Celestia looked down, thinking of other solutions that wouldn’t involve such high risk, but the world seems to be not in favor of her wishes. Without her noticing, Adeline changed course to her left, which is nearer to the gargoyle.
Adeline’s decision is absolute even she knows the risks. As she turns left, she became the gargoyle’s target. Without Celestia noticing, she baited the monster into the left and sacrificed herself to buy time. In no time, the monster caught up to her as it holds her broom and pounds her head, breaking her broom in half and sending her into the ground. The hard hit marked a wound on her head and gave her nausea while she falls to the ground.
She grunts loud from pain, but from her location, no one could hear her. Seconds later, she hits the grassy ground like how a truck running at maximum speed would hit a civilian. The first to have contact was her back, paralyzing most of her body parts. From the height she came from, mo
Celestia miraculously projected the bullet in a straight path forward. The bullet pierced through the center of the gargoyle’s neck, marking a wide hole in it. The shot is too fast for the naked eye to see. With the shock, Celestia’s hand flew to her chest with her mouth falling open.“I missed…” Celestia said and chuckles with sweat. The gargoyle stopped with its head down. “I’ll fire another spell. I’m going to be sure this will hit.”“Wait!” Adeline shouted as she raise her palm towards Celestia before she cast her spell. She narrows her eyes to have a clear analysis. “It’s breaking down.”The gargoyle’s body summoned cracks that continuously wrap throughout its body. Its eyes are closed, showing them that it is currently not hostile. When the crack covered the whole of its body, the stone breaks down starting from its fingers and toes, and climbs up towards the bod
“We’re going to hunt,” Adeline declared just after she discovers the functions of the card. She aims to hunt those to unlock the seal covering the enchanted book. At the same time, another hunt is taking place.It’s already half-past eleven as Darius continuously observes the hideout from behind the bush where no light is present. The darkness surrounds him which is currently in his favor. In the deadly silence, the birds call as the squirrels chatter. The wind rustles through the moon-dappled leaves, which gives less light that can secure whether a wild animal discovers him.After hours of watching and slouching, he sees Vylleria coming out from a cave that emits candlelight from the inside. As she comes out, he can’t see her face nor her movements after she entered the darkness, but not until she cast a light spell as she goes back to the haven. When he secured that her footsteps on the muddy ground are already afar, he decided to move i
Outside the giant tree, the massive crowd of guards is still sleeping. Snores surround the area while the bats squeak in the air. After such a long time, the fragrance of the solution already evaporated. Meanwhile, a drunk man passing by sneaks through the guards until he noticed that they’re sleeping.With his blurred mind, he thought that he’s already dreaming and that the guards who are loyal to their job slack off. He comes near to them, passing through the boundary, though he didn’t know that it was forbidden. He tries checking one of the guards to see if he’s dreaming, but when he slapped one, the guard’s face contracted.“M… Mom… My dream… I’ve already become BLUEPINK’s manager…” the guard said and continues to snore. The drunk man slapped him again. The sudden pain left him awake as he sits up straight suddenly like a soul just came back from his body.“Nice dream,&rd
“AAAHHH!!!!”Adeline screamed as she wakes up from the pain she felt in her chest. While sweating, she reclaims her lost air by breathing quickly and deeply. As she sits up straight like a newly resurrected body, the first thing she does is to touch her chest.Nothing changed in her complete body. There’s no trace of a huge hole that pierced through her. The pain vanished as soon as she wakes up. Tears start falling down her while gripping her chest while giving relief to what she experienced.“It’s… It’s all a dream…”Not fully convinced, she can’t see anything from the darkness around her. She chants a light spell with her summoned wand and sees the previous ground designed with digital boxes and cold colors. Beside her was Celestia, and while she sleeps, she grips the enchanted book with strength on her chest.The same book gave the trauma to Adeline with trembling legs. With loud bre
“But sir, we need to enter the tree now! It’s been years since it came into this, and we already know what will happen. We just don’t want the disaster to be repeated. Let our men enter and handle the rest,” a guard said while arguing at Silvestre in his own house’s door. “Handle the what? Do you even know what’s inside it? So far, the only thing that you know inside is that there are intruders. I’m asking who the intruders are, but can you give me an exact answer?” Silvestre argued with a high-pitched tone and goes down. “No one’s entering.” “But sir we’ve already told that…” “I said no one’s entering! Reclaim your orders and just prepare for surveillance. If you’re talking about the safest, this was. Those who entered are probably dead by now. I don’t want any more casualties,” Silvestre said. The guards stooped down as they bite their lips, avoiding any further arguments. They bow down to ask for an apology. “We’re sorry, Mr. Enfina. We’ve been los
“Silvestre…” Vylleria cries her remorse while kneeling down beside the dead body of Launnar. Her eyes appeared read while her stomach hardens. “His breathing stopped!”“What in the world happened!? Don’t say… you killed him,” Silvestre said as he looks down with a scared stare but he reads Vylleria doing the opposite.“There’s no way I’d do that to the one I love! I would never… never do that! Don’t you dare come here just to say that!” Vylleria shouted with anger on her voice. Her eyebrows furrowed but then her sorrowful face comes back as she continues to cry in despair. Her scream scattered all around the area. “Launnar… I’m still waiting for you until you become an adult… Whoever happens to you, I won’t forgive them!”“Vylleria, calm down. Let’s grasp the situation here. This place is already a crime scene,” Sil
The verdict is final. On the exact night after the huge incident happened, the three became exiled. For the next five years, their names and faces are banned, else it will result in much worse punishment, death.Adeline and Celestia, the main suspects, are condemned to be kicked out of the haven to find a place compatible with them. The coven also charges Holessa with the same accessory for the punishment of assisting the two, which is the creation of the nullifying agent for Adeline’s potion.At half-past three in the morning, Adeline and Celestia woke up in two different excavations with a blockade made of planks above them. They feel something tied in their hands, limiting their movements. Above them is the moon that shines through the crossed planks, together with a light from a distant fire torch. Adeline realized that they’re already caught by the force.“Hello? I… Is somebody out there? I’m scared,” Celestia stuttered
After such a heartbreaking dismissal, the crowd surrounding the teary-eyed parents starts to leave one-by-one, until those who remain are the parents without Silvestre and Darius. Darius’s wife, Hilnora, went to search for Darius and sees him hiding behind a tree that is not far away from the spot. When she came near him, she sees him mourning by himself with a longing gaze and tears of sadness. He sobs all by himself where no one could see him.“Did you plan all of this?” Hilnora asked with furrowed eyebrows and cold watery eyes.Silvestre suddenly wiped his tears and stops sobbing after seeing Hilnora in front of him. “I’m sorry, Hilnora, but I need to save her.”Hilnora pulls his cloth and starts screaming with her sorrowful cry. “Why!? I already asked what’s bothering you but you didn’t even lift your lips. I’m angry that out of all these things happening will come from my daughter! Don’t you consider me as her parent? It’s not that she came from my womb, but I’m the on