“To think that such a place exists…”

Adolf, who was following behind Lorencia, looked up at the sky. He trembled at the sight he had never seen before. The deep blue sky had no clouds in sight, but instead, colorful flower petals were dancing and moving gracefully in the wind.

“It’s raining flowers.”

If he wasn’t following behind Lorencia, he would have been lost in a daze, just staring at the falling petals.

And.

“The fragrance is truly aromatic.”

The fragrant scent, which he was smelling for the first time, seemed to soothe his aching head.

Above all, what was even more amazing was when they walked. When Lorencia walked, the grass on the ground was trampled. However, when he, Teishar, and Adrian walked, the grass on the ground disappeared in an instant. It was as if the grass was avoiding being stepped on.

“It’s a stunning scenery that makes you forget the pain. Ines.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Adrian, who was behind Adolf, whispered low enough for only Teishar to hear.

“I never knew such a place existed. The power of the child of Goddess Ella is truly remarkable. If she doesn’t thoroughly conceal her power, there will be many who covet it.”

Teishar agreed with his words.

“Ruans and Duke Daniel must have known about Lady Lorencia’s power. That’s why they kept her confined.”

“That’s right.”

“But it’s truly amazing. Even though Lady Lorencia spent her entire life confined and subjected to their violence and verbal abuse, she must have been heavily brainwashed, yet she didn’t lose her own will.”

“There is a reason why she didn’t lose it.”

“A reason?”

“Yes. Our Roa is the child of Ella, the Goddess of Wisdom. She is a strong tree that never yields to such things. Very upright. Of course, that’s not all. Do you know what the teachers who taught Roa said? They only praised Roa for learning too quickly and being very smart. Truly. Our Roa should have at least one flaw, but she has no flaws. She is perfect. It’s too precious for me, but since there is no man more suitable than me, I will keep the position of her lover.”

Teishar kept praising Lorencia to Adrian without stopping.

“The reason my hearing is becoming dull right now must be because of the poison.”

“What did you say? Your Highness Adrian.”

“Duke Teishar. It seems that my hearing is also having problems due to the poison… Haha.”

Adrian laughed awkwardly.

“My ears are also getting numb, and I feel like I’m gradually losing sensation in my feet. It’s like I don’t have feet.”

“Is that so? That’s unfortunate. I will praise our Roa more when your hearing returns.”

Adrian swallowed his saliva. If he says he doesn’t want to hear it anymore, will Teishar glare at him with wide eyes? He predicted that Teishar would have an obsessive tendency when serving Lorencia, but in the short time he hadn’t seen him, Teishar seemed to have already surpassed being obsessive only towards Lorencia.

Teishar looked down at Adrian’s feet. Even his toes had turned black. The black smoke was rising more than before.

“The smoke on your instep has gotten worse.”

“That’s right.”

“Duke Teishar. This black smoke. It really looks like the black smoke that rises from the bodies of monsters.”

“I had the same thought, Your Highness Adrian.”

The poison used by the assassins sent by Ruans to kill Adolf and Ines was no ordinary poison.

And the poison Ruans handed over to Yuria was also not ordinary.

What if the poison used by the assassins and the poison received by Yuria are the same type of poison? For what purpose was Saraf, the white snake who betrayed Goddess Ella, spreading his poison in this world?

Teishar couldn’t shake off the feeling that he had taken a step closer to a secret that shouldn’t be approached.

Adolf stopped walking. Seeing Adolf stop, Adrian struggled to lift his head.

“A tree?”

His mouth opened involuntarily when he saw an unbelievably large and majestic tree in front of him.

“It’s the Tree of Life.”

“That’s the Tree of Life…”

“Yes. That’s right. Please wait a moment.”

Lorencia approached the Tree of Life closely. It had grown a lot since the first time she saw it. Fortunately, not only the leaves and branches of the Tree of Life but also its fruits were bearing. The fruits were shining in various colors.

[Child of Goddess Ella. Come quickly. You brought guests.]

“Queen Titania.”

[You have finally awakened as the child of Goddess Ella.]

“Yes.”

[Congratulations.]

Titania looked at the people standing behind Lorencia.

[All the people you brought with you are infected with poison.]

“Yes. That’s why I came here. Please help them, Your Majesty Queen Titania.”

Lorencia wanted to ask the queen many questions about the monster’s poison, but saving Adrian and Ines came first.

[Don’t worry. The Water of Life can neutralize any poison.]

“The Water of Life can neutralize any poison?”

[The Tree of Life is a sapling planted by Goddess Ella in this world.]

Titania smiled, raising the corners of her lips. No matter how awakened the child of Goddess Ella is, Lorencia is a young tree born from a human and the child of Goddess Ella.

It was natural for her to lack the knowledge that the child of Goddess Ella should possess.

[You must have many questions, but first, you need to neutralize the poison, so have the two people affected by the poison lean their bodies against the trunk of the Tree of Life.]

“Yes, Queen.”

Adrian, who was holding Ines’s weakly drooping shoulders, sat side by side, leaning against the tree trunk.

Then, the branches of the Tree of Life wrapped around the two of them, and a white smoke began to seep into their bodies.

As Ines inhaled the white smoke, her gasping breaths gradually subsided, and the color around her lips began to return to its original hue. Adrian let out a sigh of relief.

“Your Majesty.”

“Ines. Adrian. Thank goodness.”

Adolf began to laugh while pressing his fingers against the corners of his eyes.

Adrian gently brushed Ines’s hair back and looked at her warmly. And he felt the sensation in his feet, which he had lost, slowly returning.

His instep, which had turned black, had already returned to its original skin color. There was even a wound, and red blood was flowing.

“Don’t move. You must sit still until the branches of the Tree of Life disappear. Once the branches disappear, I will heal your instep then.”

Teishar spoke, showing Adrian a scroll containing a healing spell from his pocket.

“Understood, Duke Teishar.”

As Adrian received the scroll, he glanced at Lorencia. She was having a conversation with someone a little distance away.

“Duke Teishar, you mentioned a black snake, right?”

“Yes.”

“Can the snake also see the fairies like the child of Goddess Ella?”

“No, they can’t. I have only seen the Fairy Queen once before when she showed herself to me. I can’t see other fairies.”

“The Fairy Queen… What kind of being is she?”

“Are you asking about the Queen’s appearance? Your Highness Adrian.”

“Rather than her appearance, the queen of the fairies must be an incredible being. I’m just curious and asking. Tell me about her aura, size, and various other information.”

Adrian asked with a grin.

“Has your dulled hearing returned to normal?”

“It seems so.”

The reason for his dulled hearing wasn’t because of the poison. It was because of Teishar. He just made an excuse because he felt like his ears would bleed from listening to Teishar’s lengthy praise of Lorencia.

“It’s not a matter of comparison, but if you’re curious about the appearance of the Fairy Queen, you can just look at our Roa. Of course, our Roa is much more beautiful than the Fairy Queen, much cuter and more precious than the fairies, and the cutest. Among the existing cute beings in this world, Roa is naturally the best, so I’m just letting you know.”

Adrian lost his smile every time Teishar spoke. In the time he hadn’t seen him, Teishar had gone from being a Lorencia fool to a Lorencia idiot. He thought it was understandable after seeing the beautifully grown Lorencia.

If Lorencia’s previous appearance had a dark and gloomy aura, her current aura was elegant and relaxed. That wasn’t all. Her voice, which used to be thick and low like a phlegm-filled scratching sound, had now changed to a kind and warm voice that was pleasant to hear.

Come to think of it, Charlotte also talked about Lorencia all day long.

Adrian told Charlotte to do prenatal education while looking at his face, but Charlotte insisted on looking at Lorencia’s face no matter what.

And after seeing Lorencia’s transformed beauty, there was no reason to stop Charlotte’s prenatal education. Objectively speaking, she had become a beauty that could captivate both men and women.

If even Charlotte, a woman, was excited to see Lorencia, how much more would Teishar be?

“Sigh…”

“Why are you sighing? Your Highness Adrian.”

“I miss Charlotte.”

The incidents of Teishar and Charlotte fighting over Lorencia were frequent in the Isuter Empire. Adrian sighed and swallowed, thinking it would become even more intense in the Poloid Empire.

While Adrian and Ines were being healed by the Tree of Life, Lorencia took Titania to a place a little distance away from them.

“Your Majesty.”

[Yes, Roa.]

“I have something to show you.”

[A black glass bottle? What’s inside it?]

“Yes. Please take a good look.”

Titania stared intently at the black glass bottle Lorencia took out. Lorencia opened the lid of the glass bottle to show it to Titania.

[Where did you get this poison?]

Lorencia briefly explained to the inquiring Titania how she came to possess the black glass bottle.

“He said it was the poison of some snake, so I thought it was the poison of the white snake.”

[Roa.]

“Yes.”

[We fairies also call the poison of the white snake the poison of monsters.]

“The poison of the white snake? Are you saying that the poison of monsters and the poison of the white snake are the same?”

Lorencia closed the lid of the black glass bottle. Her hands began to tremble slightly. This poison was the one Ruans handed over to Yuria. That poison must have definitely been given by Daniel, right?

If so, does that mean there is no need to doubt the identity of the white snake? It’s Daniel! Lorencia clenched her fists tightly.