That time I failed as an Author and got reincarnated in Tensura

Epilogue 1: Flower of Freedom

Flora Pov

The name Flora was a gift from a man I had barely met...hello, I am that Flora and today I carefully handpicked a bunch of roses and tulips forming a pretty bouquet.

5 years has passed since the end of the war...people started calling it the « War of Judgement », since the reason and cause were left unknown for the public.

It started from a rumor that spreaded and before anyone knew, it was renamed...anyway, today marks day for day the end of the war.

I had left my previous occupation 4 years ago and had become a simple owner of a flower selling shop.

I was stationed in a small town called Lumios Dawn...it's a recent addition to the holy empire, built after the world stabilized and recovered from their injuries.

A city dwelling near the north coast, the name was a tribute to Dawn Arceid and the closest city to his grave if you could call it that.

Naturally, there was nobody but most wouldn't know such details...

Flora : This should be enough...

Business wasn't particularly blooming, neither was I rich but...the simplicity of this life was enough.

I am just grateful as someone who witnessed the crisis first hand, this opportunity at life...Dawn, our leader and hero.

He had given me two chances at life now...and I decided to just embrace it my way.

As such, I dedicated this time for research and my newly developed passion...gardening, watching how a flower would bloom from seed to plant.

Just to prepare for every year...today precisely, I would go to the leader's grave and give him those flowers I personally grew.

Flora : Well, I do go once a week there to maintain and clean the statue...

Yeah, this is close to a retirement life...to be fair, I have enough money to live while lazing around for another century.

After all, I was the queen of the underworld where money flooded like water...I didn't keep it all, most given away for repairs around the world.

But the compensation, Lady Luminous and the new supreme commander Hinata Sakaguchi were enough to live in luxury.

Flora : Money is just a catalyst for greed, I rather live modestly.

All the gold given is resting in the capital, and I don't intend to use any...

And just as I finished this monologue, I finally left my house...carefully putting a closed sign and made my way toward a familiar hill leading to a cliff with an astonishing view over the ocean.

The road and path were engraved in my mind...even eyes closed, I would be able to make it in minimal time.

Flora : Already 5 years, huh...

At last, I stood before the statue with a long face...the bouquet in my arms, I glanced down to see many others already.

It was still early in the morning yet those who were allowed to come here...a place guarded by several layers of barrier had already left their tribute.

So I did the same, I placed the bouquet at the base and joined my hand praying for a long minute.

Afterward, I took out a portative squash which was filled with tea and sat below a tree near the statue.

My back laying against the trunk, I let myself fuse with the surrounding...a peaceful atmosphere taking over.

Flora : Let's see where did I stop last time ?