It was in her third life that Diego first discovered how to transfer Hillise's abilities to Ricardo.
Hillise faltered when she opened the black box in front of her.
"Father....what is this?"
"You'll have to eat that every day from now on. Think of it as a medicine."
It looked like a red pearl, and it also looked like a coloured bead.
One thing is for sure, as Diego said, it was never seen as a pill that could be taken.
For some reason, I felt ominous energy flowing over the vivid red lustre.
Still, Hillise did what Diego told her to do when he said it was the only way to transfer her power to Ricardo.
It wasn't as difficult as Hillise was prepared to swallow what Diego gave her every day as if she were taking medicine before meals.
As Diego said, it was true that it was a strange medicine, and soon after I took it, I felt that the strength of my body was weakly reduced.
At this rate, I thought Ricardo's strength would be transferred quickly, so Hillise seemed to be a little relieved now.
It was about 15 days after I felt strange.
Hillise became very sleepy and felt an unprecedented sense of fatigue.
One day, I opened my eyes in the morning and woke up from bed and got injured by falling down on the floor because I had no strength in my body.
The days of nosebleeds increased, and sometimes I had blood clots.
My heart often felt stuffy and aching, as if a huge stone had been placed on my chest.
As the time goes, Ricardo said the more she did, the better she was, and he's adding, "Don't worry about useless things and take red medicine more often.".
Hillise's body became weaker and weaker.
It was as if it was not only strength that was dying inside her.
The body began to dry out day by day like an empty branch, and later, without someone's help, it was impossible to stand up and walk alone.
Ricardo, who sometimes appeared in front of Hillise, would also harden his face to Hillise, who was getting thinner day by day.
Hillise sometimes refused to take it, feeling intense fear.
At that time, Diego would scold Hillise severely, saying, "I'm going to give you a hard time."
However, Diego also seemed to be uncomfortable looking at Hillise, who was getting sicker as the day went by, and from some point on, he would persuade her with a softer tone than usual.
Hillise also became weak, suppressing the fear in her heart and swallowing what Diego had given her.
Like that, a few more months passed.
Now, in Hillise's body, only a weak sensibility was stuck like a shallow current.
But that handful of power never disappeared from Hillise, making Diego nervous.
* * *
"Why is there still no news? It was said that if you feed Calicia's tears, your power will be completely dissipateㆍㆍㆍ!"
Diego was angry again.
It was a surprising fact that Diego discovered after investigating various fields. Still, the blood of Kalykia had the effect of permanently consuming the power of the person who swallowed it little by little.
On the contrary, it was said that swallowing tears permanently enhances strength, unlike just holding them in the body.
When I heard the amazing story, I searched the old books in the 'Forest of Four Seasons' and checked them out, and it was all true.
Furthermore, as if by fate, the news came to his ears that a successful successor had appeared in Kalykia just in time.
At that time, Diego was forced to soak in joy.
At first, Diego almost shed tears, but it was so precious that it was difficult to obtain.
Diego let go of his greed and secretly airlifted blood.
Of course, you couldn't officially ask for blood from Kalykia.
However, it was not so difficult to obtain blood through someone who gave him the actual value of Kalykia's gem.
It was heard that the successor of Kalykia, who appeared this time, returned from outside after a long torment.
Therefore, it was possible to secretly find red jewellery that had been offered through an auction on the black market.
I needed as much blood as I could.
He didn't know how much it would take to completely extinguish Hillise power.
Diego pushed ahead with the plan, although he had heard that taking Calicia's blood for an extended period would have a horrible effect on the body.
Innoaden's abilities were handed down through awakening only to one person whose blood had chosen to succeed.
So the truth is, without complication, that if Hillise dies, this function will manifest itself in Ricardo, the only remaining direct descendant.
However, I couldn't even kill my daughter.
So Diego thought of using Kalykia's blood to annihilate the power from Hillis.
I heard that after the power is forced to be removed in that way, Inoaden's ability will then be transferred to Ricardo, considering Hillise dead.
But it wasn't as easy as I thought.
The only handful of Hillise's power persisted and made Diego impatient.
No matter how much blood he poured on Hillise, it was useless to take it.
Soon, Diego realized that the task of removing only the senses from Hillise's body was trickier than he thought.
"Is it today too?"
"Yes, there is no news yet."
Diego checked with Ricardo every day, but whenever Diego asked, he just bowed his head.
"Try using this ability. I need to see how much power is left."
He also visited Hillise every day.
"Why on earth was your strength so tenacious! Are you sure you're eating everything I gave you?"
Hillise lay in bed and breathed hard.
Diego seemed suspicious, even though he had seen her eat Kalykia's blood every day.
"Swallow everything in front of me right now."
Diego, annoyed, took Hillise's bottle by her bedside and poured all the red jewels into his hand.
In Hillise's room, red jewels were all over the place like decorations.
In particular, bottles of jewellery were displayed around Hillise's room.
Even if you can't just eat it, the blood of Kalykia worked just by keeping it there.
So Diego put a bunch of red jewels in Hillise's room.
"Don't leave anything behind and eat it all away because I've decided to bring more new blood tomorrow."
At that moment, Hillise froze.
"Bloodㆍㆍㆍ? Is this blood?"
A poignant voice leaked out of her dry, cracked lips.
Diego, who had been hiding it from Hillise so far, stopped.
However, he looked at Hillise with cold frozen eyes and dismissed her coldly.
"You just have to listen to me as well as before. Now, open your mouth. I'll feed you myself."
"I... I'm scared. Father, is this really a medicine that transfers my abilities to my brother?"
"So you're saying I'm poisoning you? Don't talk nonsense. Just eat what I give you!"
With that, Diego forced Hillise to feed Kalykia's blood.
Eventually, in that third life, Hillise died of exhaustion.
The overly weakened body was remarkably weaker than her ability to persist until then.
It was on the dawn of a cold winter's day when a cold, fleshy breeze blew through the tightly closed window.
Hillise lay in bed, vomiting dark blood, and quietly breathed.
It was a silent death that no one even watched beside her.
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