“He is nowhere to be found!” Anne stepped back into the room where she found Hazel sitting in the same place where she had left her in the night.
“I checked the whole area. The man was not there. He must have left or his family might have taken him.
The only way to trace a witch is their mana and powers. But since it is ruined I can not find him.“ Hazel nodded as she looked at the exhausted face of Anne.
She was sure that the girl had spent all her energy in looking for Lucian.
“Julia must have taken him with her. Now I could only pray that she would not pressurize the child further.” Anne did not know why she felt like Hazel was hiding more than she had told.
“Do you want to go out? We can go and have shopping in the human town or go flying on the mountain top?” Hazel stood up and stretched her body.
She snapped her finger and her dress changed. Her disheveled hair formed a small bun with a few bangs falling on her face.
She then used the same spell on Anne and dragged her out of the room without waiting for her to say yes.
They both disappeared from there and appeared in the market. It was early evening. So the shops were still opening.
There were not many people in the road yet when Hazel took Anne to a small inn that had good decoration.
They both sat on the corner table when a man came to them.
“We want a plate of all the food available in your shop.” The man looked at both of them and then at one left chair and scratched his head with his nib.
“Umm, do you need a bigger table? How many people are joining you?” He looked around to see if he could join a few tables and make a bigger one while calculating the number of chairs required when Hazel furrowed her brows.
“No! We do not have anyone else. There are only two of us.”
“Ohhhh! Then are you sure you want to order that much? We have more than fifty dishes available in the shop right now.” even if they would invite a dozen more girls, they would not be able to finish so much food since girls did not each much.,
She must have given the order in a hurry. He concluded but Hazel only nodded and stared at him as if asking “why are you still standing here. Hurry up and bring our orders!” that confused the man but he did not ask them twice.
“Alright, then.” he was still scratching his head when he left.
“What about the kids? Are you going to look for them?” asked Anne as she looked around and scanned the whole room. A habit she had developed over time since she had a lot of enemies.
She sat more relaxed when she did not find anyone.
“I will once Rafael leave his empire. I did not want him to smell me and then follow me.” Anne rolled her eyes. If Hazel think that she could stop Rafael by hiding then she had turned dumb after getting reincarnated.
She had seen how Rafael and his whole team was looking for her. He would not let her go so easily.
“I am thinking of training my body again. This one is weak and pathetic.
I want to be prepared for war if it ever comes.” though her face was still nonchalant, her eyes turned colder when Anne sighed.
“I still could not believe their method worked. Did it not mean that your own blood killed you.
If it is not for Rafael, i sometimes want to reincarnate them only to kill them again.
“Tsk! What an odd world. There was a time when we used to dominate but all I could see was humans now.
And they have been pretty advanced these days. I heard that one of them is making a carriage that works without horses.
I want to see it and may be used to it. I do not want to burn all my energy. Teleportation are exhausting.” Hazel stared at the warm ambience.
The people around them were busy. They were not starting or passing sarcastic comments.
She did not need to behave and act like a sweet innocent fool or a villainess so that no one dared to look at her.
She could be herself.
She saw the waiter bring drinks and three different kinds of warm soups for both of them, still unsure how two petite girls would eat so much.
But both of them only took a few seconds to finish one bowl and pick up another.
“You should start with your body. Your body needs to be stronger for holding your power or you will continue to cough blood while using stronger spells.
But what about the empire? Why do you rule it? You can bring the change and give a new life to all the witches.” offered Anne as her brows furrowed. She looked at the dish in her hands and then the other one on the table.
“It tastes like coal. I will have the first one again.” She let go of the bowl and sniffed another one to make sure that it tastes better when Hazel chuckled.
“Never knew that you had tasted coal too. It made me wonder what else you have tasted.” shaking her head she finished the bowl regardless of the taste.
Anne glared at her sister but said nothing. In other words, she could never beat Hazel. So, she better keep her silence since it would be dangerous to use powers here.
“Do you remember that blind jack who has the power to read blood lines?” When Anne raised her head, Hazel continued, “I met him when I went to the towns of the dead. There are still witches left that are supporting us. Say, shall we go there for a picnic. I always wanted to tell him that his predictions were wrong.”