Chapter 130

On the bed, Soliaphe, whose face had turned pale, was lying with her hands neatly folded.

Luciel’s little hands overlapped above it, and she was startled at the shock of the sudden coldness. She was full of life just a while ago, but it’s hard to believe that this happened in a moment…It felt both vain and sad.

The tears she had been holding back fell down Luciel’s cheeks, drop by drop.

“Mother……sniff.”

how painful was it

The most painful thing was that she knew about the illness and could not save her.

If she really dies, how could she face the rest of the family…?

It was something she couldn’t even dare imagine, so Luciel shook her head to shake such thoughts.

Tears welled up in her eyes. Her heart was aching and pounding. It was heartbreaking to think that she might never see Soliaphe again.

As her uncontrollable sorrow overshadowed her spirit, Luciel’s mana gathered into her heart, creating deep blue sapphires.

Her heart was beating faster than usual.

Paaah!

Ddorong! 

Tororong!

Maybe mermaid’s tears would look just like this. Perhaps because of the size of the sadness, the sapphire was brighter than ever, and the shape was elongated like a teardrop.

Even though Luciel knew it was a useless thing to do, she gathered her mana and tried to pass it on to Soliaphe.

Just like when she did for the Rose of the phoenix. She then gently slipped the sapphire jewel she had made into Soliaphe’s hand.

‘Will this gem replenish her mana?’

But to no avail.

“Luciel… do not worry. Soliaphe will wake up. Huh?”

“Grandma……please…I wish so…….”

Evelyn patted Luciel’s small shoulder and embraced her tenderly. However, Evelyn also noticed Soliaphe’s weakened mana, and the tip of her chin was trembling endlessly.

Luciel got out of her arms and looked around. The Duke’s and Kizef’s faces that were covered under dark clouds caught her eye.

The Duke, who had hardened like a stone on the spot, heavily opened his mouth.

“……it’s all my fault It’s because I didn’t protect her properly. No, I should have never taken her with me from the beginning.”

Everyone in the room knew that he would have done everything he could to protect Soliaphe more than anyone else.

“No, father-in-law did his best…You protected mother…hic. Whuaaa!”

Her locked voice did not come out easily, and in the end, she cried like a child. No matter how much she regressed, it seemed impossible to develop a tolerance for this kind of sorrow.

Kizef silently wiped Luciel’s tears with a handkerchief, but it was quickly drenched by her tears.

With a pale face as if the sky had fallen, the Duke murmured in a small voice.

“I think the doctor we had earlier is suspicious. He said that her mana was exhausted, so he treated her to replenish mana and gave medicines and whatnot, but why doesn’t she wake up? That punk!”

With a vigor, as if going to kill the doctor right away, Luciel grabbed the Duke’s arm and looked up at him with sorrowful eyes.

“No. It’s not the doctor’s fault.”

‘Yes, as the doctor said, we can’t keep it a secret forever. I, too, have to be honest on behalf of mother.’

Luciel opened his lips to speak words she did not bear to shed.

“I have something to tell everyone.”

“……!”

It was then that a thin chime was heard. As if she had been awake for a moment, Soliaphe looked up at the ceiling with dimly open yes.

“Soliaphe!”

“Mother!”

“Have you come to your senses, child?”

Everyone from her family called at the same time. Soliaphe was barely able to speak with her pale face.

“……What… everyone……I’m sorry…I… … ! This……mana…… I will die….”

“What the hell do you mean, Soliaphe? Why would you die?”

Evelyn grabbed her daughter-in-law’s hand, and Louivid shook his head and said in a low voice.

“To die by being attacked by a monster or something….I can’t let you go even if you die. Ellington will be arriving soon with an Imperial doctor and a healer. Hold on until then.”

But Soliaphe shook her head helplessly.

“It’s late…… I hope……”

“Don’t even dream like that.”

Seeing Soliaphe, who had become infinitely weak, and her family denying her words, Luciel thought.

‘The only thing I can do right now is pray and pray again.’

She was resentful of the reality. Had she known this would happen, she would have put more effort into resurrecting Phoenix, more than anything else. However, belated regrets were of no use.

Come to think of it, Grandpa, who had gone to the tower to get the diamond, might still be in the dark about what was happening.

As Soliaphe’s consciousness sunk again, the pleading voices of the family members rose in volume.

Luciel looked at Soliaphe’s face one more time and decided.

‘I can’t send you away like this in vain. I have to do something. No, I’ll have to do whatever you can.’

Luciel wiped the tears with her sleeve, closed the door tightly, stepped outside, and started running down the long hallway.

“Ouch!”

Her slippers accidentally came off and she fell. Her knee was sore, but Luciel didn’t feel any pain.

“Sister…What are you doing here?”

Luciel was about to get up and go, but now a voice she never wanted to hear caught her ankle.

A five-year-old child who still needs a mother. She had no idea how to look at Leoni’s face.

‘Leoni probably doesn’t know that mother is sick….’

“Sister?”

Leoni, holding Benny, the black rabbit doll, in his right hand, called out to Luciel as he was led by the hand of his writing teacher, Rendell.

Luciel struggled to capture her expression and stroked Leoni’s soft hair.

“Oh, nothing. I was just talking a walk.”

As Luciel said with a smile, Leoni, who had good observation skills, raised an eyebrow and pointed to Luciel’s legs.

“Hold on, ouch! What happened to your leg?”

“Oh, I fell while going to the garden. It’s okay now.”

Leoni grabbed the hem of Luciel’s skirt.

“You got hurt, don’t go. Let’s go to Doctor quickly. Okay? It’s the Doctor, right?”

“Oh, that’s right Young Master. Let’s go get some treatment, Little Madam.”

“Yes, don’t worry. Leoni, Sister is going to see the Doctor for treatment. See you later.”

“……Bye.”

Leoni barely let go, and Luciel sighed for a moment.

‘I will definitely save mother for Leoni who is still young.’

With that in mind, Luciel took out her handkerchief from the bag and tied it to her leg.

Eventually, she reached the greenhouse garden. The Phoenix rose, still had a closed bud, it didn’t even move, but Luciel sat down on her knees and put her hands together in prayer.

Wasn’t the Rose of Phoenix that made Soliaphe get better all those times?

“Please…Please save my mother! Phoenix……Please?! Sniff.”

Luciel’s sobbing voice was wet with sadness.

‘If mother gets better, I will do anything……please, please!’

It was the moment when Luciel closed her eyes and prayed with fervor.

Paaah!

‘Don’t die……!’

A huge wave of mana seemed to ripple from her heart to her throat.

“This……?”

Whooooooo!

The light filled the greenhouse garden in an instant.

I remember when I first awakened the power of the jewel…

For a moment, Luciel seemed to float in the air as if her body was filled with warmth. She felt the wind rushing through her heart.

Strongly and ardent.

But she couldn’t care about anything like that. Now, all she wanted was Soliaphe’s healing.

She’s overflowing with mana like this…….

‘If I could pass on all this mana, my mother’s illness would be healed.’

Tororo, Long!

Ususususu!

Ding!

Soon, a brilliantly shining iridescent diamond was created. A diamond in the form of an elongated drop of water. It looked different from the one she first made.

At the same time, smaller sapphires, topaz, and diamonds were also made together. They were cut in various forms like last time, but they were basically round.

‘Is this because of intense emotions?’

Luciel held the diamond in the shape of a large water droplet with both hands. The last one was big, but this one is bigger than the other.

Moreover, the warmth of the diamond gushed just from touching it. Luciel sat blankly, looking down at the jewels on the floor, confused.

“Luciel! It is true that your diamonds have precious healing powers!”

Gillard, who ran to her with a happy face, stopped his steps.

“……Hey, what’s going on, Luciel?”

“Grandpa!”

Gillard eyes, who had returned home after checking the strength of the diamond, widened when he saw the diamond the size of an apple and a lot of jewels lying on the floor.

“I think I’ve awakened again……! This is not the time. Mother is dying……!”

“……The story was told. But don’t worry. I think your jewels can heal her.”

“No, my jewels were useless. I couldn’t take any mana from the sapphire. I have so much mana……but at this rate, mother will really……!”

Gillard quietly extended his hand to Luciel, who was talking non-stop.

“That jewel was just not suitable. And there is another way to use the healing power of diamonds. Come on, let’s go heal Soliaphe.”

“……How?”

“Go and see for yourself. First, let’s take those gems. It is certain that diamonds have strong vitality and healing power.”

Gillard used magic to attract objects and put all the jewels into the magic pocket inside the robe.

After wiping away the tears that ran down her cheeks, Luciel headed back to Soliaphe’s room with her grandfather.