Do Flowers Bloom in the Fallen Land? - Chapter 150.2

“First, rewrite this.”

Seira handed the report back to Louis.

“Who wants to know how to efficiently recycle the homunculi that will be discarded? Don’t even bring up the word discard in the future.”

“But…”

Louis picked up the report with a troubled look on his face.

“Then what should I do with them all?”

“Your younger siblings? How many?”

At Seira’s question, Louis looked at Aven’s face. He furrowed his brows slightly before blurting out.

“Thirty-one. Except Louis.”

…There were so many. Thanks to this, Seira, who had been silent for a while, heaved a long sigh.

“We should think about giving them a good life first. Instead of hiding them in the shadows.”

“This is what they look like…”

Then, Louis called out someone that was just a pitch-black figure. If anyone saw it, they might mistake it for a Guardian. The homunculus, who had been watching them with red eyes, bowed quietly.

“Yes, nice to meet you. How old are you?”

The black shape, which tilted its head, stretched out seven fingers.

“You’re seven years old? You’re still a baby…”

As a look of concern spread across Seira’s face, the black figure also didn’t know what to do.

“It’ll be hard to live in the imperial capital, so stay in Askan for the time being. There are a lot of empty rooms.”

“Seira!”

A startled Louis exclaimed, shoving his brother into the shadow.

“You can’t do that! You don’t know when or what kind of danger it will cause!”

“It’s family, though, Louise. You, your brothers. You can’t hide your family because you’re sick. You should take better care of them.”

“No.”

Louis smiled then grimaced.

“It’s just a monster. Not only them, but I’m also… It’s just things that need to disappear.”

“But you want to live. You care about them, right?”

She responded calmly to his words, which were full of hatred and contempt, without any change in her expression.

“Lies don’t work, Louis. There’s no need to, and you shouldn’t.”

Standing up from her seat and facing Louis, she spoke, looking into his turquoise eyes.

“You should know that telling the truth and asking for help might be more effective than deceiving someone. You didn’t really thin lying to me was the best thing to do, did you?”

Louis’ eyes shook as he realized what Seira was talking about.

“At the time… I’m sorry I lied to you. Honestly… I didn’t know it would lead to anything. I wanted Seira to stay in a safe place…”

Baron asked with a puzzled look.

“What are you talking about? Did you try to lie to her?”

“Pregnancy.”

“What? Seira was never pregnant… Oh, my God…”

Seira, who was only sensitive to Baron, awkwardly turned away from him.

If she had thought about it more calmly, it would’ve been an easy question. How can Louis, who wanted to prevent the creation of more beings like him, could induce pregnancy?

It would’ve been true that he’d put drugs in the food she consumed. However, Louis only used his hand to help with contraception.

How could he not have known that the contraceptives sent from the top of Haipon would have no effect? The Franto family was like a puppet of the temple, and the top of Haipon was no different. As a result, he must’ve used separate measures to prevent Seira’s pregnancy.

In order to give a hint about the temple’s plot, Louis hid his inner self and lied in the hope that Seira, who also thought she was pregnant, would hide herself until the job was done. Even if she didn’t want to, Aven and Baron would make sure to hide her somehow.

Seira was fooled even though she knew that a pregnant Omega reacted particularly sensitively to the pheromones of the child’s father, and that she hardly recognized the pheromones shed by other Alphas. She had no experience in pregnancy, so she thought it would come out a bit later.

Only after being fully connected to the D-Arc did Seira notice that she didn’t hold life.

“Looking at the reaction of Duke Jeff, Seira seems to have lied, too.”

“It was true in conclusion, so it’s okay.”

“What do you mean… How can you be so reckless when you’re mistaken for being pregnant…?”

Seira gently patted Baron’s back, who couldn’t get angry properly and breathed a sigh with his face buried in his hand.

“But I’m not disappointed because I didn’t expect it.”

“…His Majesty cried thinking you had a miscarriage.”

There were several doctor visits while she was unconscious, so they couldn’t help but realize that there was no child in her stomach. Baron had to struggle with guilt alone as he watched Calrad in agony.

“You should have told him honestly. There wasn’t one in the first place.”

“Then I would have died first at His Majesty’s hands before you woke up.”

“…”

Seira, who felt Louis’ gaze staring at me, asked with her chin raised proudly.

“Why? Do you have something to say?”

“…No. Anyway, I understand that lying is bad.”

“Yeah. So, let’s find a way together so that you and your siblings can have a normal life.”

Didn’t Aven, who had become a beast because of the poison, also regain his original form?

“It’s not that there’s no way out.”

Aven, who was silent the whole time, opened his mouth.

“If I could get His Majesty’s help.”

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