A Living Witness?

Houka's direct confession left Amatsuki Toki dizzy, and she was completely lost in his voice.

She was actually part of the prophecy and destiny...

Kozuki Houka would be her husband, and she would bear a child of destiny...

"You are my fated wife. Of course I'll marry you!"

Houka gently wrapped an arm around Amatsuki Toki's slender waist, a warm smile appearing on his face.

Those deep, affectionate peach-blossom eyes made Amatsuki Toki, who had always longed for love, fall even deeper.

"Mm~"

Amatsuki Toki's voice was barely louder than a mosquito's buzz. Her face flushed red as she leaned entirely into Houka's embrace.

It seemed that she had both completed her mission and found herself a strong, handsome, wonderful husband.

Then she no longer needed to keep traveling through time to the next era. She could live properly in this age.

The corners of Houka's lips lifted slightly in a faint smile.

This well-intentioned lie did not make him feel the slightest bit guilty.

Amatsuki Toki would be thousands, even tens of thousands of times better off by his side than by Kozuki Oden's.

At the very least, she would not suffer so much hardship and death.

Kozuki Oden could not even deal with a single Kurozumi Orochi. There was seriously something wrong with his brain.

Outside the palace.

Tianjin Tao had originally come in carrying fruit and tea, only to see Lord Houka win over Amatsuki Toki so quickly.

It had not even been five minutes, had it?

Her admiration for Houka was like the currents of Reverse Mountain—unceasing and endless.

A trace of envy quietly flashed through her three eyes.

She envied Amatsuki Toki.

If only she had not been a slave of the Celestial Dragons.

Then she would surely have had the courage to bravely