The Book Of Flowers

Feelings

-- A moment ago ---

*Tok!*

...

Without further approval from inside the room, the door opened

A woman sits on her bed very quietly, without caring about the person who enters. His black hair he let unravel, without being tied up in the slightest

Her white skin was charming like a doll, and her blue eyes were shining like jewels when touched by the moonlight. The body is very slim, but feels sturdy

He did not look at the open door. Moreover, he was not even worried about the person who slowly walked into the room and stepped towards him

"Claudia..."

The woman still didn't allow her sight. The wind blew, blowing a thin curtain in front of the window where he was looking

Claudia's. That's his name. But, hearing his name mentioned by that person, he felt like changing his name immediately

A sense of disdain and anger appeared on his chest when the name was called

Out of annoyance, the big man turned Claudia's head and turned Claudia's gaze towards her

Claudia did not blink a bit. He was not panicking, nor was he afraid. It was just the same anger with that person that he felt

"Go Darwin. I don't want to see you"

Claudia finally wants to talk. The first word that came out of his mouth pierced Darwin's heart. He can't hurt Claudia, even if he wants to

Darwin von Ziegler and Claudia Dolores. The two men are having a heart conflict with each other

Hearing Claudia's words, she took her hand off Claudia's face and took a few steps back. His face looked very sad because of Claudia's words

But, regardless of Darwin's feelings. Claudia simply looked back at the Moon from her window

...

...

"... Want to eat?"

...

"... I'd rather die than be with you now"

"Claudi-ee!"

Darwin held himself back from venting anger

He was just asking something ordinary, but Claudia always insisted on staying away from him

Though he had gone to that extent to get Claudia back. Destroying the Forest of the Elves, and taking the core of their Tree of Life

But the effort was nothing of the result. His efforts for hundreds of years

Claudia no longer wanted to be with him at all. Every time he met Claudia, he would only show his disgusted expression to Darwin

His expression also applies to everyone in Darwin's camp. Be it Rosalia, Damien, Yael, Yuriel, or whoever it was, he always showed an expression of disgust

Whatever they did, whatever they said, whatever they saw, that look of disgust was always visible on Claudia's face

"... Claudia's. What else do I have to do so we can be together?"

Darwin has resigned. There was nothing he did that made Claudia happy now. Forget about what Darwin did, Claudia didn't even want to do anything more than sit on her bed and stare out

Even when eating and bathing for Claudia, Darwin and the palace servants had to do it by force

"Say something Claudia..."

Darwin's tone is getting weaker. He was already very desperate with this state of affairs, but he did not want to take Claudia's hand off

"You told me not to do anything Rosalia told me to do. You also told me to stand under the sun, but you knew it would burn me. But, are those things still not enough for you?"

...

Claudia stood up. He walked towards Darwin and slowly raised his hand

Darwin's eyes were wide at that. Not because he was happy, but...

Because Claudia pointed Darwin's fingernails at her own chest

He looked directly at Darwin's eyes, which began to shake. His eyes began to shed tears as he began to prepare to speak

"Kill me Darwin. I'll never be mad at you again if you do that"

Darwin's anger immediately culminated in hearing his words

"No! There's no way I'll kill you after anything!"

"So you're more worried about your futile efforts than me!?"

Darwin's body is shaking. He didn't know what to say to Claudia right now. His head slowly bowed. He no longer even dared to look Claudia in the eye

That's what he wanted all along. To die back

...

*twush!*

A strong wind suddenly blew, even reaching into Claudia's room space

Sensing the awkwardness with it, the two of them looked out. But, there was nothing strange to be seen in their eyes

But...

"... Jael and Walter are back"

Hearing Darwin say that name, Claudia was shocked. Especially when Darwin suddenly left

Claudia just stood there, silent. He simply lamented Darwin's departure from where he stood

And suddenly...

*ting!*

The thread was heading somewhere, and he felt that it was close enough. He had never felt it before, and out of curiosity, he caught up with Darwin from behind

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

His chest continued to beat. But he doesn't know why. His breathing was so strong that he missed someone he hadn't seen in a long time

He kept trying to walk and propped himself up near the wall to make sure he didn't fall

The body that was only on the mattress from the beginning, now very difficult to move. The distance from his room to his place now felt very far, even though the distance was nothing for a normal person

His breath was puffing with exhaustion. Not long after, he fell to the floor in the castle hallway

He asked that his body not give up first, but his body only showed zero effort. He could not even get back up, and his body continued to plop down on the floor

Therefore, he also tried to drag his body with energy in his hands. He did so with great difficulty, to the point that he sweated profusely from it

He groaned in pain on the floor while continuing to pull his body forward.

Unfortunately, it didn't take long for someone to realize he was on that floor

Darwin was just back followed by several soldiers behind him watching Claudia drag herself on the floor. Their eyes were all wide-eyed because of Claudia's sudden actions

Darwin immediately darted to help Claudia in panic

"What are you doing!?" Ask Darwin

But Claudia just brushed Darwin's hand off and tried to drag him back

Darwin had to hold Claudia by force so she could not fight back

"Claudia! Sadize yourself! What's up!?"

"Keep me-!"

*ting!*

Again the feeling arises. But it feels so hard right now

And it happens when some of the bodies of some people are carried through it

The bodies of all of us who managed to get caught by Yael and Walter

*ting!*

Again the feeling shakes. His eyes were fixed on my stiff body, carried by 2 soldiers at once

Unfortunately, he could only see my body being carried past him

His trembling hand slowly lifted up and pointed towards us who were slowly disappearing from sight

"S-who are they...?" Ask Claudia

Darwin was silent because he saw Claudia who looked very curious

"... They're the ones who saved the Elves that were sold"

Hearing Darwin's reply, Claudia turned her head towards his face with wide eyes. He spontaneously slapped Darwin, but his power did not produce a violent slap at all

"You're disgusting people...!" Claudia said

"Oof~ Pain~"

A woman approached them with several people behind her

Women dress in red like rose petals. Her blond hair looked very beautiful like silk, with a ribbon of roses on her left side. The look of disdainful eyes was highlighted from his green eyes

"Rosalia Hortensia..."

"Hey, why is your face so stiff?"

Rosalia laughs a little bit at Claudia

Rosalia then uses her fan to raise Claudia's chin

"We can also show this face apparently~" Rosalia said

"No matter what shape my face is in, you don't have to take care of it, you despicable woman!" Claudia retaliated

*Plak!*

Rosalia immediately slapped Claudia in the face with her fan and made the fan bend and break instantly, indicating that she slapped Claudia as hard as she could

Claudia's cheeks even bleed because of that

Darwin who saw it was silent and still trying to help Claudia who fell to the floor

"I'm sorry she's Rosalia. I'll discipline him later" Darwin said

"It's better that way Darwin. This woman needs to be beaten up once"

Rosalia threw her broken fan back, and the fan was captured by a soldier

"alright. I'll go to my room. There will be a lot of announcements that I will make tomorrow, so I have to sleep now. Dadah~"

Rosalia rushed back to her room accompanied by some soldiers, and did not forget Yael

Meanwhile, Walter and Darwin only saw their departure

"Well... I want to sleep now too. My business will be amazing tomorrow"

Walter looks really excited. He leaves, but leads out of Lily's castle

Seeing that they were the only ones left in the hallway, Darwin turned back to Claudia who was looking down

"It's okay?"

"... Take me to those guys' place"

"... Claudi-?"

"Bring me now Darwin! That's my request!"

Darwin shook when he heard Claudia scream. Though hesitant, he nodded in agreement to bring Claudia to see us