Red Dragon Threat Eliminated

The Primal Witch did not immediately fly into a rampage and attack. After such a long time, she had indeed become capable of controlling her magic. Though she had constantly shifted between life and death and ten thousand years had passed, her magic had continued to grow during that time. Perhaps it had already stabilized.

"Carlos... is he still alive?" The Primal Witch looked at him pleadingly, with not a trace of resentment toward Carlos visible in her eyes.

"No." Mel shook his head. "It was the death ordained by the gods. He couldn't avoid it."

"Did he say anything before that? Did he marry other women?"

"He probably had many women, though most of those relationships were likely out of necessity. When he died, only I was by his side," Mel answered seriously.

Carlos II's relationship with Carlos seemed not to have been particularly harmonious. Power had passed into Carlos II's hands early on, so when Carlos neared the end of his life, he had not summoned anyone else before him. There was nothing left for him to instruct them to do.

Mel did not know what Carlos's later years had been like. After all, he had been the emperor of a nation, and the fact that he had been able to hand power over to the crown prince so early already set him apart from the vast majority of emperors.

Most emperors wanted to take their power into the grave with them. They would never let go before death.

As the Primal Witch listened, she began to weep softly. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, as though they were emotions she had suppressed for a long time. If she could have remained by Carlos's side, Carlos probably would not have suffered so much.

She could already