Floral Sea Memories (Part 1)

Author: You Sulan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This story comes suddenly, yet it is engraved like a brand in the rings of my memory. I love it, and I also love the characters and the trajectories they face, which they cannot control. Countess Anitasia of Castle Rosamary, since childhood, has been warned not to go to the east wing of the castle—a place covered in flowers and roses, because the east wing contains a long-sealed demon, and at night, a lonely fairy will take people to her dark realm for companionship. When Anitasia was seven years old, unable to resist the temptation of the beautiful flower sea, she came alone to the flower sea. She did not encounter the demon, but unexpectedly met a stunning "older brother." He was so handsome, his voice so gentle, like the night, gentle, and comforting. His beautiful face and those eyes seemed to have settled all the sadness and tears in the world. Who was he? Why was he living alone in this boundless flower sea, which was said to be haunted? Anitasia was confused and bewildered. What shocked her even more was that a few days later, a funeral was held in the east wing without a priest's blessing, and lying in the black coffin was the handsome "older brother" she had met in the east wing a few days ago—a golden-haired man with sapphire eyes and a delicate nose! Time flowed, and in the blink of an eye, nine years passed. Anitasia had grown into a graceful and elegant upper-class lady. At a banquet, she met a stunning golden-haired young man—Hystasyl. With an unknown sentiment, Anitasia feared him, yet she could not help but fall in love with him. They quickly fell in love. A series of incredible murders occurred: the perverted Duke, who coveted Hystasyl's beauty, died tragically in his mansion, and his friend Osmund's parents, the Delfontains, also perished; not long after, Anitasia's fiancé, the Earl of Ashburn, died under mysterious circumstances in a heavy rain. The suspect was locked in on Hystasyl. When Count Fitzrose, Anitasia's father, learned of his daughter's relationship with Hystasyl, he was horrified. He realized that the long-standing nightmare had come true—the child he had killed nine years ago with his ex-wife had turned into a demon and was now avenging himself fiercely. Rosemary was once a symbol used by lovers to represent "eternal love," and in the novel, it carries the meaning of sweet memories. It also symbolizes "a twist of fate," this "bewitching herb," sent to the one you love, and it will secretly tell her your heart. Legend says that a demon can only be redeemed by swallowing a "tear of Jesus," yet the result of swallowing this tear is to bleed from all seven orifices and die completely. The ghostly man, who fell in love with his half-sister at first sight, will go where?