Chapter 123. Cerdina’s Sorcery

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

She thought she wouldn’t be stunned by any title. However she had been naive.

“…Countess…Melissa…” She mentioned weakly. Baroness Cinael nodded slowly.

Inside, Leah didn’t need to imagine it. Although she had come searching for solutions, the fact was so merciless. Most distressing was the Baroness, who had spoken the horrible reality, was additionally struggling. She was grieving as a result of she knew her phrases harm her Princess.

The silence hung in the lounge for a very long time. Leah sipped her chilly tea and regained her composure.

There have been solely two choices.

Both Baroness Cinael was mendacity, or Countess Melissa was mendacity.

After all, Leah needed to belief the Countess.

It made sense that the Baroness had not defended herself to the opposite ladies-in-waiting and accepted her suspension, doomed to shame. On the Princess Palace, Countess Melissa was essentially the most influential particular person, after Leah. It doesn’t matter what the Baroness mentioned, she thought she wouldn’t be believed. Apart from, realizing how deeply Leah trusted the Countess, she in all probability would have been thrown out earlier than she completed talking.

The Countess had stood by Leah’s aspect with love and affection since she misplaced her mom as a baby. There was a bond between them that couldn’t be damaged by cash or energy. Nevertheless it didn’t seem to be the Baroness was mendacity. Leah needed to imagine within the innocence of her ladies-in-waiting.

Maybe the Baroness and the Countess had been telling the reality.

Leah, whose thoughts felt unusually clear and clear recently, out of the blue discovered one other clarification.

Cerdina’s sorcery….

It appeared fairly potential. If Cerdina might cat spells, certainly she might have executed one thing within the Princess Palace. Abruptly, Leah felt afraid. She didn’t know the way highly effective Cerdina was, however she couldn’t assist feeling trepidation.

Had Cerdina forged a spell on Leah? Leah had by no means acted abnormally, just like the King or the Countess Melissa. Leah shook her head when she considered the King, who was little greater than Cerdina’s puppet.

“Thanks for telling me, Baroness Cinael. As that is the scenario, I feel it’s greatest when you relaxation in the interim.”

Leah promised to think twice about what the Baroness had advised her and pulled out the reward of cookies she had introduced. In just a few moments the Baroness was consuming a cookie and gazing at a paper that Leah had given her with red-rimmed eyes, bewildered.

“That is….” She mumbled, astonished.

It was a certificates of possession for a small farm. The Baroness was speechless.

“I’m arranging just a few issues earlier than heading for the frontier,” Leah mentioned quietly. “I’m giving equitable contributions among the many Princess Palace’s ladies-in-waiting, so please settle for it.”

“No! I can’t settle for it, I used to be simply doing my job…!”

“It’s advantageous. It’s a reward for all of the exhausting work you’ve executed for me to date.”

“Princess…”

The Baroness’s tears had solely simply ceased, and now her eyes crammed once more. Leah soothed her for some time after which left to return to the palace.

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Her coronary heart was heavy as she seemed out the carriage window.

By the point she arrived on the palace, her ideas had turn into extra clear. She was going to talk with Countess Melissa and hearken to clarification, after which decide if sorcery had been concerned.

“……?”

Stepping out of the carriage, Leah stopped abruptly. The palace was too quiet. When she had gone to go to the Baroness, she had been accompanied solely by knights, with out her ladies-in-waiting. However now she noticed nobody.

Solely the haunting sound of her personal footsteps echoed in empty hallways. Chilly air brushed her pores and skin. Leah rubbed the again of the hand with the sudden chill, and went to her room to alter her garments. She was startled to see a girl sitting on her mattress, and her physique reflexively stiffened. Leah’s lips moved awkwardly.

“Huh, why did you come unexpectedly…”

Cerdina slowly stood with out replying, approaching Leah. A bitter scent emanated from her, wafting to Leah’s nostril. Why did she scent of grass, quite than her traditional fragrance?

However she didn’t have time to surprise. Cerdina’s eyes had been proper earlier than her, a gaze like a dagger, slowly piercing Leah. Cerdina had utterly eliminated her masks of generosity and kindness. She not supposed to cover something. She clicked her tongue.

“I attempted to do it reasonably.”

The chilly voice gave Leah goosebumps, and she or he took a step again. Her head vibrated as if somebody was ringing a thunderous bell. The considered escape seized her, and she or he turned rapidly to seize the doorknob. However irrespective of how she tried, the door wouldn’t open.

There was amusing behind her, and out of the blue she had a monumental headache.

“……!”

It felt as if somebody had reached into her mind and squeezed. Leah collapsed from the agonizing ache, clinging to the carpet as she lay facedown on the ground. She felt nauseous. Saliva trickled from her lips and tears spilled down her cheeks.

Cerdina watched as Leah squirmed, and snapped her fingers. Each time she snapped, Leah grabbed her head and writhed.

“Ah, aah, arg, ahhhhhhh……!”