Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end. When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul. The naïve Arabella evolved. *** “Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child. Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved child. For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay. Until finally… he fell to ruin! With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband in her arms. But fate wasn’t done playing with her. All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding. Was it a curse or a blessing? It didn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too!” This was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. But in her second life, Arabella was unexpectedly bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
I Know Who It Is [Bonus chapter]
There were whispers here and there at the rare chance to be invited into the Great Temple by the Pope himself without any "special" reason.
The Pope only visited rulers or summoned their representatives to the Great Temple when he had to meddle in something. Such as, for instance, when the priests and believers in a territory were condemned or treated badly by the ruling power.
A visit or summons from the Pope usually meant the rulers in a territory did something wrong that caught his attention or something was going on in the said territory that the Great Temple had to meddle.
'He never visited Crux or other kingdoms with slavery though.'
It made Arabella wonder why he didn't visit those places.
'Or was it because there were no believers of the same faith there?'
The Great Temple was on the opposite side of the Grand Palace, but they were right next to each other.
Arabella encountered priests, bishops, and cardinals in her previous life. But never the Pope.