Flower of Eden

"The truth is, My lover, is an Ethereal being."

""!?""

The whole courtroom is shocked by an Ethereal being. It's a being that defies biological anatomy that they're classified differently.

'No… No, old man! What are you doing!' Leonard's brows were knit.

"May I ask you a question, Mr. Richard." The judge looked at Richard with a neutral expression.

"Please do so."

"Ethereal being, what kind?"

"... Pixie. My son had the blood and can confirm by his free reign in mana."

When Leonard heard Pixie he was confused momentarily, it wasn't so shocking that he had to stay that way for long and regained his normal composure.

Pixie, yes they might be an Ethereal being but not on the same level as a fairy and Elves. However, there's something wrong with Richard's statement.

Pixies exude mana when it's a full moon. If Leonard didn't have a Mana reactor heart he would be called a liar. His Mana reactor heart makes the mana that orbits Leonard to be processed into his body visible albeit a little bit.

He could just put on a few tricks and it would be believable.

"Is this true? Leonard?"

The judge looked at Leonard and Leonard nodded. He stood up prepared to leave, as the courtroom has mana dampeners there would be no mana present at all.

Leonard left the room with a guard and by the door opened, he showed his control of mana easily. It would be fine if it's an adult mage controlling the mana around him but no, Leonard is a boy just 10 years of age.

He already mastered— or rather, has an instinctual control of mana around him. This is enough proof that Leonard is of Ethereal blood.

"Our trial is held by the accusation of Abuse and Blackmailing of Elizabeth Winstead to the Marchen family. Not only was the following True…" The Judge looked at Elizabeth "As an ex-stepmother of the Marchen family you are eligible for the crime of hurting Ethereal blood."

Elizabeth flinched. "What!? You couldn't do this! Is that your only proof?!"

"Madam, we're not done." The Judge coughed. "Prosecutor Jamison, please read the report of killing Ethereal blood as well."

Leonard was a bit confused, why is the procedure going faster? There are a few things that the judge skipped.

"Yes, 10 years ago, Madam Stella, Mr. Richard's late wife was healthy and was recovering from her labor, but apparently, she died suddenly."

The prosecutor nodded toward the Bailiff and the projector then proceeded to play a video.

"This is footage of a hidden camera that was found in the storeroom of the Marchen family."

Leonard was even more confused, the Storeroom of the Marchen family was very large and his mother's belongings were stored there.

How would anyone not know that there was a hidden camera in the room when Elizabeth fed Leonard's mother, Stella, Poison?

When the footage played, the hidden footage that everyone was saying is that of a camera from a feature phone. This footage is of the worst quality, however, the evidence was there.

The camera's angle is that placed on a table, and in the footage, Elizabeth is walking up to Stella, who was in bed. Since the quality is bad, their expression was never seen clearly.

However, it was clear that when being fed by the soup, Stella was clear in her body language that she is hesitant. When she was done feeding Stella, Something unexpected happened.

Elizabeth slowly walked towards the camera and laughed, picked it up, and smiled at the camera. Then the video ended.

—Crunch!

The seat Leonard is sitting on suddenly let out a crunching noise when people looked at Leonard the seat, on which his hand was placed was crushed. By pure physical strength.

"I apologize for showing this footage to you Leonard." The judge Spoke. They looked at Elizabeth "This is conclusive evidence, Madam Elizabeth."

"No…"

Elizabeth is shown to bit her lip, then suddenly silence fills the room. After that, she looked confused all of a sudden.

Then when she was about to scream, she fell to the floor. Leonard's mind wasn't clear and all on his mind was to kill the woman who killed his mother.

"A-Alex—!"

Elizabeth wriggled and the people who were looking at Elizabeth with no emotion suddenly started being worried. Her throat started wriggling as if there was something inside.

"Get something—!"

The judge spoke in a hurry.

"No need."

Newmann, the lawyer, suddenly spoke, his smile was as if he was seeing something interesting.

"Newmann, please be serious in this situation."

"I am, don't worry"

Newmann's shape suddenly changed, his black hair turned Blonde and his facial features changed along. When the final transformation appeared his face was of someone familiar that Leonard couldn't help but be wary of.

"Y-Yuri!"

Lenneza called.

Everyone knows who Yuri is, He had a title that everyone could only admire. That is the chosen one.

"Hello everyone" He smiled "I was here because of a trial because it relates to an Ethereal being."

Yuri moved towards the wriggling Elizabeth. Then he did something unexpected, he reached out to Elizabeth's mouth and started reaching for something.

The noises it makes kind of disgusted everyone in the courtroom. After a few seconds of disgusting noises, Yuri pulled a black long creature out of Elizabeth's mouth.

"A black magic parasite." Yuri Clicked his tongue.

When the words 'Black magic' was said the room became silent and a drop of a pin could be heard, Black Magic is sorcery related to controlling emotions and one's mind.

It's a forbidden art that was desperately erased from history. The one erasing it being.

"Yuri?" The judge calls.

"Leonard."

However, Yuri called someone else. When his name was called, Leonard looked up at Yuri.

"Don't blame her too much, you need the full truth out."

Leonard was making a blank face, he didn't know how to react. His gaze fell on the parasite that Yuri is holding and calmed down for a bit.

Lenneza right now is casting high-grade wind magic to avoid Lenneza waking up in such a scenario, Leonard knows this as he fell on her.

The child's suffering, do we just ignore that?

Leonard was in conflict.

"Ey, when I said don't blame her too much I mean don't put all the things she did on her. She wasn't thinking for herself."

Yuri added.

After all that the whole case was closed, the Marchen went home, and the whole family was conflicted but the most affected was Leonard.

"What was the use of me going to infiltrate those damn archives."

Leonard laid down on his bed, he wanted justice for his little sister, he wanted that woman behind the bars. All that just for her to be revealed that she was controlled?

How was he supposed to feel? Relieved? No, he can't accept that. Leonard also suffered from Elizabeth, what is he supposed to do?

"ugh… let's escape reality for now."

He slumped in the bed and slept.

***

–Tap tap tap

The place was dark and chilly, the only light that illuminates the place is from the crevice above and the cracks that show.

Amidst the darkness of the place, there are pillars, pillars of light that signify day and night.

In the middle of this place, is a flower garden. And in the middle of it sat a man with platinum blonde hair.

"Ah… my friend, Yuri… what makes you visit my humble abode?"

—tap tap tap.

Light steps, calm and elegant, were the footsteps of a man named Yuri, with Blonde hair wavering with every step.

"Shut your mouth. Humble abode?" he said with disgust. "Try walking out."

Yuri's face was just filled with disgust and yet his face remained blank, his emotions were leaking.

"What's this?"

He threw the dead parasite in front of the man.

"Oh~ it's my pet. Shame it's quite expired."

"I found that inside your sister."

"Aww… you just didn't remove it from her."

The man retained his smile, his eyes filled with mockery and interest. He didn't care about the fact that it was his sister at all.

"Come out that little flower garden of yours Alexander."

Yuri's face was calm and yet his voice was filled with rage. His clenched fist was evidence of itching anger.

"Aww… why would I do that?" The man chuckled "My beautiful Flower of Eden would be lonely if I did that."

—Boom!

The entire ground shook as if hit by an earthquake. It left swiftly as it came, Yuri's fist was on the floor with clouds of dust surrounding him.

"Alexander—"

"Pfft— pahahaha!" The man laughed "You don't have to be that angry~ I'll take care of—"

A sudden tremor came. An aftershock.

"You're truly powerful huh… quite envious."

A venomous smile was the smile the man was showing, clearly looking at Yuri's entire body.

"Well, well… I think I'm done playing with you." Alexander sighed "Too hot tempered gosh. You'll find me even if I traveled under the sea anyways."

Yuri looked at the man, filled with bloodlust.

"So you don't mind me using your poison… " The man touched the flowers surrounding him. "Just for a bit okay~?"

Then the whole space warped, Yuri blinked and the entire cave was gone, he was just left in a desert filled with sand.

"Hahaha… that bitch!"

Yuri raised both his hand and slammed them on the ground.

***

"Woah!"

Leonard suddenly woke up from his bed, There was an earthquake of magnitude 5 in the whole the North of the Empire. And some countries up the North.

"That's crazy, what happened?"