Chapter 2: Sorcerer Samuel Kime

The maid ran out of the mansion and found the mother and daughter of the duchess sitting outside in the garden. She hurried forward, slightly stooped in front of the duchess: "Madam, the duke has invited madam and the princess to his office."

"My husband is looking for me? Do you know what it is?" The Duchess asked again.

Normally, she rarely touched her husband's political affairs, so there was no reason to set foot in the Duke's office. Every time she was called there, it had to be something important.

The maid shook her head.

The Duchess sighed, looking at Ella with warm eyes: "Let's go, we shouldn't keep your father waiting."

Ella got up from her seat, took the Duchess's hand, and slowly walked back into the mansion. The road to the Duke's office was a bit far, and it took quite a while to get there.

The entourage standing guard outside the door saw the mother and daughter and immediately bowed. On the large door delicately carved lily motifs, the family crest of the Hesing family.

When the door opened, Ella was greeted by the Duke of Hesing sitting behind her desk and a stranger she had never met. Ella immediately frowned, was the duke intending to continue to treat her?

Before she could sigh in frustration, the mysterious man turned his head. In the bright sunlight shining through the open window, her platinum hair sparkled like a thousand stars in the sky.

The sharp golden eyes are extremely beautiful, and every feature of the face is very perfect. That person looks like an angel who has just stepped down to earth, with a beauty that does not belong to humanity.

His face was very young, probably around twenty years old.

Ella's heart stopped beating when she admired the beauty beyond her imagination, not because she was moved but because she was amazed. The only person with such an outstanding appearance, in the original, was the Archmage Samuel Kime.

However, the number of times he appears in the original is very rare, usually through word of mouth of the main characters about the Great Mage carrying absolute magical power.

There was one more important thing that she immediately reminded herself off, this young-looking guy, who had lived for more than five hundred years on the Lani continent.

The Duke smiled as soon as he saw them, he got up and walked over to the Duchess and said: "Here you go, say hello. This is the Archmage Samuel Kime, he has come here by invitation. mine."

Ella immediately regained her composure, grabbing the bouncy hem of her skirt. Her right foot was crossed behind her left foot and she shrunk perfectly, just like she had been taught.

Although she could not speak, her beautiful face still bowed to show respect to the distinguished guest.

The Duke, afraid that Samuel would misunderstand, quickly said: "My daughter..."

Samuel raised his hand to dissuade the Duke and took long strides to face her. While Ella still had her head bowed, a pair of rare deerskin shoes appeared before her eyes.

When Ella raised her head, Samuel's beautiful face was close, he smiled gently and politely extended his hand to her: "Hello little girl, I'm Samuel Kime. I'm happy if I have the honor of this."

The honor Samuel mentioned was probably touching her hand.

Ella was a bit taken aback but still raised her hand and placed it in his.

Almost immediately, a powerful magic power flowed into the girl's body. Ella immediately closed her eyes, waiting for the pain to torment her.

And yet she felt so comfortable, Ella widened her eyes in surprise. When the girl opened her eyes, Ella saw Samuel's gentle smile on the opposite side.

"I will not make the princess suffer." Samuel said softly.

Duke Hesing had talked about the other priests' healing times, and it seemed that they didn't notice Ella's condition but used their strength indiscriminately. The duke did not expect his daughter to be completely cured, but he had some doubts in his heart.

Gabriella's personality after waking up was too different from his daughter before, even if she completely lost her memories, it wouldn't be so different. Duke Hesing wants to ask Samuel to confirm if Ella is his daughter?

From the moment Ella entered the room and appeared in front of Samuel, he had to exclaim an exclamation in his heart: "It is very similar to Sophie."

Gabriella de Hesing's face is very similar to that of Samuel's prematurely deceased sister.

Beauty is like a pure, budding rose, a masterpiece of creation on earth. Gabriella was extremely beautiful, a beauty that belonged to the gods.

The soul inside this body completely belongs to the current body, without any signs of being swapped or possessed by demons. Gabriella's loss of memories and the ability to speak may have stemmed from fear due to some event, even the intense magic injected by Samuel into her body could not make Gabriella recover.

But Samuel discovered an interesting thing lurking inside Gabriella, she had a hidden source of magical power inside her body, which caused her pain every time the priests of the Cathedral gave her instructions. divine power in man.

Samuel slowly withdrew his magic and let go of Ella's hand, flicked his hand open the window, and whistled for a pure white dove to come. When the bird landed on Samuel's slender finger, he severed its wings.

"ASIAN!!" The Duchess' scream echoed throughout the room.

Duke Hesing held his wife tightly in his arms, holding her head to prevent her from seeing that bloody image again. He believed that Samuel had a reason to behave the way he did.

Blood splattered from the cut, staining Ella's pristine white dress. And the girl was completely dumbfounded, wide-eyed in horror as she stared at the wounded pigeon.

Samuel moved quickly towards her without giving Ella time to escape, he lifted Ella's trembling hands high and placed the poor pigeon in her arms. Blood continued to flow, slipping through Ella's fingers and onto the carpet at her feet, staining part of the carpet red.

"Show me your power, or this bird will die!" Samuel kept his gentle smile as if nothing scary had just happened.

Fear welled up in Ella's heart, she didn't understand what Samuel was asking. What kind of power does Gabriella have?

But when she saw the exhausted bird dying in her arms, Ella really couldn't breathe. Her chest constricted, squeezing her throat.

At the moment when it seemed that Ella was about to collapse, suddenly a blinding white light emanated from Ella's hand and enveloped the bird. And when that light disappeared, the dove was healed and danced in Ella's palm.

Before the surprised eyes of everyone, the bird flew through the open window.

Samuel smiled triumphantly, just a wave of his hand cleaned up the bloodstains from all over the room. He turned to Duke Hesing with his eyes sparkling as if he had found a treasure, this girl's ability was very rare, a special princess.

"This girl is indeed your daughter, although I cannot cure her memory loss and restore her voice, I can use my magic to make sure, Gabriella de Hesing is not changed position."

Samuel's magical assertion reassured Duke Hesing, but Samuel's next sentence infuriated the Duke.

"As you have seen about Gabriella's power, I want to make her work the price you have to pay instead of this medical fee. Everyone, please spend more time together, after three days I will come to get Gabriella."

Samuel ran towards the sunny balcony, throwing his body into the air in front of everyone's eyes. And before they could understand what was happening, Samuel's body immediately dissolved into fragrant rose petals, spread across the air, and was blown away by the wind.

Duke Hesing remembered the words this Great Mage had said when he accepted the invitation to come to the mansion to heal Gabriella. He will take what he wants and the Duke must give it to him.

This contract was written in magic and the blood of two people, completely unbreakable.

But the Duke could not have imagined that what Samuel wanted in return was his only daughter, Gabriella de Hesing.

Even though Samuel was gone, Ella still couldn't calm down, what happened after all? She silently stared at her clean, dust-free hands, but that dazzling light was already emitted from her hands.

The Duchess was also very shocked by Samuel's words, she ran to Ella and hugged her daughter in her arms. When she turned her head towards the Duke, her beautiful face was stained with tears.

"Husband, we can't leave Gabriella to the Archmage. She's my life, you can't let her leave me."

Duke Hesing agonized over the both of them, blaming himself for making a contract with magic on impulse. If he hadn't suspected that his daughter's soul had been exchanged, Samuel could not have demanded payment in Gabriella.