Chapter 274
“It’s commendable that you don’t resort to violence when you’re angry, but don’t just suppress it. It doesn’t matter if you tell me, or use another method, but please let it out.”
“But, I.”
Because I have you… Ethan couldn’t say any more. It was because the path had ended.
“Ah, let’s talk again next time.”
A small existence that had been cowering in fear within Ethan’s heart timidly raised its head. He still didn’t know well. Whether he, a being stained with guilt, dared to do so. Whether he should accept the absolution placed before him.
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“Wow… Unbelievable.”
At the end of the magic stones, there was, astonishingly, a huge cliff, no, a hollow. It was so vast that it was questionable whether it could even be called a hollow, but it was a structure where the end could be seen from the beginning. And in the center of that,
“It’s a tree…!”
A white and enormous tree stood. Roina was speechless at its softly glowing appearance. Neilla, on the other hand, was simply amazed and looked around here and there, but she couldn’t be purely delighted like that.
It was a tree she had seen before.
“Isn’t this the same tree we saw right before entering this place?”
Ethan said. That was correct. Roina nodded and looked straight ahead. This tree, which was so huge and spread out that its end couldn’t be known, was sick. She hadn’t known well when she saw its roots, but seeing the center from this place, she could tell for sure.
“It seems like there’s probably something wrong.”
“Is that connected to those magic crystals from before?”
“It probably is.”
Roina nodded at Camillo’s question. The sap flowing out of the tree was falling off and turning into magic stones.
“Ugh!”
At that moment, Ernst suddenly groaned.
“What’s wrong?”
Neilla, who was next to him, quickly supported him and asked. Since he was in such a weakened state, they couldn’t leave him behind, so they had ended up bringing him all the way here.
Ernst staggered, held his forehead, and said, “That tree… It’s in my memory. That guy said he would make magic stones from the fallen ones… Ugh.”
He clutched his head and eventually collapsed. Neilla, who was forced to support the man, looked around helplessly. Ethan sighed and lifted Ernst up.
“It seems like Ryuhyeon’s work extends this far.”
Roina said quietly. She might be somewhat filled with anger. The fire of anger towards that being who had ruined her life and manipulated her at will finally ignited. It was the very anger she had felt towards the Crown Prince. It wasn’t that it was all over, but that she had finally come to properly accept it today. Not being dragged along in despair, not just doing it because she had to, but solely her own will.
“Why on earth…”
I am my own person. Please shut up. Stop it. That’s not love. A memory from the distant past vividly overlapped. From a thousand years ago until now, he had been consistent.
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