CH 128

Nine years later.

For nine years, Giles flowers continued to distribute in the dark. There have been a series of victims from the Giles flowers, but the heads of each clan have buried this fact.

They feared that the revival of the Giles flower would cause an uproar in the beastman society. 

Fear would spread easily, and once it started spreading, it would be impossible to stop it any longer.

Because that was what those who distributed Giles’ flowers wanted, the heads of each clan gritted their teeth and covered up this fact.

They cracked down on the black market more thoroughly and severely punished those who distributed Giles flowers.z

However, it has not been revealed where it is still being distributed.

For nine years, Giles flowers quietly spread throughout the beastman society.

The beastman society becomes sick. 

The heads of each clan knew the seriousness of the situation, but there was no way they could do anything about it.

Fortunately,

The extent to which Giles flowers are circulated doesn’t exceed a certain amount.

Strangely, for nine years, each clan had the same number of victims each year. 

As if someone were deliberately spreading Giles flowers.

It was fortunately out of misfortune.

This means that the damage does not increase beyond a certain level.

So, for nine years, it was possible to cover up the fact that Giles flowers spread throughout the beastman society.

But the problem was the bird clan.

After Arthur Raniero fell, he cut off all contact with the other clans. 

He cut off the communication and locked the door.

So the other clans couldn’t find out what was happening inside the bird clan’s territory.

Whether Arthur Raniero had risen from his seat or his son had succeeded him was unclear.

Because of this, there was no way to know how many Giles flowers were distributed within the bird clan.

The other clans had no choice but to guess that the bird clan wouldn’t have much damage. 

Not asking for help meant that it could be resolved within the bird clan.

Of course, the other clans were concerned about the safety of the bird clan. 

Opinions kept popping up that something might have happened since they had stopped contacting each other for as much as nine years.

However, there was one clan that had been consistent throughout the nine years with the attitude of not caring too much about what happened to the bird clan.

It was Kendrick Yeckhart of the Wolf Clan.

***

Have you ever heard that children grow up quickly?

The servants of Yeckhart’s mansion were keenly aware of those words.

Obviously, when she first came to the mansion,

‘Eung, thank you!’

It was so small that she couldn’t even reach the waist of the servants. 

She can still clearly see her running around the mansion with her hair tied with a yellow ribbon.

However, 

She had grown up before she knew it, and now she was about the same height as the servants.

The fine red hair was well taken care of, and the beautiful light green eyes became clearer.

Not only Yeckhart’s servants but no one in the beastman society could deny that Linsy was a great beauty. 

Besides, when she was young, she was small enough to fit in her hand when she was shapeshifted. 

‘Now.’

Betty was very proud as she watched Linsy sit on a private perch that was decorated with jewels of many different colors. 

The perch was crafted from a thousand fine gemstones and was a special gift from Kendrick for Linsy’s seventeenth birthday.

On the perch sat a great, beautiful red bird, grooming itself.

It was hard to see that it was an eagle because it had red feathers, a long tail, a beautiful curved beak, and round eyes.

“Chirp?” 

As Betty stared at her, Linsy tilted her head. 

Even as she grew up, the sound of crying was still there.

The long, red tail feathers rustled, and soon.

Pong—! 

There was a small explosion and a nineteen-year-old girl with long hair that hung down to her waist appeared.

“Betty? Is there something on my feather?” 

Linsy asked, tilting her head.

“No, Lady. I just looked at it for a long time because you are beautiful.”

When Betty responded with a soft laugh, Linsy laughed shyly. 

“Betty, really, by the way, why isn’t father coming? He said we were going out today….”

Betty nodded her head at the word going out.

Kendrick often took Linsy and Arsene on outings to places that the servants didn’t know.

The servants didn’t know where they were going,

“Betty!” 

She thought it would be a flower garden or a scenic mountain because the Lady came with a lot of soil.

No one could have guessed that Kendrick was heading with the children to the land of Tamar.

Nine years ago,

Kendrick informs Linsy that Linsy has purified some of the lands of Tamar.

Lamont was strongly discouraged from telling Linsy the truth. 

‘The child has the right to know.’

It was not the right thing to do to hide it from Linsy. And,

‘We need to make her realize how great her power is.’

By making Linsy more aware, he could protect her more safely.

Kendrick calmly explained what had happened that night so Linsy wouldn’t be surprised.

In addition, after Linsy purified the land of Tamar, Arsene’s condition improved dramatically. 

Linsy opened her eyes wide when she heard that. 

And she remembered the woman in her dreams.

[You’ll know what you have to do. It’s too early to do it completely, but…]

[You will be able to achieve what you wish for.]

Linsy pondered for a moment whether or not to tell Kendrick this story.

It was because she was afraid that Kendrick wouldn’t believe the story. 

But, thinking Kendrick should know, Linsy told Kendrick about her dream. 

Kendrick listened carefully to Linsy’s words and then muttered, “It’s strange.”

Kendrick also told Linsy that the Wolf Clan and the Lion Clan had put this matter unwritten.

‘Until you come of age, I will be very careful not to let them know about this. So you too.’

Kendrick’s worried gaze turned to Linsy.

‘You must always be careful when you use your power, Linsy.’ 

Nothing has been discovered about the black hood that targeted Linsy. 

So, Kendrick told Linsy over and over again to be careful. 

‘Yes, don’t worry.’

Linsy nodded.

Kendrick informed Arsene of this.

Arsene is the next head of the wolf clan and Yeckhart’s successor, so he decides that he should know. 

In addition,

‘So if anything happens, you must protect her, Arsene.’

Kendrick urged Arsene to make protecting Linsy a priority.

Arsene nodded his head with a determined expression, unlike a ten-year-old kid.

The two children lived with such a big secret under their tongues.

But a strange thing happened.

It was because, starting from the land that Linsy purified, the surroundings were purified as if spreading.

Besides, the sapling that was found with Linsy the day she first purified Tamar. 

It seems to be absorbing all the nutrients left in the Tamar, and it keeps growing.

Thanks to this, Kendrick had to use more powers to hide the fact as time passed.

Of course, it didn’t put too much strain on his body because he only covered the area that Linsy had purified. 

‘It’s a strange thing.’

As the seedlings grew, Tamar’s spots on Arsene’s back disappeared one by one.

Furthermore,

‘….’

The day Kendrick took Linsy for a moment to show her that the land of Tamar had been purified.

‘…F, father!’

Perhaps the land of Tamar opened the way for Linsy, or perhaps the land was purified for a long time in front of Linsy, but a path was created. 

‘….!’

Kendrick looked down the path in disbelief.

The land of Tamar gave off an ominous aura, hostile to Kendrick’s approach.

But when it came to Linsy, it felt like it was leading her to the center of Tamar as if it were welcoming a child.

After noticing that Tamar welcomes Linsy, Kendrick also takes Arsene to Tamar. 

The land of Tamar didn’t welcome Arsene, but it wasn’t particularly hostile.

Because of this, Arsene could enter the land of Tamar with Linsy.

Of course, thanks to the more purified places that Linsy went in and out of, the places Kendrick had to hide continued to increase. 

The purified area was a tiny fraction of the vast land of Tamar, but Kendrick and Lamont thought even that a great deal. 

Furthermore,

‘Arsene?’

As time passed in the land of Tamar, Arsene’s spots became lighter and more blurred.

Hern went so far as to ask where he had been with Arsene that the boy’s condition kept improving.

So, Kendrick would sometimes take Linsy and Arsene to Tamar at dawn when the place was empty. 

Linsy and Arsene would sometimes follow the path that Tamar had given them, sometimes to the center of the sapling. 

Of course, this was done with Kendrick’s permission.

After returning to Tamar, Arsene’s condition improved, so Kendrick took the risk of being caught by the other clans and sent Arsene and Linsy to Tamar. 

Linsy often said that she would plant flowers, and she even brought flower seeds, a watering can, and a trowel. 

The flowers Linsy planted bloomed beautifully the following year and covered the purified land. 

If they had seen it, they wouldn’t have thought that this was the land of Tamar. 

Kendrick wrapped the two children in his powers and hid them so that no one could see them enter the land of Tamar. 

9 years like that.

The area now purified was about the size of a village.

The tiny sapling grew frighteningly, now larger than any tree in the wolf’s territory.

Linsy and Arsene would often read or take a nap under it.

Reading or taking a nap in the middle of the land of Tamar would have been surprising to the rest of the clan.

“Linsy.”

At that time, Arsene, who had finished preparing to go out, knocked on Linsy’s door.

“Arsene!”

Linsy smiled brightly and held the hem of the dress in her hand and turned her eyes.

Standing on the threshold was a boy who had grown up and was more than two hands taller than Linsy.

The curly grey hair changed close to the shiny silver hair after the hair was changed, and the blue eyes still glistened, unchanged from when they were young.

It was a more lively face than before. Arsene scolded Linsy. 

“What’s taking you so long to prepare?”

“Well, you’ve always been late so far. Look at you bragging about quick preparation for the day.”

Linsy rolled her eyes. Arsene looked at Linsy disapprovingly.

“Why isn’t Dad coming? We will go soon….” 

Then, before Arsene could finish speaking, a huge shadow wolf thrust its snout at Linsy.

“No, why did he come out again?”

Arsene grunted, but Linsy didn’t mind, and she hugged the huge shadow wolf tightly.

“You want to go out soon, too, right?”

Linsy looked at the shadow wolf as if it was lovely.

Arsene’s shadow wolf completely disappeared on that day, nine years ago, when Arsene consumed all of his energy.

In front of Linsy’s eyes.

Linsy cried for a long time as she watched Arsene and her friend leave.

However,

‘…H, huh?’

After Linsy purifies the land of Tamar and Arsene’s condition improves.

A small shadow wolf was reborn at Arsene’s fingertips.

Although it was unbelievably small for the shadow wolf that Arsene used to be.

‘Woooo—!’

Arsene and Linsy could recognize at a glance that the shadow wolf was the same as before. 

After the shadow wolf was reborn, it grew further, and now it was as tall as two wagons.

However, his ability also grew, so he could reduce his size by separating some of the shadows.

When Arsene and Linisy were stroking the shadow wolf.

“Linsy, Arsene.” 

A familiar voice called out to the two of them.