Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 726 Pearl Who Could Not Be Persephone

Earl Hamilton, hovering in mid-air, struck a pose befitting a Grand Knight of Sla...

At first glance, it looks elegant, but upon closer inspection, it always has a sense of sleazy.

The Countess's lips twitched slightly, and after carefully observing with a furrowed brow, she finally noticed the Swiftwind Wolf floating beside him.

Although it's unclear why the Swift Wolf was willing to fly Ezra back to the castle, it's obvious he didn't intend for Ezra to sit on him.

Therefore, although Ezra appeared to be standing there, he was actually floating aimlessly.

He can now put on a down-to-earth look, as if someone is supporting him, all thanks to his straight back.

Pearl, who had also come over to look, laughed without any restraint: "Armes, Daddy's ability to be so imposing must be thanks to the fact that you couldn't control the spider babies back then, right?"

The Thousand-Thread Spider Vine was originally an extremely ferocious plant. Its alliance with Armies was due to two reasons: luck... but this reason is probably questionable now. Another reason is that the Spider Vine itself was still in its juvenile stage.

Because growth requires a lot of energy and meat, the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine somehow managed to take root and sprout in the capital of a country.

It was still in the royal palace's large garden.

With its remaining wits, the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine, constantly sensing the dragon's might, suppressed its hunting instincts, allowing it to secretly absorb a little energy emanating from the royal palace's magic array.

They live worse than a blade of grass by the roadside.

Therefore, after confirming the existence of Armes, a human he greatly admired, he quickly chose to take the initiative.

Having just come of age and not yet fully grown, Almes did not refuse, which was understandable to everyone. After all, nature mages do have their advantages; they can immediately level up several times and their vitality will also increase dramatically.

Even if the contract is with herbaceous plants, the basic lifespan will quickly rise to eight hundred years.

No normal person would choose to refuse.

In the Northern Kingdom, where their king might rule the world for millions of years and the country would surely be stable for a long time, no one would refuse.

But now, those sitting here, including his beloved Pearl, are somewhat puzzled as to why Armies decided to accept this direction, which even he himself found unexpected.

But no one asked.

If it could be said, Armes had no reason to hide it.

Even now, he remains silent on the matter, which clearly means he cannot speak about it.

However, back then, their intelligence wasn't quite up to par, but with the help of their companions, they were able to chat about the jokes created by the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine that allowed them to grow freely.

The little guy, who didn't know how to make friends, treated Almes almost like a food-guarding animal.

No one can get past him and cause even the slightest harm to Armies.

As a strict father, Ezra would inevitably reprimand his foolish son for Armes's sudden idea of ​​forming an alliance with a strange plant without proper consideration.

The thousand-thread spiderweb vines would naturally clash with Ezra.

Although Ezra didn't intend to harm her son's companions, the max-level Great Knight's automatic defense was enough to shatter the Spiderweb Vine's threads on the spot... Finding it quite amusing, Ezra simply gave the Thousand-Thread Spiderweb Vine a cute name: 'Baby Spider'.

Although the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine had accepted the nickname after years of entanglement, and even when Pearl suddenly brought it up, it only poked a thin thread in Armies' hair and touched her.

But the feud between him and Ezra was completely solidified... He would often launch surprise attacks when Ezra seemed to be letting his guard down.

The simplest way is to suspend him directly using countless fine threads.

At first, Ezra broke free easily.

However, as Almes' level increased, the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine, which was four levels higher than its human allies by nature, soon gained the fighting power to rival Ezra.

As long as the energy is sufficient, the growth of magical plants is incomparable to that of humans who need training and learning.

In this world, there is also a diligent Earth Lord who manufactures all kinds of fertilizers, and has a comprehensive range of growth agents for all directions.

After passing level 16 and only being a year old, the Thousand-Threaded Spidervine was no longer something Ezra could easily shake off.

It was just a game to play around, and the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine never raised its countless tiny blood-sucking thorns at Ezra. Even the Countess tacitly approved of their game... Ezra certainly couldn't use any deadly moves on the baby spider.

But Sla wasn't willing to indulge in the wicked pleasures of the Thousand-Threaded Spider Vine, so she quickly learned how to maintain the balance of the surface without any support.

Even when he's hanging upside down, he can quickly turn around and stand upright, striking a dashing pose.

The spiderweb vines, unable to see Ezra panicking and caught in a dilemma under his control, were not that cunning and quickly gave up the game.

In recent years, his family has rarely been seen with such a condescending and arrogant attitude!
Even Pearl, whose heart was in turmoil and filled with mixed emotions, and who could only mask her true feelings with a nonchalant facade, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: "Daddy, isn't it adorable? Baby Spider!"

The thin filaments swaying above Armies' head suddenly burst open, clearly indicating some, no, considerable anger at her words.

Armies, whose expression had been somewhat solemn, suddenly relaxed his straight shoulders: "Pearl..."

But he didn't know what to do. Compared to him, who knew everything from the beginning, Pearl, who had always lived happily, was the one who was more devastated.

She couldn't even resent anyone.

After all, once she awakens, Pearl will know that she cannot exist without Persephone.

She simply couldn't make a choice like Armies.

Everything about her was merely an outward appearance of Persephone… not her inner self.

A person cannot exist independently without a skeleton.

Therefore, in the end, she could only rely on Persephone's pity to become one of the goddess's faces.

In fact, once time has passed and Pearl understands that she and Persephone are indeed one, yet can coexist, she will probably be able to gradually adapt to the world of the gods.

But right now, Pearl has only just begun to receive Persephone's memories and is not yet able to completely identify herself as Persephone... Moreover, if Pearl were to slowly awaken from Persephone's earliest memories, it would be understandable that she would resist so much.

Zeus was very fond of Demeter.

Hera, Zeus's queen, disliked Demeter, but she was well aware that this goddess of agriculture could greatly harm their rule.

As Zeus's older sister, Demeter may have even developed a relationship with him much earlier.

Hera could act with impunity against Zeus' other lovers, but she was actually somewhat weaker against her sisters.

In particular, these sisters' divine duties were something they were born with, not something bestowed upon them by Zeus in the name of the king of the gods.

Then she, as the goddess empress, would have no way to use her rhetoric to humiliate, suppress, or even bully them.

Although he agreed to share the divine power of Olympia with her, how could Zeus, who was cunning and prone to reneging, really give Hera half of the power?

He did give Hera a portion, but it was all in small, fragmented amounts of power.

Rather than calling Hera a half-master, it's more accurate to describe her as a head housekeeper.

She really couldn't muster much strength against Demeter, an independent and self-reliant goddess who held power in her own hands.

Demeter had no need to bow to anyone except her three brothers.

But her worst misfortune was that all three brothers had some connection with her.

Hades is another story, but that happened later.

Demeter did not leave Mount Olympus and lived under Zeus's watchful eye entirely to avoid another lecherous man: Poseidon.

Hera, of course, understood this as well.

Therefore, while she wouldn't go too far, she wouldn't let Demeter off easily either.

Add to that the sly Zeus, who never seemed to have a good time... all the memories that perpetually filled young Persephone's mind were a terrible blow to the otherwise happy and carefree life she led.

If it were only Demeter, Pearl might have been swayed by that boundless maternal love.

Can……

Armes laughed sarcastically. Who would accept that Zeus was their real father after having a father like Ezra?

Pearl and Persephone, who should have merged instantly, likely failed to merge from the very beginning because the impact of this memory was too great, causing Pearl to resist too much.

But Persephone could never go back.

Pearl's painful struggle was inevitable.

This led to their mother's suspicions... If Pearl is Persephone, why are they behaving as if one is devouring the other?
The Countess treated her children almost like she was facing a war, constantly testing them with her moves.

Even though she was willing to believe that her child was fine, she was also prepared for the possibility that there might be a problem... even if it cost her her life.

Even though she knew very well that she had no room to struggle in the face of the gods' methods.

But she would rather be a moth drawn to a flame than let her children be replaced under her nose, and she happily became a mother to an outsider.

Travis's incomprehension stemmed from his own composure and his complete understanding of all of this, knowing that Armies and Pearl had always been themselves.

No matter how intelligent or capable she was, the Countess was still just a powerful mortal. She had only a superficial understanding of the world of the gods, and everything she knew came from the explanations of Almes.

It's inevitable that people will have some doubts.

Pearl's setbacks would inevitably deepen her doubts, but she was unwilling to let her suspicions hurt the 'honest, possibly not deceiving' Armies, so she could only anxiously try to maintain her rationality when facing Armies.

(End of this chapter)