didn't recognize.

It's as if...like...a mixture of curiosity, anticipation, and something else...

"No! No! Mother wouldn't lie to me... Something must be wrong."

She sensed something was wrong and opened her prophecy book in horror, only to find it empty.

"Hey, Tribes. Want to go for a walk together?"

Suddenly, Frilian opened the door and peeked in, looking at Tribes.

"No, Betty is busy right now."

Asbess looked down at her prophecy book, her eyes widening as she felt a strong sense of obsession.

She didn't even notice Frilian approaching. Just then, Frilian looked at the two books of prophecy and asked curiously:

"What kind of magic book is this?"

"Um!?"

Tribes looked up abruptly at Frilian, her face filled with shock and astonishment. She was surprised at when Frilian had approached.

"let me see?"

"No."

"Hey? Please, I've always been curious about what kind of magic book you've been hiding."

"Hmph! I won't show you."

Tribes turned her head away immediately, clutching the two books of prophecy and refusing to let him see them.

This upset Frillie, who looked at her pitifully, "What will it take for me to see it?"

"They won't let us see it no matter what."

"I'm not reconciled..."

"I won't give it to you even if I'm unwilling!"

"Hey……"

Frillie couldn't persuade Tribes otherwise, so she had no choice but to give up and obediently sit to the side, picking up other books to read.

Just then, Tribeca suddenly asked:

"Frilian, do you think prophecies are always accurate?"

"I don't know. I can't use divination magic, but I've heard that others can. Besides, what difference does the accuracy make to someone who knows nothing? I don't really care if a prophecy comes true; after all, are prophecies always accurate?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know much about the magic of prophecy, but when two people who can prophesy at the same time make a prophecy about the same thing, will their prophecy result after they have participated or not? If the two of them each hold a different view and participate in the matter, what will the final prophecy result be?"

"In the end, we'll probably have to judge the outcome based on the final combat strength of both sides, right?"

"That's roughly the idea. So here's the question. The victor is the one who changes the prophecy, and the loser is the one who cannot change the prophecy. So, do you think this prophecy can be changed?"

"..."

"Then the losing side predicts the weaknesses of the winning side and uses them to win. The winning side will then predict its own defeat and use that to prepare for it. In this way, the two sides will be entangled in a constant cycle of predictions until the final victory. No one knows what the limits of prediction will be."

Tribess fell silent at this answer; it was exactly the prediction of Schrödinger and quantum entanglement.

"So, I feel that there's absolutely no need for someone like me who knows nothing about this to think about it. I might as well do what I want to do, since the future is unknown for everyone anyway."

Chapter 257 Madam, you don't want anything to happen to Emilia, do you?

"..."

After hearing Frillie's words, Tribes was reluctant to believe them, but the more she thought about it, the more convinced she became.

Prophecy is actually not important at all.

"Tsuibisi, let's forget about the prophecy. Why don't we go outside and take a look?"

Frillie interrupted Betty's thoughts and said calmly, but her eyes were still on the magic book in her hand. She was very curious about the magic here, as it was a completely different system.

"No, Betty doesn't want to go outside. None of those guys are worth Betty's attention."

"Then... come with me to go outside and have a look?"

"Hmph! If you beg me."

"I beg you."

"Alright, Betty will reluctantly agree."

At least now Tribes knows that instead of dwelling on prophecies, it's better to look at other things.

She sat on the sofa and secretly sized up Frillie, only to find that the guy was completely unmoved and showed no intention of leaving.

"Didn't you say you were going to take Betty out? Why aren't you moving?"

"Huh? Let me finish reading this magic book first."

Frilian stared intently at the book in her hands.

"Hey! You said you'd take Betty out, but you didn't do a single thing yourself!"

"I see."

Frilian felt like she was taking a nap. She silently put down the magic book in her hand, and with an elf-like expression, pulled Tribes out of the library, walking step by step towards the location of Simmel and the others.

She never understood why Tribes cared so much about the prophecy, but it was still pretty good to see Tribes able to go out.

……

After the funeral ended and the others left one by one.

In the capital, Leng Chang sat in the restaurant, enjoying his meal with an expectant smile on his face.

"Hehehehehe, everything is ready now. The White Whale, Sloth, Lust, and Wrath are all under my control. Once the White Whale dies, Greed and Avarice will take the stage, and then I can wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"

"And next is... hee--! To end Emilia's foolish and naive election!"

"Sparashi! Sparashi!"

Just then, in the seat opposite Leng Chang, a tall woman with long white hair, purple eyes, and her whole body wrapped in bandages and draped in a wide cloak sat down, her bandaged legs crossed together.

She is the embodiment of anger, Sirius Romani-Conti.

However, her true identity is Fortuna, Emilia's adoptive mother.

She had gone mad for some reason, but Leng Chang brought her back to life. However, the main reason was that her anger could easily cause mass deaths. In order to control the death situation, he simply saved her first and then used her boyfriend Jus's treatment as a condition to control the situation.

The Wrathful Priest's power is to control people through sound, and anyone controlled will share the damage caused by that person.

Simply put, if I kill a passerby, anyone who hears my voice will die at the same time, just like the dead passerby. My voice even has the ability to hypnotize and share emotions.

If not handled properly, it could result in the deaths of many, and if given a megaphone, she might wipe out the entire world.

Now she sits opposite Leng Chang, gazing wistfully at the view outside the shop window.

"Four hundred years have passed, I never expected things to turn out like this..."

Her voice was filled with melancholy as she rested her chin on her hand and glanced sideways at Leng Chang, who was eating.

Recalling when Leng Chang found her before, although she didn't know what had happened, she felt something was wrong when she came to her senses. She learned a lot of things from Leng Chang.

His memories as a priest of rage are hazy, as he is no longer mentally stable.

"Is there anything you're unhappy about? As long as you behave well, a bright future will soon be coming."

Leng Chang ate his steak, looked up at the melancholy Sirius, and didn't care at all.

In response, Sirius said seriously, "Although I don't know your purpose, you should understand that I will not allow you to harm Jules and Emilia."

"Leaving aside Jules, you can't do anything without me in his current state. And then there's Emilia, Mrs. Sirius. You don't want anything to happen to Emilia, do you? Hehehehehe!"

"You bastard! Don't even think about laying a hand on Emilia!"

"You should worry about Emilia instead of me taking action. She has no common sense and is ostracized by the world. She forced herself to participate in the election, but no one genuinely helped her. This kind of thing is too much for her. No one is even willing to teach her. She just relies on her stupidity and recklessness."

Leng Chang pouted in despair and complained, but it didn't matter, because her best teacher and family had come.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Sirius clenched her bandaged hand tightly, so tightly that it trembled.

"I need to leave for a bit..."