You Two Will Give Birth To Me In The Future

0. The Reignited Empress

At the end of today, I will meet my parents who have returned in some way.

I crawled down the dirty passage praying that the long-awaited reunion would take place in this world.

“Cough, cough!”

Hearing my plans, the people of the imperial family would think that I have lost my past glory and have finally gone crazy.

Actually I was nervous. How dare I disobey the orders of my uncle, the heavenly regent, and escape my room. I wonder if I’m crazy

“Ugh, ugh⋯⋯!”

Ash and dust dug into my nose, eyes, wounds, and tears flowed down my face while my body throbbed. 

It’s a secret passage for the Imperial family, but it got so dirty.

When my father was alive, this secret passage, which was passed down only to the emperor’s successor, was my playground.

After Uncle Rivel buried it, the passage became as messy as a gutter.

It looked just like me.

The platinum blonde, which resembled my father, was covered with black ash, and the clothes on my body were worn out and dirty and tattered like rags.

If this is the image of the Holy Empress, who was once revered as the daughter of the sun, no one would believe it.

“Ugh, quickly⋯⋯.”

I groaned and did my best to crawl through the collapsed passage.

If I get caught, I’ll really die today.

People say that the laws of the Holy Empire are gentle.

In this land protected by the Holy God, all human beings were noble in their own way. Even a commoner, not an emperor, doesn’t face the death penalty even if they commit a terrible crime. 

The death penalty is murder.

That’s murder if it’s a human being.

But I am not a human, I am a beast. At least, according to my uncle.

So today I had to risk my life.

As a result of crawling like that, the end of the long passage was visible. I put my hand on the wall and pushed it hard.

“Ugh!”

The wall was slowly pushed and exposed where Aunt Viola’s room used to be until a few years ago.

“Evenna!”

I saw my aunt rushing after discovering me. I reflexively coward, but she embraced my ash-covered body without hesitation.

“Oh, auntie’s clothes.”

“Oh my God, how dare you ⋯⋯ the Empress of the Empire.”

My aunt ruffled my messy hair. When I raised my head, I saw people’s astonished faces.

There were more people in the room than I thought. My aunt and uncle, Count Klang, and even my escort knight, Asil. After we made a plan, there was a prohibition against women in the capital from going out. It’s been almost a year since we met.

Ever since the northern barrier collapsed, causing the Empire to fall, and me being criticized by everyone in the world, I have been locked up in my room, so I guess people didn’t know how I lived.

However, now was not the time to express regret affectionately.

“Are you ready?”

“Yes, we have met all the conditions we saw in the Spellbook. On a red moonlit day, a magic circle painted in sepia, and a candle made of savannah wick.”

When I heard that, I looked around the room.

Outside the wide open window, the red moon colored the sky with blood. As if foretelling the end of us and the Empire.

This place, which used to be my aunt’s room until a few years ago, smelled of dust, since no one was using it now. In the middle of the darkened room, flickering candles surrounded a black magic circle. Next to it was a spellbook, a relic of my mother’s.

No matter who looks at it, it is a scene where unique magic is practiced. I, who had been educated for a long time under my uncle’s order in the temple, got goosebumps when I saw it.

“I, thank you very much. Now get out of here quickly.”

“What do you mean get out?”

“If I get caught by my uncle, even you, aunt, will be in danger.”

My aunt laughed at my worried voice. Not only her, but everyone, showed no signs of movement.

“It’s okay, I’ve already made up my mind.”

My heart pounded at those words.

My mother died a month after I was born. When I was six years old, my father, the first Holy Emperor and the last saint died.

A chef, who secretly served me meals without my uncle’s knowledge, had his wrist cut off and kicked out. Since then, everyone, who has helped me and stayed by my side, has either died or suffered terrible things. People whispered that it was the witch’s curse.

If the curse extends to these three people…

“You can’t do that, stop auntie.”

“Eve.”

“At this rate, I’ll kill my aunt like my dad⋯⋯!”

My aunt’s blue eyes, which had always been gentle at my words, became sharp. She blocked my mouth with her index finger and said firmly,

“Former Emperor, my brother was not killed by his daughter. He died from the heartache and pain of losing his wife.”

“⋯⋯ Ha.”

“You are the daughter of my brother and Lindsay, whom he loved so much. Please let me see you off on your way to the past.”

My aunt whispered and took my hand.

Magic that allows you to go back in time, 〈Time Leap〉.

A year ago, I discovered this while looking at my mother’s spellbook with my aunt, who visited the Imperial Palace after a long time.

I can’t believe I can go back to before everything went wrong and fix the future. It’s a sweet story for a person like me, who lives at rock bottom. But…

“It is a spell that even my mother, who was a great witch, couldn’t succeed. My mother also said that this spell is just a theory and that it’s difficult to implement.”

“Evenna⋯⋯.”

“Nevertheless, I risked my life for this plan because I have nothing to lose.”

The end of my voice spoked, with my eyes on the floor, trembling inconspicuously. My hands and feet become cold in fear that people might lose their lives because of me again.

“But you know, aunt and uncle, you’re different, you’re the count and countess, not a beast like me. As long as he doesn’t find out that you sympathize with me, you’ll be happy.”

“Eve, you are not a beast. Did your uncle say that?”

“Ha, uncle did say that.”

I sighed softly and said.

‘I will make your Majesty a true emperor so that people will not call you a witch.’

When my dad passed away and there was evidence that my mom was a witch, it was my uncle who took care of me.

My uncle played the role of my father on behalf of my deceased father. Although fasting prayers and various training were difficult, in the name of teaching the virtues of integrity and temperance, I did it all. I wanted to be loved by my uncle. I wanted to grow up to be the child he wanted.

However, in the end, I became a witch, and I grew up to be the worst aristocrat in the history of the Holy Empire.

“It’s not okay to lock, starve, and torture a child in a room!”

My aunt’s resolute voice broke my thoughts.

As I raised my head in surprise, my aunt gently stroked my cheek and whispered,

“A witch is neither a monster nor a beast. Believe me. You are the strongest and warmest person I know.”

“Hu, aunt.”

“I promise. If you get out of here, one day you’ll find out.”

“⋯⋯Really?”

My aunt’s confident voice choked me up.

I always hated myself for being helpless and useless.

My life, too.

Still, I endured because of the faint hope that someday, there may be a day when I will be proud of surviving.

My aunt spoke as if she read my mind,

“Of course, Eve. If you get out of here, everyone will know for sure. What a bright child you are.”

That’s hard to believe. However, the feelings of my aunt who supported me were sufficiently conveyed.

I wiped my tears and nodded. No one seems to want to leave the room, so I’ll have to go ahead with the plan.

I went inside the magic circle and took my seat carefully.  My aunt sat outside the magic circle and whispered,

“I don’t know if there’s any side effects. The spellbook only said that in exchange for powerful magic, something precious will be taken away. I can’t say for sure what that is. Are you mentally prepared?”

“Yes.”

When I arrive in the past, it will be okay if my limbs were missing. If I could meet my parents and turn everything back in exchange.

I took a deep breath and placed my hands on the magic circle.  As I read my mother’s writings in the spellbook, I tried to gather magic power into my hands.

“Haa⋯⋯.”

However, no matter how much mana I put in, I didn’t feel anything triggered. My forehead was sweating from nervousness. When I raised my head anxiously, my aunt cheered with warm eyes.

It was then.

“The knights are coming.”

Asil, who stood closest to the door, spoke, warning us.  Then, the sound of heavy footsteps was heard outside the door.

Bum bum.  

The sound of footsteps of countless people. The sound of metal. The sound of the armor trembling.

Boom!

Uncle’s voice was heard along with the sound of the door being kicked.

“Viola, you’re there right?  Open the door right now!”

At the sharp cry of my aunt’s name, I reflexively covered my head.  My heart was pounding and my breathing was rapid.

“Did you hide Evenna?  What are you doing inside!”

“Huu, haa⋯⋯!”

The terrifying face of my uncle I saw last night came to mind. The pain at that time dominated my head.

“Calm down, Evenna!”

My aunt comforted me with a desperate voice.

“Close your eyes and picture your mom and dad’s faces.  You’ve always missed them, right?  You’ll see them soon.”

My aunt looked me in the eye and repeated.  I desperately pressed the magic circle.

 Please.

‘Feel the magic that revolves around my body, and gather all my power at my fingertips⋯⋯.’

Bang!

Then, the door opened with a loud sound. Imperial Knights, and my uncle, rushed into the room.

With his escort, Uncle walked into the room.

Bright platinum blonde and metallic blue-gray eyes at first glance.

My uncle’s sharp eyes scoured the room.

Ominous scarlet candles illuminate the dark room, and I, sitting with my hands in the middle of the symbol of the devil, a pentagon.

“Evenna.”

I couldn’t even breathe out of fear. My body trembled like a tree being blown by the wind.

Blue-gray eyes like my dad’s looked at me with hatred.  A quiet voice, seething with anger said,

“You’re revealing your true self.”

“Ugh, Huek·······.”

“Dear mother of the Holy God.”

My uncle kissed the holy grail on his neck. It was white like snowflakes, a symbol of the Holy God. He always did before punishing me. But today’s words were different.

“Do not let the lost servants go to the kingdom of evil, but have unconditional mercy, and even bring the  dead souls back into their mother’s arms.”

It was a prayer that the knights of the Holy Empire uttered before annihilating the beast.

As if those words were a command, the knight who was at the forefront struck out his sword.

Chop! As if cutting a straw doll, the blade cut the count’s neck with an unrealistic sound.

The Count’s body slowly tilted, slower than a hundred years.

Ting!

“Argh!”

As soon as his body fell to the floor, time regained speed.

Asil, my only escort knight, yelled and confronted the holy knights. Even my aunt, who can’t carry anything heavy except books, pulled out a knife.

The sound of swords clashing, shouts and screams were all over the place.

The bloody smell made my eyes blur.

“Eve, come to your senses!”

My aunt stood right in front of me. Even though she was being stabbed behind her, her gaze was on me. She continued to speak in a very soft voice.

“If you succeed in this spell, this will all be gone. You can go back to the past and start over.  Go back and find your mother! It’ll be okay, you can do it⋯⋯.”

Red blood gushed out of her mouth, which was killing me. I slowly lowered my gaze and looked at her stomach. A bright white holy sword pierced my aunt’s stomach and protruded.

My aunt’s deep blue eyes were blurred for the first time. She looked at my astonished face, then lowered her gaze as if checking her body. She looked at the blade of the sword that penetrated her body. She slowly blinked once, then looked up again and stared at me.

“It’s okay, ah⋯⋯.”

My aunt raised her hand to my face with difficulty.

A trembling, yet gentle touch covered my eyelids.

“If you close your eyes and open them again, this will all be gone.”

“Ah, ha⋯⋯.”

“When you close your eyes and open them again, this will all be gone.”

She murmured it like a prayer, like a spell.

In the darkness, the sound of cutting was heard once again. It was the sound of a sword cutting through flesh.  My aunt’s hand that had been holding my eyes slid down.  Even though the warmth that had settled down on my eyelids disappeared, I did not open my eyes.

“It’s a pity, Evenna.”

Shhh.

The sound of a sword coming out of its sheath and the scraping of the metal was heard. I repeated the last words of my aunt as I felt the death slowly creeping over my head.

‘If you close and open your eyes again, this will all be gone. If you close your eyes and open them⋯⋯.’

“I’m sorry I couldn’t purify you.”

The cold blade touched my neck.

That was my last memory.

Hope you guys enjoy reading the first chapter!!! Ya’ll really thought the first chapter would be funny.  I’LL DO CHAPTER 2 SOON since this cliffhanger is killing me.