Tavern gossip always spreads fastest. By the time the eastern sky showed the pale white of fish bellies the next morning, the whole of Castle Kaskantin was abuzz with undercurrents, and practically everyone was exchanging knowing glances with the person beside them.
Would you believe it? The reason Depharite's guardian Valkyrie had been single for over five hundred years was that she was in love. No, wait, that she had a one-sided crush on the Archmage Dianjielo from across the way in Stokana.
The people: We've got something to talk about for the whole year!
The Valkyrie denied it three times: I didn't! I haven't! Don't make things up!
The Archmage, who had also been single for over five hundred years and had devoted himself to Stokana, was determined to swim all the way across to Depharite if he had to! He was going to have a passionate twilight romance with the renowned Valkyrie!
Since ancient times, the Depharite Empire has borne the Creator's curse. Every five hundred years, the cycle repeats: a battle for the throne, and a living hell. Unless the prayers of countless people call forth a guardian from their faith, the empire will never know peace.
At the end of their lives, the guardian Cornelia and the Archmage Dianjielo stumbled into an enemy trap and transmigrated back to their youth, when their cultivation was weak and they had only their earliest memories.
She had returned to the very beginning of her life, to the empire for which she was willing to give everything.
Content warnings: 1. This story focuses mainly on the plot, and the male lead will not have a particularly large role.
2. A touch of an ensemble cast.
Theme: To be added
