CH 180

Benjamin and Belluna, who diligently ran through the battlefield and played their respective roles, walked down the halls of Ambrosia for the first time in a long time. There was no place in the Ambrosia mansion that had been moved to the monster’s forest untouched by them. Nevertheless, it was surprising that the unique atmosphere of the duchy of Ambrosia came out.

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"Yes, it's the power to fulfill your 'desires'......"

After hearing all of Belluna and Benjamin's reports, Ethan nodded with a firm face.

"Perhaps the successive family heads of Ambrosia wanted to strengthen the destructive side of that power. The desire to become stronger is probably the urge that humans can most easily fall into."

"......A power comparable to that of a God was placed in the hands of a mere human. It would have been harder not to be corrupted."

The voice of his father, who still coveted that power, rang clearly in Ethan's head.

'A little more...... Just a little more......!'

Greed close to madness ate everything around him, and eventually swallowed himself. Being wary and jealous of the fact that the son born with the same power as himself had surpassed what he had. Desire was bound to build up its power by listening to the inner voice. The more you fear this power, the more it feeds on your fear. Negative emotions were desire's favorite prey.

"Claude-nim met Master even before his true desire bloomed. He probably had a bunch of positive influences. That's why the power of Ambrosia seems to have been manifested in the right way."

At Benjamin's report that followed, Ethan nodded. Sarah was truly the miracle of Ambrosia. Ethan didn't know how to give love while loving the child. Claude was loved but didn't know he was loved.

Spend time with your child, say kind words, and don't hide your feelings.

These were just the things Sarah had told him, but it gave him goosebumps to think that he had almost ruined Claude by not doing them.

'If it weren't for Sarah...... Maybe Claude became a monster like me.'

It was Sarah who connected the hearts of the two. In the end, Sarah saved Claude. Could he have been saved by her had he met her a little earlier? Ethan thought so and hid a bitter smile.

"Claude's power is the power of healing."

"Yes, perhaps it was Claude-nim's first 'desire' to want to heal the injured Master."

"But after that, Claude tried to use his power on Sarah several times, but it only emitted the same light as before, and it didn't work. What's going on here?"