[You have brilliantly demonstrated your skills as an S-rank mentor.
The course of fate's choices has changed.
The lock has been opened.
You can now view the list of awakened people who have tagged you.
Would you like to check?
List of tagged awakened people (click)]
I lost my ability to speak.
Tag.
This word finally appeared.
"Oh, my God!"
My eyelids trembled.
Without the need of a mirror, I knew that my face had become as pale as death.
Tag?
Do you really mean the tag?
What does it mean to use the word “awakened” in the plural?
But the disaster is not over yet.
[Sudden mission!
Stop the Emperor's loss of control.
The Emperor, Caesis, has marked you, but you have not marked him.
You became the only guide who could calm him down.
To prevent everyone from dying, stop his loss of control and calm him down!
(Option 1) Cut out the incomplete tag, find his original mentor and arrange a meeting with her.
But, until then, you must guide him.
(Option 2) Do not let your identity be revealed until the marking is complete, and be his ideal guide.
Success: a safe ending
Failure: hastening death]
“Ha, this is crazy.”
I was astonished and shocked.
The second option, in particular, is he asking me to do this or forbidding me?
“System screen.”
To guide without being discovered to be Duchess Ariel?
And an ideal guide?
No matter how I looked at it, this seemed like an order to take over the heroine's place.
This means that my peaceful retirement has evaporated.
“Give me a normal assignment right away.”
I felt angry.
Are these the options you offer now?
Are you crazy?
“I can't do this.
No, I won't!”
As usual, the screen clearly read my thoughts and responded immediately.
[The character, Kaysis, has a very high level of hatred towards you.
He hates even thinking about you.
Moreover, this world still lacks a clear concept of marking, so the Emperor cannot recognize his marking guide even if she is in front of him.
However, since a partial tag is still a tag, he can detect this instinctively.
As Duchess Ariel, be careful not to touch him directly!]
Oh, then, because of his intense hatred, he does not realize that I am his guide even if I am in front of him.
I smiled softly.
But one thing was certain.
I'm in trouble.
“Do you think the tag is the name of a dog?”
If cutting the tag was that easy, many of the Awakeners and Guides in Korea wouldn't have lost their partners and lost their minds.
This means I have to choose the first option.
But it was hopeless.
What if my assistant doesn't find anything?
At that moment, the screen flashed again.
[Don't despair.
To enable you to complete the task easily, we will give you a suitable reward.
Reward: Fake ID (click)]
My face shrinks.
I knew what this was.
But I was already being pushed to the brink.
With a trembling hand, I slowly pressed the reward, and fireworks exploded before my eyes.
[To guide the Awakened, you may appear as another personality once per day.
In everyone's eyes, you will look like an ordinary maid and you will be known as such.
Use the reward wiy to take control of the Awakener!
We wish you a comfortable game.]
A hidden rumor spread in the imperial palace.
The Emperor is quietly looking for someone.
During the empire's founding ceremony, B- and C-level guides were imprisoned.
But the next day, the emperor appeared in good health.
Based on this sequence, the nobles, with sparkling eyes, deduced what had happened.
"It's clear.
His Majesty the Emperor's true partner has appeared!"
The rumor was about the appearance of the Emperor's female guide.
“If the magicians find out about this, they will try by any means to find her before the Emperor to catch his weak spot.”
“Ah, just thinking about it is exhilarating.
The path His Majesty will take, with his immense power, after he meets his true guide.”
“Won’t he be able to deal with rank S gates that have not yet been overcome?
The tragedy of six years ago will not be repeated.”
"Hush, man!
How can you talk about this in the palace so recklessly?"
The nobles, in general, were enthusiastic, but not everyone.
“I intended to be His Majesty the Emperor’s partner!”
"You reckless person, did you not hear about the destruction that befell the Baron's house a few days ago?
Did you not hear how the guides who tried to guide His Majesty collapsed?"
“But he is young and handsome...
It is said that a valued partner can calm the other down, regardless of rank.”
There were noble girl guides crying and hitting the ground with their feet for fear of losing their one-sided love.
“We should never let them find it.”
There were also the wizards, who were strengthening their resolve with a strong resolve.
“Ma’am, aren’t we the quickest at finding people?
If you order us now, we will find that guide before the Emperor’s swords!”
The witches expressed their anger in charged voices.
Originally, the truth was in the power of magic.
Magicians performed miracles and held positions of power.
But suddenly, portals appeared and took away their power.
The wizards could not stand the air inside the gates.
Only the Awakeners and the guides who saved them were able to do this.
But this did not mean that the value or need of magicians disappeared.
Humans continue to live outside the gates.
The magicians are the ones who achieved the advancement of civilization by using the products of the portals.
They have found an internal and external balance.
The Awakened cannot ignore magicians, and magicians need the Awakened.
But the witches' anger remained.
If only they could conquer the world of portals!
Therefore, they couldn't hand over the emperor's consort easily.
They held his brother hostage to achieve a fragile balance in this conflict, and now a suitable partner has emerged!
Despite the wizards' enthusiasm, their boss, Duchess Ariel, remained indifferent.
Rather, her cold eyes seemed as if she was blaming them for these reckless actions.
And this was true.
The Lady of the Magic Tower silenced the noise of the wizards with a single look and silence.
“So, what do we do if we find her first?”
“Well, this is…”
“Speak clearly.”
Her few daring followers cowered under her intense red gaze.
It seemed that their mistress was in a very bad mood.
This means that they should not act rashly.
The magicians felt ashamed.
“But, the Emperor hasn't found her yet, so it's been quiet, right?”
The youngest wizard spoke cautiously, his breathing almost stopping under his mistress's sharp gaze.
'Oh my God, the tower lady is looking at me!'
The magician felt excited.
"If he had found it sooner, he would have displayed it in front of everyone.
So, wouldn't the Emperor extend his hand to the group most skilled at finding people…"
The lady's eyes turned into a sharp look, as if she were waiting for prey.
“We are magicians!
The Emperor will have to lower his head and reveal his weakness to our Lady!”
The wizards swallowed their admiration for the Lady of the Tower and waited for that moment excitedly.
No one knew that the heart of Duchess Ariel, the lady of the tower who received those reverent glances, was beating as if it would explode.
I failed.
Days passed, and I knew that the matter would not pass quietly, but everyone was looking for me.
And now, without any guidance, the Emperor's condition must be at its worst.
'How do I deal with this?'
I must not be discovered by the magicians around me, nor by the Emperor's people.
The difficulty of the task was increasing.
About an hour later...
“Ma’am!”
The door suddenly opened, and my assistant rushed in with a troubled face.
What now?
I'm going to have a heart attack!
“Madam!
A message has arrived from the palace.
The Emperor...”
The aide, who has not an ounce of loyalty to the Emperor, offered me something.
What is this?
I raised my eyebrows and looked at him to answer himf, and he said while sweating:
“The Emperor has secretly invited you to the reception hall.”
Ah, what I feared has come.
I felt as if I could hear the sound of my heart stopping.
“I didn’t know that my swords would be this helpless.”
His annoyed voice was cold even to his ears.
The vigilantes, who were more excited than him by the news of his partner's appearance, were defeated after a frantic search.
There was no trace of her.
There is no trace of the cruel partner who appeared like a mirage that night, calmed Casey, and then disappeared.
This was also the moment of defeat for the Emperor, who had always been confident in his hunting skills.
“I apologize, Your Majesty.”
“We searched the entire palace, not missing even an ant.
But there was no guide who touched your majesty.”
A sharp voice rang out from the chair back.
“But at that moment, in that place, in the palace corridor, it must be one of the nobles present at the party or one of the palace workers.”
All guides have been verified.
So, one possibility remains.
“Perhaps, among wizards...”
You may be the personality they are looking for.
The face of the one who spoke, one of the Emperor's followers, was pale as if he wanted to faint.
There was an eerie silence.
The relationship between the witches and the awakened was so bad that it would not be strange if they stabbed each other with smiles on their faces.
But for the Emperor's partner to be among the witches?
The knights' faces turned pale.
This is no different than surrendering their lives to the enemy commander!
The Emperor's Knight Commander spoke with a determined expression:
“Your Majesty, it doesn’t matter which witch she is, if she is your partner, she will have to sacrifice everything to do her part!”
“And if that were the Lady of the Tower?
Would you do it?”
“…Please, do not make such a terrifying assumption, Your Majesty!
Even joking about it makes me shudder!”
“Ha.”
Casey sneered.
charming?
If that happened, the empire would split in half.
He didn't want to admit it, but one of the reasons the palace was currently stable and peaceful was Duchess Ariel's role in maintaining the fragile balance.
But if the two split, internal turmoil is inevitable.
At that moment, a long-awaited voice was heard.
“Your Majesty, Duchess Ariel has arrived.”
His enemy is outside the door.
Maybe she already knows what he's looking for and is hiding it.
Will this be a handover of control to the enemy, or an unexpected solution?
Decide quietly:
“Everyone go out, and let the Duchess in.”
Maybe his enemy already knows a lot and is hiding it.
So, he will reveal everything and take advantage of her.
His calm blue eyes sparkled with a terrifying brilliance.