Cynthia i)s the spirit of(/ a century ,(-ol=d @=/laurel $^tree. To save her f \ia

ncé Lu%_ke, she# !\%#d%rained all h._er magic ?al power an*+d@\ help?=e+ ) d him become %the /;Secon:_d R..]o^ yal Magus.(;* In hi?s hunger f +or status and power, Luke abando@$ned Cynthia.? : He fra
[`med her
: %,a;s a _@mere "flower ve*.nd%or" and ^ pl_+otte-:d to c
\ ut d_own )(;the /^ laur_@el tree that housed her true form.
At this?: perilous -@moment, Arth#:;ur,
; the Chief Magus, s?%(tepped forward.!% He protec]ted Cynthia by \
taking he_]r+ as his ,\wi;fe,;*; and the two we-r:e united i)n marriag-`:e. S;ide by sid;^e, they f(%ou!ght against! op_pr .!]ession from the aristo_!cracy.
Usi]/ng na,%tural?[[ ma:gi@c, Cynthia cultivated Da:`,rk Go$ld Blazing Su=,n]blooms and won the Queen’s favour. L /uk^ $e and ?.the Mar(,cus f;\a]mily repeatedly tr`%ie/d to poison her#]+ and unleash the W-]ither:ing Curse@), y^%e% `t Cynthia and Art hur_) thwarted
^ ev!#e[ry* s[* che/me.+%= The ne *croma
.nc+#er *$ mast?er pu#lling #t]:he ?strings #]b$ehind t:*[@he Marcus -f/amily was slain by Arthur. Lu$_ke h+(a:d his m@ agi.c stri pped ?an)]d was
?. exil[_)ed, while `/Mary was i.mprisone d.
P/rince Sila*
s sought to seize )Cynthi![`a/(’s+#@ royal
$ essence blo);od to brew an immortality eli\x-` -ir. He summoned an Abyssa(%/l Hou/nd
to) frame/\? her%$, lo\cke_`d her away and drained her `\blood. Art__hur- st:or *me!.d t@-
he prison al``one. /`Si .]las det ona\=%$t\%,!ed t/he %Abyss (%Core in=[ a mu__tua]+l destructive b)las;t.( C/ynthia exha%uste@%d he(r lif,[#e essence;$ to se(al t,he Abyssa[_!l Rift, tra![nsform(]ing i,( nt
o a l/aurel leaf and falling i-nto s.*#lumbe%-r.[
Af/*ter forty-five yea._rs of endless^ @;waiting, Arthur@[’s lov,*ing call a`w
ak%e?ned[\ Cynthia )at last. Toge[#`+the?;r they_?= sealed the !@%Abyss,!_ r:.e+]:treated@_ to se$clusion deep wi[ thin the r+]ainf_
ores,,t, and =b,$ecame eternal lovers.