Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end. When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul. The naïve Arabella evolved. *** “Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child. Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved child. For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay. Until finally… he fell to ruin! With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband in her arms. But fate wasn’t done playing with her. All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding. Was it a curse or a blessing? It didn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too!” This was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. But in her second life, Arabella was unexpectedly bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
Further, the cause of the lack of flora in Safiro was initially a vast forest fire. Then, the curse that prevented the entire land from supporting greenery and the magic spell to prevent the rains.
But in Sibruh, since the plants might get infected with the disease again or consumed by pests. Hence, they had to focus on eradicating pests and clearing the infected crops completely first.
Likewise, the soil needs time to recover before farming can resume, especially since they do not know yet what caused the disease or how to manage or stop it completely.
Burning the infected plants was a just general solution they knew from past plant diseases they have encountered before.
Ferdinand continued to update Arabella on the situation in Sibruh and its neighboring territories until he interrupted himself.
"But this isn't why you wanted to speak with me, is it?" he asked, his tone gentle but probing.