A Fortune-telling Princess - Chapter 194

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Accustomed to the sight of the two of them, Jewela quietly savored the snacks Laila had brought.
‘Do they really find that entertaining?’
She couldn’t fathom why they got so worked up over such things when they were constantly glued to Camilla’s side every single day.
‘Hmm, that one turned out well.’
I should ask for a copy of that print myself.
Before long, Jewela too had begun examining the photographs alongside them.
“This would make a wonderful gift for Arshian Sefra.”
“What? Who? Why would you give that to him?”
“Arshian Sefra collects Camilla memorabilia as well.”
“That’s ridiculous! Why him? We’re giving this to our Older Brother.”
“…Petro?”
Laila’s brow furrowed slightly.
“Why would Petro have that?”
“Don’t you think Camilla and our Older Brother would make a good match?”
“Not at all.”
Elisha found herself momentarily flustered by Laila’s firm response, so unlike her usual gentle demeanor.
She fumbled to express her own opinion toward Laila.
“Why? You said our Older Brother was fine before.”
“That was when I didn’t know him well.”
“What’s wrong with our Older Brother?”
“Petro is absolutely not an option. How could we trust someone who flirts with every woman he meets to be with our Camilla?”
“F-Flirts?! When did our Older Brother ever do that! If anything, Arshian Sefra—that man is absolutely out of the question! Such a bastard… anyway, I’m against it! Completely against it!”
“He’s more affectionate toward Camilla than anyone else.”
“Our Older Brother is incredibly kind to Camilla too!”
“That’s precisely the problem. He’s kind to everyone, not just Camilla! Such a flirt… it’s absolutely impossible.”
“That’s so unfair!”
“You know what.”
Jewela, who had been quietly listening to their exchange, interjected casually.
Besides the two they were discussing, there was another person who had been hovering around Camilla quite persistently for some time now.
“What about Crown Prince Edsen?”
“That man is absolutely out of the question!”
“That man is absolutely out of the question!”
…My ears are going to burst.
As if they hadn’t just been bickering, the two of them shrieked in unison.
Then, as though that man wasn’t even worth mentioning further, they immediately resumed their debate over Arshian and Petro.
Seeing the endless argument show no signs of stopping, Jewela quietly interjected once more.
“But does Camilla really have to be in a relationship with someone?”
“….”
“….”
“Isn’t she too precious to pair with anyone?”
Both of them froze at those words.
Laila and Elisha, who had been silently regarding each other, suddenly sparkled with realization, as though they’d grasped something monumentally important.
“You’re right. There’s no reason to attach our Camilla to some worthless fool like that.”
“Exactly. And no reason to attach her to someone like our Older Brother, who simpers at everyone.”
“Should we finish looking at these?”
“Yes.”
Clap!
Laila and Elisha lightly clasped hands and resumed evaluating the printed images as though they’d never quarreled at all.
“My goodness! Aren’t they absolutely adorable?”
“I know! Would you like to see this one too? It’s my most treasured….”
Watching the two of them squeal with delight, Jewela simply chewed her snack quietly.
Well, this had been going on for days now, so she’d long since accepted it.
“….”
“….”
Meanwhile, there were others quietly listening to the conversation of these three women from a distance.
“…Should we kill them?”
“She’s my sister. They all know her face anyway.”
“That’s why people call you a simperer.”
“Shut your mouth, you worthless fool.”
It was Arsian and Petro.
The two who had come seeking Camilla found themselves standing awkwardly at a distance, unable to approach her.
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“Hey, what’s wrong with you?”
“Camilla?”
It was a rare occasion when the family gathered to drink tea together.
Ludvil and Ravi, who had been waiting to drink the tea Camilla had brewed herself, and Duke Sorpel all widened their eyes.
“…!”
“Hey!”
She’d seemed anxious all this time, and finally something had happened.
Water spilled from the teacup, flowing toward Camilla, who continued pouring with a vacant expression.
“Oh!”
She finally came to her senses and tried to rise hastily from her seat, but Ludvil beside her moved faster.
“Are you alright?”
“Older Brother! Your arm!”
Ludvil had blocked the flowing water with his arm—and not cold water, but scalding hot water at that.
Camilla quickly examined his arm.
“What a reckless thing to do.”
Ravi clicked his tongue briefly and immediately cast magic to cool Ludvil’s arm.
“Even modern romance novels don’t depict such things. People mock it as outdated.”
What would happen if a knight carelessly damaged his arm like that!
Fortunately, confirming that he hadn’t suffered any burns, he let out a sigh and shook his head lightly.
I couldn’t understand why someone normally so composed would charge headlong into danger the moment Camilla was involved.
“This guy’s reflexes are better than expected. He would’ve dodged it fine on his own, so don’t be so permissive. It’ll spoil him.”
“You too….”
“Pardon?”
“I wouldn’t mind if you got a little spoiled too.”
“What…?”
“I wish your habits would get a little worse too.”
Ravi’s eyes widened slightly as he finished drying Ludvil’s clothes with magic.
“I could do things like this for you anytime.”
“What are you saying right now….”
Did I mishear something?
“You’re my sibling too, after all.”
“….”
At those matter-of-fact words, Ravi’s eyes wavered ceaselessly. What on earth was he saying!
His face flushed slightly as he panicked over what to do, and he ultimately turned his attention toward Camilla.
“Hey! Where’s your mind at!”
“Sorry.”
But Ravi couldn’t help but be taken aback by Camilla’s response.
This wasn’t right. She would never react this way.
“Are you hurt somewhere?”
“What? Even when you apologize, I….”
Camilla, about to voice her complaint, swallowed her words upon seeing Duke Sorpel.
“Is something wrong?”
Duke Sorpel asked with concern as well. He too had been noticing how she seemed absent-minded since earlier.
“It’s just….”
A short sigh escaped from Camilla’s lips. Lately, I’d been preoccupied with one thought, unable to focus properly on anything else.
I could barely sleep at night. Because of that day, which haunted me every time I closed my eyes.
‘The Mirror of Truth… My younger sibling was the Mirror of Truth.’
Ever since hearing Dorman’s story, my heart had been in great turmoil. It was an answer I never could have anticipated.
It was shocking that the Mirror of Truth was actually a person, and it was equally startling to learn that during the time Dorman was human, his younger sibling had been the Mirror of Truth.
‘My sibling was the Mirror of Truth?’
‘Yes. Mars, I helped that person from up close.’
‘So you knew everything from the start? Starting with Lania, that those who attacked the Jebillen Family were from the Eba Cult, or rather, you’d have known since the Hunting Competition, right? You were there too. Those beings that wouldn’t die even when killed.’
‘Yes, I recognized them immediately.’
‘But you didn’t say a word to me.’
‘That’s… if I interfere too deeply in human affairs, additional penalties are imposed, making it harder to restore my position. I had no choice.’
‘Then what about now? Why are you telling me now?’
‘Ha, well….’
I felt a slight irritation knowing that he had watched from the sidelines as I became entangled with them through various incidents, yet said nothing all this time.
But since it was for the sake of reinstatement, I had nothing particularly to say.
‘Right, reinstatement is important.’
Though I lost my lifetime position because of someone.
‘Still, he did get his hands stained with Reaper blood for me, didn’t he?’
Recalling how he’d gone to considerable trouble in his own way, I decided to let it slide.
Of course, it was a bit strange that he suddenly decided to reveal the truth now.
After singing that song about reinstatement, reinstatement, why did his heart suddenly change?
‘Even though I kept pushing him to tell me everything I knew.’
He could have just kept playing dumb.
In any case, what Dorman said next made it impossible for me to stay angry.
‘I too had my body stolen by members of the Eba Cult.’
‘What?’
‘My younger brother was eventually captured and killed by the Eba Cult members. His soul was even annihilated, so he wasn’t even guided by the Reapers.’
After becoming a Reaper, he looked into his brother who had died long before, only to discover then that his soul had never been recovered.
‘The Eba Cult thoroughly prevented the Mirror of Truth from ever appearing in this world again.’
‘How?’
‘They possess the sacred object—no, the relic—that announces when the Mirror of Truth is born into the world.’
‘A relic?’
Whenever the Mirror of Truth appeared in the world, the Eba Cult would find the child first and eliminate them.
Not once had a child ever been born safely, escaping their eyes.
‘Then the Mirror of Truth doesn’t exist in this world?’
‘….’
After a long pause, Dorman only offered a faint smile to Camilla’s question, giving no proper answer.
Watching him like that, Camilla couldn’t press for an answer or ask anything further.
‘His eyes were speaking for him.’
That old wound from so long ago still remained as pain.
Was it because they were family?
‘If my brother’s soul wasn’t even saved… then it’s natural for it to become a wound?’
Camilla lifted her head and gazed anew at the three people sitting before her.
She thought she understood Dorman’s feelings a little.
“Sigh.”
Another long sigh escaped her lips. Was it because she was concerned about Dorman’s wound?
‘No. We’re not that kind of people.’
Then was it because she couldn’t find the Mirror of Truth?
‘That’s even less likely.’
Camilla’s eyes grew vacant again.
‘This is maddening.’
Dorman’s final words—that was the problem.
‘The Mirror of Truth… my brother was able to precisely distinguish those whose bodies were forcibly stolen by members of the Eba Cult.’
‘How?’
‘My younger brother was able to read the true name.’
‘True name?’
‘He could see the true name of the one who had stolen the body.’
‘Is that what the Mirror of Truth does for everyone?’
‘No. The Mirror of Truth uses slightly different methods for each person to distinguish Eba Cult members. What they have in common is… they were all able to see what others could not.’
‘So they could identify those whose bodies had been stolen.’
And they could see what others couldn’t? No matter how many times I turned that statement over in my mind, I arrived at the same conclusion.
‘That means…’
I knew those around me would be concerned, but this time I simply couldn’t maintain my composure.
‘It seems like it might be me.’

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