Infinite Evolution: My Idle Evolution System - Chapter 175

Chapter 175: Flora’s Scandal…

OOOM!

An overpowering aura fell not just on the trembling Grace but also over the entire palace, causing the infrastructure to violently shake.

However, when Amaris realized that she had let her temper get the better of her, she apologized and motioned behind her. “Crysta and Crya, take my daughter to her room. There’s no need to guard her doors, but make sure she doesn’t leave until the morning of tomorrow.”

FWIP! FWIP!

“Yes, My Lady!” Two icy-haired women, one tall and one short, appeared.

They moved past the Succubus Queen and toward her crying daughter, but before they could take her away, she tried to say, “M… Mother, Cassius will… He’ll be able to do it…! I know he’ll do it!”

Amaris hoped with all her heart that actually turned out to be the case, but she knew better than anyone that hope more often than not led to disappointment. And she didn’t know how much more of that she could take…

With puffy eyes and a resistant fire burning brightly inside her, Grace was transported away from the space when the two emotionless icy-haired women touched her shoulders.

Within that massive library, only one person was left. Her beauty unmatched, her charm immeasurable, and her knowledge as vast as the blue sea. Yet there still remained a profound sadness that made her seem somewhat… melancholic…

It wasn’t like she wanted to treat her beloved daughter so harshly, but what else could she do!? If she permitted her to continue interacting with that boy, it would only hurt her more when one day that boy left her all alone in the world.

Amaris couldn’t bear to witness that happen. And she never once considered the possibility that her daughter could die before him. Even with the existence of Grace’s Curse, Amaris would do whatever it took to make sure she lived at least as long as herself.

No parent wished to see their child pass away before them. And the Queen of the Succubi was no different.

“The Dimensional Tournament of Yggdrasil… We will have someone place within the Top 100… No matter what.”

*Knock! Knock! Knock!*

Suddenly interrupting the Succubus Queen’s bleak thoughts were three loud knocks on the doors of the library. Her face quickly scrunched up in annoyance as she shouted, “Did I not tell you to leave me be—!?”

“Mother, it’s me…”

Amaris’s eyes flashed in surprise. “Flora? Why are you back here so soon?”

Entering through the library door, a stunning, stylish woman with long black hair and orangish-blue eyes walked in. Following behind her was a sleepy woman with stark purple eyes.

“Mother, the day is already over,” replied Flora, her tone slightly exasperated. “And… I have something to tell you… It’s important.”

‘Something important?’ Amaris looked to the silent, closed-eyed Violet for clues, yet received nothing. She was quite surprised that the loyal servant of the Evergreen Family held her tongue in the presence of the Queen, but this only worked to further emphasize the possible importance of Flora’s news.

“Well…? Go ahead and say it,” Amaris calmly ordered after noticing her daughter’s long pause.

Taking a deep breath, Flora steeled her nerves and locked eyes with her mother. “I have,” she began with a bit of dramatic pause. “I have undergone my Racial Awakening!”

“You have done what—!?”

WHOOOSH!

At that moment, Flora suddenly transformed into her Succubus Form, and a giant light film was conjured up. It spread over the entire library in an instant before solidifying its borders thousands of meters away in all directions. All sound had thus been isolated within the bubble, and no prying eyes could snoop around.

Once the impermeable barrier was erected, Amaris’s shocked eyes fell on the sight of her daughter in Succubus form. Her expression changed several times within a very short period, making both her daughter and her daughter’s Elder Protector quite nervous.

—After a moment—

Finally speaking up, Amaris broke the deafening silence with, “You have not told anyone about this, have you?”

For a brief instant, a ruthless spark of killing intent was unleashed from her voluptuous figure. However, her nerves were immediately eased when her slightly frightened daughter said:

“N-No, Mother… The only other person who knows is Elder Protector Violet and… and…”

Amaris’s killing intent burst forth once more when she observed the apprehension in her daughter’s voice. Using words laced with the promise of death, she slowly uttered, “Who…? Who else knows?”

Flora momentarily hesitated but quickly came to terms with the fact that she could not hide this information from her mother. While biting her light-red lips, she spoke up in a low voice:

“…The truth is, Mother…”

She then went on to explain everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. And from how her mother’s exquisite face became rather ugly, she knew that the information wasn’t being taken in too well.

—After nearly two minutes of silence—

The Queen of Succubi exhaled the heavy breath she had been holding in for the longest while. While reeling in her frustrations as best she could, she looked between her lovely flower of a daughter and the Protector she reserved from the family subservient to the Aluria Family.

Then, with yet another sigh, she said, “This boy is tall, has dark hair, and is incredibly handsome, isn’t he…?”

“…Yes… Wait, how did you know that, Mother??”

Amaris hoped with every fiber of her being that she was not correct in her assumptions. But based on what she had heard so far, she doubted she would be so fortunate.

“And this boy… He’s your First Mark…? He’s the only other one who knows of your Racial Awakening?”

“Yes and… yes,” Flora answered back-to-back, with both answers causing Amaris’s frown to deepen.

She couldn’t believe it… There was no possible way things could be this coincidental!

Those two guys weren’t the same person! They couldn’t be!

Steadying her breath, Amaris asked with a shaky voice, “This handsome boy… His name… Tell me his name…”

Flora’s eyes immediately brightened as she replied, “His name is—Cassius!”

*Kuk!*

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