Volume i (( 8 ))
His eyes were wide right before the moment the drug ran through his veins and began to fog his senses. He looked into my dark black eyes, trying to understand my motive.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆.
I whispered, my breath lingering on his lips,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆.
He frowned at my words but before he got the chance to talk back to me, the drug knocked him out.
I guess it was worth its price. It was very expensive but I had a feeling I needed to get the strongest drug to knock him out.
His head fell to the side, moving around before it tapped on my shoulder. I kept my eyes on him, then sighed and got off of him.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒍.
I walked to the dressing table and opened the drawer to take out the scroll,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐.
I looked back at him. His body leaned onto the table for support and I let out a sigh,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆.
I glanced at the full moon in the night sky, then moved to get Hael. I grabbed his shirt and threw him on the ground, not roughly though but I had to lay him down so I could do this right. I had spent the whole day in the magic shop to understand how to get this thing done.
After laying Hael flat on the ground, I stared at him. He looked so harmless in the moment and at the same time so handsome, it made my heart tingle.
This man is going to kill me in the future!! I can't let my feelings get in the way!
I opened the teleportation scroll and placed it on his chest. Then I took off my magic necklace and strapped it around his neck.
I don't know why you came back and gave this back to me, but I hope it doesn't happen again.
And I hope my theory is right and all I need to do is send you further away from here. Being in the city might have created doubt in his heart that it was all a trap and he could get caught.
I stood up and stared at him, then at the paper with a large magic symbol on it.
This scroll should land him to the edge of the country. I took out the magic knife I got from the shop and slit my palm, letting my blood fall on the scroll. Since I didn't have much mana, in order to activate something so big, I needed magic infused things and my blood. These four things cost me a fortune but as long as it works, I can let it slide.
The symbol on the scroll glowed as my blood infused in the lines.
I took a few steps back and looked as a large symbol, the same kind that was on the paper, appear right under Hael, glowing white.
And then the next moment, a flash appeared and Hael was out of sight. I held my bleeding palm with my other hand as thoughts of what to do next appeared in my mind.
I'll need to go and talk to my father soon too.
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏.
My father replied to my knocks and I opened the door to walk into his office.
I greeted him but he only spared me a glance.
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕?
His voice was cold. He never liked me and he doesn't like me now either. To him, I was just a burden. I had nothing special to offer unlike my brother who was a skilled knight. I only had enough mana that I was able to keep Hael in place with my necklace.
Other than that, I was useless.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.
I sent Hael to the border, that's a ten day horse ride. It's already been more than a day since I used the teleportation scroll and word is bound to get out that Hael is gone. I need to do something so that no one goes after him.
Not that I can simply tell my father I freed him. So this was the only thing I could come up with at the moment and ask.
His pen that was gliding on the paper stopped the moment the words came out of my mouth. He raised his face to look at me as a furious expression took over his face.
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚?
He grabbed his his ash tray.
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆?
He threw it in my direction and even though I tried to avoid it, it still ended up hitting the side of my head.
I groaned in pain and stumbled backwards but didn't fall down.
He slammed his hands on his desk and stood up,
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔!?
His anger was rising but he stopped when he saw my face. Warm red liquid trickled down the side of my head where he hit me with his crystal ashtray
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑨-𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.
I had to close one eye since the blood was getting into it,
Count Cory / Fl dad
𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕.
He sat back down on his chair and began to do his work again. The room was once again filled with the sound of scritch scratch of the pen
I replied and walked out of the office.
Placing my hand on the side of my head, I closed the door behind me.
I don't even know why I thought I might be able to get anywhere with him. He was always unreasonable...
I pursed my lips in defeat.
I'll need to come up with something else. I couldn't see properly but I still continued to walk down the corridor.
Maybe I can fake his death?? That could work. Death is a sure fire way of keeping anyone from searching for a person. Do I have any other options?
I need to act fast, Tracy asked me about Hael and she's been pestering me since yesterday.
And while thinking, I bumped into someone,
With half of my view blocked, I couldn't immediately see who I bumped into,
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.
The man's voice made me freeze in my path. I removed my hand from my eye and shot my head to look at him.
Through my half bloody vision I stared at him in disbelief.
How the hell is he already back!!??!
His fingers traveled towards me,
Hael Helio / ml
𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔?
The tip of his finger tapped on my head.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!?
I was shocked. I was not expecting this.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒃𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆?
He answered and pressed his finger on my wound, making it hurt.
I slapped his hand away from me
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈?
I glared at him but in return he chose to just stare at me.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕?
Hael Helio / ml
𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕.
He chose to ignore what I meant
Hael Helio / ml
𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚.
What? What the hell is he saying? The market? The momentary confusion gave away to understanding when I saw a group of maids pass by us.
So he's pretending I never did that. If words get out, I would be in danger.
I wanted to say something more but paused. I don't think he'll give me the answer I want.
Besides, I already know he used magic. But, can he use such an advanced teleportation technique on his own?
Dread filled my mind but I had no way to confirm it. I didn't want to say anything that would give me away.
Once the maids were out of sight, he spoke again,
Hael Helio / ml
𝑨𝒉, 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.
He got something out of his pocket and placed it around my neck,
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.
I didn't have to look down to see that he had once again returned the gemstone to me. It didn't make sense to me. For sure he wanted freedom without consequences. Why else would he kill everyone?
But when I give it to him. He doesn't take it.
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.
My trickling blood reflected in his eyes
Hael Helio / ml
𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
He reached out to me but I moved away.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎.
He didn't follow me but I could feel his gaze on me. It was intense, almost predatory, and it made my skin stand up but I chose not to look back at him.
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