20 years had passed when I woke up! ~ The villain's daughter’s thereafter and after that ~ - Chapter 24.5

Translator: Darling | Editor: Nebosuke

A lot of Mofumofu elements. A quite sad ending this time.

She raised her right hand.

The sea breeze that slipped through between her fingers was comfortable.

The sandy beach was soft and smooth. Each one of her steps gave her a cozy feeling on her soles. 

Summer sunshine.

A clear blue sky. 

Seagulls crying in the distance.

Fioria stretched her arms back, then….

She swung her right arm down.

The breeze stopped and the seagulls stopped crying.

Time seemed to have stopped.

A blank world.

After a moment of delay, violent gales blasted.

It wasn’t just a storm.

Completely controlled by her magical power, the gales struck the sea vertically.

Just like Moses’s ten commandments, the sea broke in half.

Pushed to the left and right, the seafloor was exposed.

A wide pathway was created from Fioria’s footing to far beyond what she could see. 

… A colony of mermaids on the seabed was exposed. The mermaids were stunned. 

“I’ve staggered you all. My apologies.”

Fioria apologized, changed the magic-casting angle, and split the sea again.

“Right…”

Fioria nodded as if she understood something after several casts of her wind magic. 

“Is this world a sphere?”

She had a strange feeling.

When the control range of the magic wind is extended far beyond, a weird phenomenon would then occur on the way.

It was reversed at some strange point, and the “tip” of the wind reached out to Fioria’s back.

In other words, it went around the ground.

“…This is it.”

She ceased her magic.

As she pushed herself and dared to overdo it, her magical power nearly hit the bottom. 

Fioria felt like she was physically drained. 

She ​​fell down on her back on the spot. 

Phew.

The soft fur caught her slender body enclosed in the summer dress.

“Are you okay, mistress?“

Fioria’s pet dog, Mofumofu, asked.

His silvery-white hair shined brightly in the summer sun.

“I’m alright. There is no change after all.”

She held her right hand over the sun.

Her fingertips were white as usual.

The sunlight reflected and made her moist skin shine. 

“Hey, Mofumofu, do you know the principle of the immortal medicine?”

“…Why do you ask your dog such a question?”

“You’re Fenrir, right?”

“Woof, woof, wooooof.”

“It doesn’t sound like you.”

“It’s a shame.”

Mofumofu sighed.

“Back to the topic, I know the principle of the immortality medicine. You take a specific poison into the body, and your magic metabolizes it. As a result, it turns into a rejuvenating potion.”

“You know everything.”

“I’m smart.”

Mufumofu proudly held his head high and rocked his body in joy.

His fluffy fur stroked Fioria’s cheeks. The comfy warmth made her sleepy. 

“Annerose became an old woman due to the side effect of the medicine when she used up all her magical power… I wonder what would happen to me.”

Fioria looked at her right hand again.

“20 years ago, I was poisoned by Annerose. 

The poison was the source of the immortality medicine. 

But that was all. I didn’t take any more of the poison. 

Yet, even though I’ve used up my magical power now, nothing in me has changed. Isn’t it bizarre?”

“…Are you unhappy about that?”

Mofumofu turned his head around anticlockwise and looked at her, while he firmly held the flank of Fioria’s slim upper body.

He brought his long bushy tail to the front.

His whole body enfolded Fioria.

“Are you comforting me? Thanks, but it’s okay. I’m not worried. I’m just wondering what I have become.”

4 months had passed since she woke up from her 20-year-long slumber.

Her growth period shouldn’t be over, but she no longer grew in height. 

No matter how much she ate, her weight wouldn’t go up. Her skin wouldn’t tan even when it was exposed to the sun.

She could keep her dreamlike physique, but it was weird too. 

Maybe she would never grow older or die…

“…Fenrir’s live for about one hundred years. Strictly speaking, I’m not a Fenrir, but well, I’m supposed to live that long.”

Mofumofu whispered into Fioria’s ear.

Since he was a parent of his 99 children, his voice sounded like a loving father.

“My children will assist you after I die. 

After my children pass away, my grandchildren will. The great-grandchildren will be next. What comes next? Great-great-grandchildren?

In any case, my bloodline will continue to be next to you. 

I’ll promise. Even it’s one thousand or two thousand years down the road, you’ll never be alone.”

Quietly, sincerely, and honestly.

The silver wolf made an oath to the golden goddess.

“So, don’t feel troubled, my mistress.”

“…I won’t be troubled by this.”

Fioria smiled. 

She held Mofumofu’s tail and buried her face into it. 

“I really appreciate your loyalty, but the world is all about balance. I’ll give you back a favor and promise you one thing. As long as I live, your bloodline will never cease.”

Their mutual pledge was agreed upon at this moment. 

The wolf clan would be with her to the end of eternity.

“By the way, can I ask you one thing?”

“Yeah?”

“This is the same for humans and Fenrirs, but if you care too much about the children of others. You become satisfied with it and you forget to marry. 

Hey! That hurts. 

Don’t pull my tail. It’s a joke. 

You are overpowering and you’re going to pull it off!”

**

Fioria laid on Mofumofu’s back for a while.

It was an exceptional bed.

Soft, elastic, fluffy, and comfy.

The sun shined glaringly and illuminated Fioria.

Her magic power was recovering rapidly.

The conversion of sun energy into magical power.

Not many could do it.

Fioria was of the light attribute. Therefore, she could do it. 

In passing, Lex commented the other day, “You are like a plant,” and she flicked her middle finger at his forehead. It hurt her quite a lot.

“Shall we go now?”

“Sure.”

Fioria rolled over, lied face down, and grabbed Mofumofu’s body.

The white wolf started running.

He ran through the beach, raising dust.

The exhilarating breeze blew Fioria’s hair.

He ran through the grasslands, woods, mountains, and eventually came to an old castle.

This was the territory of Baron Kriemhild.

Baron Kriemhild in the Regalia Empire adopted Annerose.

Originally, the master was an old nobleman named Gardner Kriemhild, but he retired before Annerose’s aristocracy was restored. 

He handed over the master title to his son, Gibson Kriemhild.

The Kriemhild also took part in the rebellion of the Duke of Sylberia… Currently, it was an uprising against the Regalia Empire.

Since Fioria had declared a raid beforehand, many soldiers and mercenaries were defending their castle.

“Hey, isn’t it the Blizzard?”

“The white Fenrir is too… Damn, I shouldn’t take such a mission just because of the money…”

“But she is such a beauty. If she kills me, it’s not so bad… No, I don’t want to die…”

“We’ve done at least the minimum amount of work for now. Let’s run away when we can. We have enough money to live for a while.”

“That’s right. Let’s get out of here!”

The battle was over without a fight.

Fioria only needed to manipulate her wind magic several times while she was on Mofmofu’s back.

The mercenaries ran off in all directions and escaped. The knights of the Kriemhild army were also scared to death.

She boarded the old castle.

Gibson, the master of Kriemhild clan, tied himself up with rope and begged Fioria for mercy.

“…Submitting yourself. You have a good sense of humor.”

“Oh, it’s my honor to receive your compliment! So, please, don’t take my life away…”

“It’s up to Emperor Darc. I’m not interested in you. Where is the former master, Gardiner?”

“He is in a dungeon. So please don’t execute me…”

“Okay. I’ll propose Darc to sentence you the death penalty instead of the execution.”

“Thank you……What?”

Ignoring Gibson who was wondering what she meant, she headed to the ground floor. 

The jail was filled with a stinky damp and musty odor.

An old man who was about to die was lying on the stone floor.

“Are you the former master Gardner?”

“An escort to the afterlife has finally come to me… Wow, an angel of death is such a beauty…”

“Unfortunately, I’m perhaps still a human. Fioria de Florence. Have you heard my name somewhere?”

“Yeah, I know. Annerose apparently bothered you a lot. 

I see you come here to pay me back.

Then I have nothing to say. 

Sorry for being such an old man, but you do whatever you like.”

“Well, then, let me ask you a question. ……Did you know who Annerose really was?”

“Of course. She was a mistress of Bernaza the former Emperor.”

“Knowing that you dared to accept and adopted her into the Baron Kriemhild clan.”

“Bernaza asked me… and I couldn’t leave Annerose alone. 

She was an insecure child. 

I had no idea how many years she’d lived, but her mind was still immature. 

Someone had to guide and help her.”

“So, did you adopt Annerose in order to rehabilitate her?”

“Yes.”

Gardner deeply nodded.

However, serious regrets could be seen on his wrinkled face.

“But Annerose’s mind was much more distorted than I thought. 

She controlled my stupid son Gibson and imprisoned me underground. 

This is how I got here.”

“I hate to say this, but the Baron Kriemhild family will be terminated shortly.”

“I can’t help it. My family couldn’t fit in with the rapid changes and was on the verge of collapse. 

When it perishes, it’s destined to perish… 

I only have a short amount of time left too. 

I’m talking to such a beautiful lady like you just before my death. 

That alone makes me happy.”

“I see.”

Fioria squinted.

“Your life is ending like a candle on the point of burning off. No magic can rescue you.”

“That’s okay. I don’t mind… Well, not without repentance though.”

“Shall I help you if I can?”

“It’s just some silly words from an old man. I wanted to get Annerose back on her right track, if possible… Well, it may be too late now. That idiot girl is no longer in this world. Right?”

“Don’t know. She may have survived and is still alive somewhere.”

“If she does, I just pray that she will return to the right path.”

“…I’ll make sure.”

Fioria combed her hair up.

Then, she gently held Gardner’s hand.

“I’ve already paid her back for what she gave me 20 years ago.

If Annerose is alive somewhere, I’ll make your wish come true. 

I will carry on your will and guide her to a decent life.”

“… If you say so, I bet it will happen.”

Ah, he felt relieved.

Gardner sighed and closed his eyelids.

… He passed away as if he had fallen asleep.

Fioria found a baby named Annaria in the Duke of Florence 10 days later.

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