Chapter 41

What did Roman do to you?

Without warning, the tree began to pour its memories into my head. Many scenes were violently displayed.

The tree seemed to have been moved here from another location when it was a seedling. In my earliest memories of the tree, the water was flowing.

It was a tree that lived by the Fahar river.

Then came the scene that I had seen in the other plants' memories.

The red-eyed man who cast irreverent magic into the river.

This time I could see his face properly. He seemed to be in his twenties in appearance. He looked very sensitive and handsome. And the thing that stood out the most was..

His hair was silver. Silver hair was a color reserved for the Pernen royal family..

This was the dynasty that ruled the southern part of the country before Kwanach.

It was said that their hair shines silver with the blessing of the Goddess. However, incestuous marriages were repeated, and the psychosis that resided in the bloodline became increasingly severe, leading to a period of tyranny.

Kwanach eventually destroyed the clan. Not a single person was left behind.

I thought so. Was there anyone who survived? It's the descendants of a royal family as sacred as that one.

An obvious threat element. No, it was already a substantial threat if this man spread sclerosis.

In the next scene that the tree showed me, I could see this forest owned by the Guilier.

Late at night, several men were heading somewhere, this time pulling a large wagon with Roman. The wagon was covered with a large cloth, so I couldn't see what was inside.

Suddenly, the wagon was caught in a small stone beak and tilted. One of the objects loaded in the wagon jumped out.

No way is that .

It was a blue-gray mass of decomposing flesh.

It was a human arm.

Soon the afterimages that had been etched into my mind came flooding in. It was all a memory of the tree.

Damaged bodies. Shapeless flesh. Crimson eyes. A gloomy voice

The scene passed by quickly. It was hard to understand the back and forth of the memories. It was just like a series of horrible landscape paintings.

When the tree stopped sharing its memory, I was completely exhausted.

Phew

I felt like I was going to throw up.

I groaned, and the Kingsguard waiting behind me asked if I was okay. I took a deep breath, finally indicating that I was fine.

I felt nauseated. I touched the surface of the wood with my trembling fingers and asked,

These, these men. Are they related to the Guilier? Who is the man you showed me before?

What?

The man with the red eyes?

What does that mean?

The tree vibrated once more. Then it showed me another memory.

The man with the silver hair and red eyes. He grabbed the hand of a corpse that looked like it had died of hardening, or sclerosis.

Then after a moment he withdrew his hand. His red eyes gradually began to change as he finished his magic.

They turned purple.

Silver hair and purple eyes. It was undeniable, he was of the Pernen royal bloodline.

His change didn't stop there. The smooth face of a man in his twenties began to melt like mud. It was a bizarre and horrifying sight.

Not long after that, the man shifted into the form of an ordinary middle-aged man, publicly known as the owner of Guilier, Roman.

The memory ended, and I heard the voice of the tree.

Oh my

I've never heard of such powerful and elaborate shape-shifting magic. It was only originally a matter of changing a few ages from your face or changing the color of your hair.

How could he change into a completely different person?

What in the world is Roman doing while hiding his true form?

The Goddess..?