Qin Ran sat in the reception room, chatting with Herbert.
Of course, they only spoke about trivial matters. Their real conversation took place through the words they traced with their fingers.
Suddenly, Qin Ran's writing finger paused-
[Special Event triggered: Fate's Battle] [Based on your experiences and performance in the instance world, you cannot refuse this Special Event!] [Fate's Battle: Bearing the titles of "the emperor's descendant," "Royal Clan," and "royal family," and recognized by most of the Otherkind, you have attracted the former emperor's sworn enemies through Cadwell's guidance. This will be a continuation of that war. You must ensure the Nick Dynasty's victory!] (Your completion rating will vary according to your performance in the event!)
A [Special Event] I can't refuse?
Qin Ran frowned.
This was the first time he had encountered anything like this.
Did this change happen because of the reputation of the "royal family" whose place I took?
Qin Ran studied the information in the description and speculated.
"What happened?"
The old scholar dipped his finger in tea and wrote.
"I thought of something unexpected!"
"Do you know who the emperor's sworn enemies were?"
Qin Ran shook his head, then continued writing.
"The emperor's sworn enemies?"
"The Nick Dynasty had already unified the entire world back then. That emperor barely had any enemies left, let alone sworn enemies."
"But... there is one other possibility!"
"The witches!"
"I remember reading in certain books that the witches vanished without a trace after presenting the Eye of Kemeris."
"Some books also recorded that the witches were extremely powerful. They once had their own nation and civilization, but those vanished without a trace too-it seems that also happened after they presented the Eye of Kemeris to the emperor. Afterward, the emperor grew increasingly unrestrained, until the