Surviving the Romance Fantasy

“Princess. It’s presumptuous, but would you mind if I ask you just one question?”

“…”

“The power of the Celestial Dragon is mighty, but I heard that if you exert too much power, it will eat away at your own body.”

In the original work I am aware of, there was no mention of how Gongnyeo Cheondo’s condition deteriorated to this extent before and after the Celestial Dragon Festival.

These phenomena, in which the energy of the Celestial Dragon, which was more clouded than expected, awakened the spirits near the ecliptic, were also very strange. The night of the hundred ghosts during the birthday celebration and the appearance of the ghosts during the Celestial Dragon Festival were all strange.

I thought everything was going according to the original, but why did such a subtle twist occur?

“If, without thinking about such a reaction, the power of the Celestial Dragon is expressed to the limit…”

“…”

“…even time, can you rewind it?”

If you overturn all the basic premise and think about it… the answer comes out surprisingly easily.

Now… it’s not the ‘past’ before the main story of Cheonryong’s love story begins.

It is ‘after’ after all the stories are over.

When you do that, it feels like all the pieces of a puzzle that didn’t fit together.

Just like that, silence continued for a while.

It was not difficult to see that the silence contained a positive meaning.

However, it was unknown whether there would be anyone in the world who would believe that such a thing was possible with the power of the Celestial Dragon.

“Gwibi In Ha-yeon was born with the talent of a ruler who leads people as a courtesan of the Jeongseon family.”

“Sister Jin Cheong-rang was endowed with the talent of pilotage and possesses the most miraculous wood of immortals.”

“Hyeonbi Pohwaryeong was endowed with the spirit of freedom and wit not to be swayed by the world’s notions.”

“Deokbi Howeol has an eye that penetrates the essence of politics by awakening to the nature of people’s desires and power.”

“Each and every one of the owners of the Four Great Palaces is a treasure-like talent who has been blessed by the Heavenly Emperor. If they did not enmity with each other and gathered their strength together, they would have been able to prevent the reversal under this Cheonryongchae in advance. There were so many opportunities to do that.”

“However, the high officials of the party are entangled, they are swayed by family power struggles, they are entangled in the political battles of the ladies-in-waiting, they are swayed by the calculation of the interests of power, the battle for leadership of the four palaces, and politics, cheating, and alienation run rampant. In Qingdao Palace… that’s not easy to do.”

The following words of Gongnyeo Cheondo are engraved in the brain.

With my eyes wide open… I had no choice but to look beyond the paper screen, forgetting even basic etiquette.

“It was almost as if this world was dividing them, alienating them and making them antagonistic.”

Yes. Cheonryong Love Song is basically a royal court drama.

The owners of the four palaces… In the end, it was a fate that they had no choice but to doubt each other, attack each other, and antagonize each other. The reason why Seolran was able to play an active role as a female lead was because of the chaotic background.

As with all concubine masters in the Librarian, they were, after all, beings that could never be mixed like water and oil.

“It would have been different if there had been someone who could be the pivot at the center… Crown Prince Hyunwon would have been the right person for that…”

“…”

“In the end, Crown Prince Hyunwon… couldn’t play that role…”

Princess Cheondo Ah-yeon lowered her head while saying that.

What would the future look like with those haggard eyes…

To me now… It was unimaginable.

Princess Cheondo (2)

There was a swordsman named Seol Tae-pyeong.

He was not a strong man, but rather a man who always won.

He was born with the gift of a sword given by heaven, but he didn’t have time to train it.

He had a natural sense of detecting all intents to kill, but he had no stage to use it.

He had the mental strength and loyalty to carry out his will, but he had to bear the stigma of the ruined rebel family.

That life was only an ordeal, and it seems that the person concerned did not have a great intention.

If there is a chance to meet someone and talk about my life, there is something I say like a habit.

Work as little as possible, earn as much as possible.

Yes.

When he was young, he couldn’t overcome the swordsman’s blood and cut down countless bandits… The boy’s dream became an ordinary life.

He had no desire to become a hero to command the world, much less a desire to become a murderer who cuts people down in a maddening way to kill people.

In Ah-hyeon’s eyes, the swordsman’s life was as if he were watching the life of a sinner struggling to shake off a burden from his shoulders.

Until the day he died, he lived and died as the younger sister of Princess Seolran. There was no name Seol Tae-pyeong in that life.

Strangely enough, he firmly believed in his sister’s rise to fame, and he refused to do anything until the signs of a reversal began to cause confusion inside and outside the palace.

However, as the reverse demons started rampaging and the imperial capital fell into chaos centered on the concubines… Now, he spoke as if he were confiding in Ah-yeon, who came down from Cheondo-gongnyeo.

This world is a world where the story of Heavenly Dragon’s love story works as a rule, and he himself understands its fragments.

However, he never thought that this world would end in such a tragedy.

In the end, even Crown Prince Hyeon-Won and Seol-Ran only confirmed their love by hugging each other in the face of a huge ordeal… I never thought it would end in such a gloomy and bitter world.

If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have struggled.

Even with the stigma of being a pragmatic speaker, he would have taken power and tried to expand his influence, mediated the owners of the four palaces who were hectic in antagonism, and ran around looking for a way to somehow weaken the descending reverse ghost.

In fact, Seol Tae-pyeong single-handedly cut down all three special ghosts that appeared along with the reverse ghost.

Even though the given conditions and environment were not easy, he led a bloody body and ran out of the imperial castle and did everything he could.

However, it was naturally not enough to overcome all situations.

He needed a chance.

He needed the power to cast off the stigma of a pragmatist and rise up in the world as a military officer and mobilize a large number of people.

In order to find out the energy of the reverse ghost under the Cheonryongchae and prevent it from happening, it took time to mediate and lead the feuding princesses.

It was necessary to create an environment in which Seolran, the Princess of Heaven, could fully adapt to the energy of the Celestial Dragon and spread that power throughout the ecliptic.

If there had been enough time and opportunity, it might have been possible.

So, the only thing Ahyeon, the retired Princess Cheondo, could do for him… was to give him another chance.

What is history. it repeats itself

What does it mean to rewind time? It is just going back to the past and repeating the cause and effect that happened.

Rewinding time puts everything in the world back to its original position.

However, there were also beings who deviated from that rule.

Swordsman Seol Tae-pyeong is not subject to this world.

Although the time rewinded by the power of the Celestial Dragon may have taken away his memories and experiences, it left the remorse and will engraved in his soul.

All time was rewinded and the original history was just repeating itself, but he was the only one who escaped the flow and acted alone.

The man grew stronger each time he rewinded time.

Although he may have lost the skills he had learned over the years and the strength he trained, only the senses and instincts engraved in his soul remained his.

In addition, at some point, he began to assemble the crown princes himself.

Even dying over and over again, he carried through his convictions without being intimidated even in front of the princesses.

As if that was my destiny, as if I knew it.

And time goes by…

Finally, I came to the Cheonryongchae on my own feet.

“The crown princesses of the four palaces… must never be enmity. Now my body is slowly reaching its limit.”

Princess Ahyeon beyond the Jangjimun spoke as if squeezing.

“Until the next generation of Princess Cheondo develops her qualities… I have to keep this position… Otherwise, there may be more damage to the ecliptic than now…”

“Princess…”

“Until we notice the backlight under the Cheonryongchae and respond as if we were one body… we must keep them together so they don’t split.”

“Then… why don’t we talk to the dignitaries now…? If you say that there is a monster called the Reverse Deunggwi under the Celestial Dragon, then maybe…”

I was about to say that, but the voice went in again.

Yes. Princess Cheondo Ahyeon… There’s no way she wasn’t the first to do it.

However, it is doubtful whether you will believe the false prophecy that a huge disaster that does not even have a concept of reverse will sweep the ecliptic.

I don’t know if we can get any response if we push forward using the authority of Princess Cheondo, but there is no way that the present high officials will stop their political disputes in order to respond to a huge disaster that may come in the far future.

Rather than immediately responding to such distant prophecies, the Sangseo-gwan, the Central Seo-gwan, and the Munha-gwan… Rather, they had much more to use in the political battle within the imperial palace.

I don’t know what kind of scene Princess Cheondo saw, but it was clear that she at least saw something similar to that.

Even so, you don’t even think about uniting in the face of such a huge disaster? Even when I think about it… When I think about the essence of human desire for power, I even think that it is not that strange.

If it were humans who could move so ideally, there wouldn’t have been a world war…

In the process, I don’t know how far Ahyeon, Princess Cheondo, who had been fighting the disease in the inner chamber of Cheonryongchae, could use her hands… I don’t know.

“Princess…”

I spoke in a low, low voice.

“Did you…walk on the thorny road…”

“…”

I can’t even imagine what kind of process I went through to sit here now.

That’s why I couldn’t even comfort myself.

Consort In Ha-yeon is at odds with Deok-bi Ha-wol. Because of the power struggle between Inga Jeong and Inbong Haga.

Sukbi Jincheongrang is at odds with Hyeonbi Pohwaryeong. Because of the alienation of the bookmaker Hwaan.

Hyeonbi Po-ryeong becomes disillusioned with Deokbi Ha-wol. Because of Deokbi Had’s ruthlessness, who abandoned the lady-in-waiting.

Lady Jin Cheong-rang becomes suspicious of Consort In Ha-yeon. Because she is the daughter of a senior official who is blinded by power.

Deokbi Ha-wol tries to keep Suk-bi Jin Cheong-rang in check. To divert the minds of dignitaries blinded by innate pilotage.

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Even after that, countless prophecies of Ahyeon, Princess Cheondo continued.

Where is there anyone who can mediate between them who are constantly fighting and fighting?

The crown princesses of the four palaces were among the most vocal women in the Qingdao palace.

Quite a few high-ranking officials could not easily intervene in the feud between them.

“…The surest way would be to tell the princesses in advance what will happen, but…”

If there is a common goal, minor antagonisms will disappear.

If you tell me exactly what I heard at the tea meeting… Somewhat of antagonism might disappear. Since you can borrow the name of Princess Cheondo and say it, it can carry some weight.

However, in fact, this world is part of a novel, time was rewinded, and a gigantic demon that did not even exist in history descended on the imperial palace and killed all the million people of the imperial capital——the absurd assertion…

How far can you truly believe in someone, no matter how well-loved you are?

It might be a relief if you don’t buy the misconception that you’ve gone crazy, or you’re pretending to be crazy to survive.

I’d rather be at the point where the signs of the reverse return begin to appear… I might be able to convince you a little…

“I don’t know how far this will go… until I try…”

At least, until we can convince all four of them, we have to coordinate well so that the owners of the Four Great Palaces do not enmity. It is a story that you have to be able to handle all the resentment relationships that bloom in abundance.

….

That also meant that the plan to escape from Qingdao Palace had to be completely abandoned…

It meant that I had to continue to maintain the situation as if I was walking on a tightrope in the face of this life-and-death crisis.

the world…

The world is poisonous… I feel like it’s only harsh on me…

“Still, I was relieved to see that you brought all the wooden tablets of the four archers.”

Gongnyeo Ahyeon spoke in her feeble voice as if she had put her mind at ease.

“After countless trials, you have gained the trust of the crown princes of the four palaces. It would have been impossible if it had not been for your noble disposition to persevere in your convictions endlessly.”

“…”

“The trust of those princesses will be a great weapon to you. Most of all, there are people who have a very loud voice in this Qingdao Palace.”

“…”

When I didn’t answer for a long time, Princess Cheondo beyond the Jangjimun looked anxious and asked the question in reverse.

“Looks like you have something to say.”

“To tell you the truth… that trust is the biggest threat…”

“…what?”

“It’s… actually… rather than trust… it’s a feeling that goes further than that…”

I bowed my head and said the right thing.

At least Ahyeon, Princess Cheondo, felt like it would be okay to talk about what I had been through.

Because of her physical condition and status, she would hardly have been able to get out of this Tianlongchae.

Even if you know the general situation, there is a very high possibility that you will not know the details.

“Feelings that go beyond trust… what do you mean by that…”

Ahyeon, Princess Cheondo, glanced at her collar several times at the back of the Jangjimun, and suddenly asked as if realizing something.

“…”

“…”

“…Does anyone even harbor feelings of love?”

It was a fact that it wouldn’t be strange if they leaked something wrong and were immediately sentenced to death.

It might be self-inflicted to report this to Princess Cheondo, who is at the top of the palace law… but considering the situation, it was necessary to honestly share the truth as it is.

“…”

“…No matter how… he’s the owner of the Four Great Palaces… it’s not like that’s rare… I’ve been talking too much nonsense for a while.”

Princess Ahyeon herself reversed her words.

However, when I didn’t answer for a while, I could clearly feel the panic on the other side of the paper screen.

“…However, that’s the case, for the lowest-ranking samurai…?”

“…”

“There is no possibility that you are self-conscious… yes, there is no… you are not that kind of person…”

“…”

Yes.

I hoped to gain the trust of the crown princes of the four palaces and become a person who coordinates and mediates them, but…

It’s going to this far… I didn’t expect it…

“Yes… it can… it can happen…”

However, Princess Ahyeon remained calm in her own way.

You may not be able to predict this situation as you overcome illness in the inner chamber of Cheonryongchae. It would not have been possible to guess their inner psychology based on the facts reported.

Anyway, since I honestly confessed everything to Gongnyeo Cheondo… I might be able to get help from the most authoritative woman in Qingdao. I think that alone will be a great harvest.

“Yeah… I see the situation… I may be able to help to some extent on my line. Where… So… Who is this woman who has a crush on you?”

“…yes?”

“In Gwibi is good at discerning self-interest, so I don’t think she will deviate like that easily… Although I don’t know what the human heart is…”

“…”

“And Ha Deok-bi is not a person who is swayed by such private feelings… Is it Suk-bi Jin, who has limits in her judgment because she is still young… Or is it Po Hyeon-bi, who has a free way of thinking and is not swayed by the laws of the palace? It could be…”

“…”

Gongnyeo Cheondo spoke in a firm tone, determined to help in any way possible.

“Although my authority may have started to crack because of my exertion, it is not impossible to make up for the deviation of one crown prince. However, since it is directly related to your life, I will try my best.”

“…”

“So… tell me… who is the woman you are talking about…”

“…”

“…”

“…”

In endless silence…

I had no choice but to look down at the floor in a cold sweat…

I can’t bear it… my lips… won’t come off…

Princess Cheondo (3)

When I left the Cheonryongchae and entered the main palace, the moon was already in the middle of the sky.

He didn’t do anything special, he just had an audience with Gongnyeo Cheondo at Cheonryongchae.

That alone makes me feel strangely exhausted, so I can understand why he says that he is someone I can never meet.

– Turbuck, turbuck.

As I walked toward Baekseon Palace, feeling the sound of grass insects tickling my ears in late summer, a couple of raindrops hit the tip of my nose.

the time is the time It’s time for the weather to be capricious.

It wasn’t even pouring rain, but the patting raindrops were so annoying that I brushed my hair a few times. So I entered the middle gate of Baekseon Palace and walked quickly to the bottom of the floor.

– Toduk, toduk.

There is a freshness that sweeps away the mind in the cool rain of summer.

If it had been pouring down like that, the heat would have been cut down a bit, but the sound of the rain pattering down the eaves only made me feel drained.

The time when night is approaching.

As I was quietly basking in the moonlight on the floor of the empty Palace of the Baekseon, my clothes seemed to dry quickly.

As I meditate on the stories I heard at Cheonryongchae, I begin to question whether what I just heard is really true.

I’m just at a loss as to where to start with this.

Anyway, what Baekseon wants is whether Princess Cheondo will be able to maintain the imperial capital without him.

If we listen to Princess Ahyeon’s own story, she seems to be able to hold on, at least until Seolran ascends to the position of the next Princess Cheondo. Since I recently confirmed that the qi of the Celestial Dragon has faded… I don’t think I have the heart to overdo it any more.

Princess Ahyeon herself seemed to know.

In order to protect the ecliptic, he draws on the power of the Celestial Dragon, but if it is too much, the host and guest will be overthrown.

It is because if Seolran leaves and falls away before she has the qualifications to become a princess of the kingdom of heaven… the original purpose of protecting the imperial capital will become meaningless.

It would have been if you were well aware of it yourself.

“I couldn’t see him blowing his nose all day just because he went on an errand for Cheonryongchae once. Did you finally get into the Palace of the Baekseon Palace until late at night?”

It was then.

I flinched as I was shaking off my clothes.

Anyway, Baekseon, a nobleman, never behaves according to someone’s expectations.

Contrary to what I thought I would be going for a moderate walk today, for some reason I was sitting quietly at the end of the floor and staring at the yard of Baekseon Palace.

If you look up at the sky, you can see the moon through the rain. If the sun was up, would it have been a fox rain?

Even the rain that was falling in pursuit was tinged with the soft moonlight, so it would sometimes look like jewel grains.

“What about Princess Cheondo?”

“…as soon as the day dawned, I was going to report it right away…”

Apparently Baekseon was very curious about the state of Lady Cheondo.

Is it to the extent that the old Taoist, who was usually unable to find it even if he tried to find it, sat on the floor and waited for news?