Do Flowers Bloom in the Fallen Land? - Chapter 147.1

13-year-old Aven wasn’t the most talkative, but she wasn’t bored at all. Just looking at his face was fun. He was growing up, so it was natural to have some flaws, but it was amazing how he was still so perfect.

‘As expected of a Viseltium…?’

Seira had watched the growth of another Viseltium, Calrad, in the past. She thought she often admired him a lot back then, and seeing that Aven was the same, she didn’t even know that the greatest advantage of the Viseltium lineage was their dazzling appearance.

‘But our Aven looks especially pretty.’

Maybe because his mother was a direct descendant of Jeff, Calrad was a boy who was better described as handsome than pretty. Additionally, he looked particularly cold, so when Seira was young, she was often wary of Calrad’s expression. She thought he was angry because of her.

‘If I think about it again, it may just be because he looked like that.’

Aven also looked a little cold when he was expressionless, but he didn’t have as much of an overbearing atmosphere as Calrad.

Aven’s features were also much more beautiful and delicate. His deep eyes with thin inner double eyelids and elegant lashes gave that feeling, indicating that he looked more like his mother, Amelia, than Bern. Especially, his red lips as if they were filled with flowers were so coveted that it was hard to take her eyes off them because she wanted to kiss them right away.

Seira, of course, used her patience to suppress her impulses. Even if it was just a dream, Aven and her were still young. It was right to save it for now because if she woke up from her dream, she would be able to do worse things.

‘Anyway…’

Seira glanced at her hand. She’d been holding hands with Aven for a while, but they wouldn’t stop shaking at all. It was clear who was shaking this much.

‘Is he nervous? He looks so calm…’

Come to think of it, his cheeks and the nape of his neck were also flushed.

Looking at it, Seira felt playful again.

“But what if I want to become the head of Askan? If I marry His Highness, I have to become the Empress someday.”

Seira asked with a sullen look on her face, but unfortunately, Aven wasn’t flustered at all.

“That’s okay. Luckily, Viseltium has one more pure-blooded Alpha. I’ll leave the ruling of Hesrad to Brother Calrad and come to Askan.”

He answered seriously, clasping her hand even tighter.

“So don’t worry about anything and take the path you want.”

Seira was rather taken aback by the unexpected reaction and stared blankly at him.

“Who will it be?”

A cynical voice came in, and before long, Calrad leapt over the broken window.

“Wake up, my brother. I have no interest in the throne.”

“…”

Aven stared at him, but Calrad only smiled wryly.

“You’re not interested in the throne? Why?”

Seira asked Calrad, puzzled. As the rightful heir, he had kept his place and fulfilled his duties, so she’d thought that if given the chance to take the throne, he wouldn’t miss it. However…

“Because it’s my dream since I was young to travel around the continent with the person I love.”

Unlike when Calrad looked at Aven, he smiled affectionately at her as he answered.

“What do you think? To see and experience a new world with me. We’ll have a lot of time as what Lord Askan said. Don’t you think it’ll be fun?”

Seira stared at Calrad as he spoke. His eyes were full of desire and anticipation, even though it was something he’d just made up. Seira had only seen him like that once before. It was none other than her coming of age day, when they spent the night together, promising each other a future.

In other words, it meant that Calrad was sincere now.

‘Come to think of it, he seemed excited when he left for the expedition to the Arden Islands…’

It would have been very frustrating to be confined to the imperial palace if the desire in his heart was really like that. Even if the Emperor appeared to have everything, he doesn’t have much time to rest alone, let alone freedom.

Was it because she found a complex feeling in her gaze toward Calrad? Aven stepped forward and hid Seira behind him.

“The princess said she wanted to marry me. I feel the same way, so please don’t interfere.”

“Well, we’ll have to wait and see. I can give up the throne anytime and become Askan’s son-in-law… Will you be able to do it, brother?”

“Just give up your right to the throne.”

Calrad and Aven, who were bickering, had a childish side just like boys their age. When she watched closely, Calrad seemed to be more inclined to tease Aven like her.

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.

“…”

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