“What? Oh, wait ...Where?” He smiled, tilting his head. “Somewhere. I’ll be back soon.” She was curious but decided against roasting him when they were already this stressed. “Anyways, I need peace and quiet so… I’ll see you in the morning?” “Huh.” He quirked up another brow at her, “Are you throwing me out now? Your King?” “I’m not! I need to focus. I just don’t want to make a mistake.” His jovial smile thinned out and his eyes narrowed. “And why is that?” “I-I was confident a while ago because it was all talk but now… I’m afraid that I may not be able to do it and what if I do come up with a magic circle and that doesn’t work!” she stuttered, shrugging pathetically in nonchalance, “I might have missed something. There’s much I don't know.” she answered meekly in a soft whisper, as though she herself wasn’t convinced with her answer. Even still, she refused to lose to him and kept her eyes locked on his. She bit her lower lip, her pouting face finally ready to cry. “The surviv
“Yes.” With a scroll in her hand trembling, Laylin checked the magic circle for the third time from her bird’s eyes because once a magic circle was activated there was no way to reverse it. “It should work, the calculation and axis points are aligned. In theory, once activated, we should be able to teleport here the monster from the lake in just three seconds.” With the Magic Circle reconstructed after a day, all the witches stood on a hill overlooking the giant structure. The teleportation destination magic circle was ready and a witch only needed to input aura in it to bring the spell to life. With a sigh. Laylin handed the scroll to Eloise, who refused to move an inch away from her. Hopefully, it will turn out well. Esmer came forward, but Berilla held her arm, “Let me, Esmer. It will absorb a lot of aura. You need to be conscious to lead them.” They stared at each other for a moment, before Esmer eventually relented and tried to return to her place. Their plan was simple: fir
"What do you think she would do if I told her that I think that thing is a deathtrap but because I feel so entitled to everyone's life here, I won’t stop untill one of us is dead? What if I was this malevolent? Would she still be proud of me?” Laylin took a step in her direction, looking straight at her. Laylin suddenly felt cynical. She grew up well, but even she knew half of it was just her image that people had in their minds. She was capable of terrible things and she had done terrible things. There was no way she could have survived with virtues at the forefront. You could use the episode with Agatha as a prime example. So what if she was known as cruel or uncultured, would her mother pity her when she was the one who neglected her? She remembered when they first met, her mother wasn't really amiable. Was she only her daughter because she wasn't a sicko? Shouldn't at least her mother love her unconditionally? What if she lost her aura like Aunt Valerie or what if she was no l
Laylin tilted her head in confusion, somehow the scene looked familiar. The Great Mistress entered the aisle and it had that cursed book. Laylin saw her ancestor witch was holding one too. The one in her hand must be the one that was in possession of the witches. Suddenly the Great Mistress was out of breath as if she was being suffocated. Wheezing, she staggered into another aisle and it had the cursed book too. Laylin's mouth dropped open. These scenarios were from her dreams! That was why she felt deja vu! For how long had the Great MIstress been trying to show her these dreams> The Great Mistress was scared out of her wits now. Whatever was happening was scaring her. Laylin pursed her lips. She was a ghost in her memory. For some reason, her Great Ancestor had left her memories and the extra magic circles must be the way to activate those memories. She was trying to tell her something. The Mistress ran down every aisle to find a corner to hide in. She was shaking her head in
“...Her body is bearing a demon spawn! How could you hide it and treat it as if the child doesn’t exist?” A shrill, muffled voice wrinkled her brows. The snake laying on her belly flinched too. “Valerie, She’s my daughter!” “She is pregnant!” Her exclamation was followed by something crashing. “How could you let her cast that spell? Did you realize she could be dead?” “Shut up!” A dreadful silence followed. “...You were hoping her to miscarry, weren’t you?” Laylin hand caressing the snake halted. “You wanted to get rid of the abomination without getting blood on your hand, huh? Your crimes are so immaculate, it’s horrifying.” ‘CREAK! CRACK!’ A creaking sound came from somewhere. “Shut your mouth.” Esmer's shout rang with clattering and things breaking. “I didn’t have time to stop her and that child… You are the one who said that demon coveted that child! He ruined the world once just so he could have that child. That child is a demon in a witch’s body, a parasite who will eat he
‘AAACK!' She pointed the dagger at him and flicked it down. His leg bent at an unnatural angle, his bone stuck out bringing him into a half-kneeling position. “Keep it down. I don’t want a commotion.” She was so calm that it was creepy. Her lazy eyes fell on the Dark Wizard and she smirked. The Dark Wizard tried to cast a spell but nothing worked, he couldn’t take anything as the source. The Dark Wizard had little to no aura or couldn’t control their auras like Valerie. There are two sources for using magic. One is auras that are taken from nature and one is life sources. Dark magicians fuel their magic with life forces which means they kill to do magic. But it doesn’t have to be beasts or humans, depending on the magnitude of the spell even insects can be used for simple spells. She had protected every living being with her aura in the perimeter. Her snake rubbed its head against her neck, and she caressed its scales with a smirk. She enjoyed the Dark wizard's desperate attempts
With a deep sigh, she went to the young Princess. “You think you can handle it after all the… commotion?” She was talking about the things she heard them talk about.The Eldest of the Red Witches looked at the Princess with a faint smile. Laylin remained still. Her countenance was quite ample as she looked ahead at the lake in front of her.Ultimately it didn’t matter if Laylin could or couldn’t. She will have to. For the sake of everyone. For the future.Valerie sighed, “We can do it ourselves too.” Laylin knew it too.The witches could very well pull off a teleportation spell but they didn’t trust her or the magic circle she had drawn especially after Aunt Berilla couldn’t perform the designation spell. The battle with demonic monsters will take more than just technique, hesitation could cost these witches their lives.Only Laylin knew Berila couldn't do it because the Great Mistress had made that spell to pull her into the memory abyss.So the witches needed to believe any of them
"N-No, please!” The startled young witch screamed and poured her aura in with all her strength as her life flashed before her. ‘FWISSSH…’ The witch toppled back on her ass, waiting to die but as the creature collided with the magic circle it emitted a bright, blinding light. The monster's movements slow, and it gradually, in a fraction of a second, evaporated in the air. It became quiet and all the witches huffed in disbelief, as if under a spell. “Good work.” Laylin turned to the witches with a smile. “This is how any witch, weak or strong, can make the teleportation magic circle.” She clapped her hands, “Well, nobody’s dead, so let’s go under the lake.” It may sound twisted but she enjoyed their fear especially Valerie who was pale. She felt gleefully satisfied. Now, sure, no one will question her about the potency of her magic circle. She felt bad for Eloise but it couldn’t be helped, she was the weakest witch and thus the perfect person to show them the spell worked. Seizing