96
4 Estio
- Episode 20
The current situation was unusual due to Estio's control failure. I tried to convey only the voice of the crystal flower, but the whole flower garden came under the control of the mind bridge.
It was by no means his intention that all the plants that had been quietly asleep had awakened and had a will.
"Marisa always spoke to me."
"Now it's our turn."
Before I could even ask what the turn meant, the anomaly gradually evolved rapidly.
slurp, slurp.
The plants began to branch out at a frightening rate. An absolutely impossible phenomenon occurred, and Marisa slumped into her seat, screaming at her.
"Huh huh."
"Cry?"
"scared?"
Marisa wept louder when the innocent question was heard. It had been a long time since she had lost all of her dignity and body as an imperial family.
At that moment, a vine that had sprung out of the crystal flower pot Neju was holding touched her head.
"It's okay, Marisa. Everything will be fine..."
"Suck."
pat pat.
It is a vine full of the scent of flowers, but it felt like a human touch. So Marisa stopped crying without realizing it. A white flower bloomed over the surprised golden eyes.
"I will definitely protect you."
The plants understood that Marisa was trembling with fear because of the fire. It was like an innocent child's delusion. Marisa noticed their misunderstanding, but she was so trembling that she couldn't explain that she was afraid because of you.
It was then.
Whoops!
Suddenly, pitch-black darkness fell over them.
No, the truth was that the flames surrounding the garden were extinguished in an instant. Startled, Marisa rubbed her eyes, but she was still obscured by darkness.
"The lights are out."
"The noise outside has also stopped."
As I listened to Moobin and Parker and listened in the dark, I couldn't hear the fighting anymore. The moment her Marisa looked over her dim glass wall with her worried eyes, something tapped her elbow. In her goosebumps, she unknowingly shoved her object off her arm.
"Bar, what's just on your arm!"
"Hey."
Someone fell to the floor with a rather gentle exclamation.
I thought it was a dark plant, but it wasn't, it was a child with a small body. As Marisa calmed her startled chest, Estio reached out to reach the boy who had fallen over.
"Kai, hold on."
"Thank you."
It was in the dark, so the holding hand and the holding hand misaligned a few times. Kai, who barely grabbed Estio's hand, got up procrastination, and Marisa apologized with her embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I'm so startled, stop."
Kai, who received the apology, said it was okay and smiled broadly. After all, Kai was a commoner, so it was a sin for her to touch the princess' body without permission. Estio, who supported him, opened his mouth.
"Did you stumble?"
"Umm..."
Kai, who decided that there was no point in cheating anyway, answered honestly.
"Actually, I'm a little afraid of fire. Suddenly, the fire that had been roaming went out and my legs relaxed. It's like a childish word."
Her wavy, azure curly hair shone faintly in the dark. The boy with a short stature, only reaching Estio's waist, was apparently a child enough.
"It's okay now. I'm sorry to bother you."
Bang!
Before Estio could say anything, someone knocked on the greenhouse door violently. Everyone's eyes turned to the door.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty the Princess! Are you inside!"
'This voice.'
Marisa, who opened her eyes wide, responded by walking towards the door.
"Lord Talun?"
"Hey, my lord Marisa!"
The knight who confirmed the master's voice was crying. But he didn't waste time for long. Because we were communicating through the door, the driver raised his voice again.
"Get away from the door!"
Marisa hurriedly backed away as he requested. When he announced that he had secured enough distance, he heard a strange noise from outside.
In Mubin's eyes, the body type superpower, he could clearly see the burning aura from the other side of the door.
Aurora refers to the energy that a wizard draws up from his body, unlike the mana he collects from nature. Auras that are handled by people with physical abilities who have trained their bodies well, and that cause even more destructive power by wearing them on weapons, are collectively called 'Sword Ki'.
'Ho, that's pretty good.'
She was also a knight of the princess. While Mubin admired inwardly, the knight swung her sword and cut through the door.
With the sound of a rattle, the surface of the door burned and the whole door was torn and thrown like a piece of paper.
"Majesty!"
The knights appeared full of blood. Some were wounded, but most of them were dirty blood that had taken the lives of enemy soldiers and buried them.
wow.
The magic spheres handled by wizards floated up and lit up the inside of the flower garden. Marisa, unable to adapt to the bright light she suddenly found, wrinkled her eyes.
"I can't believe it! The inside of the flower garden is completely covered in ash."
"It seems that the fire has spread all the way to the inside."
"I'm glad you're safe, Your Majesty."
The knights came inside, surrounded Marisa and checked her safety. And Estio and his party, who were standing still, looked at them with alert eyes.
"Did the Ignis guild members help you?"
"That's right. No, wait a minute, Sir Talun."
Marisa blinked a few times, her eyes frowned at the light, then looked up at her knight.
"Respite, what do you mean?"
"ancient?"
"We were locked inside because the door was forcibly locked. The smoke was painful, but the fire didn't catch on."
The smoke that still filled the flower garden was disgusting. At Marisa's explanation that there was never a fire inside, the knights all looked embarrassed.
Knight Talun blinked and pointed around.
"Hana, then, how could such a horrific sight happen?"
"......!"
Following that gaze, Marisa looked around the garden and was at a loss for words.
It was black all around. It wasn't because it was dark. Magic spheres used for reconnaissance roamed round and round, scattering bright light in all directions.
All the plants grown in the garden were charred and dead. There were plants that crumbled like ashes, and there were flowers that just turned black and withered.
Princess Marisa's golden eyes stared blankly at the black plants.
"This... it's not terrible."
"Majesty?"
"This is, these children are mine."
Marisa looked into the dead plants one by one. She was horribly miserable, as if all of them had been burned to death.
"My precious..."
'family? friend?'
Words I couldn't define just lingered in my mouth.
When she finally found a familiar flowerpot among the ashes, Marisa couldn't help but burst into tears.
'I'll protect you.'
A pile of ashes, once a pure white crystal flower, curled up and fell asleep.
'Everything will be fine.'
A deep sleep from which I can't wake up.
* * *
The terrorist attack targeting the first princess in the Imperial Palace eventually angered the emperor.
Immediately, the necks of the soldiers who had neglected the guard fled. All the employees of the Imperial Palace were replaced by new ones, and the knights were punished, demoted, and in severe cases even deprived of their titles.
However, the emperor, who had been expressing his anger without hesitation for his beloved first daughter, showed signs of slowing down from a certain moment.
'If you find a sinner, you will surely be punished severely.'
He put the cover down like that, and didn't even pretend to look for it. At that very moment, Princess Marisa was convinced that the Emperor had noticed the motive.
The current emperor, too, was raised through a struggle for the emperor's power as a child. Even as he himself learned, the quarrels between his brothers in the imperial court were tacitly tolerated. It is a kind of struggle.
'Gryphon cubs do not hatch from eggs at the same time.'
A monstrous griffin said to have the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. The imperial tradition was similar to that of the Griffin, who is said to be the strongest among monsters.
If there is only one prey, the stronger-born griffins push their siblings out of the nest. The mother Griffin only watches the situation in which they push their brothers to death, but does not stop them or intervene.
The same was true of the Loubarzan royal family.
A struggle for survival in which the strongest victor seizes power. Apart from caring for Marisa, the emperor had no desire to intervene in the fight of future generations for the throne. Even though it may seem cruel from the point of view of a dying child, that cruelty is the tradition that has continued the prosperity of the empire.
"...I know someone who takes care of plants too."
Princess Marisa was publicly informed that she was seriously injured in this incident and was lying in a hospital bed. But in reality, she was in good health with no injuries. It was because she had the help of the Ignis guild members. She also sacrificed the flowers she had cultivated throughout her life.
"Is it different from a human being? A country that recognizes a king who can listen to the voice of the people and a monarch who takes care of him and tries to protect each other."
The plants in the glass garden came forward and absorbed the heat and smoke of the flames with their whole body. For plants that are weak against fire, it was a fatal act that was no less than suicide.
Instead of the fire going out and the smoke blocking the respiratory system disappearing, all the plants lost their beautiful flowers and branches and turned to ashes.
"Is Lubarjan such a country now?"
Someone bowed their head behind the princess who leaned against the window sill and muttered blankly.
"Sir Marisa."
Guild members in black uniforms lined up in the city. Among them, Marisa saw the young man with dark blue eyes and smiled broadly.
"I will become an empress."
"......"
"Can you stay by my side, Estio?"
Chapter 16 Germination
The day when a record fire broke out in the Imperial Palace.
At that time the crystal flower was almost dying. In order to save Princess Marisa, she inhaled the surrounding fire and smoky smoke with her whole body, just like other greenhouse plants. The green stems were discolored black, and even the white and crumbly petals were burned and turned into ashes.
Just as she was about to cross the tunnel of death, she suddenly untied the pendant Marisa was holding from her neck. Beautiful pendant with red gemstones surrounded by gilding. It was none other than a 'divine artifact' that her younger brother, Prince Girshu, presented at her birthday party.
All artifacts have a limited number of times. It was the same with Girsch's gift. The wound healing effect stored in the pendant was only five times.
Marisa activated one of them generously for flowers. As a result, the crystal flower was able to come to his senses and speak for a moment.
"Marisa...?"
"I'm sorry I'm scared."
A princess with long silver hair was crying like a child in front of a flowerpot.
"Heh, heh. It was because I was so surprised. It's not that I hated you. I wanted to have a proper conversation."
"Yes......."
"And thanks for watching."
The crystal flower expressed its joy by waving its already charred leaves.
"Yes. Me too, Marisa."
Transparent tears fell on the black, dead stem. It only brought him back to life for a moment, but Marisa knew that it was really time to part.
96
4 Estio
- Episode 20
The current situation was unusual due to Estio's control failure. I tried to convey only the voice of the crystal flower, but the whole flower garden came under the control of the mind bridge.
It was by no means his intention that all the plants that had been quietly asleep had awakened and had a will.
"Marisa always spoke to me."
"Now it's our turn."
Before I could even ask what the turn meant, the anomaly gradually evolved rapidly.
slurp, slurp.
The plants began to branch out at a frightening rate. An absolutely impossible phenomenon occurred, and Marisa slumped into her seat, screaming at her.
"Huh huh."
"Cry?"
"scared?"
Marisa wept louder when the innocent question was heard. It had been a long time since she had lost all of her dignity and body as an imperial family.
At that moment, a vine that had sprung out of the crystal flower pot Neju was holding touched her head.
"It's okay, Marisa. Everything will be fine..."
"Suck."
pat pat.
It is a vine full of the scent of flowers, but it felt like a human touch. So Marisa stopped crying without realizing it. A white flower bloomed over the surprised golden eyes.
"I will definitely protect you."
The plants understood that Marisa was trembling with fear because of the fire. It was like an innocent child's delusion. Marisa noticed their misunderstanding, but she was so trembling that she couldn't explain that she was afraid because of you.
It was then.
Whoops!
Suddenly, pitch-black darkness fell over them.
No, the truth was that the flames surrounding the garden were extinguished in an instant. Startled, Marisa rubbed her eyes, but she was still obscured by darkness.
"The lights are out."
"The noise outside has also stopped."
As I listened to Moobin and Parker and listened in the dark, I couldn't hear the fighting anymore. The moment her Marisa looked over her dim glass wall with her worried eyes, something tapped her elbow. In her goosebumps, she unknowingly shoved her object off her arm.
"Bar, what's just on your arm!"
"Hey."
Someone fell to the floor with a rather gentle exclamation.
I thought it was a dark plant, but it wasn't, it was a child with a small body. As Marisa calmed her startled chest, Estio reached out to reach the boy who had fallen over.
"Kai, hold on."
"Thank you."
It was in the dark, so the holding hand and the holding hand misaligned a few times. Kai, who barely grabbed Estio's hand, got up procrastination, and Marisa apologized with her embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I'm so startled, stop."
Kai, who received the apology, said it was okay and smiled broadly. After all, Kai was a commoner, so it was a sin for her to touch the princess' body without permission. Estio, who supported him, opened his mouth.
"Did you stumble?"
"Umm..."
Kai, who decided that there was no point in cheating anyway, answered honestly.
"Actually, I'm a little afraid of fire. Suddenly, the fire that had been roaming went out and my legs relaxed. It's like a childish word."
Her wavy, azure curly hair shone faintly in the dark. The boy with a short stature, only reaching Estio's waist, was apparently a child enough.
"It's okay now. I'm sorry to bother you."
Bang!
Before Estio could say anything, someone knocked on the greenhouse door violently. Everyone's eyes turned to the door.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty the Princess! Are you inside!"
'This voice.'
Marisa, who opened her eyes wide, responded by walking towards the door.
"Lord Talun?"
"Hey, my lord Marisa!"
The knight who confirmed the master's voice was crying. But he didn't waste time for long. Because we were communicating through the door, the driver raised his voice again.
"Get away from the door!"
Marisa hurriedly backed away as he requested. When he announced that he had secured enough distance, he heard a strange noise from outside.
In Mubin's eyes, the body type superpower, he could clearly see the burning aura from the other side of the door.
Aurora refers to the energy that a wizard draws up from his body, unlike the mana he collects from nature. Auras that are handled by people with physical abilities who have trained their bodies well, and that cause even more destructive power by wearing them on weapons, are collectively called 'Sword Ki'.
'Ho, that's pretty good.'
She was also a knight of the princess. While Mubin admired inwardly, the knight swung her sword and cut through the door.
With the sound of a rattle, the surface of the door burned and the whole door was torn and thrown like a piece of paper.
"Majesty!"
The knights appeared full of blood. Some were wounded, but most of them were dirty blood that had taken the lives of enemy soldiers and buried them.
wow.
The magic spheres handled by wizards floated up and lit up the inside of the flower garden. Marisa, unable to adapt to the bright light she suddenly found, wrinkled her eyes.
"I can't believe it! The inside of the flower garden is completely covered in ash."
"It seems that the fire has spread all the way to the inside."
"I'm glad you're safe, Your Majesty."
The knights came inside, surrounded Marisa and checked her safety. And Estio and his party, who were standing still, looked at them with alert eyes.
"Did the Ignis guild members help you?"
"That's right. No, wait a minute, Sir Talun."
Marisa blinked a few times, her eyes frowned at the light, then looked up at her knight.
"Respite, what do you mean?"
"ancient?"
"We were locked inside because the door was forcibly locked. The smoke was painful, but the fire didn't catch on."
The smoke that still filled the flower garden was disgusting. At Marisa's explanation that there was never a fire inside, the knights all looked embarrassed.
Knight Talun blinked and pointed around.
"Hana, then, how could such a horrific sight happen?"
"......!"
Following that gaze, Marisa looked around the garden and was at a loss for words.
It was black all around. It wasn't because it was dark. Magic spheres used for reconnaissance roamed round and round, scattering bright light in all directions.
All the plants grown in the garden were charred and dead. There were plants that crumbled like ashes, and there were flowers that just turned black and withered.
Princess Marisa's golden eyes stared blankly at the black plants.
"This... it's not terrible."
"Majesty?"
"This is, these children are mine."
Marisa looked into the dead plants one by one. She was horribly miserable, as if all of them had been burned to death.
"My precious..."
'family? friend?'
Words I couldn't define just lingered in my mouth.
When she finally found a familiar flowerpot among the ashes, Marisa couldn't help but burst into tears.
'I'll protect you.'
A pile of ashes, once a pure white crystal flower, curled up and fell asleep.
'Everything will be fine.'
A deep sleep from which I can't wake up.
* * *
The terrorist attack targeting the first princess in the Imperial Palace eventually angered the emperor.
Immediately, the necks of the soldiers who had neglected the guard fled. All the employees of the Imperial Palace were replaced by new ones, and the knights were punished, demoted, and in severe cases even deprived of their titles.
However, the emperor, who had been expressing his anger without hesitation for his beloved first daughter, showed signs of slowing down from a certain moment.
'If you find a sinner, you will surely be punished severely.'
He put the cover down like that, and didn't even pretend to look for it. At that very moment, Princess Marisa was convinced that the Emperor had noticed the motive.
The current emperor, too, was raised through a struggle for the emperor's power as a child. Even as he himself learned, the quarrels between his brothers in the imperial court were tacitly tolerated. It is a kind of struggle.
'Gryphon cubs do not hatch from eggs at the same time.'
A monstrous griffin said to have the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. The imperial tradition was similar to that of the Griffin, who is said to be the strongest among monsters.
If there is only one prey, the stronger-born griffins push their siblings out of the nest. The mother Griffin only watches the situation in which they push their brothers to death, but does not stop them or intervene.
The same was true of the Loubarzan royal family.
A struggle for survival in which the strongest victor seizes power. Apart from caring for Marisa, the emperor had no desire to intervene in the fight of future generations for the throne. Even though it may seem cruel from the point of view of a dying child, that cruelty is the tradition that has continued the prosperity of the empire.
"...I know someone who takes care of plants too."
Princess Marisa was publicly informed that she was seriously injured in this incident and was lying in a hospital bed. But in reality, she was in good health with no injuries. It was because she had the help of the Ignis guild members. She also sacrificed the flowers she had cultivated throughout her life.
"Is it different from a human being? A country that recognizes a king who can listen to the voice of the people and a monarch who takes care of him and tries to protect each other."
The plants in the glass garden came forward and absorbed the heat and smoke of the flames with their whole body. For plants that are weak against fire, it was a fatal act that was no less than suicide.
Instead of the fire going out and the smoke blocking the respiratory system disappearing, all the plants lost their beautiful flowers and branches and turned to ashes.
"Is Lubarjan such a country now?"
Someone bowed their head behind the princess who leaned against the window sill and muttered blankly.
"Sir Marisa."
Guild members in black uniforms lined up in the city. Among them, Marisa saw the young man with dark blue eyes and smiled broadly.
"I will become an empress."
"......"
"Can you stay by my side, Estio?"
Chapter 16 Germination
The day when a record fire broke out in the Imperial Palace.
At that time the crystal flower was almost dying. In order to save Princess Marisa, she inhaled the surrounding fire and smoky smoke with her whole body, just like other greenhouse plants. The green stems were discolored black, and even the white and crumbly petals were burned and turned into ashes.
Just as she was about to cross the tunnel of death, she suddenly untied the pendant Marisa was holding from her neck. Beautiful pendant with red gemstones surrounded by gilding. It was none other than a 'divine artifact' that her younger brother, Prince Girshu, presented at her birthday party.
All artifacts have a limited number of times. It was the same with Girsch's gift. The wound healing effect stored in the pendant was only five times.
Marisa activated one of them generously for flowers. As a result, the crystal flower was able to come to his senses and speak for a moment.
"Marisa...?"
"I'm sorry I'm scared."
A princess with long silver hair was crying like a child in front of a flowerpot.
"Heh, heh. It was because I was so surprised. It's not that I hated you. I wanted to have a proper conversation."
"Yes......."
"And thanks for watching."
The crystal flower expressed its joy by waving its already charred leaves.
"Yes. Me too, Marisa."
Transparent tears fell on the black, dead stem. It only brought him back to life for a moment, but Marisa knew that it was really time to part.
