Chapter 142: Maniacal (2/2)

It was a grotesque sight, but no one stopped her. The people she encountered were not surprised and did not scream. They only bowed their heads obediently, their faces expressionless.

Slowly, she came to the Glory Room.

“……”

Cerdina looked up at the light falling from the circular window in the ceiling. This place, steeped in Estia’s history, would suffice.

Taking a small dagger from her pocket, she cut her palm and used the blood to draw an octagonal star inside a large circle on the marble floor. Placing glowing crystal orbs at each of the star’s eight points, she dragged the animals forward.

In the center of the star, she cut the head off the black ram. Blood gushed out, pooling. Strangely, the blood filled the magic circle as soon as it touched it, and the crystal orbs slowly filled with black smoke.

After emptying the blood from black ram, she approached the billy goat and opened its chest, extracting its heart. With the heart in her hand, Cerdina smiled.

Leah had escaped.

Cerdina wasn’t sorry the princess had run away. She was already ruined. The problem was that Blain had blindly pursued her. Cerdina had no choice to admit that her son needed Leah. Since it had come to this, she would have to advance one of her unfinished spells, but she could not yet do it alone.

Sitting in the light from the window overhead, she ate the goat’s heart. As she chewed and swallowed the bloody flesh, the crystal orbs turned completely black. Cerdina licked bloodstained lips and tilted her head back.

“Ahh…” The strange moan escaped her, almost 0rgasmic. Her eyes shone brightly as she spoke, filled with joy.

The strange voice, which could not be said to be human, echoed. The eight crystal orbs trembled slightly as if in response. The more Cerdina spoke, the more intense the trembling became.

Her bloodshot eyes were shining.

The eight crystal orbs cracked and burst into dust.

Maniacal laughter echoed through the Glory Room.