The Bird Empress

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Apolinaire, the first empire in history to unify the great continent.

The symbol of the Apolinaire was the ‘bird’ and serving birds had been a custom since ancient times. There was one legend that had been handed down through the generations…

[The day the mystical bird comes down to the empire, the land will finally be colored with peace.]

It was an oracle that had come down long ago.

There were many different interpretations. The emperor’s child would be born in the form of a bird, the emperor would turn into a bird, the five duchies that served different birds would each have a daughter become empress, etc.

People waited in their own ways for the divine bird to come down.

One day, hundreds of years after the oracle came down, a fist-sized egg descended to the earth from the heavens.

Haniel has been ostracized in the heavens because she is especially small among the angels.

Everyone ignores Haniel because she is a small, fist-sized bird, but she exceeds everyone’s expectations and is chosen to become a messenger of the Goddess and sent down to earth.

Haniel’s role is to eradicate the demons who disturbed the earth. After being given a tremendous mission, Haniel goes down to earth. Haniel’s goal is to carry out the Goddess’s orders and find her mate.

But before achieving that mission and her personal goal there is a challenge she has to complete. She has to endure 30 days in the human world existing as an egg. Then, after living safely as a bird for 100 days, she will change to a human form.

Haniel is the strongest predator of the human world. She falls into an eagle’s nest and decides to disguise herself as an eagle egg. However, a large falcon takes the egg containing Haniel and flies off somewhere. The falcon heads to the largest tower in the Imperial City, Apolinaire Castle. The people in the imperial castle are surprised to find clear patterns carved into the outside of the egg. The gold wing pattern symbolizes the empire and the Goddess. Upon seeing the pattern, the people are convinced that the bird inside the egg is the oracle of the empire sent by the Goddess.

A large, imposing bird made of silver and gold. Everyone prays for the glory of the empire as they imagine a majestic bird hatching from the legendary egg.

The emperor, who had power, beauty, and everything he could want but was always lonely, takes care of the egg that will give birth to the oracle and calls it “Phoenix”.

30 days later, the round egg begins to crack. Everyone is expecting a majestic falcon, but what comes out of the egg is a small bird the size of a human fist with a cute cry. The minister’s faces are covered with shock, but the emperor immediately cherishes and raises Phoenix as the oracle.

Rishar is an emperor with a friendly, soft voice and a nice look. Haniel decides that Rishar, who cherishes her, will be her mate. Rishar cherishes Haniel with the utmost sincerity, bringing in the best artists, calling designers, and throwing elaborate banquets for the cute baby bird.

After spending 100 days safely as a bird, Haniel finally transforms into a human. Haniel wants to hug the poor lonely Rishar… but upon seeing her human form he looks at her with a cold gaze.

Haniel is shocked as she has only seen the friendly Rishar until then. After being imprisoned, Haniel transforms into a bird and escapes, and the emperor is angry to find out that his oracle has disappeared.

After arriving at a mystical forest, Haniel transforms back into a human and finds a wand that allows her to perform magic. She then tries to change back into a bird to return to the palace but for some reason can’t transform. She then tried to travel to the palace as a human but is turned away by guards at the gate who treat her like a con artist.

The emperor, who has lost his oracle and spends his time in agony, is comforted by his servants, who attempt to persuade him that he cannot leave the position of empress empty forever. Thus, the imperial palace holds a banquet to find an empress.

Haniel is shocked to learn that the emperor is searching for a bride. Rishar is her mate. She can never let him go. Thus, Haniel uses magic to disguise herself as a princess and enters the palace.

After becoming one of the five empress candidates, Haniel makes sure to keep the other candidates in check. They suspect Haniel. In the meantime, Haniel discovers there are demons disguised as humans all over the imperial palace and moves to get rid of them.

The goal of the demons is to awaken the souls of their ancient kings who used to rule the world in the distant past. Haniel discovers that their target is Rishar and tries to protect him.

As the emperor still couldn’t forget about the oracle, his vassals devoted themselves to searching for mysterious birds. Among the birds they found was a bird that lived in heaven with Haniel. In order to mate with a human, one had to receive their true love in return. Haniel makes an attempt to appeal to Rishar to not lose her mate, but he continues to be cold toward her.

Haniel is now able to freely transform between bird and human again, and the emperor was happy to find that Phoenix returned to the imperial palace. Haniel feels that Rishar only liked her as a bird. Thus, Haniel begins her dual career as the emperor’s oracle and a candidate for empress. Haniel struggles to be loved in her human appearance, but Rishar remains cold. Even so, Rishar gradually falls in love with the human Haniel and feels jealous when seeing her talk with another man.

In the end Haniel’s lies are found out, and the emperor finds himself strangely nervous when he thinks about having to kick her out. After Haniel is sent away, Rishar gradually finds that he misses her and orders her to return.

Haniel’s identity is revealed, and the emperor discovers that he has feelings for her. The subjects of the empire believe that she is the oracle and destined to become empress and follow the emperor’s will to make her the empress. The emperor tries to open Haniel’s sulky heart.

Meanwhile, the demons make their move to awaken Rishar’s soul and make him king of the demons again. Haniel digs into the legends of the demons and discovers her fate with Rishar, a destiny from long in the past.