The Fortune-Telling Heiress

Caroline had seen Begonia lying by her bedside with a smile like she used to.

"You're back, Carrie!" she had exclaimed.

As Caroline narrated her past, she looked at Begonia with a complicated expression on her face. That was also when she finally realized that little Begonia was no ordinary child but a begonia flower demon.

Begonia propped her chin up with both hands, asking in puzzlement, "Why aren't you in good health? Why are you dying?"

Caroline touched the pigtails on Begonia's head as she replied, "Because I'm human."

Begonia didn't understand. From her point of view, she was the same age as Caroline. She didn't understand the concept of sickness or death by sickness and old age.

She was an existence cultivated from a begonia tree and had been staying in this courtyard since she was born. Her name was Begonia, and Caroline's surname was also Begonia. Caroline was the only one who could see her and play with her. They were friends who had made a promise to play together forever.

However, when Caroline returned, she was no longer fond of playing and preferred to lie on her rocking chair all day. She only wanted to admire the flowers, but although the flowers were beautiful, it was boring to lie down looking at the flowers all the time.

Begonia wanted Caroline to go out and play as they used to, but Caroline told her that she couldn't.

After hearing what Caroline had to say, the defensive look on Joshua's face faded away.

"Will she really not harm my grandmother, Ms. Locke?" he asked Madison.

Madison replied, "Her demonic energy is pure, meaning she hasn't harmed anyone before. However..."

She trailed off, looking at Begonia. "You're just a minor demon. Do you know the consequences of a minor demon forcibly bending the rules of nature and using their demonic energy to make flowers bloom?"

Caroline, who had been smiling kindly, slowly sat up and stared at the phone screen upon hearing this.

"What is this young lady saying, Josh?" she asked. "What was that about consequences?"

Begonia replied nonchalantly, "I'm not scared!"

In contrast to her attitude, Caroline was very anxious.

"What consequences are there exactly, young lady?" she asked urgently.

"She's just a minor demon who hasn't existed for very long, and she doesn't know how to go through cultivation, so her demonic energy hasn't increased since she came into existence. Forcibly consuming her demonic energy to make the flowers bloom will only cause her core to dissipate."

Caroline and Joshua were both

shocked. On the contrary, it was little Begonia who swung her legs to and fro indifferently, her dress swaying in the wind.

Caroline immediately grabbed her hand and said, "I'm not going to look at flowers anymore, Begonia, so stop making them bloom."

Begonia tilted her head to the side.

"But didn't you really want to look at the flowers, Carrie? I heard them saying that you're going to die really soon. After you die, you won't be able to talk or play with me anymore. So, since you want to look at

flowers, I'll let you look at them!"

Caroline shook her head. "That won't do. I'm not going to look at them anymore."

Begonia was confused. Caroline clearly really wanted to look at the flowers. Whenever she looked at them, she would be particularly happy.

Why was she saying that she wasn't going to look at them anymore?

"Even if I'm no longer a minor demon, I can just slowly go through cultivation again!" Begonia declared.

Caroline disagreed with her. She grabbed the phone and Joshua and clutched tightly at it.

"W-What should we do, young lady?" she asked desperately. "Is it particularly difficult for her to take on human form?"

"Of course," Madison replied.

Especially in this era where spiritual

energy was scarce, there was noz telling exactly how many years it had taken for the little flower demon to gather enough spiritual energy to transform. en

"Enough, Begonia," Caroline pleaded. "Hurry up and recall your demonic energy. I'm not going to look at flowers anymore."

"No!" Begonia said angrily. "You like looking at flowers, Carrie."

"I said I'm not going to look at them anymore!" cried Caroline, waving a dismissive hand.

When she saw that Begonia remained unmoved, she stood up angrily.

"Why are you so disobedient? I already told you I'm not going to look at the flowers anymore."

Begonia disappeared in a flash. Only her childish voice could be heard from the direction of the begonia tree.

"Carrie's a liar."

Caroline was speechless.

Joshua quickly comforted her, saying, "Don't worry, Grandma. We'll just try to persuade her again."NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.