@Little Shrimp so this is my theory from what I know so far. 10 years ago, the now high priest hiroem Or whatever killed the real high priest who got the real prophecy and claimed that prophecy as his own revelation. In order to make his prophecy seem more real, he found a lady who was similar in age and almost looked like rebecca, Fl's mom. Then, the emperor thinking that the impostor was rebecca "had" Amaryllis who is most likely an evil experiment of the high priest. Maybe the original prophecy was like "ash is the light who will save the empire". So the priest twisted it to fulfill his own evil scheme, I'm assuming as part of a deal with someone or something paranormal....
PS: I pray to all the manhwa gods pls let abelion be the ml😭
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Idk why I think this way but I think the king of nohaiz has some weird relationship with the priest. And I think the king of nohaiz has something to do with this false prophecy. Coz the high priest looks kinda similar to the king of nohaiz or maybe I'm just imagining stuff. Also, I don't like the vibes from isaiah as a ml(idk if he's the ml but I hope he's not) maybe coz he's also a priest and so far all the priests have been sus af to me.
PS: I pray to all the manhwa gods pls let abelion be the ml😭