The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 143

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The Eldest Daughter Walks the Path of Flowers Episode 143

Ruu rose from his seat.

A dazzling radiance began to flow from his body as it was time for him to return to the World of the Gods.

Before him, Dantes Arpend had no choice but to kneel.

Ruu spoke with a dignified voice.

“Why is it that humans can be so noble and beautiful, yet at the same time so foolish and ugly?”

Ruu bowed his head toward Dantes and then spoke again.

“Your lifespans are short. Sometimes short enough that you don’t have to take responsibility for the foolish things you’ve done. The price of that sin will be paid by your descendants. Since you exploited Hestia’s love, you and those who carry your blood will never obtain true love until she is freed.”

Berard, leaving them behind, carried the sleeping Alexis and laid her beneath the roots of the Mabesu Tree.

He said.

“Alexis, someday someone will appear who will free you from your long suffering. Until then, I will protect you. Even if my time granted by the gods comes to an end, my descendants will carry on that mission.”

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Radis looked away from the notebook and gazed at Daniel.

“You told me everything, teacher.”

Here was the original form of the frightening yet beautiful old tale that Daniel had told her.

Daniel smiled gently and said.

“Radis, it wasn’t just you. Apart from my loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, I thought everyone should know this story. So I wrote a novel based on this story.”

“Knight Angela, right?”

“Yes. Now that I confess, Angela was modeled after you.”

Daniel sent a gentle smile toward Radis, whose face was slightly flushed.

“After sealing Alexis, Berard devoted his entire life to researching how to break the prohibition. That notebook contains Berard Russel’s records.”

Radis flipped through the notebook quickly.

The notebook was filled with research records of complex magical formulas that even she found difficult to understand.

And in the final section, written in handwriting that seemed to tremble violently, it said:

[…There is no such thing as a permanent spell. When the seal I created reaches the end of its lifespan or is destroyed by external force, the curse will devour her again. Unless someone saves her, she will be consumed by darkness, and the world will suffer exactly as much pain as she has endured.]

Radis carefully turned the worn page.

[I researched ways to break this curse my entire life but could not find one. However, for someone who will find this record for her sake, I leave here the method to break the seal I created and meet her. The seal I created contains all my power as a throne; only another Chronos can destroy it.]

Berard Russel’s records ended there.

Radis closed her eyes.

‘Unless someone saves her, she will be consumed by darkness and the world will suffer exactly as much pain as she has endured…’

Radis felt she knew exactly what that future would be like.

She recalled what Robert had told her.

‘Right after your death, an anomaly occurred. It began with monsters appearing in the Imperial Capital. It wasn’t like a monster at all. That power was like the manifestation of a god.’

The monster Robert spoke of must have been Alexis.

‘Half the Capital was blown away. Almost all the White Knights and the Capital’s soldiers were sacrificed. The Imperial Capital became ruins, and Emperor Claude also met his death.’

The Emperor’s death didn’t matter to her, but the Imperial Capital didn’t contain only the Emperor.

It was full of nobles who were undoubtedly rotten inside but couldn’t be left to die, people who had been kind to her, and people who lived each day doing their best.

And Olivier and Elizabeth were there too.

‘The anomaly didn’t stop. At the same time the monster that appeared in the Capital met its end, changes occurred in the South as well. The Forest expanded, and dragons appeared. The South was completely trampled under the feet of monsters.’

The terrible imaginings she had briefly forgotten came creeping back.

The sight of Eve leading knights to subjugate dragons.

The sight of monsters flooding in to trample the Countess’ Mansion.

Radis shuddered and asked Regia.

‘If only Chronos can destroy Alexis’s seal, do we have to wait until that egg in the Forest awakens?’

Regia said.

[But for a new Chronos to awaken, Older Sister must use up all the Chronos power remaining within you.]

At those words that came out of nowhere, Radis’s eyes widened as she looked down at Regia.

‘What did you say?’

Regia spoke in a serious voice.

[Older Sister used Chronos’s power to turn back time. That must have been what Berard Russel left behind. In that process, the remaining Chronos power was absorbed by you. The reason the Forest’s egg cannot awaken is because the previous generation’s Chronos power remains within you. Only one throne can exist per generation. Didn’t you know?]

‘How would I know that?’

[Ah, you didn’t know! Because Older Sister isn’t a complete throne either!]

‘…’

[You’re the same! Because Alexis still exists in this world, you haven’t been able to fully awaken as a throne.]

Radis placed her hand on her forehead and let out a low groan.

‘…You, you’ve been keeping such important information to yourself? When we get back, you’re going to the Hall of Truth.’

[H-Hall of Truth…? What’s that?]

‘Anyway, to awaken the Forest’s egg, I just need to use up that Chronos power or whatever? Then a new Chronos will awaken, and that Chronos will break Alexis’s seal, right?’

[Uh… but that’s a bit worrying? If it’s born from an egg, it’s definitely going to be a monster. What if a creature that can’t communicate is born? Or it might be so huge that we can’t bring it to the Imperial Capital, or it might be a monster that can’t leave the Forest at all. I think it smelled a bit like a spirit…]

‘Then what should we do?’

Just then, suddenly someone’s suppressed voice shouting could be heard from not far away.

“R-run away…!”

Radis looked in the direction the sound came from.

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