Jaywalker_Holmes

Mana was a brilliant young lawyer working for the biggest international law firm in the world. With her prodigious talents, influential family and a perfect fiancé, her life was considered a dream come true…until a freak accident cost her everything. Or so she thought. After three years of being confined to a hospital bed, the man she had loved with all her heart told her about his betrayal as he slit her throat.

The next moment, Mana found herself in the body of a sickly ten-year-old princess of the same name, in a world she thought to be fictional. “The Legend of Mars” was an ancient epic chronicling the adventures of the divine King Mars and his virtuous wife, Queen Astra, and their triumph over the evil, half-demon emperor Raven. Princess Mana was the unfortunate half-sister of Princess Astra, who died at the age of ten…and somehow pulled in Mana’s soul.

And thus, Royal Princess Mana decided to make the best of her new chance at life and seek happiness. However, she soon found that what she had read in “The Legend of Mars” and the actual people she met were very different. Why was the divine child Mars an insufferable brat? Why was the virtuous Astra plotting nefarious schemes? Why did the brother of Mars look exactly like her traitorous fiancé of her previous life? And the meek little boy she accidentally rescued was actually the fearsome evil emperor …? But why on earth was he clinging to her and looking at her with puppy eyes?

The Evil Emperor's Fragile Heart

"But what if Raven was chosen to be the king of the Pearl Kingdom as well?" Mana asked. "Didn't you say that the previous master of the Holy Sceptre was both?"

Head Sage Yue sighed. "I don't know," he murmured. "I can only hope that the ancestral spirits will remain dormant."

"It's worth a try, I think," Raven said to Mana. "If I am not even standing among the pool of candidates for the position of the monarch, it is better, isn't it?"

Mana couldn't disagree with that. Well, it's not like they could control this anyway. If Raven did get chosen, they would figure out a solution later.

"All right," she said. "So Father will arrange for the ritual for choosing his successor first?" she asked, looking up at Head Sage Yue.

Chapter 268 – Successor of the Moon Temple