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Table of Contents

  • 1. Chapter 1. Kill The Empress
  • 2. Chapter 2. Tanatos’s Cripple Empress
  • 3. Chapter 3. She's Really Here
  • 4. Chapter 4. The Empress Is Going To Die
  • 5. Chapter 5. How Did This Happen?
  • 6. Chapter 6. Swallowing Eyes
  • 7. Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti
  • 8. Chapter 8. The Crying Sound
  • 9. Chapter 9. Are You Throwing Yourself Away?
  • 10. Chapter 10. Why Did This Woman...?
  • 11. Chapter 11. Then Bite If Off And Kill Me
  • 12. Chapter 12. Ability To Save
  • 13. Chapter 13. The Shadow She Left Behind
  • 14. Chapter 14. Into His Realm
  • 15. Chapter 15. Tamon's Purpose
  • 16. Chapter 16. This Damn Woman!
  • 17. Chapter 17. I've Never Hated You
  • 18. Chapter 18. How About Love?
  • 19. Chapter 19. A Night Walk
  • 20. Chapter 20. How Do You Want To Die
  • 21. Chapter 21. Ronasso's Anxiety
  • 22. Chapter 22. How To Let Go Of Sadness
  • 23. Chapter 23. Lersha Resha
  • 24. Chapter 24. It’s Not Ugly
  • 25. Chapter 25. Where Is The Empress's Treasure?
  • 26. Chapter 26. The Reason For Death
  • 27. Chapter 27. The Consolation Of The Unashamed
  • 28. Chapter 28. A New Name
  • 29. Chapter 29. A Small Change
  • 30. Chapter 30. Out Of Control
  • 31. Chapter 31. There's Always Trouble
  • 32. Chapter 32. Dazzling Silver Hair And Purple Crystal Eyes
  • 33. Chapter 33. My Silver Fox
  • 34. Chapter 34. Is It Okay To Eat This Poisonous Plant?
  • 35. Chapter 35. Don't Be Weak
  • 36. Chapter 36. Don’t Leave Me
  • 37. Chapter 37. An Unfamiliar Peace
  • 38. Chapter 38. Warmth Of The Palm
  • 39. Chapter 39. Give Me Your Right Foot
  • 40. Chapter 40. That’s Right
  • 41. Chapter 41. The Bride's Scream
  • 42. Chapter 42. You Are Like A Gift
  • 43. Chapter 43. Ensemble Drink
  • 44. Chapter 44. I Think It’s Her
  • 45. Chapter 45. Exactly One Month
  • 46. Chapter 46. I’m Disappointed
  • 47. Chapter 47. She Doesn’t Know
  • 48. Chapter 48. To The Lady Of The Pink Rose Forest
  • 49. Chapter 49. Red Stigma On The Chest
  • 50. Chapter 50. That Person Will Come
  • 51. Chapter 51. Smile Next Time
  • 52. Chapter 52. I’m The Owner Of That Leg
  • 53. Chapter 53. The Twins’ Dream
  • 54. Chapter 54. Karen Turasia
  • 55. Chapter 55. Red Passion In The Desert
  • 56. Chapter 56. Cassion Krasis
  • 57. Chapter 57. Brothers
  • 58. Chapter 58. He Did Not Know How To Be Patient
  • 59. Chapter 59. An Unpleasant Visitor
  • 60. Chapter 60. My Brother's Mistress
  • 61. Chapter 61. Tomorrow, Lunch, Together
  • 62. Chapter 62. Roselyn's Anger
  • 63. Chapter 63. Red-eyed Savior
  • 64. Chapter 64. He’s Back
  • 65. Chapter 65. Bloody Master
  • 66. Chapter 66. Welcome Back
  • 67. Chapter 67. I Missed You
  • 68. Chapter 68. Thank You For Staying Alive
  • 69. Chapter 69. It's All Coming Together
  • 70. Chapter 70. Hope That Shine At The End Of Despair
  • 71. Chapter 71. A Mean Woman
  • 72. Chapter 72. Ronasso's Adversity
  • 73. Chapter 73. Preparation To Go Out
  • 74. Chapter 74. Each Person's Heart Flows Differently
  • 75. Chapter 75. Smile, Rosie
  • 76. Chapter 76. Do You Want Me To Show You My Specialty?
  • 77. Chapter 77. Aim And Shoot
  • 78. Chapter 78. The Gap
  • 79. Chapter 79. Arrows That Burn Flesh
  • 80. Chapter 80. I’ll Bring You The Proof
  • 81. Chapter 81. Even If I Die Like This
  • 82. Chapter 82. The Reason She Was Confident In Winning
  • 83. Chapter 83. An Unexpected Guest
  • 84. Chapter 84. Love That Couldn't Overcome Hatred
  • 85. Chapter 85. Aranrosia
  • 86. Chapter 86. The Rightful Owner
  • 87. Chapter 87. Can I Trust You?
  • 88. Chapter 88. A Blind Man
  • 89. Chapter 89. The Wind Lantern Ceremony
  • 90. Chapter 90. If You're There, Come Out
  • 91. Chapter 91. Similar
  • 92. Chapter 92. Ignorance Is Bravery
  • 93. Chapter 93. I Can Tell You
  • 94. Chapter 94. Hartz’s Conditions
  • 95. Chapter 95. If You Kiss Me
  • 96. Chapter 96. Change
  • 97. Chapter 97. Anna
  • 98. Chapter 98. I’ll Have To Remove It
  • 99. Chapter 99. The Prophet's Gamble
  • 100. Chapter 100. Because He's So Good At It
  • 101. Chapter 101. A Mysterious Trend
  • 102. Chapter 102. The Conditions Of The Gift
  • 103. Chapter 103. The Tips Of His Ears
  • 104. Chapter 104. The Meaning Of Yellow Lily
  • 105. Chapter 105. God, Please Take Care Of Them
  • 106. Chapter 106. I'd Like To Meet Him
  • 107. Chapter 107. It’s Beautiful
  • 108. Chapter 108. What Do You Want Me To Do?
  • 109. Chapter 109. There's Only Two Of Us
  • 110. Chapter 110. Even If It Hurts A Little, It Will Last A Long Time
  • 111. Chapter 111. Does This Make Sense?
  • 112. Chapter 112. With Both Feet
  • 113. Chapter 113. Instinct
  • 114. Chapter 114. Did It Happen?
  • 115. Chapter 115. One Step, Two Steps
  • 116. Chapter 116. A Familiar Voice
  • 117. Chapter 117. I See The Glory Of Winter
  • 118. Chapter 118. That's Why It's Not Me
  • 119. Chapter 119. . It Was A Flash
  • 120. Chapter 120. When The Revenge Is Over
  • 121. Chapter 121. What Will He Get?
  • 122. Chapter 122. What Is Your Name?
  • 123. Chapter 123. Sweet
  • 124. Chapter 124. Black Canyon (1)
  • 125. Chapter 125. Black Canyon (2)
  • 126. Chapter 126. A Twisted Doubt
  • 127. Chapter 127. You Have To Save It
  • 128. Chapter 128. The Secret Of The Silver Horned Deer
  • 129. Chapter 129. His Sincerity
  • 130. Chapter 130. Into The Black Fog
  • 131. Chapter 131. Breaking In
  • 132. Chapter 132. Tell Me, Asha
  • 133. Chapter 133. Warmth
  • 134. Chapter 134. Evidence Of Longing
  • 135. Chapter 135. Under The Wheels
  • 136. Chapter 136. Natasha's Crime
  • 137. Chapter 137. Who Left The Flowers?
  • 138. Chapter 138. He Who Sees The Will Of God
  • 139. Chapter 139. Winter Can't Beat The Pines
  • 140. Chapter 140. Let’s Go There Together
  • 141. Chapter 141. Betrayal
  • 142. Chapter 142. A Vanished Home
  • 143. Chapter 143. Finally, At The Imperial Palace
  • 144. Chapter 144. Remove It
  • 145. Chapter 145. Your Worst Nightmare
  • 146. Chapter 146. July 16th
  • 147. Chapter 147. Pretend You Don’t See It. Pretend You Don’t Know It
  • 148. Chapter 148. Take The Child To His Mother
  • 149. Chapter 149. A Crack
  • 150. Chapter 150. Song Of The Fall
  • 151. Chapter 151. Anna’s Situation
  • 152. Chapter 152. Perso’s Anguish
  • 153. Chapter 153. A Suspicious Maid
  • 154. Chapter 154. Whose Baby Is It?
  • 155. Chapter 155. This Is My Answer
  • 156. Chapter 156. The Wild Dog Outside The Fence
  • 157. Chapter 157. The Main Characters
  • 158. Chapter 158. That Day
  • 159. Chapter 159. Let Me Tell You A Secret
  • 160. Chapter 160. Run Away
  • 161. Chapter 161. The Hunt Begins
  • 162. Chapter 162. To The Hell I Got Out Of
  • 163. Chapter 163. Let's Watch
  • 164. Chapter 164. The Crazy Emperor
  • 165. Chapter 165. Rampage
  • 166. Chapter 166. Clash Of Life And Death
  • 167. Chapter 167. Collect
  • 168. Chapter 168. The Banquet Is Over
  • 169. Chapter 169. A World Without The Power Of God
  • 170. Chapter 170. Thorny Hedge
  • 171. Chapter 171. It Was The Night When Winter Ended
  • 172. Chapter 172. Side Story 1 - The World Has Been Turned Upside Down
  • 173. Chapter 173. Side Story 2 - Death In The Dark
  • 174. Chapter 174. Side Story 3 - Monstein
  • 175. Chapter 175. Side Story 4. Tamon's Happiness
  • 176. Chapter 176. Side Story 5. Very Sweet And Tender
  • 177. Chapter 177. Side Story 6. Methods Of Persuasion
  • 178. Chapter 178. Side Story 7. A Night Full Of Peach Scent
  • 179. Chapter 179. Side Story 8. Desired Asha
  • 180. Chapter 180. Side Story 9. Unexpected Fit
  • 181. Chapter 181. Side Story 10. Return
  • 182. Chapter 182. Side Story 11. All Is Well
  • 183. Chapter 183. Side Story 12. Amazing News
  • 184. Chapter 184. Side Story 13. A Very Cute Dream
  • 185. Chapter 185. Side Story 14. What Kind Of Bullsh*t Is This?
  • 186. Chapter 186. Side Story 15. What Will Turn The World Upside Down
  • 187. Chapter 187. Side Story 16. Suspicious Meeting
  • 188. Chapter 188. Side Story 17. Find Me
  • 189. Chapter 189. Side Story 18. You Just Have To Enjoy It
  • 190. Chapter 190. Side Story 19. Time To Become A Family
  • 191. Chapter 191. Side Story 20. Omen
  • 192. Chapter 192. Side Story 21. Became A Family (End)

Chapter 1. Kill the Empress

 


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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 2. Tanatos’s cripple Empress

 


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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 3. She's really here

 


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****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 4. The Empress is going to die

 


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****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 5. How did this happen?

 


****

Sponsored by Tanseobang 💖 (½)

****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 6. Swallowing eyes

 


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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 7. Natasha Roanti

 


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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 8. The crying sound

 


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****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 9. Are you throwing yourself away?

 


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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 10. Why did this woman...?

 


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****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

Chapter 11. Then bite if off and kill me

 


****

Sponsored by Tanseobang 💖 (½)

****

 

“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.

 

He was disliked by his siblings. The words “precious child” were the most enchanting words he had ever heard in his life.

 

“Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

He was even more grateful that the lady was the first person to say “precious” to him than that she bought the flowers.

 

With trembling hands, the boy accepted the pocket Roselyn had offered him.

 

The sobbing child wiped away his tears with his fist and even took off the daisy crown that he wore on his head.

 

“I’m sorry I don’t have anything for you. This is a flower crown I made myself this morning. Please accept it.”

 

The boy, who bowed down and greeted, quickly moved away.

 

Somehow, he couldn’t seem to stop crying.

 

Roselyn looked at the flower crown the child had left and placed it on Hannah’s head.

 

“The daisies look good on you, Hannah.”

 

“Thank you…….”

 

With the flower crown on her head and the flower basket in her hand, Hannah looked like the boy selling flowers.

 

The difference was that unlike the boy holding the flower basket, many people asked if they could buy flowers as soon as Hannah was holding the basket.

 

Hannah, who shook her head like a child who couldn’t speak, glanced back.

 

Roselyn looked in the same place, wondering if the boy had returned, but she couldn’t spot him.

 

“I didn’t think you’d buy them all.”

 

Hannah murmured, hugging the flower basket tightly.

 

“I think it would be beautiful in my room.”

 

For some reason, Hannah seemed to like daisies very much.

 

She even smiled, which she didn’t show very often, and held the flower basket tightly.

 

They returned to the side of the group that had been watching them from a short distance away, and before she knew it, the twins were standing there with three tickets.

 

“It’s already sold out and there are only three. So I think Asha and the cuties can use this.”

 

Saying that they themselves had done it last year, the twins got the tickets for the children.

 

Hesitantly, Arsene happily took the tickets firmly in his hand.

 

Without saying a word, Tasha patted Arsene on the head.

 

Ding ding-

 

The bell rang that the ceremony would soon begin. Roselyn hurried to her seat.

 

****

 

The priests of the temple appeared, pulling a large cart with wind lanterns on it.

 

The lantern ceremony consisted of ten people at a time, each holding a ticket for a lantern, and when it was their turn, they would step forward and take their turn to fly the lantern.

 

First, the royalty, nobles, and temple priests, whose turn was predetermined, would fly the lanterns while wearing the yellow Heritia flower, the symbol of Amor.

 

The language of the Heritia flower was prosperity and hope.

 

Then it was the turn of a hundred or so citizens, drawn at random.

 

Ten lanterns flew at a time. (10 people, 1 each)

 

Each of them flew the lantern into the sky with a sincere wish that it would reach the six gods.

 

On the other hand, the temple orchestra sang a sacred song in high spirits so that the lanterns they flew would reach the gods safely.

 

After all the lanterns have flown for an hour, those who could not fly float flowers into the sea with their wishes.

 

That concluded the entire flower offering ceremony.

 

Roselyn gazed in wonder at the lanterns hanging with flowers as they soared into the sky.

 

She wondered if it was really going to float, the way the flower wobbled so heavily, but before she knew it, they were let go and the lanterns floated up to the highest point.

 

“Come to the God who is far, very high, in that high place. So that this plan could be accomplished successfully.”

 

But on second thought, it was a little funny.

 

Daisy  flower’s  language was hope, peace, and innocence.

 

However, her plan (kill Gillotti) was far from hope, peace or innocence.

 

It was messy, snobbish, and terribly calculating.

 

And yet, to hope that the flower of hope would reach God…. …..

 

It was a very foolish and shameless wish.

 

“It will come true. Asha’s wish.”

 

As if she could read her mind, Hannah grabbed Roselyn’s dress and said so.

 

The child’s clear golden eyes shone as if they wanted to give her hope.

 

Roselyn carefully stroked Hannah’s hair, thinking the child’s heart was so beautiful.

 

“Thank you. Your wish will come true, too. Hannah.”

 

Hannah who was looking up at Roselyn nodded in reply.

 

Then Hannah, who turned around and stared somewhere, suddenly started running.

 

“Hannah?”

 

“Hannah! Where are you going?”

 

Because anyone could stop him, the startled Arsene chased after Hannah.

 

“Arsene, please stop!”

 

Too many people were walking back from the cliff after the ceremony was over, as if the waves were receding.

 

Hannah and Arsene disappeared in the waves of people.

 

“Jorge!”

 

Roselyn hurriedly called Jorge. The men accompanying her moved at Jorge’s gesture.

 

“There are too many people, the place is too big! We have to spread out and search. We’ll search in pairs and meet back here in twenty minutes.”

 

“Then the twins will go together and I’ll go with Asha…………” 

 

“No. I think it would be better if Tasha and Jorge, who are faster on your feet, go together. I’ll go with Louie as she knows her way around.”

 

It was more efficient for two highly mobile people to move together.

 

Because Roselyn, who was limping, would certainly move slower.

 

However, Jorge could not do so.

 

Roselyn smiled and said, as if she understood how Jorge felt.

 

“Don’t worry about me. Shadow is always around to protect me.”

 

Shadow!

 

He was Tamon’s personal guard who was always invisible.

 

Jorge’s expression became lighter as he remembered the existence of Shadow.

 

“I understand. Let’s gather here every twenty minutes until we find the children.”

 

Lasha and Jorge rushed away. Roselyn hastily looked around with Louie.

 

“Why did Hannah run away so suddenly?”

 

Roselyn suddenly recalled Hannah’s actions. For some reason, Hannah kept looking back the whole time.

 

What exactly did Hannah see?

 

Being a disciple of the Prophet Hartz, perhaps Hannah saw something that would happen in the future.

 

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

 

 It was urgent to find the children as soon as possible.

 

“The knights are fast on their feet and have a wide radius of action, so we should look again where they had searched to be sure, Louie.”

 

“Yes, Asha.”

 

Roselyn and Louie searched everywhere in the alleyways.

 

Then at some point.

 

Arghhhh!

 

A faint scream could be heard from behind a gloomy building.

 

Roselyn and Louie slowed their footsteps and quietly walked over to where the scream was coming from.

 

And the scene they found made Roselyn and Louie’s eyes widen in surprise.

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“Please buy me a flower….”

 

Roselyn looked at where Hannah pointed, and saw children decorated like flower spirits, each with a basket full of flowers for sale.

 

“Those who couldn’t attend the flower offering ceremony would write their wishes on the flowers and float them on the ocean. Strangely enough, not once did the flowers wash up on land.”

 

Jorge, who was watching, stepped in and explained.

 

“I see. Thank you for your explanation.”

 

Roselyn sent a polite thank you, and Jorge laughed ‘haha’ with a face that couldn’t hide his happiness.

 

“What flowers shall I buy then?”

 

What Roselyn saw right now were yellow roses, lilies, and purple statice.

 

All the flowers were beautiful, and just when Roselyn was not sure what to choose, Hannah grabbed the hem of her skirt again.

 

“There ……………………… over there.”

 

Hannah ran with Roselyn’s hand in hers as if to tell her to follow.

 

In no time at all, Roselyn was already in the middle of the crowd with the child holding on to her.

 

Fortunately, Hannah stopped without going more than a few steps.

 

“Here. I like this flower.”

 

At the place where Hannah stopped, there was a boy holding a basket of flowers, which looked particularly small compared to the flowers of other children, but was still very much intact.

 

“Buy some flowers! Daisy means hope. All my blessings for your future, beautiful customer………..”

 

The child was reciting the words he must have memorized, he couldn’t even lift his head to offer the flowers. The stems of the flower were crushed and the petals were shaking.

 

Roselyn looked at the basket. It seemed that he hadn’t sold a single flower yet.

 

“They’re beautiful daisies.”

 

Roselyn looked at the basket full of white flowers.

 

Daisies were flowers that bloomed in warm places. They were also very rare in cold Tanatos.

 

“How much is it?”

 

“10 shillings per flower…”

 

No, how much is a whole basket?”

 

The child’s eyes opened wide in surprise at Roselyn’s words.

 

The child had very pretty purple eyes.

 

Roselyn was happy to see the same eye color as hers and smiled 

small under her veil.

 

“Well, now really………….”

 

“Yes. Let’s see. It looks like there are 100 flowers in the basket. Then this is good enough. Right?”

 

Roselyn held out a small bag of gold coins to the child.

 

The pocket contained about 10 gold.

 

When the boy checked the pocket, he was startled and gave the money back to her.

 

“It’s too much, precious Lady! I can’t take this much!”

 

“If you sell 100 shillings each, you will get 10 golds.”

 

But the price of ten shillings per flower was a price that the boy called high in the hope that they would bargain for it.

 

He was very grateful to the lady in front of him who paid for everything, but he also felt sorry for her.

 

“Take it, I was looking for a child who could sell a whole basket like this, not just one or two flowers. Other children had sold half of their baskets. You’re the precious child I finally found, so you can have it.”

 

The gentle sound of the noblewoman’s voice made the boy stare upward in a daze.

 

Tears began to trickle up into the boy’s large eyes.

 

He was born as the fourth of five siblings.