So Albert left Glass Island, and the old queen never sent anyone to bring him back—perhaps Sofia was even worried that Albert might lead Isabel astray.
It was precisely for this reason that, with only three of her direct children remaining—Andrew, who had already taken over part of the government; Albert, who was traveling abroad; and two-year-old Prince John—she directly allowed Isabel, who had only recently become an Extraordinary and was still on the Path of Beauty, to inherit the throne.
Yet Yanis taught Isabel almost no "inheritance" involving extraordinary power. Instead, she had constantly been laying her foundation.
Before Isabel reached adulthood, Yanis had not even given her a single skill—even the Grand Guardian had taught his underage son many skills.
It was as though she had deliberately preserved Isabel as a blank slate with a solid foundation.
Perhaps that was why she was not particularly anxious about the royal family's curse, and remained so calm. Yet after enough of her children had died, she could not help herself. She said that if they left Glass Island, the curse would not follow them—that was what Isabel had written in her Death Diary.
The old queen had probably seen some kind of future.
She had even given Isabel the only necklace capable of resisting the curse, Isolde's Tears, long in advance.
In that future, the Shadow of Avalon Ritual had not been corrupted. That was why she firmly believed that the never-before-activated Shadow of Avalon Ritual would function normally and bring about the result she wanted.
Thus Lancelot successfully descended upon Avalon, while Isabel became...
"...A god."
Sherlock murmured in a low voice as well. "Once you become a god, you no longer need any political aptitude. In fact... if you understand too many authoritarian ideas, they may instead contaminate