9 Magic power and mana circuits (1/2)
Elena blushed furiously and hurriedly tried to rack her brains to give an explanation for her impromptu confession. Everyone was now looking at her and Elise especially seemed to be shooting her a puzzled glance. She wished she could just sink into the ground and disappear, this felt like a bad dream.
”Yes Servia! I told you that I would confess just like the dare!”, Elena blurted out. The safest bet was to just blame the twins was what she finally decided. Servia looked confused and opened her mouth to say something but was elbowed hard by her twin sister who whispered in her ear, ”Just nod yes”.
”Err… Yeah I guess you win?” Servia said a bit hesitantly.
Elena nervously gazed at Elise who shook her head slowly and said, ”Elena I expected better of you, don't just pay along with the foolish games from the twins”. Elena nodded her head quickly then hurriedly turned her tail back into legs then fled to the back of the procession as fast as she could run.
”Idiot, idiot, idiot!” Elena cursed at herself.
Elise nodded to herself, she was a bit surprised to hear that confession, but it looks like it was just a mischief from the twins. Our dear Elise was a genius in battle but when it came to feelings of romance, it would be an understatement to call her dense. Numerous suiters over the years had been shot down from Elise not understanding their intentions.
Although when Elena gave the confession her heart did ripple for a moment but then she shook her head and dismissed it as a joke. Elise looked at the raptor carcasses strewn across the group and called out to Mary, ”Burn all the corpses cleanly, the last thing we need is to attract some nasty beasts over.”
Mary wore a simple black clock and a pendant with a star hanging from the middle, her eyes were dark grey in colour and her body was thin almost like a branch. She approached the corpses and began to chant a spell. ”Igniorsis Hellus Falmeorus!”, the magic power around her began to increase heavily.
The air rose in temperature and small ripples of heat could be seen dancing within the palm of her hands. A small fire ball formed in her fists which at first glance would seem too small, but the fire burned with an eerie green colour and a sinister hissing noise came from the flame. Mary casually lobbed the ball into the sea of corpses.
Boom!
The green fireball hit the nearest corpse and ignited immediately with an earth-shattering explosion occurring. Elise covered Ashley's ears so she would not get deafened but the noise. The green flame hopped from corpse to corpse and burnt all the remains into an ashy crisp. Mary bowed deeply at her lord and then returned to sit quietly behind her friend Sophie. Mary may be the quietest of the Valkyries but her title as 'The Flame Witch' was not built on empty words.
The carriage quickly set off again through the mountain pass and luck must have been on their side as no further monster attacks occurred. The calm gentle breeze tickled Ashley's face as she poked her head out of the carriage window. She turned around and saw her mom watching her with a soft look on her face. She became a little bit nervous and turned to look out of the window again, not daring to glance at her mom.
Elise was her new mom but sometimes she would be unable to forget how her real parents had treated her.
”The brat girl is useless, why don't you toss her outside or sell her off to a trade”
”I am your wife, but you went to bed with some whore!”
”Alright my dear, I will just banish her to the edge of the estate, and I promise you will never see her again”
These events left a shadow in little Ashley's heart and although she felt that Elise was not a bad lady, a little voice would just whisper in her heart. 'She will abandon you as well'. Elise saw that Ashley now had a downcast look on her face and her violet eyes flashed in displeasure.