What I said to Kelly is somehow impossible to execute right now.We both went straight to the port where we met his younger brother, Frix, the kind young guy that serves as guard and watchman at the gates of the Clarkson Mansion. Aside from Hazel and Anna, Sapphire also considers him her friend and I know it is also hard for him to know about the real situation of Sapphire in the hands of Phillius.“Master Xeno!” he exclaimed in a low voice, scared that an enemy might suddenly appear if he kept on saying my name. He swallowed, looking nervous before he spoke again, “It’s been a long time. So many things happened! Sapphire—““Calm down, Frix. He knows what’s going on,” Kelly tried to pipe down her brother who looks like he is going to crack up any moment, thinking about Sapphire and the fact that the three of us are now hunted by the demon Alpha and his Clan of fanatics.I don’t like the sound of it but there is no other description that could match Phillius other than that.“So how ar

"How the f*ck are we going to find a black witch?!”Kelly’s so enraged after she heard everything I have said to Phillius, the negotiation that I settled with him which is the only way that I can save both him and Sapphire. Despite the evil nature that is surfacing in him, there are still people who care a lot about my twin, and one of those is Kelly, whose face is so red in anger.“It’s the only way I know, Kelly. I believe there’s a way we can find that witch.” I averted my eyes from her and brushed my hair with my hands in frustration. “We just have to be more patient and investigate more about it,”“We don’t even know if that creature really exists,” she grumbled and rolled her eyes at me as she leaned against the wide window of the study room that Phillius allowed us to use. Although wolfless, I could still hear the tapping of the shoes of the guards on the other side of the door as they walk back and forth while making sure we won’t get out of the room.If only my senses are str

Everything happened that I didn’t expect.A flash of bright, dazzling light filled my mind. The hues of colors swirled like paints mixed in water, and the dark and cold tone with streaks of red gave me an uncomfortable and alarmed feeling about what Felrim wanted me to see. Then the colors moved and smoothly turned into a dark scenery, a picture of barren, stony land with thin clouds that looked more like thin fogs of smoke above the dark, starry sky. It’s being lit by occasional lightning and the booming of the thunder reverberated in the area, the vibration I felt in my bones gave me a strange shiver in my body. It’s a feeling I have never felt before which I cannot tell if it’s fear or amazement or maybe both at the same time. I wonder why Felrim made me see this place and I thought maybe it’s the real face of the Underworld.To my surprise, I felt a tingling sensation in my head and after I blink my eyes, I was transported into a place filled with flowers. I was so stunned by th

We're all silent until we get to the edge of the Forbidden Forest where the Portal is. I could see the anxiety and worry in Frix's face while Kelly watched the rain and the dark scenery outside the window impatiently. I tried to stay calm, to keep my mind in control while my eyes were closed. When the car stopped, I knew it was already time and the long wait was over.“How far is it exactly?” Frix asked, grimacing under his raincoat.The rain isn’t as hard as before but I could feel its heavy fall underneath the coat and my clothes. My ears filled with the spattering sound and I knew my boots will get soaked later on but hopefully, the ground that the portal is isn't flooded. I have only been twice to that place and that was years ago already. The last time I came here, I almost died in demon venom and it happened twice when Phillius imprisoned me in the dungeon of the old manor. Sometimes, I want to think that he has nothing to do about my suffering in that place and that it was onl

The blood-curdling fear I feel right now obscures every thought inside my head. He climbed down from the bed and started walking toward me at a slow, agonizing pace, his every step synchronized with the hammering of my heart against my chest and my knees started to wobble. But then I thought of Xeno and he’s here and alive and I can’t risk being so weak in times like this when I know he also risked his life to go to this place for me.I stood firm and prepared myself for whatever he’ll do and tried to remember all the hand-to-hand combat that Xeno taught me. It wasn’t much because we had this kind of misunderstanding before but I remembered all of them well and I am ready to use it against Phillius if I have to. I won’t let him do things to me and I will never forgive him for what he did to Hazel and how he almost killed his own brother. He brought so much misery to the people close to me. When I remembered Felrim, his suffering for so many years at the hands of Phillius's ancestors,