[READ THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER AGAIN BEFORE READING THIS. I MADE SOME CHANGES TO IT]
Morvana stared at the spot where the boy had been sitting only moments ago.
A faint smile curved her lips.
"Future, huh?"
How interesting.
She murmured softly, feeling no trace of regret —
not for the grandchildren she would never meet,
not even for the daughter who had died in that supposed future.
That time wasn't here yet.
Still, she acted and played her role as any mother was supposed to in such moments.
But it wasn't love that drove her.
It was a curiosity.
She wanted to know how much that boy truly knew about her and about the future he spoke of.
She wanted to understand why the Demon King had chosen him as his successor.
And most of all… why the System had chosen him to glimpse the future.
Because in that regard, they were the same.
The System had once rewarded her too, a small glimpse of what was to come, many years ago, when she completed her Awakening Trial.
