Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Dark Witch Aria (III)


    Swan was in so much pain, she had no strength to utter a word. She simply stared at Aria and silently wished that the time would pass quickly, and Gale would m the door open and save her.


    Aria could guess what was on Swan''s mind, and it made her happy knowing that Swan wouldn''t dare to talk back to her.


    ''Ah, this is better. She is meant to stay quiet and ept whatever punishment I give her. It has always been like this, and should stay like this forever,'' Aria thought. She took a deep breath and started telling Swan about what she had done to gain the dark power she had right now.


    "You see... after what you did to me in this castle, I returned to Holy Achate with so much anger. I couldn''t believe that you-a crippled bitch—dared to humiliate me in front of the Beast King. I want revenge, and since you are a witch, I''ve decided to be a witch as well," Aria revealed. "I got a mysterious book that guides me on how to be one, and starts sacrificing some prisoners and feeding on their hearts to get stronger."


    Swan intended to stay silent because she didn''t want to trigger Aria''s anger and experienced another bone-shattering pain.


    But she couldn''t help it when Aria mentioned sacrifice.


    "Aria, you... you killed people to be a witch?!"


    Arai raised her brow. She knew that Swan had a lot of sympathy for random people, even in the castle. She would often protect other maids from getting punished and took the punishment instead, especially whenever the old maids were making mistakes.


    She grinned as she realized she could use Swan''s empathy to fish her anger out, "Isn''t that obvious? You are also a witch like me, so you must''ve been sacrificing a lot of people too, right? But yes, I sacrificed five prisoners at first, but that''s not enough."


    "H-how many people did you sacrifice?" Swan asked.


    "Fifty," Aria confessed without hesitation. "They were the prisoners at first, then I decided to kill young women-I mean, the maids. Then I realized that mere maids wouldn''t be enough to get me stronger in a short time, so I did what the book instructed me to do. I sacrificed children."


    "CHILDREN?!"


    "Yep, children, kids, little people, whatever you want to call them," Aria giggled. "The book said that I can get powerful quickly as long as I sacrifice children, so I''ve been taking them from their family in the city, and eating their hearts!"


    Aria sounded so happy as she told Swan about these horrifying details. She liked seeing the expression that Swan made. Swan''s eyes immediately welled with tears as she imagined those children who had been killed for such a foolish ambition.


    "Why would you do that to them? What have they done wrong to you?" Swan asked in a trembling voice as she was trying to hold back her tears. "And why do you keep smiling like that? Aria, you are a child murderer!"


    "So what if I am?" Aria shrugged. "Oh, do you want to know how many kids I killed? Thirty-eight. They are all under ten years old, and I made sure I only took the ones who still have families, so they aren''t streetrats. It''s better that way because they are generally cleaner when l''eat their hearts."


    "ARIA!"


    "Ugh, can you stop yelling? Your voice is so uglypared to mine," Aria rolled her eyes, "Alright, alright, enough with the theater. Gale isn''t here, so you don''t need to act like a sinless angel. We both know that you also did the same."


    "What? What are you talking about?"


    "You are a witch, just like me. Of course, you''ve done your fair share of murder and sacrifice, right?" Aria smirked. "Stop acting like you are a saint. You are a filthy crippled witch."


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    "I''M NOT A WITCH!" Swan eximed. She yelled as loud as she could because she didn''t want to be associated with a monster like her half-sister. "I never hurt or sacrificed anyone before, and never will!"


    "Boo, what a liar," Aria rolled her eyes. "You are a filthy dark witch. We could be witchy best friends if you are willing to be my underling. But you are on my way to achieving my goal to be Gale''s wife, so I have to take you out."


    Aria held the emerald pendant from the ne gifted by Madam Harsetti. The emerald began to glow in ominous dark green light, and the air around them stagnated.


    "I will turn you into a useless cripple once more with this ne''s power. You don''t deserve to use witchcraft to trick Gale into loving you. I am the only one who deserves to be the Queen in Gale''s heart."


    Swan looked at the shining emerald pendant on Aria''s neck.


    Tears continued to flow freely from the corner of her eyes, but not because she was scared of Aria anymore.


    She was just in deep grievance right now, as she knew that she indirectly had caused the deaths of many innocent children.


    ''Aria killed those children because


    she wanted revenge against me. If all she wants is to humiliate me, then she doesn''t need to cause so much pain to those poor children... Swan said in her heart. ''Poor children... my poor children...


    Swan''s heart felt tight as she was unable to hide her sadness.


    She was shedding her tears for the deaths of the children,pletely ignoring Aria and her shining emerald ne.


    She closed her eyes and began praying deep in her heart, ''Oh, Goddess Asmara, what have I done? Why do I bring so much pain to others? Why can''t I be happy without sacrificing someone else.''


    ''Goddess Asmara, if I am truly a witch that brings pain and suffering in this world, then please take my life right here, right now. But if I am not, then... grace me with your love and protect me from evil. Let me bring justice to those children whom Aria had killed.''