## Chapter 890 – Bloom

“Is this the poisonous flora?”
“Yes.”

They were flowers of all colors.

Not only were the colors vibrant, but there were also flowers that looked like octopus tentacles and others that resembled bizarre mushroom sculptures. But frankly, those were the tame ones. It was clear that the rest weren’t normal plants, but rather beings forged from resentment and curses, and finally crawled up from the depths of hell, densely packed together.

If a human who had experienced the most terrible things in the world died and became a flower, it would feel like this. Even if the cursed flowers spoken of by the natives of the Amazon in South America actually existed, they wouldn’t look more grotesque than these.

Of course, I had never seen any of them before.

Which meant that Ari hadn’t seen them either. Ari was born and raised in our house in Isbante, after all.

“I’ve never seen these flowers before.”
“I haven’t actually seen them either. I just know… should I call them flowers?”

As expected, Ari hadn’t seen them before either.

“You instinctively know them, right?”
“Yes. Exactly.”

Like a bird hatching from an egg. And spreading its wings to fly. This was Alaune’s instinct. It wasn’t like memories were being inherited… or was it? If they were being inherited, there would have been a reaction.

In other words, Ari was awakening in a similar way to how a small spider is born knowing how to spin a web.

—Swish.

In an instant, Ari bent down and reached out towards a flower. I reflexively grabbed Ari’s wrist. I couldn’t let her touch a poisonous plant.

“Oh my… Father.”

Ari, whose wrist was caught, smiled as she looked at my face.

“It’s okay. I made these flowers, remember?”
“Ah, that’s right. Reflexively.”

Ari wouldn’t do anything dangerous after creating the poisonous plants herself. She was probably immune to the poisonous plants she made. That’s probably why she was trying to grab them.

“You reflexively grabbed me because you were worried I’d get poisoned… I’m happy. It means you care about me that much, Father.”
“Of course.”

I care about all my women.

“Anyway, Father. Please let go of my wrist.”
“…You’re really okay, right?”
“Yes.”

As soon as I let go of her wrist, Ari plucked a yellow flower with bumpy purple spots. —Drip. An ominous green ooze dripped from the broken stem. It looked like a deadly poison.

“Father. I have something to tell you.”
“What, you don’t want to propose with that flower, do you?”
“Would you accept?”
“If Ari gave it to me, of course, I’d have to accept it.”
“Hehe, then please accept it.”

—Thwack.

Ari handed me something that clearly had poison dripping from it. What am I supposed to do with this… Where should I grab it?

“Where can I grab it?”
“Anywhere is fine.”

Ari said in a gentle voice without erasing her smile.

“Ari, why are you being so scary!! It’s a poisonous plant!!! I might sit down and cry!!! Tell me quickly where I should grab it!!!”

Our Ari’s pranks have become too severe!!
Is it because she’s going through puberty? She’s so malicious!

Perhaps she had awakened a kind of sadistic impulse as her body and mind grew. When it comes to queens, it’s sadism. When it comes to sadism, it’s queens. Anyway, when I made a fuss like that, Ari laughed and said.

“Father, do you know something?”
“What?”
“Poison doesn’t work on me, an Alaune.”
“I figured.”

As Ari just revealed, she was probably immune to poisons created from plants. If Alaune, the queen of flowers, died from plant poison, that would be quite the joke.

It’s like the Fire Elemental King getting hit by fire magic and dying. Or the Ice Elemental King freezing to death. Or the Wind Elemental King being blown away by the wind and dying.

“But that’s… almost the same for Father too.”

At that moment, Ari said that with a smiling face.

“What?”

The same for me?

“Try touching it.”

Ari shook the poisonous flower she was still holding.

“This is a flower that allows toxins to enter through the skin when touched directly. If there is no antidote, humans will simply die.”

The toxicity seemed quite severe.

“Ah, it doesn’t have a name. It might have a name given by humans, but I don’t know it. I only know what this flower is.”
“I guess so. Even Alaune can’t know the names given by humans.”

Well, it’ll be okay.

Anyway, I reached out towards the poisonous plant that Ari was holding out.

“Don’t worry. I can freely heal plant poisons. Even if I get poisoned by a very severe poison, there won’t be any problem if I’m by your side. I know all the poisonous and medicinal herbs.”

Since she’s immune to poison, she can also detoxify at will.

“Hehehe, you’re a complete plant expert.”

—Grab.

That’s how I grabbed the flower with poison dripping from it with my bare hands. It was clearly a flower with severe toxicity, but Ari was asking me to do this because it was definitely okay, and because she was trying to tell me something.

What’s there to worry about?

Ari is my woman.

“…”

Anyway, I thought I would feel some toxins seeping in, but I didn’t feel anything particularly strange.

—Squeeze.

I squeezed the flower as it was and focused my senses. My superhuman body was completely under my control. If something negative happened, I would be able to recognize it immediately. If poison penetrated, I would feel something immediately.

—…

But I didn’t feel anything strange at all.

It just felt like I was holding a potato or a sweet potato.

“Father is already immune to this kind of poison.”

Ari said as she looked at me.
I’m already immune to poison.

What shocking words.

“…Why?”

When I asked that, Ari grabbed her breasts with both hands.

“Is it because of this… should I say?”
“Breasts… Ah!!!!!!!!!!!”

Could it be that Ari’s breast milk also had such effects!!!!

—Flash!

Surprised, I immediately grabbed and tore apart the poisonous plants that were blooming under my feet, soaking my hands and forearms in their sap.

—Squish!

The poisonous plants that seemed to grow in hell were all crushed in my grasp, spewing out poisonous liquids with indescribable colors. I washed my hands carefully with the poisonous liquid as if I were applying hand cream.

“Inhuman plant detoxification!!!”

Normally, if you grabbed and tore apart plants like this with your bare hands and squeezed out their sap, your skin would itch even if there was no poison, but I didn’t feel any of that…!

Immune to poison!!!!!!!!

Could it be that I—!

“Hehe.”

Ari was just looking at me and smiling. She was smiling as if she was very satisfied and in an extremely good mood. In that state, Ari moved her feet and bloomed more poisonous plants.

As if telling me to do more.

“—Ah.”

As Ari wished, I used the Wild Blood Jade Hand to tear apart all the poisonous plants, and eventually realized that these crazy plant bastards couldn’t harm me at all.

“Is that so.”

Inhuman realization,

“I have already reached the realm of invulnerability to all poisons.”

—Joy.

Suddenly, in a completely unexpected area, my poison resistance had reached invulnerability to all poisons.

When I thought about it, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand. Hadn’t I been drinking Ari’s breast milk every day like water? It was the essence of Alaune.

It was the heavenly elixir that everyone longed for. Wasn’t it? Alaune is a legendary monster, and extremely rare. A queen containing the essence of flowers and forests. The breast milk that the queen uses to nurture new life.

Of course, it can only be good.

I kept drinking it, and became invulnerable to all poisons.

“But it’s still not as good as my detoxification ability. But if you keep absorbing it… someday you will eventually be able to detoxify all kinds of poisons like me. Ah, but is that okay? I will always be by Father’s side, so even if you get poisoned by a poison that exceeds your detoxification ability… there’s no problem if I’m there.”

Ari summarized the situation and explained it to me.

“Ari.”

I grabbed Ari’s hand.

“Thank you.”
“Ah, eugh…”

When I expressed my gratitude, Ari avoided my gaze and blushed. I’m really receiving a lot from Ari. She’s working so hard for me so devotedly.

“You’re welcome… I just realized it too. If I’ve been helpful to Father, that’s all I need…”

Ari always wanted to be helpful to me.

“If you’re thankful, just tell me you love me.”
“Ah.”

I drew up my sincerity.

“Of course, I love our Ari.”
“…I’m happy.”

Seeing her like this, my heart seemed to swell up. Our Ari is so kind.

“I live only for this.”

Ari, who had turned all the bloomed flowers back into nothingness, hugged me.

“Only to receive Father’s love… I don’t need anything else… If Father only gives me love…”
“Hehehe, do you like me that much?”
“I only have Father. I love you more than anything in the world.”
“Thank you, Ari.”

I hugged Ari’s waist tightly and kissed her forehead.

“Then please keep drinking it every day from now on.”
“Yes, I’ll drink it for the rest of my life. Our Ari’s milk is all mine. But Ari. If I get stronger, will I get taller or something?”

I asked what I had been worried about.

“Don’t worry. I will never be taller than Father. Ah, if you have a desired height, please tell me. I’ll stop growing there.”
“No, you can do that?”
“I couldn’t suppress my growth in the past, but I can now. I’m slowly getting better at controlling my power.”

That’s a relief.

I thought it would be a bit difficult if our Ari got taller than me. Even so, a woman’s height in the 170s is the most ideal. Winia is a bit small, but that’s Winia’s charm.

“If we ever have to fight… I want to be helpful then too.”
“Battle, huh.”

The mock battle that Ari showed me earlier was quite good. She showed her battle as Alaune’s instincts led her. That would be a great help.

“Yes, I have to let Ari do everything she wants to do. Everything from one to ten is really good.”
“I like it too… Ah…”

Battle.

If Ari wants to, I will develop her abilities in that direction as well. Certainly, Alaune would be almost invincible if she fought in a forest or mountain. All the trees, plants, and flowers nearby would turn into deadly weapons.

Thinking about it that way, I remembered when I first saw Alaune.

At the time, Alaune had probably gone through an incredibly long seal and had `just` opened her eyes. She had just opened her eyes when Copson and I approached.

If she had been able to use her abilities perfectly just one day later, the vivisection or whatever would have just exploded… Well, he was also careless at the time. He was also being careful because he was trying to use us as nutrients.

“It seems like it would be a great help in the forest.”
“It’s not just the forest. Aquatic plants grow in the water, and seaweed grows in the sea, right?”
“Ari hasn’t been to the sea yet…”
“Seaweed is also a plant.”

You know everything.

Yeah, I should go to the sea this summer.

“And it’s the same with dungeons. Even in such places, moss tends to grow. I remember seeing it in Berial’s dungeon… Ah, I’m sure. My vision seems to have widened. I can know everything like that…”

Moss in the dungeon?
I hadn’t thought of that.

As expected of Alaune.
It was almost a miracle that we survived then.

But that’s probably true.

At the time, Alaune had mentioned a dragon. It was definitely Lergeldaizer… something. She had asked if the Green Dragon had fulfilled the contract. That meant that she had the power to compete with the Green Dragon.

Good.

“But Ari.”
“Yes.”
“Will your breasts not get any bigger?”
“Hehe, I’ll try. If Father wants them bigger, I’ll do that.”

I really like that.

“To do that, you just need to give me regular essence… I don’t think there’s anything to worry about since it’ll be overflowing anyway.”
“That’s true.”

Well, anyway.

Ari’s growth has brought many changes.