Suave Security
My best friend, Eleanor Fitzroy, and I both transmigrated into an era of turmoil, where we happen to become students of a legendary seer.
I am born with an uncanny gift for divination. With nothing more than three coins, I can read the signs of fate and predict what is yet to come.
Eleanor, meanwhile, possesses an extraordinary mind for strategy. She can decipher the most complex military tactics and, with a single formation of her own design, turn the tide against thousands of soldiers.
After leaving Ravenvale, our mentor's secluded valley, we join forces to support the disgraced Seventh Prince, Alexander Wyndham, and help him rise to the throne.
Alexander soon falls deeply in love with Eleanor. He marries her in a lavish royal wedding, making her the queen of the realm.
15 years into their marriage, they are still as devoted to each other as ever. They have eight sons together.
Then, last night, the palace receives joyous news—the empire of Arden has welcomed its first princess since its founding.
Overjoyed, Alexander rides through the night with his eight sons and arrives at the gates of Ravenvale, begging me to come out of seclusion and divine Matilda Wyndham's fate.
Of course, I agree.
I hurry to the royal palace that very night. I place a dab of vermilion on Matilda's forehead and bestow a blessing of peace and safety upon her.
With my task complete, I prepare to leave.
But on a whim, I toss my coins one more time, intending to divine Eleanor's fate and see what the rest of her life holds in store.
The moment the coins hit the ground, however, the signs turn ominous.
The reading reveals chaos, death, and a fate that has been sealed long ago.
My blood runs cold.
If Eleanor has already been dead for some time, then who is the woman lying on the queen's bed, smiling at me so warmly?