◈ Episode 638: Unforgotten Grudge (3)
Flora was astonished at the scene unfolding before her eyes.
It was surprising that Ludger suddenly appeared, but unlike before, the magic he showed was so excellent that it could almost be said to be close to divine status.
‘What the hell is this?’
I could tell that Flora had a more sensuous understanding of magic than anyone else.
Ludger is now in a state where he has lost something of a human.
A sweet scent that fills the surroundings.
And a feast of all kinds of brilliant colors that confuse the field of vision.
What it brought was the death of the priests of the church, but Flora was distracted by Ludger’s magic.
The stimulation was so overwhelming that my senses of sight and smell were paralyzed, and my mind was unable to accept reality.
However, this pleasure was short-lived, lasting only a few seconds.
Flora, who regained her senses, was surprised to see that the church’s pursuers had turned into cold corpses in just a few seconds.
There were no injuries on their bodies.
I didn’t understand what was happening.
The magical power surged like a storm, and only the surrounding enemies died like ghosts.
“teacher. how… … .”
“Don’t worry Cheryl Wagner. Because she’s safe. “She has recovered from her wounds, so she will have no aftereffects.”
“Well, thank you for that. Are you back? “Where on earth have you been?!”
“There is not enough time to explain.”
“Oh, that’s right! Lumos! People in my family are moving strangely! As if trying to rebel against the empire… … .”
“But that’s why I came to see you.”
Flora opened her eyes wide.
“Me?”
“okay. “Now the time has come.”
“What time are you talking about?”
“It’s time for you to come to terms with your family.”
“… … .”
Flora trembled at those words.
Although she couldn’t understand what Ludger was saying all of a sudden, she felt it in her heart.
“How could I… … .”
“I know this is a burden for you. But it won’t happen if you ignore it forever and run away. “Now is the time to make a decision.”
“But the distance to my family is far, and time is short. “The practical limitations are too great.”
“Not now.”
As soon as Ludger finished speaking, Flora felt her vision change.
From Seorn’s deserted outdoor grounds, to the inside of a mansion.
Flora felt that the mansion looked familiar.
‘This is the place where my father gathers every time he gathers people from the family.’
I thought it was a dream, but it wasn’t.
Flora had come from Seorn to Lumos’s home in that short period of time.
Moreover, in this place, her father, Kayden Lumos, was even staring at her.
It was when Ludger placed his hand on her shoulder that Flora regained her senses.
The warmth she felt from her shoulder made Flora realize that this was reality.
I realized that I was at a crossroads in my life.
“Flora.”
Kayden called Flora’s name.
His voice was indifferent, as if he was calling someone else’s child, without any fatherly affection.
On the contrary, there was even a bit of irritation.
“Are you daring to rebel against Lumos?”
“I am… … .”
No. It’s not like that.
Flora, who was about to make that very excuse out of fear, kept her mouth shut.
I don’t know why. Flora unconsciously looked back at Ludger, and seeing him nod his head towards her gave her an unknown courage.
“… … I’m also Lumos. So, I am fully qualified.”
“As an illegitimate child, you have no qualifications.”
“Even if it’s only half, I owe it to my father’s blood. That’s why I’m also Lumos. Flora Lumos. “Because that’s what everyone in the world calls me.”
“you… … .”
Kayden’s brows furrowed as he saw Flora’s appearance being different from usual.
“I know. That my father is trying to revolt against the empire. “I know that they are up to something by joining hands with the Holy Kingdom of Bretus.”
“What does that mean?”
“Quit everything and report straight to work. And be judged fairly. “That is the best suggestion I can give to your father.”
Kayden’s lips twisted at those words.
“How dare you suggest that to me? “The illegitimate child of the family to the head of the family?”
“It’s an illegitimate child and it doesn’t matter. “What matters is that the matriarch is about to make a choice that puts the entire family at risk.”
“As expected, what the Cardinal said was right. “You were used by the devil.”
“You don’t want to believe that, do you?”
Flora glared sharply at Kayden and shot him a glare.
“My father, a faithful believer, treated me poorly because he did not want to leave behind the stain of his past actions. Every time you look at me, you’re reminded of the mistakes of your perfect life. Because that’s painful.”
“… … what?”
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“What will people in the world think? They believe so faithfully in the Lumensis Church, but in the end, they say they are no different from other nobles. “He also reacted sensitively to that, so he pretended to take care of me and left me alone.”
Flora knows.
That Kayden Lumos doesn’t truly love her.
Still, she couldn’t help but crave affection.
His mother passed away, and the only blood he had left was his father, Kayden.
Foolishly.
I realized it and threw it away.
Just because you’re related by blood doesn’t mean you can become a real family.
And that until now, he had been ignoring this reality and just running away.
“You said Lumos never forgets grudges, right? So I’ll give it back exactly as it was said. I haven’t forgotten. The harsh and difficult indifference and cold treatment I received from my father. And the humiliation suffered by brothers and sisters in name only.”
“… … .”
“Simply not forgetting is not lumos.”
Flora’s voice, which was trembling at first, gradually became calmer.
It was strange. I thought that if I said it out loud like this, I would become more intense and emotional, but my mind became strangely clear.
As if he had finally realized his true self.
ah.
This is it.
This is the real me.
“Matriarch. No, Duke Kayden Lumos, a traitor to the Empire. This is the last mercy I can give. Surrender and pay for your choices.”
“You seem to have forgotten where you are and who I am. This is Lumos. And I’m Kayden Lumos. “He is the head of the family here.”
Kayden glared at Flora with a hint of anger.
“I am Lumos.”
“no. You are not Lumos. “He is just a cowardly and timid man who has become absorbed in religion.”
“under. What changes if you say that? Do you think the family will even listen to what you have to say?”
“For now, yes. But shouldn’t I just make it that way?”
Flora looked back at Ludger, spitting bitter words at Kayden.
“Yes? teacher.”
“okay.”
Ludger nodded and Flora smiled.
The fact that someone was by her side could not have been more reassuring to her.
“Don’t arbitrarily judge your family name because of an outsider!”
Kayden let out a loud yell.
The fact that he screamed, which was unusual for him, as he was always calm, meant that his emotions became that intense.
“okay. If we hold hands with Princess Eileen and put pressure on Lu Mos, we can at least replace her as the head of the family. “Compared to before, Lumos’s power will decrease, but his skeleton will remain, and it won’t be a task to take control of it and turn it into your own Lumos.”
Kayden realized what Flora and Ludger were aiming for.
Since they were preparing for treason, the Lumos Duke family could not feel wronged if they became traitors and were punished.
Because the cause clearly belonged to the imperial family.
The shrewd 1st Princess Eileen must have also fully calculated this situation.
“But first, if the imperial family falls, the story will be different.”
“That won’t happen.”
Ludger said with confidence.
“Because I’m not going to make it happen.”
“you? Now I, no, my entire family, are being looked after by Lord Lumensis.
Kayden let the sacred power that was fluctuating within his body flow outward.
The sacred power was so pure and powerful that it seemed no different from magical power.
Ludger realized the divine power the moment he saw it.
“okay. The curse placed on Rine was your own doing. Lumensis.”
Even if you don’t want to know where that divine power originated, you will know.
The third sealing technique was lifted and the heavenly gate was opened.
In Ludger’s mind in that state, along with the voices of the gods, knowledge and information crossing the past, present, and future were rising and falling like bubbles.
In it, Ludger realized how this had happened.
“I never would have thought that someone who had the potential to escape the cage would be branded.”
Spatial attribute magical power.
The possibilities it had were endless.
Lumensis wanted birds to live in cages.
Not wanting them to escape his control, he oppressed them.
But human potential has always exceeded predictions.
Among humans, there were those born with particularly outstanding magical powers.
The magic of time was like that, and the magic of space attribute was like that.
Lumensis was wary of the latter.
No matter how fast time passes in a cage, or even if time stops, in the end, it all happens inside the cage.
The spatial attribute magic power is different.
Magical power that has the potential to travel beyond the world.
Because Lumensis was the most wary, it left the curse known as a blessing to be passed down to the owners of magic power from generation to generation.
May their lives be short-lived before they spread their wings.
“In the end, it was you.”
Kayden frowned, perhaps sensing Ludger’s subtle irritation.
“How dare you call Master Lumensis’ name in vain? A profane bastard. “Is God’s name funny?”
“Is it funny? “Of course it’s funny.”
Ludger sneered as if he couldn’t stand the idea of Kayden saying something like that.
“It is said that the gods serve only one human, how can it not be funny?”
“this guy!”
No matter how cool-headed Kayden was, he couldn’t bear to have his faith, which he believed so strongly in, insulted.
He wanted to attack Ludgar with the holy power granted by Lumensis.
Paaaat!
The pure white light he shot out was so easily neutralized in front of Ludger.
Kayden widened his eyes as he saw the divine power scattering like sand powder.
“You still don’t understand? “The power you have received is only at the level of a small creature.”
Ludger lightly snapped his fingers, and Kayden, who had been sitting arrogantly in his seat, fell forward and fell to his knees.
Kayden tried to resist somehow, but his face only turned red and his body did not move as intended.
“Gah, what on earth are the family members…?” … .”
Kayden was about to speak, but he saw Ludger’s eyes and kept his mouth shut.
The entire family has already been suppressed by Ludger.
It would not be impossible since it possesses a transcendental power that transcends distant spaces and exists here at the same time.
Kayden’s resistance was futile.
“If you oust me like this, what do you think will happen to the future of Lumos?”
Kayden said, glaring at Flora.
She truly believed that for the sake of Lumos’ future, it was right for her to maintain her position as the head of the family.
Flora felt very disappointed to see Kayden like that.
In the past, I thought he was such a huge person that I couldn’t even dare to rebel.
I never thought it would look so foolish and shabby.
Have I grown bigger? Has he become smaller?
No, actually, it was always like this, but maybe I was just scared.
Flora looked down at Kayden, who was now kneeling with pity.
Kayden felt that his daughter’s gaze, which he had not acknowledged, was more painful than the eyes filled with hate and loathing.
“My honest feeling is that I want to completely destroy the name Lumos.”
“Are you going to abandon the empire’s historic family?”
“You tried to abandon the empire first, but are you still obsessed with the empire’s duchy?”
“… … .”
“Do not worry. “I will make Lumos greater by your petty attitude.”
“Even if I step down, there is no justification for you to become the head of the family.”
“Why am I not here?”
Flora laughed softly at Kayden’s almost unreasonable resistance.
“The other two brothers and sisters also participated in the rebellion.”
“you… … !”
Kayden’s eyes widened as he realized what Flora had said.
“Do not worry. My brother and sister will get along well in the Lumos family. However, you will be much more humble than before. And Lumos will prosper even more than when you ruled. “I can promise that.”
Kayden couldn’t say anything and just lowered his head.
Flora looked at this with satisfaction and expressed her gratitude to Ludger.
“thank you. “It’s all thanks to the teacher.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
“Now, are you going again?”
“okay. “There is still work left to do.”
Flora stared at the screen that Kayden Lumos was viewing through the artifact.
There was Ludger here, but there was also Ludger there.
Although she couldn’t understand what was going on, Flora said what she could.
“I hope you succeed.”
“Thank you.”
“and… … .”
Flora tried to say something but shook her head.
“… … “I’ll talk about it later.”
Ludger nodded to Flora with a faint smile.
His appearance disappeared like a mirage.
Flora stared beyond the artifact screen as if fascinated.
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Ludger, who focused his mind on the crater again, did not hide his annoyance as he looked at the surrounding punitive forces.
“As a result of the aftermath of me opening the door, you are also able to use your power in this underworld?”
The punitive forces who had been frightened by their own power until a little while ago.
It was wrapped in pure white divine power and was spilling its deadly force towards this direction.
Wizards, mercenaries, hunters, priests, saints, and knights.
All.
“okay. “We’ve come this far, but it’s no fun if it turns into a trivial fight.”
Through the black hole in the sky, the energies of countless gods were felt and appeared one by one around Ludger.
silver arm.
Golden Geumgangjeo.
sword of fire.
A huge bong.
Shining window.
All kinds of weapons were circling around Ludger.
“Let the battle of myths begin.”
fantasy,
