Cornflower Witch

Chapter 82 Bees and Night Flowers

"I'm sorry, Mom, I just can't learn that power right now." Hilti woke up from her sleep, looking at her hands with a mixture of amusement and helplessness.

Despite her mother's deliberate demonstration of all the techniques and methods that day, and the complete memorization of how to cultivate this ability, she was still too weak to match the miraculous scene in her memory.

If my guess is correct, my mother should be blessed by the 'Aster Flower', which is different from my own 'Cornflower'. In addition, there seems to be an innate affinity for 'Radiant Moon' in their family bloodline. Many of the methods and abilities my mother has shown have the characteristics of 'Radiant Moon'.

Transcending time and space, materializing fantasy, switching freely between reality and illusion, and dominating dreams, the Radiant Moon is indeed powerful and is one of the superior aspects.

However, mastering the 'Radiant Moon' is extremely difficult. It is not a 'sign' that can be easily grasped by simply accumulating resources. Whether one can perceive that strange, illusory rhythm depends entirely on one's spirituality and talent.

Hiltiya floated quietly in the clear water, her mind wandering and her eyes sparkling.

While it may not achieve the miraculous effect of the mother's method, after being simplified countless times, it does have a certain possibility of being used to get out of a predicament.

She closed her eyes again, gradually adjusted her posture, and slowly brought her hands together in front of her, her palms and thumbs forming a vague triangle.

Within that triangular void, specks of starlight emerged, and at the same time, the silver shooting stars on the card in her destiny chart began to disappear one by one.

【Girl Under the Stars】(Tier 1, Alien) → 【Sleeping Girl】(None)
The first-order aspect that had been painstakingly formed disappeared again, and the precious aspect power that had been condensed within it gathered in Hilti's palm, forming a tiny and moving vortex of star sand.

"The power of the stars, please manifest yourself now!"

"To be the way I hope it will be"

The swirling stardust gradually absorbed the 'moonlight' silver hue of the clear water, expanding little by little, constantly absorbing and devouring...

Finally, a huge whirlpool formed underwater, and the water, radiating a faint silver light, swept up and rushed out of the pool, carrying countless shimmering starlight.

In the ruins of the temple, the black mist and the white bees were still fighting each other, but now the black mist was almost gone, while the white bees were still quite numerous.

Water splashed everywhere, rising with the swirling tornado, reaching high into the sky, and then slowly falling like a curtain.

A transparent water curtain, a water curtain shimmering with silver light, a water curtain adorned with stars.

The falling water curtain embedded white bees within it, and then the starlight quickly moved around, outlining and painting on the water curtain, revealing blooming cornflowers. They were not real, but due to her talent, Hiltiya was able to control this difficult arcane technique with relative ease.

Finally, the silvery water curtain remained completely suspended in the air, and the scroll painted by the wandering starlight also froze with the moonlight's final flow.

Hiltiya slowly stepped out of the pool, gazing at the giant, flowing water painting in the sky. Her eyes shone with light as she used her last bit of energy to complete it.

Soon, the giant painting slowly descended, growing smaller and smaller until it became a phantom card, floating in front of Hilti.

【Bees and Nighttime Flowers】(Tier 1, Alien, Insects and Moths)
'At night, white bees flit like fireflies among the illusory cornflowers, like a dream.' (The starlight-filled flowers seal the bee swarm, achieving a fragile balance between their powers.)
Whew... Hilti breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally dealt with the bloodthirsty swarm of bees.

However, since it was her first time using it and it had been simplified countless times, all she could do was seal the bees. If her mother were to use it, she could not only preserve the nature of 'Radiant Moon', but also command the bees to her own advantage and give them the blessing of starlight.

She realized she was still too weak; she probably couldn't even beat the maids in the house. She vaguely remembered that almost all the maids were at least level three, skilled in various techniques, and nearly omnipotent. Although she still couldn't remember her full name or her mother's name, with the numerous clues she had obtained in this dream, finding her past was only a matter of time.

“Ilya…” she remembered the name mentioned in her dream.

Although I don't know my mother's name, I inexplicably remembered the name of my best childhood friend. I wonder if their relationship was really that deep when they were young. I can't even remember my mother's name, but I remember 'Ilysia'.

Ilya, she seems to have golden hair, a somewhat mischievous appearance, and eyes like gold and jade.

……

After tidying her clothes, the girl returned to the fountain pool. The clear water under the white stone sculpture had been completely consumed by Hilti, and the water bottle that used to flow with clear water had now dried up and solidified, leaving only the stone female sculpture standing in the center of the pool.

Even if Hilti were not an expert, she could tell that such a statue was a masterpiece. She walked up to the statue, tiptoed, and carefully examined it, trying to find something different about it.

However, at this point, she had shed her original appearance and returned to level zero. The effectiveness of her recognition pupils had also decreased significantly, and she could no longer discern anything.

Well, if there were any obvious secrets, they would have been discovered long ago. She lightly jumped down and landed in the empty pool.

The pool was now only waist-deep, and it didn't feel as bottomless as before. It seemed that this pool was a creation with strange abilities, capable of holding far more clean water than she currently had.

Ignoring these matters for the time being, Hilti abandoned the fountain and began searching the temple ruins.

Along the way, she actually found something: a collapsed stone tablet in a corner, with a small piece of history inscribed on it.

Based on this description, it is speculated that this temple belongs to a church that once held immense power, spanning the entire continent. During the Eighth Era, they fought against various forces to seize the legacy of the Silver Moon Dragon.

The Silver Moon Dragon? Isn't that the dragon of law that governed the 'Radiant Moon' aspect during the Sixth and Seventh Ages? It is said that during the Sixth Age, dragons rose to power, upgraded the 'Snake Lizard' aspect to 'Dragon Eyes,' and seized power from the fairy lords, becoming the overlords of this world.

After the Silver Moon Dragon fell, the 'Radiant Moon' elemental ruler became a rather mysterious entity. As a result, the rules of the 'Radiant Moon' elemental rulership are now held by the fairy monarchs, since they are also former masters and have familiar experience in controlling the 'Radiant Moon' element.

Unexpectedly, this place hides a special secret history. In a sense, knowledge is power. If she can understand this history, she can rely on the ritual and draw on the power of the legends in this history.

After reading the contents of the stone tablet, Hiltiah found nothing else of value, and she was exhausted.

In this world, the sky seemed to be perpetually covered in low, dark clouds, with no distinction between day and night, and she had no idea how many days she had been there.

But since it's safe here, I'll sleep here for a while.

She wandered around and came to the central fountain square, where she lay down on a stone bench.

Gradually, her breathing became steady, and the ancient temple ruins returned to tranquility.

After a long while, a faint, almost invisible moonlight slowly appeared on the girl, allowing her to once again enter a distant and strange dream.

(End of this chapter)