The Book Of Flowers

Welcoming

- - - Castle Lily - - - -

"...!"

"... Huh... Don't tell me there's something"

Rosalia leaned back in her seat holding her head, knowing that Jael was feeling something strange

Yael who was standing behind him started to smile nervously

"Sorry, but this 'something' is huge..."

Surprised, Rosalia turned to look at Yael from her chair

"What's big?" Ask Rosalia

Jael silently did not answer as she continued to smile

"... Let's just visit them. I'll take my dad in case"

"There's no need to go far, princess"

"What do you mean?"

Jael laughed a little. He then turned his head towards the window, making Rosalia even more confused

"They're here"

-- A few moments before ---

Hm...

It's been hours. We should be on Hortensia by now

"Cool! Try flying a little down!" I shouted

"I can't! There are so many people under me now"

My guess is right

He deliberately flew higher than the clouds because he did not want any human to see him. If he doesn't want to fly lower, it means we've arrived

"Then let us get down here!" I said

Verdea and Veskal who had been lying down had unintentionally heard my words

"We've arrived!?" Ask Veskal

"Yes! So get ready to jump!" My reply

"We're going to jump!? Yay!!" Verdea cheered loudly

"Prepare your things now! I'll tie you all up when you're about to jump!"

All my friends immediately rushed to hold their belongings as tightly as possible. The Fae who came started to hold my body as tightly as possible

After removing my gloves, I began to separate my tendrils and tie each of my friends together with the items they were carrying

"Well?!"

"THIN-"

"YES!!" Veskal and Verdea cut them all off

A wide smile was stuck on my face, and in the next second, we all plunged down

Seren who saw us who had plunged in saluted, then flew back to the Forest Gate as quickly as possible

"Good luck" he muttered softly, as he disappeared in the distance

Back at us, Verdea and Veskal shouted as loud as possible once again, followed by Ivor and Lyralia

They all really enjoy life, huh...?

Meanwhile Luxor and Ordelia had already fainted and were motionless, so their bond was really as tight as possible

"Sow Where are you!" I called out to the Fae

They all nodded then sprinkled their Mana onto all of us

"Well! The land is near!" Verdea cheered

"Quick! I beg!" I said to the Fae

And just as we were about to touch the ground, we all managed to float and land seamlessly

My feet managed to stomp to the ground safely. After that, I untied them all

They all laughed happily when they managed to land safely, but Ordelia and Luxor only complained of limp on the ground

Verdea immediately ran around with her excitement, but suddenly stopped when she realized something

As my friends helped each other, I looked around

...!

This...

Lily Castle!

The sound of footsteps then sounded from the entrance of the castle. Not long after, Rosalia along with Artorius and a few guards showed themselves, with shocked faces

Behind those guards, the entire Hortensia family followed with curious faces

"There's a package from the sky apparently" Rosalia said

"... Ahahahah. Sorry if we surprised you"

Artorius with a confused face immediately tried to approach Verdea. But Verdea immediately hid behind me while glancing at her family members, making Artorius just stay where he saw us

We landed in Lily's castle yard...

Worse all my Elf friends are here right now. They seem to panic when they are looked at by many people

Veskal did not even look comfortable and hid his face from Rosalia

This situation is very unpleasant...

I want to take them on the run right now, but the situation will definitely be complicated

But since I can't do that, I have to deal with that snake

"I hope my friends don't interfere" I said while forcing a smile

......................

--- Inside the castle ---

Verdea and I were invited in by them. We both sat there waiting for the food to arrive

Yes, I also sat down. I wonder why they told me to sit

Our friends are all gathered in this castle's special guest room to guard the luggage

I wish they were okay without my supervision. Rosalia has a black magician and a Vampire as her subordinates. I'm afraid those two people will endanger them as long as we're here

Verdea recounted something interesting when she was kidnapped to the Vampire castle that time. And what I do know is, this woman is the main mastermind of the Vampire movement

Verdea, unaware of Rosalia's presence in the castle, talks to Darwin and Jael. Only a voice could be heard, but Verdea recognized it so well that she could tell it was Rosalia

The fact that he was the mastermind meant that he was the one who harmed us from the very beginning he sent Yael

'Little business', hm?

Disgusting people

Well... One of them tried to kidnap Verdea. So I'm not surprised if any of them want Verdea dead

I really wanted to say rude things to Rosalia because of what happened to us since we left

But, I'm not sure the other royal families will support me, even though they and Rosalia don't look good with each other

Trouble. Knowing that I had to sit quietly in one room with my enemy was not at all comfortable for me

"So, how's your trip going?" Rosalia asked while drinking her tea

This man asked as if he knew nothing

"Say well. Although we were attacked by hundreds of monsters, we are now fine" I offended

Rosalia just smiled a little and continued to drink tea, while the rest of her family seemed shocked by what I said

"Are you really okay, Verdea?" Ask Artorius worried

Verdea silently did not answer as she continued to look at the table

"It's okay. We've also been handling an army of Vampires and a black magician during that journey" I continued

They were more surprised by my words

"You speak as if you want to offend me, Sir Vainzel" Rosalia said as she put down her cup

The look with that sneaky smile of his was directed at me

"Ah, sorry if I offended you. I just felt annoyed by the events" I replied

Verdea seemed to want to talk, but she knew exactly that no one would believe her but me

"... Can we stop this? Why are you acting so lowly like that, Oberon?"

Damien who suddenly spoke it invited all of us to our attention

Queen Celeste kept her mouth shut, but it was too late. We all heard what he said

"Oberon...? Interesting..." Darius said

He then turned his head towards me with a curious look while smiling widely

"There's an explanation, Sir Vainzel?" She asked

Everyone is paying attention to me

...

Damnit...

But now they know. I am the center of their attention now

"... Yep... I can't possibly hide it anymore" I said with a sigh

Verdea looks agitated listening to me

The sound of Darius's clapping was heard throughout the room. Everyone was watching him as he clapped his hand at me

"Well, whoa... Any other secrets you can tell me?" Darius asked as he stopped clapping

He put his elbow on the table while propping his head up while looking me in the eye

Anxiety over me because of this situation

"Don't bother him"

...

The verdea?

"Don't bother Vain" He repeated

His angry gaze came out and pointed straight at Darius

Everyone was shocked to see that, especially Darius

But it didn't take long for him to try to provoke us again

"You've changed. Is it because of this guy?" Darius said

"Then, why?" Reply Verdea, angry

He got up from his chair and tried to get closer to Darius, but was restrained by me

If I let it go, they might hit each other

Darius just smiled cynically at him, then turned to Damien

"You have interesting information. I wonder where you got it from"

"What do you need to know?" Damien retaliated

"alright. Stop this right now" Artorius interrupted

"There is no need to stop them, your majesty. This information is indeed interesting" One of Artorius' concubines, Lynia said

"Yup. It is very unfair after all that the queen of Celeste keeps this up" Sofia added

"Shut your mouth Sofia" threatened Celeste

The atmosphere then became noisy and noisy

"I want you guys"

"Sorry dad, but this thing-"

No one could finish their speech, as it was cut by each other. The only thing that came out was the shouting and meaningless arguments that only made heads dizzy

Or rather, my head...

Fwush!

...

"Can it stop now?"

When I interjected using the Mana throws, they all finally stopped. I only forced a smile once more, while Verdea slowly climbed onto my lap

His head was then caked as we refocused on them

It seemed like my Mana throws were too loud to the point of making them startle and sculpt like that

"... Forgive us. This kind of situation is very inappropriate to show in front of you" Artorius said in a limp tone

He then held his head as if he was dizzy with this situation

Yep... Having a family like this is definitely making the head dizzy

"I want to ask, why are you keeping your identity a secret?" She asked

"Because I don't want this kind of situation to be created, Your Majesty" I said

Artorius looked uncomfortable

"You don't have to call me"

"No. I'm an Oberon, but I'm still just a waiter here. The agreement paper at that time has made it clear, no...?

I am Verdea's servant and you, and will always be so until the end of your lives"

"Well! You proud to be that dirty little waitress?" Damien interrupted

...

I hate this kid

"... Take care. Your mouth. Boy"

Seeing my annoyed expression, Damien goosebumps and averts his gaze

"I only tied the promise with these 2 people. All of you who are in this room are not important to me, if they both do not consider you important or dangerous"

I appointed them besides Verdea and Artorius one by one

I glanced at Rosalia at a glance, then turned my gaze to Verdea who looked delighted

"You're threatening us, Oberon?" Celeste said with a furious tone

"Persis as you say Her Majesty the Queen. I won't be silent if you say something inappropriate about my master"

"Your master, um...?" Mumbled Darius. "I wondered why you would work under him" he added

"Because I don't want to work under someone like you, Darius"

"Call my first name with the word Prince, you piece of trash!"

"I'll do it if you deserve to be called that"

Darius immediately looked annoyed and prepared to strangle me

"Enough! Darius, enough!" Sofia interrupted

He stopped the boy before he said and went further than that. Therefore, Darius just slammed his hand on the table

I turned to smile cynically at him now, making him look even more annoyed

"I'd actually like to enjoy His Majesty's banquet. But we just arrived, so we want to rest first" I said to Artorius

With a final smile, I carried Verdea and left

Everyone stared at my departure with an annoyed face, except for Artorius

He got up from his seat and went after me, although his other family was heard trying to stop him

......................

"Your Majesty Vainzel!" Artorius called out

He ran towards us quickly, while our steps stopped

Verdea and I turned to him while waiting

When he got to us, he said, "I'm sorry about my family's treatment", breathing heavily

I smiled towards him

He's a really good guy. He was after us just to say sorry

"I am commonly offended, Your Excellency Artorius. Their treatment didn't affect me at all"

Artorius was stunned to hear my response. His eyes were then fixed on Verdea who was looking back at him

"Dad's glad you're always okay..." She said

Verdea nodded slowly. I was glad that he replied to Artorius with the response he should have

"alright. We'll go on. May the Flowers always bloom with you" I said while bowing in respect

"Ah yes. From king to king, my advice is, make sure your opinion can also be heard by your subject"

Artorius was ashamed to hear my words

Leaving her alone in the hallway, the two of us went to see my friends who were in the living room of the castle

...

"You seem to want to tell him something" I said to Verdea

"... Pendants"

"Continue?"

"Grandfather gave me a mother's pendant. I wanted to give it to Dad, but I'm not sure"

Hm... So

I lowered him to the ground and then knelt before him

"If you get a chance to see your father again later, you can hand him over next time"

Followed by my smile, Verdea also smiled happily

The two of us then joined hands and continued our steps

From behind a distant shadow, someone I didn't know was watching us without me knowing

He then scratched his chin while looking at our departure with a wide smile

"Interesting... I got curious about the guy Madam Rosalia was after"

Along with his words, a wide grin slowly formed on his face, replacing that ordinary smile