The Witch and the Vampire Prince

07 — Magic Removal

𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬, 𝘗𝘩𝘺? 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘶 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘪. 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩, 𝘭𝘩𝘰~ 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯.

𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘺𝘢. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘱-𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘪. 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯, 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘬. 𝘉𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳...

𝘗𝘩𝘺?

𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢?

𝘗𝘩𝘺—

"Phyllis!"

The loud noise shook Phyllis, making the girl wake up from her sleep. In front of him was Merlin and Louve who were panicking because Phyllis had not woken up. Though this was about noon, not the usual Phyllis getting up late.

"What's going on, Phy?! You've eaten fainting poison?!" merlin was worried. Louve immediately gave Phyllis some water.

The girl drank it slowly while collecting her scattered life. His head felt very dizzy after sitting on the bed. He sleeps less soundly, let alone dreaming of his mother who is gone.

"Phy? You're all right, aren't you?" Merlin made sure. Phyllis just nodded, then stood up. But his body cannot lie. His staggering path clearly signified Phyllis in bad condition.

Merlin quickly came out to tell Uncle Gill. The man immediately ran inside to check on Phyllis. He brought his friend who was a healer from the werewolf race. There was nothing wrong, it was just that Phyllis was exhausted and needed rest.

"For today's training to be postponed first, yes," said Merlin answered nods of Uncle Gill and Louve.

"I. I don't want to" Phyllis refused as Uncle Gill was about to leave the room. Uncle Gill then approached and grabbed him.

"Phyllis dear, your condition is like this. Get enough rest, okay?"

Although he wanted to refuse, Phyllis could not do anything. Everyone disagrees with him. His voice was defeated and Phyllis could only lie on the bed, accompanied by an aromatherapy candle to relax him.

Louve brought him a good breakfast and warm milk. Feed the little brother until the food is finished.

While Merlin and Uncle Gill meet the vampires who finished breakfast. Louis looks worried because Phyllis is nowhere to be seen.

"Today the trial was postponed because Phyllis' condition was not good" said Uncle Gill. The vampires looked disappointed and limp. But on the other hand they can continue their sleep. There were some who ended up sleeping in the corner of the cage, some were chatting and joking.

Uncle Gill then went to approach his friends. Louve came to give them breakfast. Today Louve cooks and thanks for taking care of Cayenne's son.

Louis looked at Merlin who was still standing near the cage, the young man was watching the soft movements of the Louve. The vampire's hand waved, breaking Merlin's attention.

"What's wrong?" merlin asked flatly and then approached.

"Why sister?" An easy question to guess. Moreover, seeing Louis' behavior yesterday, Merlin became a little worried. He doubts that this vampire will not cross the line between vampires and witches. His mind kept wriggling, shouting Louis would do that.

"It's not vampire business. You won't understand either" he said and turned his head toward the Louve.

Louis who had just observed them was a little envious. He sneered and then glanced towards the house. Hope Phyllis will come with a flat face and talk spicy to her. Missed feel. Either Louis understands it or he doesn't, but he needs to see Phyllis now. If he were still in the palace, he would have been able to command anyone to bring Phyllis before him.

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The Gilbert and Merlin families were sitting casually in the living room. They chat after the afternoon activity. With a glass of warm tea, they can rest. There is no activity like yesterday, but fatigue remains. Maybe because it's setting the vampires to be healthier, the vampires have to exercise.

They remembered Uncle Orlan as a vampire sports mentor. With his unusually rigorous training, the vampires were not even given the chance to speak. The three laughed crisply as they recalled some vampires drooping in the middle of the courtyard.

"Oh, yeah. Merlin, what happened to Phyllis?" ask Uncle Gill.

At first, looking relaxed, Merlin's countenance turned cold. There was only a bitter smile on his face.

"Phyllis's exhausted. Yesterday he repeatedly used his magic energy and it might have been to the limit for a few days. The important thing is Phyllis rests with enough."

"I'm sorry that uncle seems presumptuous, but why did you turn into Charlie yesterday? Is this cancellation magic difficult?" uncle Gill asked slightly lowering his tone. Fear if Phyllis hears from upstairs.

Merlin shook his head slowly. His smile began to fade. He was silent for a long time. Then he sighed heavily and looked at the three werewolves in front of him.

"Uncle, aunt, Veve. I honestly didn't know Phyllis could learn or not. Because magic is complicated. I became a cat because Charlie forced me to change."

Merlin's reply left the three shocked. They approached Merlin, asking for more explanation.

"Switch softeners include dangerous magic. Any object or creature will be soft afterwards. As hard as a stone will be soft, as strong as human bones will be soft. This magic is indiscriminate. And to learn the cancellation magic is rather difficult. Only Charlie can be here," Merlin replied as he glanced at the stairs. He saw a shadow standing there. His sister is listening.

The increasingly worried Uncle Gill immediately held onto both of his shoulders. He looked at Merlin. "Why did you teach Phyllis that magic, dear Merlin?"

Aunt Gill's getting dizzy. He couldn't help himself and ended up drowning in the chair. Louve calmed her mother.

"Phyllis learned it himself. He loved to read spell books and was self-taught to use them. But we can help Phyllis learn that" Merlin said, trying to calm her down.

Even so, the Gilbert family was hard to believe. Phyllis is a very smart young witch. At the age of 15, Phyllis has studied almost 7 spell books. It was a normal achievement for a witch in her 20s.

"How is it?" Uncle Gill was still holding onto Merlin's shoulder, worried. He was afraid that the vampires would take revenge because their prince was made like this.

Uncle Gill was one of the eyewitnesses to how ruthless the royal vampire was. They will torture anyone who harasses family members. No matter which race the fellow vampires were from, they would not allow that person to live in peace.

If Phyllis doesn't immediately restore Louis's condition as a vampire prince, she's not sure she can continue to protect him. Moreover, this involved his wolf race.

"Uncle. Let me explain. You calm down first" said Merlin, lowering Uncle Gill's hand.

They sit back in their own positions. Then Merlin called Phyllis who had been eavesdropping. The little girl approached, sitting next to Uncle Gill. Uncle Gill hugged him anxiously.

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