Do Flowers Bloom in the Fallen Land? - Chapter 148.1

Since Amelia, who was used as a tool, was safe, and Bern, who provided the blood of Viseltium, became the Emperor, there was no terrible experiments using life.

‘It’s a relief.’

Even though she thought about it, Seira felt empty in the back of her mind.

It was true that Louis, a puppet of the temple, used her and Aven to liberate the homunculi. On more than a few occasions, he had used her situation to make things difficult for her.

But the reason she wasn’t happy that Louis’ existence had been erased was probably because of the contradictory aspects of him that had been revealed little by little as they spent time together.

Even though he said death was the greatest mercy, but he envied life, he acted like he had no emotions, but when he saw her, he didn’t know what to do. When he took off the mask he’d put on, she couldn’t hate him because what was inside was a wounded child.

‘He used to say I shouldn’t pity him, but he used to look at me with pleading eyes. As if asking for something.’

In the first place, between this dream world where he was never born and the reality where life was stained with pain, which would Louis say was better? Which would he say was less unfortunate?

‘If Louis had been born and raised in a normal family, he would’ve become a normal adult.’

At least he wouldn’t have said things like tying or whipping him with such a desperate expression.

‘…Well, it may be that it was just his innate taste.’

When Seira let out a deep sigh with complicated feelings, Nathan came into the bedroom with a knock.

“My daughter, you’re not sleeping yet, are you?”

He was holding a mug on a tray. When Marie bowed to him and left, only the father and daughter remained in the room.

Seira took the mug that Nathan handed her and drank sip by sip. The warm milk with lots of honey was as savory and sweet as she remembered. Nathan, who was happily watching his daughter drinking milk, suddenly burst into laughter when he saw a large teddy bear.

“Is that something from His Majesty? Anyway, what a gift…”

Then, he was surprised to find a bracelet dangling from Seira’s wrist.

“Oh, baby… Just stay there for a moment.”

He breathed a sigh of relief after safely removing the terrifying treasure from his daughter’s wrist, which would turn into a dagger when injected with magic.

“These people… Let’s just wait and see…”

Seira had to struggle to hold back her laughter at the sight of Nathan mumbling low and grinding his teeth.

Nathan, who was said to be the hero who defended the empire in the catastrophic disaster, was just an ordinary father at this time.

“Huh? My daughter, why do you look at your dad like that?”

“No, Daddy.”

Seira embraced Nathan’s neck and patted him on the back.

“…?”

Despite his bewilderment, Nathan did not miss the opportunity to shower kisses on his cute daughter’s face. Finally, Seira, unable to resist the tickle, surrendered first and fell off.

“Baby, do you want me to read you a fairy tale or sing you a lullaby?”

Seira, lying flat on her bed, covered herself with the blanket and replied with a frown on her nose.

“How old am I and I still need a lullaby from a storybook?”

Nathan, lying diagonally with his arm around Seira, burst out laughing.

“You begged me to read a children’s book until yesterday”

“I was nine until yesterday and ten starting today.”

…Even though she played like a child today, she was actually a twenty-four-year-old adult at heart.

“Aha, I see. Daddy didn’t think of that. What should I do because I’m upset about this?”

Nathan, who couldn’t stop laughing, looked at her with a soft look and asked.

“Don’t grow up, don’t get married, and live happily with your daddy for a long time.”

“…”

Seira was strangely couldn’t answer right away, even though it was a common joke.

The moment she said yes, she felt like she’d fall asleep in this dream world tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. She definitely wanted to stay here forever, but why was she so uncomfortable?

Their purple eyes, which were exactly alike, stared at each other quietly.

After some time had passed, Seira, who’d been hesitating, let out a deep sigh and spoke.

“I’m sorry, Daddy. I have so many children to look after.”

This world, where everyone seemed happy, was actually nothing more than fiction. No matter how painful it was, she had no choice but to live in reality unless there was a magic that could reverse the past. It was foolish to hold on to the past that should’ve been let go, to the precious person she had already lost.

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