Training the power

For a few days later, I'm still doing nothing except sleep, eating, sleep, eating again. I'm starting to thinking if I'm really working for the prince or just feel like a cattle in this castle because I'm practically do nothing except sleep and eating.

But now I'm summoned to the backyard of the castle by the prince himself. Wearing this strange outfit that given to me to wear, it looks like an outfit that used by the maid in the castle but it's modified by shortening the skirt and sleeves, a folded collar and additional bow. Plus the hat, black boots and also a cape that have length into my knee. Although this looks funny I can't complain and just wearing as I told to wear. He's my employer after all.

"Your Highness, what can I do for you?"

I ask him that question when I meet him in the backyard.

"Right now, I want you to learn to control your own strength. Practice it over and over until you can send out and retract your flames freely"

"My strength…this devil power is what your highness mean?"

"No miss Anna, your power is not something to do with the devil. Most people in the world have the misconception that witches' power belongs to the devil and is incredibly evil, but they are wrong, and you already figure it out, don't you?"

I'm staring him with my eyes, he looks at me sharply which make me blink my eyes several times. This man, only him that spoke differently from other people in this city.

"I didn't use my power on someone else…only on that guy who tries to rob my father in the mine"

"You're not wrong in that case. That can be called as self-defense. People fear you because they do not understand you, unknown power is always scary for people who don't understand it."

"Your highness…you don't afraid with my power?"

"Because I know your power belongs to you, and if you don't want to use it, it would not cause any harm to me. Now, shall we start training to control your power?"

"Yes, your highness. Please tell me what should I do to control this power"

"You remember at the dungeon when I'm visiting you? When I ask you to show your power, the fire starts coming from below your feet. You must be training to put that fire comes from your hand, not from your leg. Do you understand?"

Yes, your highness. I must make the fire come from my hands, not from my legs"

"Good! You can start now"

The prince takes a seat in some distance and watches me practicing. I start to pull out that power from my body and channeling that power to my hand.

First attempt…fail…the fire come out from my leg and burn my boots

Second attempt…fail…the fire still come from my legs

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Twenty third attempt…still failed…the fire already start moving to my hands but it's dispersed quickly

I feel my forehead already full of sweat from the heat and the training that I already have done until now. The uniform that I used already changed several times because the fire had burned them all. fortunately, the prince is kind enough to provide me with the spare clothes to wear.

At the twenty-fourth attempt, it's a successful attempt, the fire comes out from my arms but when I try to move the fire to my fingers, it burns my sleeves and spreading quickly to my robe and burn it until can't be used again. From the corner of my eyes, I know every time the fire burn my clothes, the prince moves his sight to other direction, which makes me question myself, did he dislike my body?