Prologue

My name is Chelsea. I’m the adopted daughter of Margrave Sargent and fiancée of His Highness Prince Glenarnold, younger brother to the king of Chronowize.

About eight months have passed since I brought the Martec Republic’s land back to life from a mana drought, planted another cutting of the Spirit Tree, and summoned the second Great Spirit. Right now, I was staying at the Sargent family’s villa in the capital of Chronowize.

Typically, most members of the Sargent family stayed in our territory to the northwest in order to fight the monsters who poured forth from the Demonic Forest, but our capital villa was kept for when we needed to take care of our social responsibilities. The villa had a very large hall, sizable enough that you could host over thirty visitors with some room to spare. Standing in front of the door to that huge hall, in a long dress with a defined waist, was...me.

Lord Glen stood by my side as my escort, looking down at me intently. “You’re even prettier than usual today, Chelsea.”

I felt my face heat up at the sudden compliment. The dress was much more fancy and extravagant than what I usually wore.

“Thank you...” I replied bashfully.

With a smile on his face, Lord Glen offered his arm and said, “Let’s go inside.”

“Yes.”

Resting my hand on his offered arm, we had the servants open the hall door for us. As soon as it opened, a cheerful tune began to play. As we made our way into the hall, everyone in attendance shouted at once.

“Happy birthday!”