The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 227
Chapter 227
Translator: Yonnee
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At the emperor’s command for more magic stones, his attendant leapt into action.
“Your Majesty, is it possible for the needle not to budge like that? Could the artifact be malfunctioning?”
“That artifact hasn’t malfunctioned in hundreds of years, but you’re saying it suddenly broke now?”
“Could it be possible? If the experiment fails, not only could Lady Tilrod’s life be at risk, but we might also waste all these magic stones… Perhaps it’s best to stop now?”
The attendant was almost heartbroken at the thought of losing the magic stones disappearing into the Womb.
Magic stones were precious, but those in the vault were of the highest quality.
The value of the stones Emperor Claude nonchalantly added could cover the annual budget of a small city.
Emperor Claude watched the swirling white currents inside the Womb and said,
“It could fail, yes. But if you try and slow down now Olivier would just disrupt the process any time soon. What’s more boring than that? Nothing.”
A sense of dread crossed the attendant’s face.
Emperor Claude had a tendency to lose his temper over anything related to Prince Olivier, his third son.
However, all those who pointed this out were no longer alive.
The attendant, unable to speak out, had no choice but to fetch another vault of magic stones.
“Ahahaha! It seems we’re having a battle between Lady Tilrod’s talent and my wealth! I can’t lose!”
Magic stones from a large vault were carelessly scattered over the Womb, but the needle on the mana calculating device still did not move.
“Can this be happening…?”
After emptying three vaults without any movement from the device’s needle, Emperor Claude realized something was wrong.
The attendant’s eyes widened.
He pointed inside the Womb, shouting,
“Your Majesty, look at that!”
Inside the Womb, swirling with murky whiteness, golden particles began to scatter.
The attendant, panicked, pulled the emperor back,
“Your Majesty, the device is acting abnormally! We must get away!”
Led away by the attendant, Emperor Claude descended the steps of the Womb. Its contents boiled into a golden hue.
Never before had such a reaction occurred after placing a Geas on countless knights.
A look of disbelief began to cloud the emperor’s face.
“What the hell is happening? What’s going on!”
* * *
Through the white waves, mana continuously pushed mana towards her.
The flow was muddy, sticky, and rough.
It felt like being entwined in the unfinished lives of countless beings—all their anger, sorrow, and resentment knotted within.
Someone’s sigh, another’s tears, screams of agony, and muffled cries entangled, crashing over her like a wave intent on destruction.
They screamed at her.
‘Like a fool, you’ve ended up here too!’
‘You could have stayed away. Is this the future you wanted?’
‘Why return to life if it leads here? Didn’t you vow to live for yourself?’
‘Who stands by you now? In the end, you’ve gained nothing!’
‘Your destiny is to suffer and die, rent asunder!’
As she tried to wave them off…
Radis realized these were the fears she had always dreaded.
They were her own terror, unresolved even through two lifetimes.
At the same time, fear towards one’s karma was common amongst human beings.
Upon realizing this, she extended her arms and embraced them.
She had no choice but to do so as the wave engulfed her, the flow too intense.
It felt as if the entirety of her being was dissolving.
Skin, nerves, bones, even her heart were being shredded, unraveling like yarn, melting into the vast current.
The slightest lapse in concentration felt like she would lose consciousness forever.
She resisted and kept resisting.
At the end of a long, painful fear, a powerful temptation came.
‘Burn everything down.’
A black flame flickered before her eyes, whispering sweetly.
‘Hestia, you can do it. Burn everything. In a cleansed world, only pure and beautiful things will be reborn.’
Radis tried to grit her teeth, but shattered as she was, she couldn’t even do that.
‘I can’t hold on any longer…!’
As she was about to let go of her consciousness…
Peace came over her.
It was a warmth she had never felt before.
Turning her back on everything and disappearing like this didn’t seem too bad.
Then, something sparkled before her eyes.
A necklace.
‘Ah…!’
Her consciousness became clear.
She uttered,
‘Cut the nonsense.’
Radis reached out and grabbed the black flame flickering before her.
‘Nothing pure and beautiful can be born from a place where precious things have all burned down.’
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