Chapter 193: Chapter 193: Purify the Dark Witch
"W-wait, you can''t do that to me! I''ve sacrificed everything I have to be a witch!" Aria tried to move her body and struggled against Swan. But she found her body paralyzed with fear.
Her brain might still think that she had a chance to win against this crippled bitch, but the dread in her heart had overridden any kind of strength she had. She could only stand still while Swan gently covered Aria''s eyes from behind and whispered, "Little witch, you deserve to rot in hell for eternity for your grave sin. But the holy daughter of the Goddess has granted you a second chance to repent. I shall take your ability to do witchcraft. May Goddess Asmara guide you."
"W-w-w-wait! Wait, I-AHHHHHH!!!"
Saintess Swan smiled gracefully, as she purified all the residue of dark magic in Aria''s body.
Aria''s body glowed in gentle light, but it was nothing but scorching pain under her skin. Aria felt like she had been burned to death from the inside, starting from her heart, until her entire body was engulfed in hellfire.
Aria forgot how long she screamed, but the moment the purification ended, Aria''s entire body was charred as if she had been tossed into a fire pit just now.
"My my, your talent for witchcraft is truly amazing. No wonder Harsetti takes a liking to you," Saintess Swanmented. She let go of Aria, and thetter dropped like a corpse before her.
If anybody saw the state of the Royal Princess of Holy Achate right now, they would think that Aria was already dead.
But she was still alive, albeit barely.
Thus, Swan opened her palm and healed Aria until no scratch was left on her skin.
She allowed Aria to rest as she returned to the throne.
She made sure to purify the cat maids from Aria''s dark magic, but also erase their memories so they would still think that they were guarding the princess.
Saintess Swan closed her eyes to meet with the real Swan, whose spirit was still at the back of their head, still weeping over the children''s death.
''Is this enough for you, Swan?''
Swan wiped her tears in front of the woman who looked exactly like her, ''Thank you for everything, Saintess. But what about those children that Aria had killed? Can I revive them if I pray hard enough to Goddess Asmara?''
The Saintess smiled, ''You can. But you don''t need to. Those children''s bodies have rotted away, and their souls are already in heaven. There is no point in bringing them back when they are already happy under the warm embrace of Goddess Asmara.''
The Saintess walked towards Swan and bent her back until they were at the same eye level. She wiped Swan''s tears and said, ''You are too kind for your own good. Some people out there might think that you are just pretending to be pure. But you are the Goddess'' daughter, you are meant to have a pure heart.''
''Dear Swan, I was born from your emotion; joy, sorrow, determination, despair, and love. I know you better than anyone, so don''t let your heart get stained by the filth of this world.''
Saintess Swan kissed Swan''s forehead and disappeared into thousands of light particles.
Swan felt she had regained control over her body, so she opened her eyes slowly and saw that everything had returned to normal.
The cat maids were standing next to them, and Aria was still kneeling in front of her.
It took a while for Swan to recover from the shock. She cleared her throat and ordered, "Lift your head, Aria."
...
"Aria?"
"Our Queen has ordered you to lift your head, Princess Aria," the cat maids repeated Swan''s order in unison.
....
Still no response.
Swan grew increasingly worried. She looked at Myra who stood on her right and asked, "H-how long has it been since we''ve been here with her?"
"Hm, about five minutes, Your Majesty. Is there something wrong?" Myra asked back.
Swan was shocked.
She knew that the whole chain of events, from the moment Aria showed her true power as a dark witch, to her getting purified out of her witchcraft should have taken more than an hour. freewebnovel
It seemed that the Saintess could manipte time as well, though Swan herself had no idea how to do it.
The best thing to do right now was to act ordingly, so she told Maya, "Could you please check on her? She has been unresponsive."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Maya approached Aria, and repeated, "Our queen has ordered you to lift your head!"
....
Aria was still unresponsive, so Maya tried tapping her shoulder, "She ordered you to lift your head!"
Maya started to get annoyed, so she tapped Aria''s shoulder harder until she identally pushed Aria.
Maya gasped when Aria suddenly fell to the side and fainted immediately.
Swan''s eyes widened, "C-check her pulse. Is she still breathing?"
Maya and Myra rushed to check on Aria. They found out that Aria''s breathing was stable, and her heartbeat was normal.
"She is fine, Your Majesty. She just faints for no reason!"
Swan gulped.
Of course, she knew the real reason behind Aria''s fainting.
Aria seemed to be in so much pain when she got purified, and her body was badly burned. It was a miracle that she still survived.
"C-call His Majesty and other guards! Make sure to bring Aria to the guest room to rest!" Swan ordered, and the cat maids quickly opened the door to inform the Beast King about what happened.
Gale stormed inside the throne room with a murderous aura around him. He was
ready to snap that woman''s neck if she dared to harm his beloved.
But what he witnessed inside was the opposite, as Swan was still sitting on the
throne unharmed, while Aria had fainted on the floor.
He walked over Aria''s body and checked on his wife, "Are you
somewhere? It''s only been five mure
minutes, but if she dares to do something, I would-"
"I''m fine, Gale. But Aria..." Swan tilted her head to point at the woman on the floor.
"She just fainted after five minutes. I don''t know why."