Issac and Aradia ran to tackle the stone doll. They were nothing more than puppets, illusions to be exact but even so it took a great amount of effort to deal any actual damage
Their swords were not helpful whatsoever, it was very much mandatory to look for a weak stop, otherwise they would not make it out alive today
Aradia was keeping it occupied while Issac tried to find something they could use against it
Even though their thoughts were all over the place they still worked together with great efficiency
It was all happening very quickly, so much so even Issac was starting to break into a sweat
Aradia's thighs burned from moving around so much but she couldn't stop right now of all times
"I get it now.."
Issac mumbled under his breath, it was so quiet against the constant noise of steel crashing against stone the red head almost missed it
Issac looked at her, Aradia was behind the doll but she could still Issac just fine
"Stay in place"
Aradia didn't know if it was meant for her or the doll, either way she stood still, ready to fight again if needed
But that was not necessary. Isaac was still training, he hadn't even properly met Mei yet but he still possessed such great power, it felt almost wrong
He moved so quickly that no one could see him, only long strides of his blond hair was moving in the air
In the blink of an eye he was once again standing in front of the doll but he looked far more worn down than he did before
He panted heavily while his legs shook, unable to hold up his weight any further. Before falling to the ground, Issac used his sword to lightly hit the frozen stone doll
It collapsed.
Aradia realised in time and managed to run back, Clara had yanked Isaac back as well because she realised even before the red head
The stone was cut very evenly on all the limbs.. or was it?
Something glistening in the low light of the attic caught the red head's eye, it was string. The very string that held up the illusion doll
At the end of the day, everything was an illusion orchestrated by the violet witch but not everything can be an illusion, some support is needed from time to time and this was one of them
The second doll was walking around mindlessly close by and tripped over its comrades head, going crashing down against the other stone pieces and crumbling as well
An agonizing shrill filled the space, the violet witch's carefully crafted creatures had just been destroyed, it took a lot of power and energy to maintain so many illusions at once and someone ruining them was even worse
Issac was about to pass out but became awake once again because of the noise
Aradia sat there stupidly, unaware of how to act
At that very moment Clara threw something small her way from where she was sitting with Isaac in her care
The red head managed to catch it just before it fell, it was a matchbox
She looked at her now older sister, Aradia knew what this meant but she hadn't even thought about Clara letting her of all people do it
"What are you looking at? Burn it"
Clara said those words with such venom, it would make anyone think she had a lifetime rivalry with the violet witch
Aradia slowly got to her feet, her thighs screamed at her but she ignored it, a little bit of pain in nothing
Her sword was left discarded on the floor like an unwanted child, the red head slowly walked over to the painting on the room where the witch was currently using many colourful worlds to curse everyone and everything out
"You rats!"
She screamed yet again, oblivious to what is about to happen to her, oblivious to her closely approaching second death, just like before. Old habits die hard
Aradia didn't say anything, simply stopping a few feet away from the painting to have a sensible distance and took out a matchstick, she stared at it like it was something alien
That caught the witches attention
"You wouldn't dare-"
"Oh, I would"
Aradia said those words with no regard for what's to come next, she was not trying to kill the violet witch, no, she was trying to kill her past, her mother
"You can't do this to me!"
The red head didn't say anything or let the witch finish, she lit the match with fascination, it was like she was seeing a flame for the first time and perhaps she was
The violet witch was panicking, trying to think of something, anything that would save her life
"Don't you want to know who was the person that came after your death!?"
She said in a hurry, blurting her words to almost indistinguishable
Aradia paused and looked straight at her
"What?"
She could feel the eyes of everyone else in the attic on them, but she needed answers
"Yeah- don't you want-"
"How do you know about that?"
Aradia tilted her head off to the side slightly, holding the matchstick in one hand that was no longer useful
The red head didn't trust a word she said, after all she was the illusion witch, not a fortune-teller. And Yeon Haa herself doesn't remember anything of that sort ever happening, so for all she knows the witch could be bluffing
But Aradia doesn't care either way, even if something of that sort has happened, she will find out the answers herself, she doesn't need someone else to tell her
"Too bad, I don't care"
Aradia lit another matchstick and flicked it towards the painting, setting it ablaze
The violet witch's agonized screams, both a cry for help and cruises, filled everyone's ears
As Aradia watched the hungry flames engulf the painting, she came to a realisation, Astolfo didn't kill the witch or the dolls
The red head was about to look back at the others but she heard a creaking noise, everyone else had heard it too. Everyone turned their heads
The mansion was cracking.
Bonus:
*Flirting to capture the violet witch (gone wrong)*:
Ellen: if you were a flower, you'd be a Dandelion
Violet witch: ..., bitch okay, first of all, a Dandelion is a fucking weed-
To be continued...
What's up people, it is I again, Yan
I posted on time for once, a round of applause for me, thank you, thank you
Anyway, how are you doing today beautiful person? ;)
I woke up so late today bro and started working on this and editing as necessary lol
Who cares? Sleep schedule is a social construct
I wrote the whole thing yesterday in one go, and if you want to ask what I did the rest of the week, no you don't
So fun fact, school was supposed to start from January but our textbooks haven't even gotten printed yet soooo yeah we good till February and if really lucky March
It's so fun watching all my international friends complain/freak out about midterms/finals when mine are already over muhahahah
Ahm- anyway :3
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I liked writing it
AND OMG FINALLY THIS ARC WILL END IN THE NEXT CHAPTER I'M SO DONE WITH WRITING VIOLET WITCH I HATE THIS WORD
Have a good day, afternoon, evening or night
Once again please forgive this lowly author for any grammatical mistakes
And I'll see you all in the next chapter
Adios amigo
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