The morning council meeting took longer than it usually does since the last five years today because for the first time In a long time the king was actually paying attention to the meeting and contributing in one way or the other, as surprising as it was, no one noticed it as everyone was busy trying to come up with a better suggestions in how to conduct the up coming competition. The council members debated on different options and made new suggestions as to how the competition should be carried out to protect everyone's interest but till now, no solid decision has been made.
My wise council members, we have all put our heads together and so far so good we have come up with at least a solution to two of our crisis, as to how the competition would be carried out without room of letting one of the rebels into the palace thereby risking our plans and the kingdom at large, I say we carry on with the competition as planned. I am not a weak king and I think it's high time to let those rebels experience the wrath of my warth. They better hope I don't get them or the goddess bear me witness I will pull out their heart with my bare hands and feed it to my hounds.
There is no other way to go about this so, we carry on with our plan and also be prepared for them in the process.
My king, this is risky, this decision is risking your life and the crown of Lucia, the goddess forbid but if anything is to happen to you now, with no successor to the throne? Am afraid the kingdom will fall into much more deeper crisis and chaos than what we are experiencing now. Said council man Mizosski.
I know the weight of my decision and for the sake of Lucia, I have decided to carry it for my people. I can't live another day with this current problem knowing that the only chance we have is not carried out just because we are scared of a small group of ingrates who choose to wage war against their home rather than protect it form intruders.
And so the decision was made, council man Mizosski was assigned the task of making as much flintlock as he possible can, the king even assigned twenty hefty men to assist him in his workshop so that the work might be ready in no time.
In the garden, violet and Axel are sitting with deep frowns on their forehead. The plans the humans made only favor the humans and both of them being supernaturals need to find a way of not being detected. And the flintlock, if not that there is no better way of protecting the human in the human ways, Axel would have personally gotten rid of that weapon. He is now a traitor to his race as he is helping create a powerful weapon that can kill any supernatural in no time.
What will we do Axel, asked violet, her tune and face depicting fear and worries, they can't find out that we are supernaturals.
How dare you ask me such questions, are you not the dark witch here, I thought you people had answers to everything replied Axel in anger and frustration.
The answer I have in mind will do help but it will slow down our progress, our purpose. We are supposed to take the human realm from this pathetic creatures and make here our paradise, violet said with so much anger and disappoint.
And what answer do you have that is a blessing and a curse.
The slave collar, I can make it into a wristlet, it will suppress our supernatural form and make us as ordinary as a human, am not sure it will work as I have never tried it before.
Nice, get to work, I want it ready before the scholars find that history book.
Why do you sound like you were waiting for this to happen, did you know about the flintlock before now?
How dare you talk to me like that you veil creature, show some respect I am your King!.
You are no king of mine Axel!, Violet shouted back at ones. or did you forget, dark witches are free creatures and bows to no one. Just so you know we are business partners and like it or not we are in this together, so you should start treating me as an equal and not one of your stupid council members.
Such audacity said Axel, give a poor man a mattress to sleep and he request for pillows
I have not had an easy life, from birth I have lived a life of exile, no real place to call home. Do you know how I had survived in all those years? Adaptation, I adapt to my environment and situation faster like am changing my face. You just said that's the only shitty idea you can come up with, so unless you have something better than this then I suggest you inform me now or other wise get to work and stop standing there like a monument, business partners, axel hissed.
You must know, this will cause a minor set back in getting your ghouls.
What! I want those ghouls more than I want you so see that it's ready in a week, they have to leave the human realm before the scholars discover how to identify a supernatural.
You are too slow in your work violet. Axel walked out of the garden and head straight to his quarter. He doesn't know how the memories of Molly resurfaced but he is determined to see her again.
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It's been a whole week and violet had manage to make the ghouls ready to track down kora and return her to the human realm today. Just like before, axel throw one of kora's belonging to the ghouls and gave them the instructions to return her harmless to the human realm. And so ten new set of ghouls leaves the human realm tonight.
I have done what you asked of me axel, and such dark magic has taken almost all of my powers, I need a life force to replenish mine said violet in her true form.
Yes violet you have and I am glad, unfortunately, I forget to bring the reward here. You see, I am not a dark witch so forgive me as I had forgotten to bring you someone you can sap from.
The truth is, Axel is still mad at how violet addressed him a week back and secondly, somehow axel found out that violet is the reason he is seeing Molly in his dreams recently. Axel once worked for dark witches so he has a fair knowledge of how they operate so this is his opportunity to show her her place.
What do you mean Axel said violet in a weak and desperate voice, I told you to come with it last night
And I forgot it this morning, you see it happens that someone has been going through my head the past few days and has made memories of good time resurfaced so I tend to forget all other things in the morning violet, even things as important as this.
You can't do this to me Axel, we bind our souls together, if I die you die remember?
Yeah right, about that, thanks for reminding me I nearly forgot about it, business partner. But the thing is, I didn't bring anything, I forgot. But I assure you, if you leave now you might find someone to sap from before your rotten skin fall off your bones Axel said as he walked out of the hidden cave.
Angry, violet mustered any strength she could and stood up to the cave entrance leading outside the palace, but she needs blood to open the door. A creature as old as she is would have no blood in her, normally she is supposed to be dead so she is a living corpse with no blood in her veins. Weak, she fell to the floor as her bones could no longer support her weight. As she feel the life leave her body she closed her eyes and got ready to die but she didn't feel sad cause she knows the minute she died, axel will be next.
The cave entrance opend up and axel walked in with a little girl dressed in rag clothes and a hut bun in her hand, with no care to what is going on around her, she had followed the lion into its den.
Now let us rephrase that business deal we had maybe you had forgotten some of the parts of our deal, you work for me violet which means I own you, you live by my mercy, you breath because I let you to not because I am scared of you or because we bind our souls but because I still have things i want you to do. So the next time you raise your voice at me, or go through my past, or discuss about being my equal! I swear to you violet, it will be the last time you breath do you understand our deal?
Weak and not able to even respond she blinks her eyes twice as a yes but axel needed an actual word so he said, I can't hear you partner in a sarcastic tune.
Air like words left her as she mouthed yes.
Good said axel as he pushed the little girl to her and In a twinkle of an eye, the girls body dropped to the floor wrinkled.