Chapter 21 - Orange Tree (The Herbomancer)

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Emma sobbed so much until she couldn't cry anymore. The fact that she could remember now what had happened thirteen years ago, turned out to only break her heart. She still wasn't sure what caused her parents to leave her alone. However, she knew they did it to protect her. They did indeed love her so deeply.

Where did her parents actually come from? Who was the Crown Prince they were talking about? Why wouldn't he spare Emma's life?

Emma had heard her mother mentioning their capsule on the moon. Suddenly, a crazy thought raged in her mind. It's too crazy to even think about it. But slowly, the thought made more and more sense.

'Were father and mother not from Earth? Did they come from a different place and landed on the moon? And left their capsule there before finally coming down to Earth?' Emma thought.

Their decision to leave their home planet didn't sit well with some people, so much so that they felt the need to protect Emma from whoever was sent to chase after them.

Somehow, something in the girl's heart said she wouldn't be able to find her parents on Earth. That they were actually not from any country in this world.

But... from where?

"Father, Mother, where are you? Where should I go to find you? Who is chasing you? Are you still alive?"

The last question was really heartbreaking.

Emma didn't know if her parents were still alive.

What if they were already dead? Then her search would be meaningless.

After a while, Emma calmed herself down and tried to think. She understood tears wouldn't help if she wanted to find her parents. She must find her parents' last tracks. And if necessary, she might also try to find a way to go to the moon to get more information on the capsule her parents had left.

After pondering for some time, Emma felt fatigued. The revelation of her past made her weary. She then recalled that Arreya Stardust had also experienced memory loss for a long time. Arreya had mentioned it's because she had exerted all her powers to put so many people to sleep so she could flee with Kaoshin.

Emma could now guess what had caused her memory loss for two days. She must have attempted to use all her powers in remembering her parents when she had arrived in Paris. Her desire to find them had been so great that she managed to free herself from the memory lock her mother had placed on her.

Finally, she managed to remember what had happened in the past and who she was. And naturally, as Emma's memory returned, her knowledge of her powers was also slowly coming back to her. That's why she could casually fly, control lightning and read other people's thoughts. Emma didn't know if she also had other powers.

Wait—could she also control plants like her father?

Emma then noticed the orange tree in the cathedral's yard; it had several orange fruits on its branches. Could she do something to the tree, like how her father grew plants in a West Africa desert?

"Father, do I inherit your power too?" whispered Emma to the wind. She reached out her right hand toward the orange tree and asked the tree with her thoughts to produce more fruit.

Even though it was dark where the tree stood, Emma's sharp eyes could see the changes taking place in the tree. Immediately, her topaz eyes went round in surprise.

The tree swayed a little even if there was no wind, and a moment later, hundreds of oranges began to appear all over its branches.

'I can do it!' Emma exclaimed inwardly.

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