Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Aria''s True Talent (II)


    Naturally, she couldn''t tell the maids and the guards that Aria was holding an evil book that would bring disaster to their country. Aria might get killed for attempting witchcraft.


    Furthermore, if anyone ever found out about the book and Aria practicing witchcraft, Anastasia would either be executed or exiled. She liked neither because she had vowed to keep her position as the Queen for the rest of her life.


    That''s the sole reason she married herte husband, King Tyrion, and she wouldn''t have it any other way.


    The Queen told the guard to open Aria''s door as she wanted to meet her daughter immediately, and once the door was opened, she frowned deeply as her nose was attacked with a foul stench of rotten meat.


    No, to be more precise, this was the stench of a corpse that had gone bad.


    The guards at the door held their breaths as they looked away. They didn''t dare to say anything as they were scared they''d be Princess Aria''s next victim.


    Anastasia wasn''t scared at all. She went through hell just to be a Queen, a mere witch wouldn''t scare her, especially if that witch was her own daughter.


    Thus, Anastasia stepped into the room, and the guards closed the door behind her.


    She looked around the dim room. Even in the middle of the day, the room was still somewhat dim, with only half of the curtain opened for a little source of light.


    "Mom? What are you here for?"


    Anastasia tried to find the source of the voice and got confused because she felt that Aria''s voice was echoing around each corner, "I''m here to talk about your progress. Where are you, Aria?"


    "Hehe, I''m all around," Aria said mischievously before she suddenly appeared right in front of her mother in a blink of an eye and grinned, "Boo."


    Anastasia held her breath, as she was both shocked by her sudden appearance and disgusted by the scent of Aria''s body. She took a step back and asked, "H- how could you do that? Is that part of your witchcraft?"


    "Yep, I can disappear anytime I want, like this-" Aria snapped her finger, and disappeared instantly as if she had been swallowed by the darkness. Anastasia looked around and then felt someone was blowing her ear, "Scary, right?"


    Anastasia panicked as she could sense Aria walking around her and hear her voice, but she couldn''t see her at all, "A-Aria, that''s enough. You''re creeping me out."


    Aria appeared in front of her mother again with a proud smile, "What do you think? This spell is the new one that I have learned from my book Necronomicon. Turns out I do have a talent to be a dark witch."


    Truthfully, Anastasia was also shocked by Aria''s growth. She didn''t expect her daughter to be very talented, "Then, what else have you learned from that book?"


    "Hmm, I''ve only learned three powerful spells. Turning invisible is thetest one, the second one is..." Anastasia pointed at the curtain, and it slid open on its own. "Telekinesis. I can move an object with my mind, as long as it''s not too heavy."


    "And the third one is..." Anastasia pointed at an ominous book at her study desk, and the book floated toward her until it stopped right in front of her. The book pages flipped on their own and it seemed to be moving based on Aria''s eye direction.


    Aria stopped flipping the pages with her power at a certain page and then pointed at a door where she usually kept her jewelry.


    When the door was opened, Anastasia gasped when she saw a man''s body inside. His limbs had been severed, but he was still breathing. He groaned in pain as if he was enduring constant excruciating pain.


    "Kill... me..." the man muttered with his remaining strength.


    Anastasia took a few more steps back. She covered her mouth, but her eyes were wide open as she was unable to understand what was happening right now.


    Aria was amused by her mother''s reaction, "What''s wrong, Mom? It''s just a man. Well, I''ve severed all of his limbs, but he''s still pretty much alive."


    "Aria! Do you hear yourself?! Why would you torture a human like this?! If you want to kill him, then just kill him immediately!"


    Anastasia might not have the peak of human morality, but she knew that torturing someone like this for no real reason was a true sign of psychopathy. She looked at her daughter incredulously, before shifting her gaze to the human without limbs and added, "That''s the prisoner you requested before, right? Then where are the rest? I got the


    information that you''ve taken at


    least five prisoners by now."


    "Dead," Aria replied curtly. She shrugged and said, "I killed them all as I need human sacrifice to


    strengthen my power. But their blood was dirty, so even after four sacrifices, I still didn''t feel a huge boost of dark power in me. I need someone with a pure heart as a sacrifice."


    Aria stared at her mother, and Anastasia panicked instantly, "D-don''t look at me


    like that. I am certainly not someone with a pure heart!"


    Aria chuckled, "Of course, you''re not, Mom. Your heart is so vile, I can see it with my own eyes, and it disgusts me."


    Anastasia didn''t like to be called out for her sins, so she shifted the topic immediately, "Then, what did you do to him? How could you keep him alive?


    "It''s simple. I just cut his limbs by using my telekinesis on a butcher knife, and once he is on the brink of death due to blood loss, I put an undying curse on her. It''s the first curse I''ve learned from


    Necronomicon. Anyone cursed by this cannot die no matter what until I


    told him to die. During that curse, they would always be in constant pain," Aria grinned. "Pretty neat curse, right? We can use them on our soldiers. So they will fight forever."