Their group had an enjoyable meal within the garden, with Seren mostly listening to Arlan and Drayce talking about the affairs of their kingdoms and Yorian commenting in between, seemingly interested in human politics.
After she finished her meal, Seren left these men alone as she went to check on the plants in her garden. She found herself stopping in front of the empty plot where marks of a tree being uprooted remained.
A maple tree.
The tree that used to be in the middle of her garden was a large maple tree that she used to personally prune once a year. Though there were other trees in her garden, this particular tree was the largest, the oldest and the most beautiful, and it was also the first tree one could see from the gate.
She stared at the ground which was covered with fresh soil. Give it a few days, it would be covered in weeds, erasing the last traces of its existence.
