Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2146

The vast image spread across the sky and shimmered like a mirage in the heart of a desert.

At first, the numb and frostbitten people of Northreach barely noticed this strange wonder above them. But those out in the open were the first to look up and see the change in the sky.

"What is that in the sky? Is it a deity?" someone cried out.

As more voices rose in awe and disbelief, even those hiding indoors began to sense something. One by one, they began to direct their attention to the sky.

The falling snow, once relentless and thick, had lightened at one point. Overhead, the colossal image in the sky grew clearer and sharper.

What Elowen revealed in this celestial domain was none other than the coronation ceremony taking place at The Royal Palace.

At first, they had no idea who the figures in the sky were. But as the officiant's voice echoed through the vision, announcing titles and reciting the ceremonial proclamations, realization slowly dawned upon them.

The image above them was of Cerlestria's royal palace.

"That's His Majesty… The King is coming to save us!"

The snowstorm had dragged on endlessly, and though the court had made efforts to respond, little had come of it. The people were on the brink of survival.

Some fell to their knees, overwhelmed with hope. Others prostrated themselves in the snow, weeping and begging the monarch in the sky to save them.

Among the crowd, someone grabbed a handful of snow mixed with dirt and hurled it toward the sky, roaring, "To hell with the King! We are freezing to death, yet he is in the palace holding a coronation!

"He cared nothing for whether we lived or died!"

One person's outburst quickly sparked another.

With snow blanketing the land and no soldiers nearby to punish them for defying authority, they began hurling slush and mud skyward in a bitter attempt to vent their rage.

Word had traveled slowly, but it had reached them—the Royal Advisor declared that just one sacrifice could have saved them all, but…

"Instead of doing that, he's making that witch his queen!"

Some said that during the coming-of-age ceremony of the Ignis daughter, a phoenix appeared to bless her. Others claimed that she had summoned a phoenix herself, which then killed the impostor who had pretended to be her.

The most fantastical rumor of all said that Serelith was the reincarnation of a phoenix, and that she transformed into one and soared into the sky during her ceremony.

The stories varied, but they all shared one common thread—Serelith.

The trueborn daughter of the Ignis family was said to be protected by the phoenix—the Chosen One, blessed by the Divine Power.

Had it not been for the prophecy spread by the Royal Advisor, perhaps the people would have sincerely hoped to see such a girl become the new Queen of Celestria.

However, with the divine will in the picture, what they longed for even more was for this Phoenix Goddess to die for them.

Yet somehow, all those thoughts vanished the moment they witnessed the phoenix appear.

They had heard the rumors for so long, but without seeing it for themselves, it had always felt like nothing more than a distant hearsay.