CHAPTER 236~3RD PERSON’S POV~“Here. This is where the bell sounds the loudest when it rings. This is the best place to begin our search,” Clarabelle said with a soft smile on her face. She stopped walking and rested her fists on both sides of her waist. She, Nicole, and Mary had arrived in a large hall in the Mortimer mansion. The hall had no windows but had multiple chandeliers hanging from its ceiling, acting as its source of light. The hall was designed with black and brown flower paintings that spread on the floor and up its walls. Over 20 different passages were connected to this one hall, and those passages were also connected at different parts of the building, forming a maze-like structure. Maids, who had lived in the mansion for very long, knew their way through every passage, but new maids needed to at least have a map or a guide during their first month of working in the mansion.“This mansion is even larger than I thought. How are we supposed to know which passage the b
CHAPTER 237~3RD PERSON'S POV~“All we have to do is slide down the rope, and we'll be led directly to the bell; hopefully the bellringer is right there waiting for us,” Mary said ecstatically, turning to the other two.“Wait, if all the sound of the bell comes from this one place, how does it spread through all the passages in the building? How can it be heard by everyone at every place in and around the mansion?” Clarabelle asked.“First of all, he's the Immortal of sound. He bends the waves in every direction and makes sure they reach every part of the building and are loud enough to reach the outside. Secondly, you guys are werewolves; you have super hearing,” Mary replied.“Oh. Well, that shaft is too small for me or Nicole to go through. You, on the other hand, would fit in perfectly, so I guess you'll have to go on your own for now,” Clarabelle said.“Hmmm, alright then. How long do I have before all the other maids wake up?” Mary asked.“You have about eight hours before the b
CHAPTER 238~3RD PERSON'S POV~Nicole and Clarabelle finally arrived at the room where they held the meeting with Lunaris. They had been running for a couple of minutes and were now very tired. Nicole looked around the room and only found Herculia and Edith staring at the two of them. “What?! Where's Lunaris?” Nicole asked in shock.“She said her business with us was done for now, and she has somewhere else to be trapped in. I'm not sure what that means, but she left afterwards and hasn't returned since,” Herculia replied.“What happened? Where's Mary?” Edith asked, getting up from the couch.“Mary fell down a shaft somewhere in the mansion while we were trying to find Melody. I tried to teleport her back to us, but I can't seem to reach her at all. I can't feel her presence in this world anymore. It's like she's completely vanished!” Nicole answered with a worried expression on her face.“Oh my! Take me to the shaft she fell through!” Edith exclaimed.****“You can't do this! You’v
CHAPTER 239~3RD PERSON’S POV~“Hmm, so what do we do now? Are you going to go back down there?” Clarabelle asked, sounding very worried. “No, Clarabelle. He knows the right thing to do; if there's any good left in his heart, he'll do it. For now, we just have to go look for the other Immortals we were asked to find,” Mary replied, getting back up. Nicole let out a sigh. “Mary’s right, we can't waste our time trying to convince one Immortal. If we do, Agnes's will get to the others before us. Let’s return to the house quickly and begin our plans for travel,” she said, staring into Mary's eyes.Mary smiled at her softly, staring back.“Are you guys forgetting something?” Clarabelle said.“What?” Mary asked.“To find the next Immortal, we need one mortal from this building. We have to get her before we leave,” Clarabelle said. “Oh,” Nicole said in realization. ****“So, Cortana, in order to keep you from sleep-walking again, we'll have to keep you awake all night long by talking to
CHAPTER 240~3RD PERSON'S POV~“Yuna Teragon?” Cortana asked, folding her arms across her chest. She turned to the wooden floor, staring at her shadow. Her brows furrowed as a look of annoyance grew on her face.“What is it?” Mary asked.“It seems to me like you've heard that name before,” Nicole said with a calm tone, focusing her attention on Cortana's face. She could tell from her looks that Cortana had probably heard of or even met the Immortal before. "Yes, I have, so many times, so many painful times. As children of the Teragon family, we were told stories of the traitor called Yuna Teragon, who abandoned her entire family so she could be with another man—her sick husband, her starving children—she left everything behind because she found someone who would take her out of poverty. I hate her, and I hate it when her name is mentioned,” Cortana replied, her teeth and fists clenched tightly in anger.“But if you've never met her before, why do you hate her so much?” Marie asked.“
CHAPTER 241~3RD PERSON’S POV~“So, you were the one who called this meeting. Seeing that your family's seal was on the letter sent, I thought your father was the one who asked for this meeting,” Steven said, folding his arms across his chest and relaxing on his seat's backrest.“I have something important to announce; I had to make sure you and everyone in this room would take this meeting seriously, so I used the family seal instead of a personal one. My father would have been here to deliver the message himself, but he asked me to do it,” Evelyn replied, locking her finger and placing the resulting interlace below her chin.“Yeah, I thought so. So what is your important announcement? Say it out so we can all be on our way,” Steven said, and all eight guests turned to Evelyn.“Don’t be in such a rush. First of all, please go over the document sitting in front of all of you. Inside, you'll see a detailed graph representation of how much growth The Mortimers have achieved over the las
CHAPTER 242~3RD PERSON’S POV~Steven and Gregory turned away from the door and turned to each other, looking very bewildered by Ruth’s words. Steven placed his left elbow on the table and held his chin gently with his index finger and thumb, his eyes focused on the table. “What do you think Evelyn’s plan could be? From what she said at the meeting, she only plans to gain the government's attention by helping people. Why would she need to buy off the other shareholders for that? I mean, I don’t support the idea of involving politicians in our private business, but helping people isn’t such a bad thing,” Steven asked, then turned back to Gregory.“Evelyn has always been a cunning woman, and it's all because of her obsession for you. The lady is madly in love with you, and she doesn’t mind sacrificing other people to get you. So, whatever she’s doing in that company now, I’m sure she has ulterior motives,” Gregory replied, sounding very annoyed.“I know all that. But what if we're just
CHAPTER 243~3RD PERSON'S POV~“It's such a pleasure to have you visit me this beautiful fine morning. I got really excited when I received your letter. I asked the maids to prepare a royal feast for us. I hope you don't mind staying a while before you leave,” Elizabeth said with a bright smile, leading Steven and Derren through a passage that led to her dining room.She wore a bright green dress that had a large gown hanging from the waist down. Her golden, silky locks were braided, extending down to her waist level.“Actually, your majesty, we came to discuss something really urgent. We were hoping we could just get down to business quickly and be on our way,” Steven said.“Nonsense!” Elizabeth said, stopping. She turned around to face the two men, then continued.“First of all, you can just call me Elizabeth, I may look as old as Anaya, but that's because Anaya hardly ever ages. There isn't much of an age gap between the two of us, you know. Secondly, I've been wanting to spend tim
CHAPTER 310~GABRIELLA'S POV~Just as Clarabelle warned, the entire world forgot that there was such a thing as the alpha-J drug, and every trace of it vanished from the face of the earth after she reversed the fate of everyone who consumed it and became an artificial. Things went back to normal so quickly that it almost seemed like nothing happened at all—like all the struggles my friends were put through by Episteme, Evelyn, and Agnes were just a dream. People forgot that a company like Higher Wellness Pharmaceuticals existed and that Governor Gerald was a criminal.Newspapers and written reports about the matter disappeared without a trace. Because of this, Steven’s company was unaffected by Evelyn’s actions, and the criminals involved were convicted secretly by the council. Questions were asked about Governor Gerald’s and Queen Elizabeth's disappearances, but people soon got distracted by other things and lost interest in the matter. Steven offered to hand over the position of h
CHAPTER 309~3RD PERSON’S POV~Maria and Clarabelle stood in front of the gates of the Dragnon mansion with umbrellas above their heads and worry on their faces. They had been waiting for Marie and the others to return for hours, but there was no sign of them returning at all.Clarabelle did well to protect everyone from the intense heat, and now that the sun had moved away from the earth, she was sure that Marie and her friends had won the battle. In fact, as the Immortal of Fate, she already knew they would win, and she already knew who would bring that victory, but she wasn't allowed to say a word to anyone. What she wasn't sure of was if they had survived or not, because she refused to look that far into the future.“Do you think they'll return safely?” Maria asked with worry in her voice. She has lost her husband before and was very afraid of losing him again.Clarabelle turned to her and saw the worry in her eyes, then turned away. “Let’s just be hopeful,” she said softly. A f
CHAPTER 308~3RD PERSON'S POV~~Earlier~“Huh?” Gabriella blinked repeatedly in confusion as she stared into Lunaris's eyes. They both sat in a pool of water in the black, empty void that was Gabriella's mind. “What’s going on? I thought I died already,” Gabriella asked softly.“You did—well, not exactly. I put you to sleep for over four months to get some things done in your world. Now that my plot is complete, I'd like you to return and continue living the life you've always wanted,” Lunaris said with a smile.“Oh, you mean I didn't have to die for you to take my body?” Gabriella asked.“Yes, Gabriella. If everyone knew that you were still alive, they would not have grown as much as they have now... especially Marie. I had to make everyone believe that your death was necessary for me to come to this world, so that the plot I couldn't finish years ago would finally be completed,” Lunaris responded.“Oh, I can't believe it's been four months already. How's Marie and the others doing?
CHAPTER 307~3RD PERSON’S POV~Marie and her sisters, Cortana and Yuna, sat inside a large metal dome created by Angela. Angla had created multiple domes like this to accommodate the entire army of Vedantya, and this was because the temperature of the atmosphere has risen to an unbearable level. Daniella used her manipulation of heat to cool down the domes so the occupants wouldn't die of heat stroke.The air around the domes looked like it had been stained with gasoline fumes, and rocks around them had begun melting.Valerie tried again and again to open a portal but failed every single time. The spell that blocked her ability to use spatial magic wasn't very powerful but was somehow too complex for her to undo. It was like the spell reformed itself at light speed every time she broke it, and there was no way of stopping it.“This is bad. If we stay here longer than this, the whole world is going to melt down,” Angela said with worry on her face.“No, we can't give up yet; I'm sure I
CHAPTER 306~3RD PERSON’S POV~“What have you done to me?!!” Agnes yelled with a gory voice.“I poisoned you, Agnes. Ordinarily, poison wouldn't be enough to kill a witch like you, but depending on how powerful the poison is, it would be enough to weaken you. The souls of the fallen Immortals despise you, Agnes. But as much as they want to escape, as souls, they're not nearly strong enough to go against the spell you put on them. It's just like Sabbath and Mary; without Mary's body, Sabbath can't use his power. So, without Agnes's body, the immortals are weak to her spells. But spells require serious mental concentration and physical reinforcement to hold together, and once those two things weaken, the spell comes apart and the souls of the Immortals have their chance to escape.” Agnes gripped her stomach tightly as she felt an agonizing pain coming up. She bled from her nose and mouth as the souls of all the Immortals began seeping out of her body and flying off. “After the Immor
CHAPTER 305~3RD PERSON'S POV~~years ago~“You idiot, don’t go playing with sharp objects if you’re going to lose your mind like that; you know how dangerous that power of yours is,” Agnes queried.“I’m so sorry, I was only trying to get over my fear of blood; it’s really hard,” Mary replied nervously, stroking the back of her head slowly.“Don’t do that anymore. You’ll end up hurting everyone around you,” Agnes said. “But I’ll have you to slap me back to my senses before that happens, right?” Mary said.Agnes smiled. “Yeah, but next time I’ll make sure to slap you even harder so you get knocked out before coming back to your senses.” Both she and Mary laughed together, and the four teachers just stared at them with confused expressions on their faces.~•••~“I lied to you the other day, Mary. I’m not friends with you because you’re a good person or make life interesting for me. I mean, you do, but that’s not the reason.”“Then what is?” Mary asked.“It’s because I feel very ashamed
CHAPTER 304~3RD PERSON’S POV~Mary was accompanied into the building by a group of four people. Two of them were maids, and the other two were Agnes’s soldiers. All four of them still had that eerie smile on their faces, and their eyes still glowed bright red, making them look like their minds were being controlled. They walked into the glass building and led Mary to a magical elevator that didn’t require electricity to work. Mary had her guard up, prepared to launch an attack at anyone who tried to annoy her. At this moment, she was already very pissed off, and anyone who tried to attack her now would be walking into their grave.The elevator door closed and started to rise up the building. Everyone was unusually quiet, and none of Mary’s escorts wanted to make eye contact with her. Mary watched them through the glass wall in front of her—they looked like dolls, stiff and lifeless, like they had been programmed to only move when they were given orders.The elevator rose for over tw
CHAPTER 303~3RD PERSON’S POV~The team of eight continued to fight against the Asuras, cutting through and destroying their forces with as much speed, strength, and precision as they could. They all fought with rage in their hearts, determined to end the battle as quickly as possible, but the Asuras were just too many. It didn't matter what the team did or what amount of power they used; the Asuras just kept coming like an endless sea of stars.The Asuras armor-like skin had become so strong that Edith's blade and Anima Morning Star both broke on impact. The two Immortals had to summon their weapons again and again during the fight just to avoid getting killed. They had to look for a new way to kill these Immortals, and that way was to attack them at points where their armour didn't cover—the gaps in the skin that revealed their glowing orange flesh. Targeting these parts was especially difficult for the werewolves because they didn't have long-range weapons, and getting too close t
CHAPTER 302~3RD PERSON'S POV~Nicole and Melody moved swiftly through the forest, toward the area where the forcefield was located. Nicole hovered using a glowing, orange, magical disc, and Melody just flew around, dodging the trees and large rocks in the way. They both had already seen the helicopter fly off, so they knew Mary was already going against her parents. Their only problem was getting to the forcefield, as the distance it was from where they opened their portal was too much. “Hey, couldn't you just use spacial magic to take us there? It's starting to look like this forest is playing tricks on us,” Melody asked, turning to Nicole.Nicole looked around, her eyes scanning past each tree, shrub, and rock. “I can't use spacial magic or any other kind of magic. Something is blocking me from doing it. This is bad; it means we can't teleport home unless we can find a place where I will be able to use spatial magic,” she responded. “But you're right,” she continued, then stopped