If there were such a timeline.
Suppose this was the true historical timeline.
The Plant Empire reached its peak after a miraculous victory that seemed blessed by heaven.
An age of peace had arrived.
All the promises had been fulfilled.
But the heart of Black Sun Lan Keluos seemed to have shattered.
No one knew what other irretrievable treasures he had lost during those dozen years.
Or perhaps he understood that his life was nearing its end and did not want those around him to experience the same punishment called love.
So he distanced himself from Sigrid.
Though they were only dozens of miles apart, he had not gone to see her for several years.
He intended to die alone, burying himself in the passage of time.
Inside the Throne Hall of the Holy Plant Papal Hall.
Lanchi listened to High Judge Elm's answer and let out a relieved breath.
Just as Kali Yella's letter had said, Sigrid had indeed been brought back to the Plant Empire.
Knowing that she was safe was better than anything else.
"I want to see her."
Lanchi said this to Elm.
"Your Holiness, please follow me."
High Judge Elm's voice was restrained, yet full of excitement and eagerness.
Although he knew that the Pope's condition was not optimistic, the change in the Pope's state of mind comforted him.
Dying without regrets was better than living in pain.
Elm sincerely believed this.
After Pope Lanchi finished dealing with the matters in the Throne Hall, he left with Elm.
His gaze swept over the magnificent hall one last time. Then he passed through the Throne Hall Ebony Door, and the clerics immediately came forward to open the heavy doors leading into the corridors.
Far outside the gates of the Holy Plant Papal Hall, the members of