Indeed, the Emperor of this world had no need to choose a different path.

Claire, while competent, didn’t act as though she knew the future in its entirety. Nor did she unconditionally push Alice as the next Emperor. Sure, she believed it was inevitable, but merely believing something and actively working to make it happen were two different things.

In other words, there was no "divine avatar descended from the heavens to monitor every move" next to the current Emperor.

I had certainly inserted myself into the Emperor’s life, boldly claiming to be his daughter and knowing far more than I should.

But even so, I wasn’t enough of a threat for the Emperor to treat me with extreme caution. Without the Masked Woman in this world, I wasn’t the same unhinged time-rewinder as before.

To the Emperor, I was simply a suspicious figure who seemed to possess an unusual amount of information—someone to be wary of, but not someone who could derail years of preparation for war.

The Emperor, though more cautious in this timeline, was still preparing for war. Troops were being stationed closer to the borders than in the previous timeline, and ships were being constructed with fervor.

War in this world was inevitable.

And when war broke out between Belvur and the Empire, Crowfield would be one of the first places to suffer.@@novelbin@@

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