Chapter 76

76 How to heal a bewitched spell

The rest area is the place for soldiers to have some entertainment and a good meal. There are private rooms intended for high-ranking officers. As soon as Anne get inside the rest area, all eyes were on her, the low-ranking looking at her either with a stinking eye or pure curiosity. She let out a sigh and just followed Xavier into the private room.

Justice and Henry were already inside the room, sitting comfortably on the sofa, they look up and beaming when Anne entered. The room comprises sofas for a casual meeting and a dining table with six dining chairs. Anne goes into one corner of the sofa and smiles nervously at all of them.

Henry feels a little silly looking at her shyness in front of them. “Anne, you can get closer to us, you know. We don’t bite.”

“Oh... Uhm... Yeah sorry,” Flustered, she get closer to Henry and Justice and the two of them gazed at her in every movement.

The two of them felt it, the longing and adoration is worsened, and thankfully they will have the answer inside the arcana tome. Xavier looks around to search for someone.

“Where’s Vale?” Asked Xavier.

“Order some food for us,” Answered Justice. He then put the arcana tome on the table.

Henry and Anne look astonished by the arcana tome, they stare at the forbidden book for a while, and even when Vale comes inside the room, the two of them open every page and admire the name of the spell and the be aghast when they read at the cursed section.

The tome was being closed by Vale. He glared at Henry and Anne while he took the forbidden tome from the two of them. “What are you doing? You can’t open the forbidden tome before I scan it?!”

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“Sorry Vale.” Said the two of them at the same time.

Vale snorted, but tried so hard to hide his laughter. The two of them look so cute together.

Justice was loving it. He loved the mood between the four of them and Anne. He just hopes that the long time planned will follow through in the future. Vale begins their discussion by looking at Anne.

“So glad that you knew everything. I hope by now you’re not getting weird by our behavior.”

Took a glance at Justice. The crown prince was actually smirking at her, knowing full well what he was doing to her. She blushed and tried to hide it. After she regains her expression in the new world, Anne has a hard time controlling any expression that she had.

Her hand instantly goes to her lips, while her eyes locked into the ruby red eyes of Justice. She remembered every touch of his lips and how his hands cupped her face. Her first-time kiss in this new world came from the crown prince himself.

“Anne? are you here with us?” Henry tilted his head, blocking the view between Anne and Justice.

Anne blinked several times, ashamed at how she was openly flirting with Justice in front of three other men. “Oh, I am sorry, uhm... should we continue?”

Henry and Vale shared a glance. They need to have a conversation with Justice later on. Vale cast the scan spell, his glowing eyes staring carefully at the arcana tome, and thankfully he doesn’t see any trap or curse on every page of the tome.

“It was saved to open,” said Vale. He looks at Anne and Henry with a smile on his face. “I think both of you like to open this now?”

The two of them enthusiastically open the arcana tome and search for the bewitched spell. Every page included information about the spell, and also how to prevent and cure the effect of the spell.

“There! We found it!” Anne pointed at the page with a very weird and terrifying drawing on it. a person takes out their heart and presents it to the other person. Anne got horrified by the drawing. “Wait, that’s a heart, right?”

Vale peeked at the book and nodded his head. “Yes, that’s what happened if we never release by the effect of the spell.”

The terrifying effect of the bewitched spell that Anne could have never imagined. She felt sorry for them and will do her best to help them free from the spell. Henry saw Anne’s face grow paler, he took the arcana tome and read the information of the bewitched spell.

“The Bewitched spell, an amore spell that needs over fifty magica of the user. It could be intended for the user or another.” Henry got amazed by how high the magica that it needs to cast the spell, He continued, “When a person is affected by the bewitched spell the object of their affection will become their everyday mind, begin with dreams, a longing and passion, it will be ended with obsession.”

“Wow! That was... terrifying, we need to break free from the spell as soon as possible. We don’t know what kind of danger Anne could expose herself to because of us.” Xavier felt the pressure. He knew how obsessive can be destructive.

Vale calmed Xavier down. He was the one who knew Xavier’s mood all too well. “It’s alright, we are going to be free from the spell.”

Xavier nodded his head, Justice, and Henry looking grim. The explanation of the bewitched spell finally came down to their mind. The horrifying image of them getting too obsessed with Anne was too much to handle.

“So, how we can be free from the spell?” Asked Justice.

“It is here. We need to make a dispel potion, the potent one with premium ingredients.” Answered Vale while listing the ingredients that they need, “Locussativa, Rosemaryberry, Gaaram, the hair of the object of affection, so it’s you, Anne. This four is probably the easiest to get, but not the other three ingredients.”

Xavier’s face-palming on the sofa, he grumbled thinking how hard it will be when even the captain magi said so, “Ugh... That’s what I’m afraid of, so what is it?”

“Mandragora, Echinavea, these two are probably inside the dark and mischievous road, I know some hot zone, prepared to combat though,” Vale said to everyone in the room, but then he stop for a moment before continuing on, “the last one... it’s the eggshell of the dragonling.”

Almost everyone curses except Anne and Xavier. Dragon is rare, and almost all mature dragons were extinct because of the war of the gods one thousand years ago. One of the mature dragons in the Valorian kingdom is the twenty-year female dragon named Rhaemonda, empress Liberty familiar. A beautiful red-scaled dragon with white color eyes, the only female mature dragon.

“F*ck, it will be hard for us to get the eggshell of a dragonling. Rhaemonda doesn’t lay eggs in the past seven years now.” Justice was being truthful with the others, he knows about Rhaemonda. He sometimes accompanies his mother to visit her familiar in her lair and they saw no eggs, although Rhaemonda has three dragon mates.

Xavier suddenly raised his right hand, trying to get everyone’s attention, “I know where we can get a dragon egg,” Everyone stopped talking all of a sudden and concentrated on Xavier, He then scolded Justice about Rhaemonda, “and you, how come you never told me about Rhaemonda condition?”

“Well, she’s my mother’s familiar, and she told me to never revealed this to anyone, even my fathers never knew about this.” Justice was already fed up with the secret, but glad that it wasn’t his only secret anymore.

Henry chuckled at him, whispering teased at the crown prince, “So, the mama’s boy has a shared secret with his mama.”

Even Anne giggles from Henry’s not-so-perfect timing for a tease, but they kind of need it right now. Gathering the ingredients will be arduous. After dinner, Anne and Xavier excused themselves, she need some rest, and so does Xavier. Justice, however, is trapped inside the room by Vale and Henry. They need an explanation of what happened between him and Anne.

Anne said good night to Xavier in front of her bedroom door, Chikara already waiting for her, rubbing all over her leg to get her attention. Anne picks him up and after she freshens up and was ready to go to bed. She sleeps beside her familiar. Every day she could feel her relationship grow, and to see him becoming a mature demon cat will be astonishingly amazing.

She slept without dreaming, and the restless night was gone. Suddenly, a loud thud came from her door. She jumped from her bed; the thud becoming louder. It was a knock, a loud knock. Anne, with her raspy voice, called for anyone that knocked on her door.

“Anne? Are you awake already? It’s me Henry, please open the door.” Anne put her coat in a rushed and open the door, Henry is wearing his shirt and pants, seems he was in a hurry to put his clothes on, “You need to take shelter right away, take your familiar with you.” Henry was on edge and his sword was already in his right hand.

“What happ...” Anne gasped as her face is getting paler, “The hoard? It is coming now?!”