Luhan stared at the palace again as he paced in the woods. His face was covered with cold sweat when he felt a swoosh of wind behind his back and finally his stiff shoulders loosen.
"Oh lord, you are finally here!" That was the hardest three hours of his life! He swore he had never been this worried even when he had gone for war.
Out of thin air, a man appeared who smiled and then started walking.
"My lord, I heard that the area is not raining enough. And not only that…"
"Would you stay silent Luhan?" he asked cutting her, "could you not see i am busy!" no! He could not see.
He stared at his master who was just standing and doing nothing. More than that, his master had never refused work.
What had changed!
Before he could ask again, his master waved his hands in the mid air and disappeared again.
"Oh great!"
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Thea slept well in her room. No one dared to interrupt her after the commotion of yesterday. Even when everyone joined the breakfast table, no one asked for her presence.
When she finally woke up after a long time, her body felt rejuvenated. She had to find a way to meet that man again and take another treatment.
After she had coughed dark blood, she was getting better and better.
After taking a good bath, when she ordered the food, the maids stood behind her with a serene look when remembered something and suddenly asked.
"Why is it so silent in the palace? I am getting bored. Bring me the information tablet for today." Her voice did not show any excitement that could draw the attention of the maids but her words were enough to cause a stir in the silent room.
"That.. my lady.. All the information tablets were burnt and there is none left." said the maid with a bow of her head as she looked afraid that Thea would punish them again.
"Burnt! Why?" she blinked her eyes innocently as she stared at the maid in confusion who looked at others for help.
When one of the brave one came forward,
"My lady, there was some news about the second miss but we are not sure what it was! Your highness ordered the knights to burn all the information tables circulating in the whole capital. So, it would be difficult to find one not only in the palace but anywhere."
Thea raised a brow! She had underestimated the power of the duke. He burnt it as if the whole empire belonged to him.
But she was assured that he would never find the source. She had hidden it too well.
Taking another bite of the food, she waved to the maid to come closer.
"Why? What did it contain exactly? You can tell me!" the maid hesitated but in the end shook her head again when Thea sighed and left the room.
Once she was down, the whole palace was silent as if it was mourning.
She went and sat in the parlor but her mother was not there. She walked to the garden when she noticed that the doors of the palace were closed, something that had never happened before.
"Why are the doors closed?" she asked a guard who hesitated.
"Your highness asked us to close the door and not to take any visitors for the whole week." hmm! So they were trying to oppress everyone!
But if the fire would not spread. How was she going to warm her hands.
A smirk formed on her lips as she kept walking and when no one was watching her, she jumped the wall using the thin tree as leverage.
Reaching on the other side, she used her magic and reached the market in no time.
Going to a shop, she asked for a burnt information tablet and then rewrote it.
Once she was done, she casted a spell she knew she would need today after hearing the maids.
"Oh my! Is this news true?" she asked in a loud voice while hiding her face under a veil when many were attracted to her.
"Then even have pictures. I never thought that the elder lady of the house of duke would be this bold. But isn't it fine? After all, they are going to get married."
"...." her soft chuckles were only met with deafening silence as no one dared to correct her that this was the second daughter in the pictures with her brother in law.
"Hey you! Do you not know that using an information tablet is denied today? Give it to us?" the guards came following hearing the commotion when she raised a brow.
Everyone here had an affinity to magic so it took them no time to cast a spell to burn the tablet again but.. It did not work?
They stared at it and then at the girl with a confused face.
"You! She had casted a forbidden magic on the tablet, sir Falrom." complained the knight to his seniors when he was not able to get rid of it when Thea frowned.
She had heard about forbidden spells. It makes their user weak and gives them curse and punishment for their greed and sons. But she was sure she had only used the book of basic magic and did not dip into dark necromancy.
Moreover she did not feel any kind of pain.
But the knights frowned and tried again. This time they were sure that the young knight was right.
"A demon! She is a demon not a witch! Catch her and burn her to the stakes."
Thea was confused. She still did not have much knowledge when it came to the spells. After what that warlock had done, she was feeling better so she read a few spells and practiced them for her favor.
"That is not a forbidden magic but a basic magic to protect things from damage, you fool." she argued back but it only horrified them further.
"That is against the laws of nature, and anything that is against the laws of nature is a forbidden spell. Now surrender yourself and we will think of a lighter punishment. Your death would be made easier." he offered when her eyes narrowed.
Why does it matter as long as she was killed and wasn't magic in itself was against the laws of nature. She found those men absurd and shook her head.
She was ready to fight with all of them even if she had to take out her dagger and slit all of them.
She was an assassin and close combat was her specialty. Without hesitating for a second, she took out the dagger and took her stance when the man gritted their teeth and attacked her at once.
But before they could touch her, she felt herself flying in the air and swaying away from them.
Everyone saw how the demon flew in the air and gasped.
"Did she have an affinity for the wind?" asked a knight as they whispered spells to control the air around her but shockingly it did not work when they were ranked four air warlocks.
"It did not look like she was using wind." they exclaimed as their every action was futile.
Others frowned and used other spells to stop her but nothing worked. The young demon must be too strong for no spell to work on them.
Her presence created havoc in the whole plaza and everyone was soon talking about her.
"Save us from the demon! She is very strong." Many young and weak maidens with only one rank started making noise when chaos started.
In the eyes of everyone, Thea flew away but she knew the truth, she had not learnt any flying magic so far. She was only dipping hands in magic, she thought she would need to not strain this young body.
Someone was holding her. She could feel the grip of someone around her waist and then him walking leisurely in the air as if it was a path paved for him and was covered with soft velvet clothes.
She could feel his breath on her neck as if he was hugging her softly in his arms and enjoying their intimate time. If it would have been any other time, she would have already sliced his neck even when she was not able to see it by her experience but he had saved her.
Once they were far enough and she could not see the mad crowd anymore, she started to struggle in the arms of the invisible man.
"Let me go now! They were left behind and I did not need your help anymore." she announced when she heard the sligh chuckle but still the person paused respecting her wishes.
She stood firmly on her feet on the ground and then forwarded her hands, "thank you for your help.'' She wanted to shake hands but nothing happened when she realized this land did not know about shaking hands but they bowed their heads to show gratitude and respect.
"Aah.. I mean I am grateful to you." she whispered as she bowed but still no reply came. But she was sure that the person had not left yet. She could feel his presence.
"Who are you and why did you help me? If you will tell me your identity I will come to thank you in a better way in the future." she offered with a smile when the air around her started to move.
The person did not speak so she did not know the danger but just as she finished her words, silver light started to move in the air forming the letters.
"I am nobody. So I do not have a name. You do not need to thank me, I was not helping you. I just enjoyed the chaos."
"......." the silver words left a cold and arrogant impact on her as she stared at them for a few seconds before smiling again.
"Even then, you have helped me. So you are my friend. If you do not want to share your identity, I will not ask you again but you can come to me if you ever need any kind of help.. You have my words, I will do anything to help you." she waited for the reply while taking her brain. She was not even sure what kind of magic was that since she had not seen or heard anyone doing that.
But just as she was to leave, the air whooshed again.
"Anything?"There was a provoking hint in it when she nodded her head with confidence.
"Yes, anything that would be in my hands. I could have lost my life there. So you are my benefactor." This time, she heard the chuckle and it belonged to a man.
"Alright, then we will meet again." the words came out of thin air glowing golden this time giving her a warm and friendly ambience when she finally felt relief. She nodded her head and bid the person goodbye before running from there.
Moving around without changing clothes would be dangerous for her.
Just as she disappeared from there, the person in the mask who had been to her house a day ago came out of thin air with a smile on his face.
"You must remember your promise little girl since i need something much precious from you." with that he disappeared again when he heard the noises of men around him. Those who were following Thea to kill her reached there when he rolled his eyes and hands and the ground started to shake badly until all of them fell down into the cracks of the earth.
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