The sun had long been settled at the western horizon and up above the sky the shining moon that was shaped like a sickle took its place. Captain Styles was with Audrey's squad, inside one of the quarters to share a meal with them.A scrumptious meal was prepared by a crew as a welcome gift to the new people on board. However, these young sorcerers appeared rather reserved."There is no need to stand on ceremony, no call to impress anyone."Captain Styles insinuated when he noticed that the youngsters were being too modest in front of the table. It was his idea to invite them to dine with him, to begin with. He figured this was a nice gesture considering that this would be their first night at his ship.At first, outsiders would be fooled to believe that this was all an act of goodwill on the other party's part. Only those with the keenest sense of awareness would think otherwise. Unfortunately for him, Audrey and her friends belonged to the latter. They may be young at age, but there
During her first night being on board at Captain Styles ship, Audrey had a strange dream."Help! Anyone there... please help me... Heeeeeeelp!!!!"She found herself screaming on top of her lungs. Yet no person came to her rescue.No one is there to save the poor little lass trapped inside the burning room. Audrey kept on shouting for help. A futile attempt to save her own dear life. But the street ahead was dead silent. Only the occasional flickering of the streetlight can be seen on the empty road as she tried to push herself away from the toxic air. The only door in her room suddenly fell and then there was a sudden burst of flame." I'm doomed..." she muttered under her breath with a despondent tone. Then she looked back to her window where there is no sign of life since it is in the middle of the night. Then back to her room as the fire keeps on spreading so fast and soon to consume her entire room."Don't lose hope, there's gonna be a way out of this... don't get scared... it's o
When Audrey tried opening her eyes again, the gray sky greeted her. Raindrops keeps pouring on her face as she lied on her back . Her body was facing the sky and is currently soaked with rainwater mixed with her own blood. But for some reason, she could not feel any pain; it was as though the blood around her was not hers in the first place. Nonetheless, a gasped escaped her lips when it dawned on her where she was actually lying. The pool of blood surrounding her convinced her that everything that transpired were for real.“I though it was all but a dream. But how could it explain this?”She mumbled underneath her breath as she tried to make sense of the situation. Little did she know that she was still inside the dreamland; she woke up from the previous dream only to find out in the end that she was still within another dream of her own. “What am I doing here? What is this place?”She thought out loud. Confusion was clearly written all over her face because even up until that poin
Since it comes down to it, Audrey also decided to give his grandfather a visit as well with an intention to inquire about his missing brother or if there is any news of him."It is my reckoning that the time is ripe for you to learn of your origin."Please don't tell me I'm adopted.""Adopted? That is downright hilarious, my dear."" You are a true born Lee, why would you think I would dote a stranger's child? You are my own flesh and blood through and through. But I am talking about your maternal family."Should she become curious and started asking about his ancestry, you were to tell her this: My daughter, Audrey, has Lilith's blood on her, just as I am and all the Chieftess of Mystic Muses that come before us. Tell her she was destined to take my place in the highest council way before she was even born. But as her mother, I would not like to burden her by it. The position would only be officially hers is she chose to. But know that there is a power in her blood, far greater than
Considering that it was already halfway through the day when Audrey’s group came across Captain Styles and his crew, plus the considerable amount of time it took for them to keep the negotiation rolling to their advantage, it did not come as a huge surprise when the lots of them only started sailing back into the open water when dusk was already closing in. Not that they have any complaints against it; after all, it was not like they have a say on the matter. They were not exactly in the position to be calling shots, in the first place. They could already count themselves lucky to meet someone who could rescue them from the underwater cave. Otherwise, there was no telling how long they would stay trapped in that god forsaken place.However, as the wind carried their sail forward, Steve suddenly realize an anomaly.“How come this ship is doing this?”He muttered under his breath. At this point, the guy was already wearing a conflicted expression as a result of his perplexion. So when A
“We still have a few hours left before our departure. In the meantime, go ahead and feel free to make yourself busy with your own stuff.”After a short while, Captain Styles made this announcement and almost immediately, everyone from his crew cheered and left whatever they were doing. Judging by how quickly these people reacted, Audrey’s friends could tell right away that this was how the captain and his crew normally carried out their typical task throughout day.“Interesting.”David could not help but comment and without him knowing it, he was already nodding his head in complete approval. The fact that Captain Styles could command this kind of cooperation spoke volumes of how good he was at doing his thing. The instant the captain gave the w
“You dare make a fool of people?! You must be seeking death!”The queen roared as soon as Audrey and her friends were brought to her presence. The news of them escaping the imprisonment by using sorcery and tricking her constituents to do their bidding enraged to the monarch.“Do you think my kingdom is a joke?”She went on to throw them a rhetorical question. But even without them answering her, she was already fuming with rage.“This is unforgivable. A blasphemy to the highest degree! And because of that, I sentence you to be the lowest of my slaves. Now, I will turn you people into fish to exfoliate my royal feet!"Everyone was like…The heck?When they heard the sentence given to them. At first it sounded petty and lame for them. However, when realization hit them, that was when they understand how dreadful was the punishment they were about to receive because if that were to happen, then they would be bound to forever servitude doing nothing but eating the callus off of the queen
"It's true, his blood holds some power. But only traces of it, an insignificant amount. In fact, he barely possesses any; too faint if I might add. His incompetence almost forced me to drain every last drop of blood there is in his body before I could even produce any gratifying outcome. "Anyway, I am glad those vermins, whoever they were, helped me get rid of that pest of a son of yours. I plan to thank them in person in the near future. I have a feeling it will be sooner than I am expecting.""That boy may be your firstborn and he may came from an impressive bloodline and have Lilith's blood flowing in his vein. But I imagine it was nowhere near as potent as quite the likes of that of your daughter's. After all, the deity's power was only passed down to the female descendant. Aye?"The thing is, as soon as a descendant of Lilith got pregnant with a female child, all the deity power she holds will be drained out from her body and be used as a nourishment to the fetus; in a way Audre
[Distract them for me.]“Was it not only right for Steffi to get to use to eye whenever she feels like it?? I mean, she is older than the two of you so naturally, she was supposed to have more authority above both of you, no?.”“Ehhh… She’ll be fine. I’m the youngest so they should let me wear it more.” (Meredith)“The kid is right. The eldest should have the eyeball. She is a genius” (Steffi)Steve, on the other hand, seemed to get what Audrey was trying to do, so he said something that would surely add fuel to the fire.“But what about the middle child? I am sure, Ariel wants to have her turn too.&rdqu
“Now, where are we? Right, cooking.”Steffi changed the topic on purpose, before turning to her sisters.“I need the eye to check if it's ready, who has it?”“It’s around here, somewhere,”Meredith replied as she started to rummage through a pile of disorganized drawers. She felt obliged to respond since she was the last one to use the Magus Eye. Unfortunately, she forgot where she left it.“The last time I saw it, you put it in the utensils compartment, Meredith” Steffi insinuated using a lazy tone so the other party rebutted,“Don’t use that tone with my name.”Ariel on the other hand joined in this time to inform them that the eye was nowhere to be seen.“It’s not there this time.”After a while of contemplation, Meredith’s face lit up as she recalled something.“Aha! Steffi always put it in the dish cabinet:”And just like that, she found where her sister was hiding it.Consequently, the group found it interesting to watch how the three sisters could be talkative without having t
“I agree with Ariel. Why don’t we invite them over? This way, we could continue our chat there whilst they take their much-needed rest.” This time, it was Meredith who spoke and she deliberately told her sisters this. Nonetheless, she has spoken the words loud enough to be heard by others. The students, on the other hand, were beyond ecstatic when they overhear the ongoing conversation. But decided that it would be best not to allow their emotion to show on their faces. At this point, Meredith turned to the group and greeted them with a bow. “Let me apologize on my sister’s behalf. The thing is, it has been a while since we had visitors. As such, we are no longer accustomed to receiving guests.” She insinuated before she slowly approached the bunch of bewildered youngsters; careful not to bump her toe as she felt her way through the darkness. Her blindness was made obvious by her action and it made her appear pitiful to any onlooker. Truth be told, the Grae’s current act of displ
“Seriously, when will they stop obsessing over Cercei?”Tsking in annoyance, Steffi stealthily moved her slender fingers next to the Magnus Eye with the full intention of taking it back from her younger sister’s possession.“These people were getting on my nerves!”She purposely added this to appeal to her sisters’ sentiment so that their minds could focus somewhere else and they would not notice it once she started hogging the magic eye all for herself again. Meanwhile, her plan worked, as it always did. Ariel readily agreed to her and with a voice full of despondency, she said,“That’s how the mage community works. They fear what they could not understand and so they are set on destroying anything that they cannot control.”Ariel finished with an exasperated sigh. Meredith, on the other hand, could not help but clenched her fist as she was reminded of their good friend’s plight. Then with her brows knitted together, she roared,“The gal did not deserve all this hatred.”Meanwhile, t
On the flip side, rewinding the clock a tad, just a few minutes before Audrey’s group discovered that they unknowingly fall under a spell, the Graes were already watching them. “The eye! Who has the eye?” Meredith, the youngest, shouted at the top of her lungs. Steffi, on the other hand, stepped away from the giant cauldron before answering. “Over here. I had it with me.” She purposely put a safe distance between her and her two sisters before taking the eye out from her pocket. Afterward, she put the eyeball inside her empty socket. Meanwhile, Ariel, the middle child among the three sisters complained, “You again? You are always snagging our eyes by yourself.” “I know right? Give us a chance as well.” Meredith seconded. But Steffi only rolled her removable eye and mumbled, “Oh, shut up! Stop whining, it's because I have more use of this than the two of you combined.” Ariel no longer argued. But Meredith was different. “Give me that, it is my turn today.” She insinuated and
“But this was done in consideration of what was the lesser evil. News about how the petrifying monster has been terrorizing the Black Forest had already reached the ears of the masses and as a result, was causing mayhem among the people; both non-magic and magic practitioners alike. If it was not for that, the mage community would not make a move.” “Terrorizing, you say.” The Grae mockingly repeated Niccoli’s word that struck her noggin the most. Then with a contemptuous scoff, she added, “What an interesting choice of words considering that it was you, students, who made the first move against her. If you were to ask me, I think it is more accurate to say that it was the other way around. You all are the ones doing the terrorizing. You brought the melee with you and now that she retaliated, you turned her into a villain?” Everyone fell silent afterward but it was not because they were trying to come up with better arguments to refute the other party’s words. Rather, it was due to
Audrey was on her dormitory bed when all that happened, and she was absolutely oblivious to the problem that was headed her way. Meanwhile, the results of the examination were announced on the third day. The students gathered around the square early in the morning and crammed in front of the announcement board to check their results. They also wanted to find out which class they had been allocated to. Niccoli dragged Audrey into the heavily obstructed crowd and finally came before the Herbalist Division’s announcement board. Niccoli immediately found their names, and as expected, both of them had obtained the highest marks for the test. They were also allocated to the Herbalist Division’s violet class for that autumn enrollment. Niccoli was also excited to see the name ‘Andrew’ written on the top of the list. Everyone envied her marks. “Andrew! You are the first! You are the first!” Niccoli was extremely surprised and held onto Audrey’s shoulder. He was very excited, and it was as i
[Alright, I must admit it’s my fault this time. My bad.] “As you should!” Ultimately, Nero acknowledged the part he played in inciting the agitated hut to action. But he also did not forget to let Audrey know that he did not appreciate her tone. [Needless to say, raising your voice is completely unnecessary. Besides, getting mad at me won’t change anything, will it? You’re kind of embarrassing me, just you know.] The cat tried to reason out but with her and her friends’ lives at stake and almost put in danger, Audrey did not back away easily this time. “Oh yeah? Then swear to me that from now on, you will be mindful of your choice of words. We have to be careful with every word we are saying because it was not every time that we got a chance to take it back.” Meanwhile, Nero’s response came shortly. However, it was so brief. Moreover, it did not sound sincere either. [Okay. I promised] So Audrey prompted the cat to state the matter precisely because she did not want him to circ
“What if the Graes already took notice of us as soon as we entered their perimeter and right now, we are under a spell; making our eyes play a trick on us? What if what we are seeing right now is not real?”“Well, if that is the case, then I guess there is only one way to check it.”Audrey insinuated and without wasting another breath, she said the passphrase."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."Slowly, it dawned on the others as well what was possibly happening and so without waiting to be told what to do, they recited the same thing too."Turn your back to the forest, your front to me."They whispered into the air one after another and almost immediately, the landscape changed into something else, right before their naked eyes.Everyone watched with an awestruck face as the trees turned into fences. At the same time, just a few feet away from where they were standing, they noticed how an empty lot from moments ago started to morph into what seemed to be an inconspicuou