The Book Of Flowers

Telepathically

Assisted by Darwin, Claudia walked slowly towards the holding room in the castle

The stairs down to the room felt very long. However, even though Claudia had started to feel dizzy from being tired, she still insisted on going to see us

He was picked up by Darwin while descending the stairs. But somehow, he felt very tired even though he was not walking. Maybe because of the effect he forced a crawl earlier

"You still want to go on"

"Shut your mouth and keep going...!" Claudia cut in a soft voice

Darwin was silent no longer

They continued down the stairs that turned it until at last, all the way to a basement door

Darwin hesitantly opened the door, especially seeing Claudia who was getting impatient

Claudia's eyes widened with what she saw behind the door

Dozens of torture devices were in a very large room, placed in a separate small isolation room and could be seen from behind bars. And across from the isolation room, the prisoners were there, locked behind cells. Some look very thin like barely eating, some are even tied with chains and gagged because they are always thrashing

He wants to hit Darwin once again. It was because he knew about this cruel prison, but did not try to help those who had been tortured

Darwin didn't even blink a bit. His eyes showed no pity to the people there

*ting!*

The feeling reappeared on Claudia's chest

He also searched here and there the direction of the resonance of that feeling

'Who are you?'

"...!"

"What's the matter Claudia?" Asked Darwin who was aware of Claudia's startled expression

"... It's okay" Claudia replied

But, he still wondered. What sound just went into his head?

'I asked again, who are you?'

...

'You don't know how to telepathy!? Talk to your stupid mind!'

'... Like this?' Claudia tried to answer that voice with her mind

'Yes. Now, answer me'

'... My name is Claudia Dolores. Who areyou?'

'Call me Ivor'

'Why can you'

'My second question. I feel like there's something strange in your body. Why could that be?'

'... Are you an Elf?'

'Yes. I'm a fire Elf official. But somehow I feel like there's a connection between the two of us'

"Ah, that's them. Why would they try to put them in the corner of the cell?"

Darwin makes a telepathy between Ivor and Claudia cut off for a while. Pretending to know nothing, Claudia was silent for a while

They slowly approached the cell. After taking a closer look, Claudia found a male elf who had hair and eyes as red as fire

His entire body was bound by a special chain. There was magic emanating from the chain, and Claudia suspected that it was used to suppress the power that was in Ivor's body

All of his friends passed out nearby, with some bruises on certain parts. They were all bound by the same chain. And if counted, there were only 5 elves and 2 humans there

There should be 6 Elves, but I'm not in that cell right now. Claudia wondered where my existence had been taken along with them

*ting!*

The resonance was again resounding in his chest. But, that resonance still did not feel very close

Ivor and Claudia exchanged looks. Seeing the angry Ivor, Darwin made a rude mockery of them

Ignoring Darwin's ridicule, they continued their telepathy

'What was that just now?'

'... Can you feel it?'

'Sound... Though you have that body, but somehow I feel you're someone else'

'... Meanin?'

'... What maybe-!?'

'What is what?'

'... Is it possible because of the 'tree' core that is in my body right now?'

'Huh!?'

Ivor continued to try to set his expression so that Darwin would not be suspicious. The thing he had just heard made him so shocked that he almost jumped forward

'... I'll tell you everything'

Through the telepathy, Claudia began to tell everything as briefly as possible

...

As I wrote earlier, I felt that the core of the Great Tree split into 5. One was in Crux, one was in Sahra continent, and the last 3 were in Hortensia...

One of the three was used by Darwin to revive Claudia's supposed dead body

The Tree Core itself was the spirit Core belonging to Alf. In a sense, Alf was not dead at all. Only his body died

In contrast to Alf, Claudia's body is still intact, but her soul is gone

Normally, if a spirit takes an undamaged body, it will control that body, even if it is not the original body

However, since Alf's spirit core was broken into pieces, his spirit was not whole at all, and only produced the powder. In another sense, Alf's spirit now seems to disappear and is very weak because it is only in the form of powder, so it is not able to take over Claudia's body

The empty spirit then only serves as a 'power machine' to run the body that does not have a soul. The effect also won't actually last long, and could cause Alf's core to disintegrate when the time comes

I didn't know the exact time that the core could be destroyed, it was because I didn't want to try to mess with that core. But, I estimate that the core could be destroyed not for decades

That's because the pieces become very small and fragile when broken into pieces. And just like a human-made machine, that core can also be destroyed if used continuously for such a specific function

Ivor is aware of that. He even knew exactly the danger of the tree core being placed within Claudia's body

"Well! You low Elf!"

"... You're noisy Darwin"

"What, Claudia?"

"You're noisy!"

Claudia also beat up Darwin. Darwin just stood still receiving all of Claudia's powerless punches

*ting!*

Claudia stopped hitting Darwin when she felt that way again

'That's what try?' Ask Ivor

'Ignore. Tell me everything you know. I'll help you' Claudia cut

...

'You're kidding, aren't you?'

'No. I don't want to get this second life. So, I want to give it back to you guys'

...

'I'll trust you for now, so just go first. I'm being tied up with a magic chain right now, so I can't bring out even the slightest bit of my power. And, there was a secret door behind the wall near the entrance. Vainzel is there. You just have to push a brick near it. I'll count on you to save him'

'Alright. Thank you for believing me'

They ended the telepathy with Ivor lying on the floor, turning away from them

"Darwin, let's go" Claudia said

Darwin, unaware of the telepathy between them, nodded slowly and turned towards their room

"And Darwin, I don't like you denouncing those elves just now"

"Well! They could die of rotting there!"

"You have no pity on them, not even the little ones that lie in that cell?"

"..... No" Darwin replied with a face that felt strange

...

"... Then I've got the answer I want"

Claudia took out a thin needle from behind the sleeve of her nightgown and stuck it into the nerve in Darwin's neck