Philly let out a sigh.
It seemed like she had been holding tension in her body while sleeping, as her whole body still ached.
'...Is it that after all?'
She couldn't remember the content of the dream, but she had a guess as to why she was having nightmares lately.
Her 'foresight' had stopped working altogether.
She didn't know exactly what would happen in the future, but Philly felt it intuitively.
It could be an emotion, it could be a sensation, but Philly herself clearly recognized it as 'foresight'.
'Even a God can't stop my power.'
It was a power possible because she was a descendant of Vala.
It took Philly a very long time to be sure that her foresight had stopped.
This was because it wasn't an ability that was used very often. It wasn't something she could use whenever she wanted. So at first, she was rather glad that the foresight wasn't coming. Usually, foresight didn't come in good situations.
That's why Philly thought it was a sign that the world was peaceful. What convinced her of that was Frondier.
Even without her foresight, the Empire was flowing without major problems, preparing for a sudden war, and achieving a near-perfect victory.
Philly suspected that it was Frondier who had eliminated her foresight.
'...I don't have any ill feelings towards Frondier. It's not something he intended. But...'
Philly was wary of Aster in the past.
She only had a bad feeling about the future where Aten was with Aster. Her foresight screamed the loudest.
And indeed, as she thought, if Aten was with Aster, and Aster did not awaken, Aten would have surely died.
Therefore, Philly wanted Aten to be with Frondier.
There is no bad feeling for Aten who is with Frondier. Such foresight does not come.
'If it's not that I didn't feel a bad foresight.'
If the foresight itself is not working.
If expecting a smooth future from Frondier was a complete misunderstanding.
'Now it's almost certain. Frondier does not correspond to my foresight.'
Frondier is the character that confuses her the most.
There are times when he says and does things she didn't expect, but fundamentally, she can't feel any foresight about Frondier.
And now, the empire is heavily influenced by that Frondier.
The hero of the empire. The second hope of Constel after Aster. The youngest upcoming Zodiac. The pride of Roach. Monty's protege.
And all sorts of stories about the 'demon' that are being reported to her recently.
As Frondier's influence in the empire strengthens, her foresight fades.
Is the result of that anxiety and impatience, a 'nightmare'.
"......It was better when I didn't doubt."
She has a habit she knows too well. Doubting.
The only ones she can fully trust are her daughters. Unfortunately, her doubt also works on Bartello.
However, it's not that there was no room for doubt about her daughters. It's just that she decided not to doubt them.
If one starts to doubt even before something happens, or before making a mistake or error, then they can't be called a family. Knowing this, she gave up on doubting her daughters first. řÁꞐȏβËş
Therefore, Frondier is almost the only person who has stepped over her numerous doubts and shown trust.
Even now, Philly still trusts Frondier.
'Did Frondier know from the start that my foresight doesn't work?'
'Does Frondier know that my foresight has stopped?'
'Is his expanding influence in the empire intentional?'
Philly chuckled lightly.
Whenever her habit tends to go in a bad direction, she concludes it as 'demon's doubt'.
If you start doubting things beyond what is humanly possible, you have no choice but to doubt everything in the world. Hence, the demon's doubt.
Did Frondier know the range of Philly's foresight from the beginning? It's an absurd idea.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door of Philly's room.
It wasn't long since she had gotten up, and she had just told her servant not to come in.
The knock at this time was quite rude, but Philly wasn't particularly angry or surprised.
Philly had someone who could forgive that.
The voice was Elysia's.
Philly said, and Elysia entered the room.
She approached Philly with a somewhat cautious look.
Philly read Elysia's eyes and cast 'Whisper of the Wind' in the room.
Elysia asked in a low voice.
"Frondier wants to meet, what should I do?"
The content was a bit unexpected.
Philly tilted her head and said.
"Why are you asking me that? Just do it yourself."
"Well, he said he wants to meet you too."
"Yes. And he wants it to be as secret as possible."
At that, Philly's mind began to spin.
Listening to the conversation, it seemed like a very secretive and Frondier-like proposal.
'I thought Elysia and Frondier were meeting, so I stopped.'
"Speaking of which, Elysia."
"Between you and Aten, who is thinking of dating Frondier?"
At that, Elysia's pupils dilated, and her cheeks turned red.
"I'm not doing that!"