The Omega Who Wasn't Supposed to Exist

[Two Months Later—The Kingdom was in Chaos]

It had been exactly two months since that prophecy was printed across the front pages of every newspaper in the Empire.

And the city had not calmed down.

If anything—chaos had evolved. Mutated. Taken on new and terrifying forms, like a gossip hydra with a printing press.

The Kingdom of Arvadis was no longer humming—it was howling with rumors.

Every morning, a new headline screamed louder than the last.

DAILY LIGHT HERALD"THE GOD-BORN CHILD SHALL WALK AMONG US!"

High Priest Caldric Declares the Unborn Heir of Grand Duke Silas as the Next Saint(ess)!Entire Nation on Edge as Silence from Rynthall Estate Continues!Why is the Blessed Couple Not Speaking?

THE HOLY EYE TRIBUNE"SAINT OR STORM?"

The High Priest Speaks of Fire, Light, and a Divine Voice Only He Can Hear"I Heard the Baby Cry in My Dream," Says Village Baker. "It Changed My Life."

THE GILDED CROWN GAZETTE"IS THE CROWN PRINCE A DISTRACTION FROM THE TRUE CHOSEN?"

Empress Gives Birth to a Boy—But All Eyes Still on the Grand Duke’s Mysterious HeirClerics Argue Over the Real Divine Child