TAPGB - Chapter 42

 TAPGB - Chapter 42

The Abandoned Prince's Ghost Bride 

"Can I ask you one thing?"

At that time, Javier tried to shake off his fear and faced the bishop directly. The bishop looked at him with interest. 

"What on earth is this offering for?"

"..."

"I want to know at least what you do."

"Hmm, what is this ceremony for... Actually, I don't know the details either."

"... Yes?"

"Do you think I'm lying now? I'm sorry, but this is my second time, so I don't know the details. However, I heard that it is safe to say that a temple was built to do this." 

"What on earth is that...?"

"If you want to know more than this, you have no choice but to go up."

"Well, then please answer one more thing! Who on earth ordered this to happen? Is he His Holiness?"

The bishop raised his index finger with snake-like cool eyes and pointed upward.

"It's higher than that."

Higher than the Pope? Then maybe...

"Okay, let's stop chatting and get some work done."

The bishop turned back and looked at the magic circle where blue and red lights were intertwined and oscillating.

Soon he saw his pocket watch showing exactly midnight and stretched out his hands.

Once again, an ominous energy emanated from the back of his hand. As if in response, black energy waved from the magic circle beyond the complete red light.

"Your lowly servant, I offer you a sacrifice..."

Reservoirs!

A creepy sound was heard from the center of the pattern, and the corpse began to crumble and disappear as if it were being eaten by the pattern. It felt like they were feasting on those corpses. After some time passed, the body on the pattern suddenly disappeared. Only the soaked blood proves that what happened a moment ago was not a lie.

"Now, this is the last thing."

When the bishop turned around, everyone was tense.

"If you go up these stairs, you wilI come across a mansion. There must be a child in that mansion."

"... A child?"

"Okay, find a child around 10 years old."

"What should I do to find the child?"

"Hmm, I said it wasn't the right time yet..."

The bishop muttered something and then made a decision.

"If the child looks healthy, leave it as is, and if it is not unusual for the child to be incapacitated or to collapse immediately..."

Bring him here.

***

Dang- Dang- Dang-Dang-

The clock struck midnight, and the sound of the grandfather clock rang loudly throughout the mansion.

As soon as midnight struck, Caesar saw Leah disappear before his eyes. She disappeared in the blink of an eye as soon as midnight without any real sign.

It seemed like she was disappearing, so Caesar suddenly got scared.

"Damn it, that can't be possible!"

Caesar barely turned around, shaking off the ominous thoughts that were creeping up on him.

It starts now. He needs to find out what's going on in this mansion.

Caesar clicked his tongue and headed to where Lucian was first.

"What? What is this!"

And he couldn't help but be embarrassed. The double and triple barriers that Leah had created disappeared without a trace.

That's not all. All of Leah's traps and magic installed here and there were gone.

All that remains is the magic she installed.

'Could it be that when Leah disappeared, the magic also disappeared?'

It doesn't make sense since they were created with Leah's power.

Now that he had found a new problem, Caesar used his magic to create a barrier in Lucian's room again.

The moment  Caesar breathed, a sudden thought passed through his mind.

"That's right, the basement!"

Apparently, Leqh had placed some sort of locking spell on the door leading down to the basement. But now that her magic had disappeared simultaneously, there was a high possibility that the spell on the basement door had also been broken.

Sure enough, Caesar felt an unidentified figure rising from below. Flames flew from Caesar's mouth, and his entire body was enveloped in enormous anger.

"How dare such a lowly person come in?" 

Caesar went down to the first floor at once. At just the right moment, the basement door opened and four foolish-looking humans came out.

"Uh?"

"You really have a child?"

Contrary to what he thought, they didn't look like they could use force, but Caesar never let down his guard and glared at them with cool eyes.

Coincidentally, he had polymorphed into a child around Lucian's age intending to catch the opponent off guard.

"Who are you?"

"Oh, wow, we're not strange people." 

"Hey, if you say something like that, it looks even weirder."

"Is it?"

Caesar's eyebrows rose at the sight of some stupid, goofy looks. At that time, a man whispered to his colleague.

"What should we do with him? Should I take him?"

"I told you to leave it alone if he's healthy."

"But, if you see the face, whatever it is, bring hi. back..."

They whispered among themselves, but the dragon's hearing caught even their every sound of breathing.

"Let's just take him. I don't want to die."

"Me too. How could you possibly kill such a small child?"

"Now, wait! Are you guys out of your mind? The bishop knows what we will do...!"

"Then Javier, do you want to die instead?"

"That..."

They seemed to be communicating well, but then they started to fall apart. One person is against capturing him, and the other three are determined to capture him.

"Kid, would you like to go somewhere with us for a moment?"

"If you follow me quietly, I won't do anything strange."

"Why do you want to take me away?"

"Well, that's..."

"Was it an order to capture the child?"

A couple of people's eyes widened and they were visibly embarrassed. Caesar realized he was right and clenched his fists.

"I guess you came to target Lucian."

“What, kid? I'm really not going to do anything. If you just listen to us carefully, there will be no danger."

Deep!

A man who was sneaking up on Caesar could not finish his sentence.

"Wow! Cough!"

The man, who was dazed when he saw Caesar's hand toward his stomach, immediately vomited blood.

What happened in the blink of an eye, including the man who was attacked and everyone behind him, froze.

Caesar pulled his hand away without blinking. The man's body collapsed helplessly and he died without even closing his eyes.

"Ugh, wow!"

"Monster! It's a monster!"

Except for Javier, the other two people screamed and brandished the torches they carried mercilessly.

At this, Caesar's eyes flashed and he jumped in place.

Whick!

The torch went out with a strong wind, and darkness came around. Their fear grew even greater.

"Float, don't fall! It's even more dangerous if you fall!"

Javier, who regained his composure first, babbled.

Argh-!

A scream was heard from the farthest distance.

"Shit! Do not come! Go away!"

One of the trainee priests randomly swung the unlit fan. However, Caesar dodged them all, moved behind his back, and grabbed his head.

Crack!

Soon the man's neck turned strangely and he fell down without a scream. Javier sensed that he was alone now.

'How... Why on earth does this happen?'

Javier was just waiting for him to become an official priest tomorrow, so why would something like a nightmare happen?

I want to wake up from this nightmare right now.

But as if to prove that it wasn't a dream, the chill that hit my entire body was crazy.

My eyes soon got used to the darkness, and I began to see my surroundings one by one. I could also vaguely see the shapes of the priests lying on the ground.

Javier saw that and closed his eyes tightly.

"Oh my God...!"

Javier was shaking and fiddling with the necklace in the shape of Moebius, the symbol of the temple, hanging around his neck.

"Almighty God, please look after your poor servant... Wow!"

Even as he was reciting his prayer,  Javier lost his breath due to the powerful force that was strangling his neck for a moment. Soon Javier's body floated into the air.

As his breathing gradually became more difficult, Javier struggled and scratched the arm of his captor. 

"Boo, obviously... ... Young kid..."

Where did the child go and did the owner of superpowers appear?

Javier was just confused by the whole situation.

"I'll give you a chance."

"Wow! Huhuhu!"

"If you tell me honestly what you were trying to do, I will spare your life. But, if you don't, I know you'll end up like those three."

".... Khaak!"

Caesar let go of Javier's neck. Javier collapsed and quickly took a breath. 

But Caesar didn't give him much time.

"Answer within 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7......." 

"I can't say anything!"

Caesar wiggled his eyebrows and looked down at Javier arrogantly. 'Pear' crept out around Caesar's body.

"Do you think this body is trying to joke with you?" 

Kugugoogung-!

The surrounding area shook as if there had been an earthquake, and Caesar's voice was stuck directly in Javier's brain, not his ears. Javier intuitively realized that the person in front of him was not a human being, but a great being. 

Also, it is not the child the bishop was Looking for.

If Javier goes down alone like this, he will die, and if he answers wrong now, he will die.

Javier narrowed his eyes as he pondered over the bishop and the person in front of him.

"It's not that I don't answer, it's that I can't!"

Coo Coo coo.......

The bitter feeling subsided. Javier barely opened his closed eyes. And he could see a pair of eyes approaching right in front of him.

It had green eyes like a reptile, proving that it was not a human.

"It's not that I don't want to do it, it's that I can't do it......."

"Ugh!"

His hair was grabbed and pulled back. Afraid of offending the other person, Javier made an effort to bite his lip.

Caesar looked at Javier carefully.

His pupils became narrower and he took a glance at Javier. Then he realized there was something sinister inside his mouth.

Without warning, Caesar opened Javier's mouth and pulled his tongue.

".... I fell victim to witchcraft."

It's too strange to be called magic, and it's too different to be called a curse.

"This is my first time seeing it." 

Even as a magic technician, Caesar couldn't figure out what this was. Although it was similar to magic in form, it was fundamentally different. But after looking at it, Caesar felt he knew how to destroy it. 

"It's going to hurt a little."

Caesar created a blue flame at his fingertips and created a strange magic circle with it.

Ugh! Ugh!

Javier trembled and screamed. The pain felt like he was going to faint at any moment, but he stopped just before he fainted.

"With this, you will no longer be fooled by witchcraft." 

Caesar looked at Javier contorted in pain and cast a healing spell on him. The terrible pain was gone, but the psychological shock still remained. 

"Okay, now you can answer."

Caesar did not give Javier time to recover. This is because he thought that hex destruction and healing magic were enough considerations. Javier, who saw through Caesar's thoughts, trembled and bowed his head.

Soon his mouth opened.

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