Reincarnated Empress's Romance

Chapter 339: Goodbye, lucky halo.

"It looks nothing like | expected." Roland poked at the halo and it floated away from him. "Then again, | had no

idea what to expect because | have never seen an artifact that brings good luck to its owner." He rolled on the

floor playfully, sat up and poked the halo from another side.

Once again, it floated away from him. It seemed like they were playing hide and seek.

Before Roland touched it again, they heard a childish giggling and it floated away at a faster speed.

"Did you hear that?" he looked at Sigrid in wonder.

She nodded.

Void, Roland's panther leaped up suddenly and bit the halo between her teeth.

"No!" Roland and Sigrid shouted, at the stime.

She could only imagine how much the bank would charge her for damages if the panther broke their halo.

Fortunately, Void’s teeth passed through the halo as if it was air and no harm cto it.

But, Void turned it into a game, and it continued attempting to catch the halo. The childish giggling also

increased, the sound picking up speed as the gfurthered.

"So, it's alive." Roland said in an unsure voice.

Sigrid shared an idea that crossed her mind randomly. It cfrom all of the that she had read. "I think

the lucky artifact has a spirit. It is just like the Eclipsion sword, it has a spirit too."

Roland stood up, wanting to get a closer look at the halo but it proved impossible because of the ongoing game.

"What are we going to do with it? | can think of so many uses for it. Imagine going to war, knowing that luck is on

your side. | am not a greedy man but | won't lie, | am tempted to own it."

"You are not alone in the temptation." She whispered.

All sound suddenly stopped and tfroze. Sigrid knew that the bank had cfor its property.

"And you are both kidding yourselves." Cosmos appeared out of thin air. "Are we really going to do this again,

Sigrid? Have you learned nothing for the incident with the Eclipsion sword?"

She fell onto the floor carefully and looked at the ceiling. Once again, she was torn between the desire to fight

against an inevitable fate or accept it with ease and just get on with her life. "I would not be Sigrid if | accepted

defeat easily. | could not have the sword. Why can’t | have the halo? Can't | keep it even for a little while? | would

like to experience what it is like to be lucky?"

She had watched Emmah escape assassinations and he most genius of traps that had been set for her. She had

seen men brawl for a opportunity to stand next to her. For heavens sake, she had turned Gage Lumberfoot into

an expert dancer and everyone knew that gigantic man had no rhythm.

And when it cto the original , she had accomplished great things with that halo. Anyone that knew

what it could do would be tempted to own it.

"Do we have to play the baby or halo gagain?" Cosmos asked her. "You already made your choice Sigrid. You

chose the baby. You must learn to be contented. If you bite more than you can chew, you will not be able to

swallow anything. In the end you will choke and die."

"You don’t need to share such wonderful news Cosmos, | already know the consequences of holding on to the

halo." She turned on the side and looked at him. "So, does this mean you are leavingfor good as | soon as |

turn over this halo to you?"

He sat down, crossing his legs and smiling curiously. "I would have thought that you would be on your way to

catch Emmah right now. She murdered Lady Jane Fairfax and secured herself a place on a flying ship that is

heading to Medoris right now."

Both pieces of news made Sigrid sit up. "Murder!"

"Yes, she used up the last of her luck to murder Lady Jane and escaped. And that bringsto my next point

Sigrid. Anyone that becomes a bearer of the halo is swarmed with immense fortune.

They will be wealthy, beautiful and they crush their enemies. Even the skies bend to their will, providing rain

when it is convenient for this person or the sun will shine just to please them.

But what they don’t know is that for all the things that go their way, someone else suffers a catastrophe. Didn't

you notice that?

Sof the catastrophes are bloody, depending on how much luck has been used. An example is what

happened to your sister-in-law Deanne. If you had not reached her in time, she would have bled to death just as

Lady Jane Fairfax has done. This was because a lot of luck was needed to change Emmah’s fate on those two

occasions.

Unnatural luck should not exist on worlds that cannot handle it and this is one of those worlds. If the halo

remains, empires will collapse, people will die, crops will wither. Eventually, the world will fall into irreversible

ruin."

She rolled over onto her back, yawning as she was already sleepy. | understand Cosmos. However, | need you to

hypnotize my husband so that he sees the halo vanishing and then he won't be able to askquestions about

it later."

"Got it." He replied confidently.

He pointed at Roland, shooting a light out of his finger.

"lI am going to miss you Cosmos." She told him as she handed over the halo.

Life would be a little different without the hulking knight looking over her shoulder, threatening her enemies and

laughing at her mother’s letters.

Was there a way to borrow his services from the bank for a while?

He sneered. It was not him that she was going to miss, it was his services. He was an unpaid assassin, errand

boy, advisor and many things all wrapped into one.

"Don’t worry, our business is not yet done. The bank still has something it needs you to do. Haven't you noticed

that the system you were given is still active." He took the halo and vanished.

Sigrid sat up. She checked and he was right, the system was still there. His words rung in her mind and sat

heavily on her shoulders.

She placed her hand on her stomach, worried about his parting words. "What else does the bank want from me?"

She muttered.