Do Flowers Bloom in the Fallen Land? - Chapter 146.2

As the older brothers fought, Baron slipped up and pulled her sleeve.

“Huh? Why?”

As she turned around, he suddenly held out what he was holding in his hand.

“I saw it on the way here. It looks so pretty because it looks like you.”

His plump face was very cute as he smiled and handed her a fist of light purple wild flowers.

“…”

In the end, Seira couldn’t hold it back and put her hand on his cheek. The feeling of the chubby cheeks was very addictive. He bent down so that Seira could touch him, even though it hurt a little bit because she was pulling hard.

“I’ll let you touch it every day if you want.”

Little Baron laughed happily, even with his cheeks red.

‘Baron… Your cheeks will soon be all gone…’

Seira lamented inwardly. The boy with such soft cheeks was expected to grow like a tiger a few years later and be covered with steel-like muscles.

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“What kind of pleasant dreams are you having that you won’t wake up?”

Baron, who was resting his chin on Seira’s bed, gently rubbed the corner of her mouth. It seemed as if a smile had formed.

Four days have already passed since the battle in Askan ended.

Seira’s prediction was right.

When her power to purify and revive contaminated things exploded in her, its enormous power covered the majority of the Askan estate, as well as Diack. From the Esdrellons Plain to the Taul Mountains, it was engulfed in a divine light that resembled the splendor of God.

The dukedom turned white, even the outer walls, as if it was shedding their skins, and the spirits of the knights turned into light as if they’d finished their work. According to Melton, only the spirit of Nathan Askan remained a little longer, looking at the duchy where his daughter was and then dispersed.

The beasts of the five nests disappeared without leaving even a speck of ashes, and Aven, who was unconscious from vomiting black blood, also woke up last night.

Everything recovered miraculously. Only Seira was in deep sleep.

Since Baron fed her blood immediately after it happened, and Calrad then ran and poured the blood of Viseltium’s direct lineage for hours, her body must’ve recovered completely. Still, just in case, he administered Louis’ elixir of eternity using Calrad’s blood every hour.

However, neither palace council members, wizards, nor researchers knew the reason why she still didn’t wake up.

‘It would be nice if you could come back.’

After fixing Seira’s hair, Baron got up and saw Aven standing guard next to the bedroom door. He knew how Aven felt, who hadn’t even taken a sip of water since waking up.

‘He must be blaming himself.’

Aven himself must’ve known why Seira had chosen the dangerous path every time she had to choose. So, he thought that it was ultimately his fault that Seira didn’t wake up, and he couldn’t come near her. However…

‘If you think about it, it was likely my fault…’

He thought dozens of times that he might have gotten the timing wrong. Or he could’ve been wrong in hastily pouring his own blood, which had poor recovery abilities compared to Viseltium’s direct descendant.

He thought it wouldn’t be strange for anyone to grab him by the collar, saying that it was because of him. However, the reason no one said anything to him was because there were quite a few people like Aven who pondered on their own mistakes and blamed themselves.

Calrad, in particular, seemed to believe that he was responsible for the catastrophe 15 years ago. It was because he discovered that terrible sin that Laud had conspired with the temple was the starting point of all this. Calrad, who was a young boy, was unaware of the situation at the time, but now that all the masterminds were dead, the responsibility had fallen entirely on him.

As soon as Seira woke up, he would call a great council to reveal the truth, step down from the throne, and pay the price, but it was questionable whether Aven would actually take over the throne as Calrad had intended. Wouldn’t he think that he wouldn’t be able to properly protect Seira if he carried such a cumbersome burden?

That’s exactly how Baron felt.

He headed to the bathroom, swallowing a sigh in case Seira might hear him. There was one more person in the bedroom when he returned with clean water and towels to clean her body.

‘Louis Franto…’

He stood like a ghost at Seira’s feet, pale without a single color, as if he was sick.

“I don’t think it’s time to feed her the elixir of eternity just yet.”

Louis nodded once and opened his mouth

“I made something that might help…”

“Really?”

Baron didn’t bother to ask what it would help or what could be cured. To be honest, he was an outsider in that area, and also because Louis looked like he might collapse at any moment. He didn’t even seem to have the energy to explain anything.

‘If that guy brought it, it wouldn’t hurt Seira, so it doesn’t matter.’

Baron watched Louis feed Seira a little pill. Hopefully, something will change.

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