When I returned to Eurose Castle, it was already evening.
Seeing me enter Alexis’s room, the three older brothers got up.
“...Why aren’t you in the brothers’ room but here?”
“Well, you never come to our room!”
Despite crashing in without the owner’s permission, she was very confident.
“...You know that’s nonsense, right?”
“I know!”
“...Good.”
If she didn’t know that, it would have been a big problem.
I gathered the documents on the table and asked.
“Are you going to stay here?”
“If you’re here.”
“Well, I won’t be around now, so go back.”
At that, Balzac brightened as if hearing good news.
“Is it over now?”
“I’m just going to the capital for a bit. Can I use Joshua’s teleportation stone a little more?”
Joshua nodded as he put down his teacup.
“That’s fine, but what for in the capital?”
“Yeah, I’m just going to buy some Blessed Land.”
When I said that brightly, the brothers paused.
“...What?”
“Huh?”
“...?”
Han Jihyeok and Alexis sighed deeply.
It seemed absurd to them, as if I said I was just going to the store for snacks.
After a long silence, Balzac asked.
“Is ‘Blessed Land’ a new product? A magic tool?”
“No. I mean the Blessed Land itself.”
Then Joshua forced a smile and asked.
“Blessed Land isn’t something you can easily buy, Erilot.”
“I know!”
“Existing owners never sell, and if any were for sale, the price would be astronomical.”
“Yeah.”
“How can you just ‘buy’ that for a short trip?”
I knew it was difficult.
“But I need Blessed Land.”
The real Blessed Land.
Hera Levija, formerly of the 36th Central Wonhwa, said the energy from real Blessed Land could heal any disease as long as you lived.
As I prepared the teleportation blessing stone, Alexis came closer.
“The gentlemen are right. How do you intend to find Blessed Land?”
“I have a way.”
“What?”
Even if no one else did, I had a way.
“Because I have the blessing that lets me know everything in the world.”
“Follow me, Han Jihyeok.”
“Y-yes...”
Han Jihyeok approached with a very tired face.
I activated the blessing stone and waved my hand at the brothers and Alexis.
“Wait, Erilot!”
“Eri—”
Before my brothers could finish speaking, my vision brightened and my body floated.
When I opened my eyes again, I was somewhere completely different.
Han Jihyeok staggered and held his forehead.
“Teleportation blessing stones are convenient, but you get terribly dizzy on arrival...”
“That’s because you don’t properly protect your body with mana.”
“Do you think I’m a noble? How would I know how to use mana to protect myself?”
Han Jihyeok grumbled, holding his forehead.
“People with blessings don’t realize how great an ability that is.”
“There are mages among commoners without blessings. I didn’t say to learn mana control, just that you should at least have protective magic tools.”
“Carrying so many things every time... but where are we?”
Han Jihyeok looked around.
Everything was dark.
Like ghosts could jump out from anywhere.
He clung tightly to me with a nervous face.
“We weren’t going to the mansion?”
“No. And don’t stick so close. It’s hard to walk.”
“You brought monsters properly, right? To protect us in emergencies? Right?”
Such a coward.
When I looked at him with disdain, Han Jihyeok narrowed his eyes.
“I told you. Monsters with blessings don’t understand ordinary people’s feelings.”
Han Jihyeok glanced around cautiously.
“This place looks familiar...”
“Of course. It’s a place you come to at least once a year.”
“Huh?”
“This is near the Blessed Land I own.”
Saying that, I strode out of the forest.
As soon as we left the woods, a familiar scene appeared.
A shabby place without a single streetlamp.
It was near the Blessed Land I bought and carefully raised the price for when I was three.
Han Jihyeok groaned.
“This place is getting more deserted.”
“Of course.”
This was basically a shantytown, so there was no inn nearby.
But because of rumors about the Blessed Land, land prices soared without development.
Poor people couldn’t live here, and the rich couldn’t bear to live here—an ironic place.
“Don’t you feel sorry for the people who lived here?”
Han Jihyeok said, looking at me like I was a villain.
“Why? The people who lived here left after getting huge money.”
It was almost life-changing money.
“Then I feel sorry for the neighborhood. No people.”
“You care even about inanimate things? Impressive.”
“We never lose an argument, anyway.”
Han Jihyeok and I exchanged trivial words as we entered a nearly ruined church.
‘It’s been a while.’
This was the Blessed Land I discovered before my regression.
Han Jihyeok looked around with a very frightened face.
“Why exactly are we here?”
“To confirm if this is the real Blessed Land, and if not, to find the real one.”
“What?”
He looked like he had no idea what I was talking about.
“They say there are real and fake Blessed Lands.”
“You told me that last time. So?”
“If this is real, when I open the ‘root’, even light wounds will heal instantly. If fake, it will at least strengthen blessings.”
“...You don’t mean...”
“Yes, if it’s fake, I’ll find the real Blessed Land using my enhanced blessing.”
Han Jihyeok frowned.
“Even using level 1 , you almost die. It could be dangerous.”
“It’s like getting a gem from the wilderness wizard. You have to accept some risk.”
I said to Han Jihyeok as we walked toward the center of the Blessed Land.
“The center is said to be under the broken statue.”
When we arrived at the center, I said.
“Okay, I’m opening the root.”
Han Jihyeok held the communication stone in case of emergency.
He had already input my father’s code.
‘He’s always so prepared.’
I smiled slightly and poured mana into the center of the land.
Because is such a tremendous blessing, it’s not that I lack mana.
As Dad’s daughter, I’m confident in mana reserves.
But no matter how much mana I poured, nothing happened.
‘What is this?’
In the Lily Garden, the root started as soon as I sent a little mana.
Is this not Blessed Land?
‘No, Han Jihyeok said he confirmed through the shrine...’
While I was thinking that, suddenly—
Flash—!!
A tremendous light poured out like a fountain.
A sensation like my whole body was being disintegrated washed over me.
“Ugh!”
“Ah—!!”
Han Jihyeok and I staggered, shielding our eyes with our arms.
The power was incomparable to the Lily Garden.
‘I see.’
The Lily Garden’s root opened nearly every year.
But my Blessed Land had remained sealed for a long time.
That’s why such enormous power ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) surged forth.
I felt like a balloon filled with air, about to burst.
“This is bad! I have to push the power away!”
Han Jihyeok is an ordinary person unaffected by mana, so it’s dangerous only for me.
“I have to cast a blessing... to release the mana!”
I hurriedly cast the blessing.
But at that moment...!”
“Erilot!”
Han Jihyeok screamed.
Crack—crackling!
With a breaking sound, the world shook violently.
My vision blurred, and my feet floated in midair.
My waist bent like a bow, and my head felt like it would explode.
[“Where did Erilot go?”]
[“Isn’t it the capital mansion?”]
[Balzac sat cross-legged on the tea table with a sulky face.]
[“Bad manners, Balzac.”]
[At Richmond’s words, Balzac glanced at Alexis.]
[“Do you think so?”]
[“Wouldn’t it be?”]
[Balzac suddenly got up.]
Letters swirled wildly in my mind.
The wound on my cheek wouldn’t heal.
‘This means it’s fake Blessed Land.’
[“Lord Daymond...!”]
[At the woman’s words, Daymond Astra stopped walking.]
[Turning, he saw a woman in a teal dress staring pale-faced at him.]
[“I know it’s burdensome. I know this will make Lord Daymond dislike me. But still...”]
[“...”]
[“If I don’t express this feeling, I think my heart will burst. I hate and dislike myself for this...”]
[“So.”]
[“...I love you.”]
[Only he was reflected in her wet eyes.]
My head... ah, it felt like it would burst...!
‘Dad...!’
[Daymond flinched and turned around.]
[The woman who grabbed his collar approached sobbing.]
[“Please, give me a chance...”]
[“...”]
[Daymond, who averted his gaze, pushed the woman away harshly and started running.]
[“Lord Daymond...!”]
[The woman hugged his back and spoke, but Daymond roughly shoved her off.]
[“If you want it so badly, why don’t you get a number and wait?”]
[A number?]
[Where would one get that?]
[“L-Lord Daymond! Lord Daymond!”]
[The woman watched Daymond’s hurried back.]
[Ah, even his back was so beautifully chilling, my wolf.]
[Unaware that the woman’s aides waiting behind were fed up to the bone...]
Dad has a party tonight.
From the description, it’s night.
‘This is what’s happening now!’
[Empress Ocealia fiddled with her teacup.]
[The empress dowager stared silently at Empress Ocealia fiddling with her cup.]
[“So, what business brought you to me?”]
[“That child is too good for the duke’s illegitimate son.”]
[“You mean the Western Wonhwa?”]
[“If Your Majesty helps, she might become our prince’s partner.”]
What nonsense is this woman spouting again?
Anyway, she’s the chief when it comes to useless matters...
‘Ugh! My head!’
Show me something useful instead of this damn blessing!
[Isiron Manor.]
[Adelric Isiron, sitting across from his vassal, was furious.]
[“So you’re saying you can’t provide the money?!”]
[“The head of the family has blocked all assets under the young master’s name. In this situation, how could we...”]
[Excited Adelric threw the ashtray at the vassal.]
[Clang! The sharp sound echoed as the ashtray smashed against the wall, shattering.]
[The vassal, nearly hit on the head, flinched and shrank his shoulders.]
[“M-My lord...!”]
[“I am the eldest son of Isiron. The eldest heir of the Isiron family!”]
[“But the head of the family...”]
[“Idiots! Whether you sell or mortgage the house, you should have raised the money!”]
[Adelric Isiron ran his trembling hand through his hair.]
[The final deadline from Manin Finance was tomorrow morning.]
[The usurious loans for buying medicine and alcohol kept growing, tightening his neck.]
[If this issue came to light amid already being out of favor with his father, his succession chances would shrink.]
[‘That filthy illegitimate son might become the heir.’]
[All I had was a worthless piece of land left by my deceased mother.]
[‘Damn. She should’ve left something useful...!’]
Nervously biting his nails, Adelric didn’t know—
That the land left by his late mother—
Was connected to one of the few celestial realms in the empire, an immense asset known in this timeline as Blessed Land.
Seven years later, he would find out.
‘That’s it!’
That must be the Blessed Land.
‘Connected to the celestial realm?’
What on earth could that mean?
‘Anyway, hurry and get Adelric’s land...’
I tried to stop the mana surge but felt strange.
“Erilot?”
“Ah... ugh, uhgg...”
Han Jihyeok ran to me, pale as death.
“Hey, Erilot...”
Just as Han Jihyeok reached out to touch me, an enormous spark erupted.
“Aah!”
“W-what’s wrong? Are you okay? Huh?”
Han Jihyeok didn’t seem to feel it.
I groaned as if breaking.
“...D-don’t touch me, you bastard...!”
I feel like I’m dying!
“T-then how do you want me to lower it?”
“Ah, Alex, tell Sis to cut the blessing. Quickly, qu-quick...!”
If she copies the blessing with her <Ruler’s Majesty>, she can sever it.
‘I’m in so much pain...!’
Han Jihyeok hastily erased the code he had input.
Then he looked at me with a start.
“What was Alexis’s code again?”
“Lee’s...!”
“Ah! Oh, I remember. Yeah!”
While Han Jihyeok entered the code, I forced myself to release mana.
“Stop it! Stop it!”
Seeing that my wounds wouldn’t heal, this was fake Blessed Land.
‘Then how incredible must the real Blessed Land be?’
Just as I was sulking—
[You really don’t know fear.]
I heard a voice directly in my mind.
‘Sailon’s voice?’
I gasped sharply as a huge translucent cloth began falling from the ceiling.
As the cloth wrapped around me, the surroundings twisted and I was pulled into a strange scene.
[Erilot.]
A man with a sweet high voice reached out his hand to me.
I instinctively grabbed it and quickly looked around.
‘Huh?’
“What, what is this?”
“What’s wrong? Get up quickly!”
Another man frowned and shouted.
The man with the sweet voice smiled faintly and patted my head.
“You must be confused.”
Yes, I was confused.
Because this was not a place I knew, surrounded by strangers.
Even the reflection in the wall mirror was someone else.
‘Ah, could this be it?’
“Am I watching my past life...?”
Usually, it’s like this.
I must have been an incredibly important person.
‘Could I be a god’s sibling or something...?’
While I sighed deeply, someone walking between the men grabbed my nose sharply.
“Ahk!”
“God’s sibling, my foot.”
“Sa-Sailon?”