The baby fairy parted ways with Hylon in the Black Forest.
It was to take care of their respective matters.
After seeing Hylon off, Cheshire summoned Hata first.
Hata burst into tears as soon as she saw Cheshire.
“Hwaaa…”
She just kept crying, crying, and crying again without saying a word.
It was no use, no matter how hard Cheshire tried to soothe and comfort her.
Hata cried until her eyes were swollen shut.
Later, her voice was hoarse, and she just kept sniffling and shedding tears.
She finally opened her mouth after crying so much that it seemed like no more tears could come out.
“I thought I was really going to die.”
Just thinking about it was horrifying, and the tears that had barely stopped began to well up again.
“Hata, Hata felt everything…”
Hata was subordinate to Cheshire.
Therefore, she felt Cheshire’s life force, which was constantly being depleted, in real time.
Hata hurriedly came up to the capital.
However, she couldn’t enter the Imperial Palace.
She was blocked by the barrier, making it impossible to go in or out.
From then on, Hata waited anxiously outside, biting her nails.
Then, when Cheshire’s life force reached its bottom line, she really thought it was the end….
“Hata was going to die too.”
Hata looked at Cheshire with her big eyes.
“If Richessia-nim isn’t here, Hata has no reason to live.”
It was a completely different answer from what I had vaguely imagined.
Of course, I thought that after I died, the remaining people would be sad, but they would still live their own lives.
Because living is better than dying.
Because if only Cheshire sacrificed herself, everyone could live.
However, after hearing Hata’s confession that she was going to follow me to death without hesitation, I realized it again.
After all, sacrificing myself without permission was a bad thing.
“I will never do that again.”
Cheshire swore to Hata, and Hata accepted Cheshire’s apology.
***
Although a week had passed, Kieren had not yet returned.
While waiting for him, the Vasilias family was stabilizing the chaotic situation.
Too many secrets were revealed at once at the Emperor’s birthday banquet.
In particular, the fact that Kieren was the master of the underworld was revealed, and it was also revealed that the three Vasilias brothers were walking around in adult form.
As a result, many difficult and complicated problems arose in many ways.
However, Kieren, who had to sort out all this chaos, had disappeared.
Instead of Count Vasilias, whose whereabouts were unknown, the three brothers were maintaining their adult appearance and trying to resolve the situation.
Hylon returned to the Holy Empire.
As an Inquisitor [an official in the Church responsible for combating heresy], he will judge the Holy King and establish a new order in the Holy Empire of Hilderd.
The holy priests will strongly resist, but the Holy King’s sins have already been revealed too clearly.
Hylon would punish those who crossed the line as heretics [those who hold beliefs contrary to the Church’s doctrine] together.
King Cianor wanted to use the power of the fairies to go back in time, restore his severed arm, and enjoy eternal life.
But no matter how much time passes, the past that has already passed cannot be changed.
If the Holy King had known that fact, he wouldn’t have come to this point.
Since he coveted eternal life, he probably would have been obsessed with the fairy until the end.
Cheshire, who had returned to reality, stayed at the Ivroyel County residence for a while.
Kieren’s black magic filled her depleted life force.
Although she sacrificed the Fairy Queen’s crown, the basis of the resurrection magic was black magic, so it was necessary to check Cheshire’s condition.
Duke Ivroyel, Serea, gladly welcomed Cheshire to the County residence.
She carefully checked Cheshire using various magics.
Serea, confirming that the resurrection magic was completely successful, shook her head and muttered.
“My disciple is good at what he does.”
Serea repeatedly admired and laughed in vain, saying that she never thought the resurrection magic would succeed.
She paused for a moment, looking at Cheshire’s hair.
Gorgeous golden hair that looked exactly like the dead, and pretty pink eyes.
“In the end, it’s a relief that I didn’t cross the final line….”
Kieren gave up Rose’s resurrection and saved Cheshire instead.
Until now, he had been experimenting with resurrection magic and killing the resurrected dead right away, so it didn’t affect time.
If Kieren had resurrected the dead and lived with them in the present, a big problem would have definitely occurred.
Cheshire, recalling the broken sky she had seen in the past, widened her eyes at the sudden question.
“So, when are you planning to go home, goddaughter?”
Serea crossed her arms and looked at Cheshire.
She explained the whole situation to her.
Even the fact that Cheshire was Kieren’s biological daughter and that everyone was suffering from the distorted time….
It was as unbelievable as the fact that the fairy had turned into a baby and infiltrated the Vasilias family.
However, Serea listened to and believed everything silently without asking or refuting anything.
“I have to go back….”
Cheshire trailed off.
The reason Cheshire stayed at the Ivroyel County residence in the first place was because she met Serea as soon as she returned to the Imperial Palace.
She was immediately dragged to the County residence to check her condition after hearing that she had been revived with Kieren’s black magic.
Cheshire thought that the three brothers would naturally come to visit her if she stayed at the Ivroyel County residence.
But there was no contact.
As Cheshire underwent various tests from Serea, her confidence rapidly decreased as a day passed and two days passed.
Seeing that there had been no contact so far even though they knew she was staying at the County residence, the three brothers might not want to see Cheshire very much.
So she still hadn’t met them, and she was thinking of visiting them with the excuse that Kieren had returned.
Serea knew Cheshire’s concerns very well.
She came to a clear conclusion.
“They’re waiting for you.”
“…For me?”
“You’ve always been caught, haven’t you? Go visit them first for once.”
Hearing that, everything suddenly became clear.
‘Yeah, so what if they’re angry with me.’
It was natural to be scolded because I did something wrong.
Even if the three brothers were angry with Cheshire and said they no longer loved and hated her.
‘It doesn’t matter. Because I like them.’
I just had to bump into the three brothers until they felt better.
Cheshire, who had made up her mind, immediately went to the capital townhouse where the three Vasilias brothers were staying.
The Vasilias family’s new townhouse was much larger and fancier than the previous mansion that had been destroyed by fire.
The shape clearly showed that they intended to build it bigger and more luxurious than Hylon’s mansion.
Cheshire, who appeared in the townhouse garden, looked up at the sky for a moment.
It was a blue and clear sky without any distortion.
Feeling relieved by the everyday scenery of white clouds flowing leisurely, Cheshire made a small butterfly.
It was a butterfly to send to the three brothers.
They would realize that receiving the butterfly meant they wanted to meet.
‘If they don’t meet me….’
I was going to wait in the garden until they met me.
But the firm determination soon became unnecessary.
It was because a low but clear voice was heard not long after I set foot in the garden.
“You’ve finally come.”
The owner of the voice was Belzeon.
In his adult form, he was wearing a comfortable shirt, probably working in his office.
While Cheshire was wondering what to say first, Belzeon had already stopped in front of Cheshire.
He stared at Cheshire silently for a moment.
At the end of the silence, Cheshire and Belzeon opened their mouths at the same time.
“Um….”
“The fairies.”
Cheshire blinked, signaling for him to speak first.
Belzeon cleared his throat for a moment and continued.
“All the fairies have been returned to their original homes.”
With that, there was silence again.
Just as Cheshire was about to open her mouth carefully, Belzeon asked in a low voice.
“Why did you come so late?”
Before hearing the answer, Belzeon continued to speak.
“I was waiting for you to come first. I thought you might want to live as Richessia, not Cheshire Vasilias.”
The words that continued without hesitation gradually faded towards the end.
“But coming to us means you still want to be a Vasilias, is it okay to think that way….”
Belzeon, who couldn’t finish his words, suddenly held out something.
It was a bouquet of pink roses.
He must have been holding it in his hand since earlier, but I was so focused on Belzeon that I completely forgot about it.
“Because I’ve always only received flowers.”
Giving the flowers, Belzeon asked on behalf of the three brothers.
“Now come back to Vasilias, Cheshire.”