Do Flowers Bloom in the Fallen Land? - Chapter 150.1

“Life imprisonment?!”

Seira couldn’t help but be shocked. Viseltium’s direct descendant wouldn’t have been weakened unless it was something as serious as losing a companion. He would live at least 70 more years, but the thought of being locked up for that long was terrifying.

“Why would they do that…?”

“It seems like the empire wants to compensate for the damage to Askan caused by the catastrophe 15 years ago.”

Up until now, people thought of the beast’s nest as a natural disaster or punishment from God. However, it was actually the result of a group of lunatics from the temple who sacrificed human lives.

The temple tried to steal the jewels of the black flower that bloomed in the middle of the nest and use the terrifying energy source for new experiments using Bern, who had the power to transcend space. There was a limit to how much can be sealed, and their excessive greed eventually led to the catastrophe. But instead of trying to resolve it, they encouraged Laud to sacrifice Nathan Askan instead.

After that, they continued to create nests, had the army dispose of the beasts, stole the remains, and even created homunculi through terrible experiments.

In addition to this incident that brought the empire on the verge of collapse, the harm they caused was indescribable.

The issue was that the most important key to their misdeeds was Bern Clemens Viseltium. All of these tragedies might not have happened if the late Emperor Laud hadn’t handed over his brother and wife to the temple.

“If His Majesty admits it all, Askan will be properly compensated for the damage done in the past. He may even take over everything of Viseltium if he wishes.”

Instead, Calrad will have to bear the wrath of the empire’s people alone. The late Emperor, Philia Franto, and the madmen of the temple are all dead now. Seira noticed that Baron’s calm voice speaking of Calrad had a tinge of sadness in it.

“Are you worried about him?”

Baron looked perplexed at her question.

“I’m sorry if it sounded like that.”

“I’m sorry, but what?”

“You… you’re the biggest victim of this.”

Seira did not answer. This was because she wanted to hear other people’s opinions first before making her judgment. She was not the only victim created by the lunatic group.

When she had a few sips of the brewed rice wine that Aven made, the victim came to see her. With a report of about ten pages long.

“Of course I want to kill him. Not a single thing he’s enjoyed, Carlrad, was not his by nature.”

When she glanced at the poor report that didn’t even come close to the correct answer, Louis answered like this.

“The glory of being Hesrad’s emperor, the joy of being Seira’s fiancé, are all the things that Bern’s legitimate son should’ve enjoyed.”

Louis’ argument was simple: in order to get everything back in order, Aven should become emperor, and Seira should become the empress.

“I don’t intend to be the empress.”

Seira frowned between her eyebrows, and Aben went on to say.

“I’m not interested in the throne either.”

“…”

Louis looked at Aven with shock, but he didn’t even give Louis a glance as he was focused Seira’s beauty.

“Also, His Majesty doesn’t know much about the past.”

Aven’s first plan after becoming the Crown Prince was to separate Calrad and the temple. However, surprisingly, their relationship was already at its worst.

“He used to warn me not to trust the temple and talk about things from the past, but I didn’t feel like he was trying to deceive me.”

Calrad knew that the temple’s instigation contributed to the emperor’s involvement in Bern’s accident. He allegedly used Bern as an excuse to act like a puppet, grinding his teeth to strike them down and save his uncle soon.

He added that he had no knowledge of the connection between the temple and the nest or how Homunculus was made.

“That’s…… It’s true. I’ve been at odds with the temple since I was the Crown Prince due to the issue of his broken engagement with Seira, so they weren’t in good terms.”

The temple wasn’t so easy to let Calrad, who considered them as mortal enemy, know their most important secret. Louis acknowledged this. However…

“But you have to spit out what you’ve enjoyed so far. Even if you don’t bear the sins of your ancestors.”

“So, you want to kill him?”

Louis hesitated to reply at Seira’s question.

“It’s not like that. It’s just… I hope he’s unhappy.”

“…Yes. I see what you mean.”

Louis, known as Philia Franto’s only son, was also guilty if the sins of his predecessors must be punished. Even Franto’s side not only actively participated in the plan to make homunculi, but also made a fortune through the Magic Engineering Research Institute.

‘When I think of Amelia, I want to prevent the destruction of Franto. I want to give Louis a chance to live like a human being.’

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