71 Chapter 71: Scalded
71 Chapter 71: Scalded
Swan was sitting inside her room at a table full of assorted snacks, desserts, and a pot of tea. It was another tea time with Aria, but it wasn''t Gale''s idea this time.
It was she who requested another tea time with Aria, mostly because she wanted to keep her half-sister away from Gale, knowing that she would use all kinds of methods to seduce him, and Swan wasn''t sure if Gale could resist the temptation.
On top of that, she was also curious about Aria''s reaction after what happened yesterday.
Would Aria continue to suspect her as a witch? Or would she drop the idea and start bullying her again?
It didn''t take long for Aria to open the door by herself and walk in with a big smile on her face. She didn''t seem hurt, and her hand waspletely intact.
Aria probably thought she was hallucinating yesterday, but Swan knew well it was real.
"G-good morning, Aria. Please have a seat..." Swan greeted nervously as she pointed at
the seat in front of hers.
Aria kept her smile as she sat facing Swan and poured herself a cup of tea.
She said nothing, and they drank their tea in silence until Swan mentioned, "I-I heard from Gale that you were hallucinating yesterday. You said that your hand melted."
“It''s not a hallucination," Aria said calmly. “I know damn well that you are a witch, Swan. I can feel the pain as my skin burned and my flesh melted. You can''t fool me with your stupid face.”
“You have no proof.......” Swan muttered. “Besides, your hand is fine, right?”
"That''s because you used your dark magic on me. Witches have to be burned at a stake for a reason," Aria said. “You should''ve known that Holy Achate would burn any woman who shows any signs of being a witch. Had I known that you were practicing witchcraft, I would''ve told the soldiers to burn you alive back in the Holy Achate."
Swan shuddered, imagining herself getting burned like a witch.
"B-but we are in the Kingdom of Beastmen right now. You can''t do that..."
"I know, but..." Aria rubbed a porcin cup with tea in it. She grinned as she stared at Swan and eximed, “I can do this!"
Aria threw the porcin cun with the scalding hot tea towards Swan''s face and Swan
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was too stunned to react.
She didn''t even have time to close her eyes as the porcin cup was about to hit her
face.
And then....
Crack!
Both Aria and Swan were stunned when they saw the porcin cup suddenly shattered right before it touched Swan''s skin, and all of the hot tea was repelled, as if Swan had
an invisible barrier around her body that prevented her from getting hurt.
“I knew it! You damned witch!" Aria got up from her seat and pointed at Swan with her index finger. She yelled, “I will tell Gale about this, so he will kick you out of the castle immediately.”
Swan''s heart raced immediately after hearing Aria''s threat. She had a good life here, and as an ordinary human who had been craving to be loved ever since she was a child, she wanted nothing but to keep the status quo with Gale, even if it was a fake one!
"D-don''t do that, Aria. I—I don''t even know how I got this power. It just manifested into me..." Swan pleaded in a low-almost whispering voice scared that Gale would identally hear her.
"Do you think I give a damn?! You must''ve charmed him with your spell because there is no way a Beast King would fall in love with a cripple!" Aria didn''t know what Swan might do next with her various dark spells, so she ran to the nearest window and yelled, "HELP ME! THE WITCH IS ABOUT TO GET ME! HELP!!!!" 1
Swan froze in her seat as she stared at the hysterical Aria, too taken aback to react.
It didn''t take long for Gale to burst the door open, and his eyes immediately darted
towards Swan.
“Swan! Are you alright?!” Gale asked. “Where is the witch?!”
"SHE is the witch!" Aria yelled as she quickly grabbed the teapot on the table and aimed it at Swan''s head. "Watch this! You will see how this pot will break without even hurting
her!"
Aria threw the pot as hard as she could toward her half-sister, and Swan kept on staring at the pot as if it was moving in slow motion.
She was despairing in her heart because she knew the moment an invisible shield was
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erected around her body, Gale would finally find out that she was indeed a witch.
She clenched her dress, bracing for impact when Gale dashed so fast that it looked like he was teleporting. He shielded Swan''s face with his hand and deflected the teapot until it bounced and hit Aria''s chest instead. Swan snapped out of her daze when she heard Aria''s voice screaming atop her lungs,
"Hot! It''s hot! Ahhh!"
Swan looked at Aria, who fell on the floor with her exposed shoulder and cleavage scalded by the hot tea. Gale paid her no mind as he checked on Swan.
“Swan, are you hurt? Did you get scalded somewhere?” Gale asked worriedly, and Swan
shook her head.
“I—I''m fine. You probably need to pay attention to her, instead..." Swan pointed at Aria, who was still writhing in pain as her skin was burning. 3
Gale turned his head and ordered the maids on the door, “Go and take her back to her
room. Make sure to give her a bucket of cold water, and don''t forget to call the doctor
to treat her."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The cat maids carried Princess Aria out of the room, but they couldn''t close the door because their King rammed it with his body and broke the hinge when he rushed in.
Swan stared at the door and then at Gale before muttering awkwardly, “Uhm... I–I''m not a witch, Gale. I don''t know what she was talking about. I-I don''t even know why she turned hysterical just now."
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