Entering the World of Cerpenes

Towards the Royal Capital

His father will return after winning the war.

The shocking news made Viona realize that her existence in this world is not safe. He was too stunned by the warm treatment of his brother, stepmother and servants in this mansion to forget the sad grooves that had been waiting in the future.

Viona's Death.

"Well...." Viona massaged her lightly throbbing head. The news of his father's arrival really made this girl shaken.

He didn't even care about the apology gift from Baron Veiss who was hanging up in his room. The servants had already left Viona alone considering it was already night.

Right now, Viona was sitting in her study chair and focused on deciphering her complicated thoughts.

Doodling the papers Britta had provided, Viona worked hard remembering the short story line with that very little information.

Viona's room was filled with the scraping sound of pen and ink sticking to the paper. Just in case others do not understand, Viona uses the letter Hangul in Indonesian.

Yoke!

The feather pen is placed on the table.

"Done..." Viona leaned against the chair and lifted the paper containing the writing. Look at it with a confused look.

"The more I write the more confused I become. Now what am I supposed to do?"

So far, there are three things he managed to remember from the short story 'I Don't Need Magic.

First, Viona is locked up in a dungeon by her own father. This is because Viona is the heir to her grandfather. He received a storage warehouse that contained an extremely rare flower. The flower was the emblem of the Duke Assefa family and was passed down to the next Duke.

It was not further explained why the youngest grandson of Duke Assefa inherited the hereditary treasure of the Duke's residence. Moreover, Viona is the son of the second wife of the Marquess.

"I have to see grandpa. Why would he give such an important treasure to Viona? And why did his father go to jail just because he was heir?"

Viona muttered while thinking. "How is Viona's relationship with her father and grandfather?"

Perhaps, this victory party would be an important medium to know those things. Before that happened, Viona planned to ask Britta about this.

"I've been stamped with memory loss, haven't I? It's weird that I asked Britta about this."

Then, Viona's relationship with Azve.

In the short story, they seem to have an ambiguous relationship. Azve always met Viona, but never took the girl away from prison. More precisely, it was Viona who did not want to escape at that moment.

"Why does Viona want to run away? Why does Azve always go back and forth and take Viona away from prison and keep coming back to prison? Where exactly was Viona taken?"

As Viona wants to escape, Azve quickly grants her. Although it ends with Viona dying.

"I need to get closer to Azve. I don't know why Azve got in and out of Liez's prison. But, she is the key that Viona can escape from prison. The sooner Viona escapes the better."

After all, why did it have to be that long until Viona finally got the urge to run away?

"Is there anything else that makes Viona want to run away?"

Viona's head was pulsating further irritating her. He got up and walked to pour water on the nightstand near the bed.

Sipping water makes him feel better. He picked up his paper and went to bed. Covering yourself so that she feels more comfortable.

His eyes were glued to the scribbled paper in his hand.

But, the problem is that Viona does not know the next plot if the starting point of the short story is removed.

"The underground prison is the setting of the short story itself. If Viona wasn't imprisoned.. Does this short story world still exist?"

In addition, Viona is afraid of something worse if she avoids the original plot. Even though Viona was about to encounter something bad, at least she knew what was going to happen.

Therefore, avoiding the dungeon was an alternative step. He would think of using it when he had more information about the state of the Duke Assefa household.

Lastly, the magic core. This was the ultimate cause of Viona's death. Viona's magic core is taken away by her brother, Victor, for reasons not described in the short story.

The magic core is very important to every person in this world. As the name suggests, the magic core is the part of the body that produces magic energy and drains it throughout the body. It is located on the head and is difficult to take unless the person learns about forbidden magic.

"Does that mean you learn forbidden magic? Then why did the brother who was always good to me suddenly become evil?"

There was another thing that stuck in Viona's mind, the color of her brother's eyes. "In the short story, the brother's eye color is blue. That's why I'm a little confused because my brother's eye color is now as red as ruby."

Is there any other reason why his eye color has changed?

On the other hand, Viona is curious about the magic handcuffs that Viona wears in the short story.

At that moment, Viona was locked in a dungeon with handcuffs that absorbed a small amount of magic energy but continuously. When Viona's magic core is taken, the handcuffs that still take magic energy make the girl lose all her magic and end in death.

"Hm. I need to find out more about magic tools." Viona folded the paper and hid it under the pillow. "It's enough to get here, now I have to sleep before you come to check into the room."

Blowing out the candle, Viona finally went to sleep.

The incoming moonlight illuminated Viona's room, passing through the bedroom window curtains.

The night atmosphere makes Viona fall asleep quickly even though events that will happen in the future sometimes cross the mind.

Viona shouldn't be too worried. He would be busier than before so the matter slowly sank into memory.

***

Today, the Liez family went towards the capital. The preparation is very fast because they only prepare provisions for the trip. Everything was already available in the Liez mansion in the capital so they did not need to carry much stuff.

Viona was still sleepy as they left even before her consciousness had gathered. Early in the morning when the sun had not yet risen, Britta had already woken up Viona and prepared herself to leave.

The girl who was still half conscious could only resign herself to following whatever Britta had done to her.

He is currently sleeping in the carriage with Victor's thigh as his pillow. His eyes were heavy and hard to wake up. Maybe because his body was still a child so he had difficulty getting up early.

When Victor wakes Viona up, they arrive at an inn.

Viona still rubbed her eyes and refrained from yawning wide. Her eyes were glazed and reddened making Victor feel worried. "We'll eat first, Viona. Later can continue to sleep again," said Victor when they get off the horse carriage.

His little sister just nodded and followed where his brother went to take him. He really held on to his brother's hand, not knowing where they were.

Leili who saw that also sighed. "Go get Viona to wash her face in the room, then come back here."

Britta who was behind Viona nodded and took the little girl away from the lobby.

Victor looked at his palm that had slipped from Viona's small hand. He chuckled a little, realizing that his sister could be that blanket because of drowsiness.

I want to bite his puffy cheeks.