39. Cursed Magic

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For a moment, I was busy thinking about Cemille. I imagined that the girl who was bitten until her body was cut in two was me and the baskerville who bit he was Cemille. It was so terrible.

But suddenly my mind was diverted by a question. Who are the people in the ruins?. Why do these sacred animals gather there and eat many human corpses?. Is it all in the past or future?.

Too bad I couldn't get the answer. If my magical abilities had not been sealed by His Highness Yvone, I might have tried to see the ruins again even though I was reluctant to see the grisly murder scene.

But at that time, there was only one man left alive that I saw before I finally lost consciousness and the nightmare ended.

How does the scene in the ruins continue? What is the fate of that man? Did he survive or was he killed too?.

Uh, I'm frustrated thinking about questions that I can't find answers to.

Just forget all that for now!.

"Bad thoughts go away!. Cemille won't bite me!" I thought, trying to get rid of the bad thoughts that had been coming into my head for a while.

By the way, I'm curious about dad's response. Of course he already knows about Cemille being a baskerville but dad doesn't seem to have a problem with Cemille or me tying up a pet contract with Cemille because dad hasn't tried to discuss it with me in the last two days.

But, Dad should know that Baskerville is a dangerous sacred animal, right?!. After all, daddy was a conqueror who usually dealt with taking care of many totems and one of them was the Baskerville totem.

So you should know all this!. Isn't this dangerous?. But why did daddy let His Highness Yvone give me a Baskerville as a gift at that time?. That's not like my daddy's usual attitude, always worrying about things that could.

Or, perhaps daddy didn't think it was dangerous because daddy had lived as a conqueror and thought Baskerville was a normal thing?.

Maybe that's what made my daddy insensitive to the dangers of Baskerville!. Especially for me who doesn't understand at all what subjugation magic or hunter magic like Uncle Carrion's can handle this kind of thing!.

In the end, I kept thinking about Cemille being a baskerville and worrying about him.

"Hey ..."

"!" I am surprised. Kharel's voice calling me interrupted my thoughts. I also realized that Choco Kid had noticed my presence behind the curtain, so I approached him.

"Kharel. Are you still sick?"

Kharel looked surprised when he heard my question but he immediately looked away. Is he embarrassed?.

"I'm fine. Apart from that, do you know my illness?" Kharel asked.

I saw his face flush. He must be embarrassed because someone asked about his condition after so much neglect he had received.

"Disease?. The doctor said you are sick with excess mana..." I said confused because it seemed that Choco Kid didn't know what disease he was suffering from.

Was that on purpose?. Was Kharel not informed about his illness?. Was I wrong to tell you about his illness?. Ouch, how is this?.

"Excess mana?"

Kharel was silent after that for a long time. It seems like he knows about the excess mana disease and is thinking about it. Is he afraid?. Excess mana can make someone die.

"Kharel, don't be afraid!. You'll be fine!" I said innocently. Kharel became like a statue because he was shocked again.

"O-of course I will recover!. I have to be king!" He said. He still has the ambition to take the title of crown prince from His Highness Yvone. I'm curious, why does he really want to be king?.

"Kharel, why do you want to be king?" I asked curiously.

"That... I can't say," answered Kharel. For some reason he looks sad now.

I became increasingly curious about what was happening in his life. Why does Kharel have the ambition to become king?. Does he want revenge because his daddy abandoned him?. That's quite reasonable.

"Why can't?"

"Why are you so talkative?!"

"Because Cellia wants to know!"

"But you can't know!"

"Why can't Cellia know?!"

"Yes, you can't know!"

"Yes, why?"

"Shut Up!" He snapped. Kharel got annoyed with me.

I was shocked because Kharel shouted at me so I fell silent and was ready to cry. I made a downward curve with my lips because I was holding back tears. This is the first time I wanted to cry because a child my age shouted at me.

Kharel was also shocked and slowly became panicked.

"S-sorry. I didn't mean to scold you"

"Kharel is fierce!" I said with a frown.

"Sorry. I accidentally-"

Arrgh!!!

Kharel suddenly screamed in pain and I saw several small crystals starting to appear on his body again.

Which compaction process!.

Now I'm the one panicking!. In my mind I thought I should call a doctor, but my body's reaction was the opposite of what was in my head. I just stayed silent while holding Kharel's hand like that night. When I saw Kharel for the first time who was in the process of solidifying his mana.

"Oh, right!. I can absorb mana!" I thought, just remembering His Highness Yvone's words that I have the ability to absorb mana.

I will use my abilities!.

But I also just remembered that I don't know how much mana I should absorb out. If I'm wrong then I can absorb all of Kharel's mana. And what happens if I absorb all his mana?.

Argh!!

"Kharel!"

"..."

Stop. Kharel stopped grimacing and slowly closed his eyes and regained his composure. I saw that the crystals that appeared had also disappeared.

I'm still worried. What happened?.

"Kharel..." I called him softly in a sad tone filled with worry. Then a few seconds later Kharel spoke.

"I'm okay. Sorry"

"Isn't it sick anymore?" I asked worriedly.

"Um"

I breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe because the doctor had given him therapy before?. But still seeing Kharel in pain like that made me worried.

"Cellia?"

"I'm sorry Celia. Cellia won't be angry anymore," I said.

"Yes. I'm also sorry for yelling at you earlier..."

"Um"

Silence. No one spoke any more between us because we ran out of topics. The only thing we can talk about is the time magic abilities we have. But what can I ask about time magic?.

Oh!. I know!.

"Kharel!"

"What?"

"You also have time magic?"

"Yes, I do. I told you before telepathically"

"What kind of time magic is yours?"

"Like what?. Hm. Yvone said that my time magic is recovery"

"Recovery? What's that?. What can it be used for?" I said.

"Yvone has sealed it since I was a baby so I never used it so I don't know the Recovery ability of my magic..." he said. He seemed to be trying to remember.

I remember my own magic. I don't know what kind of time magic I have?.

I tried to remember everything I had ever tried to do with my time magic.

Mostly I use it to stop time, and the rest I don't know but it seems like I can go see the past and the future if I remember about seeing the ruins or about seeing a figure named Xion before His Highness Yvone finally sealed my magic.

Is it time manipulation magic?.

Looks like I'll ask His Highness Yvone later. And, I'm actually curious whether daddy knows about my time magic abilities?. His Highness Yvone said to keep this magic a secret from anyone. Did he also keep this a secret from my dad?.

So currently the only ones who know about my time magic are me, Choco Kid, and His Highness Yvone.

If I think about it again, the only people who know about time magic are people who have time magic because Choci Kid and His Highness Yvone both have time magic.

It's like we formed a coven of time wizards. His Highness Yvone with his time distortion magic, Kharel with his time recovery magic, and me with time manipulation magic.

"You. You didn't tell anyone about your time magic, right?" Kharel asked. He asked very seriously.

I shook my head. "Cellia didn't tell anyone"

"What about your father?"

"Daddy doesn't know," I said again even though I was a little hesitant about it.

Kharel sighed. The serious face he showed faded.

"That's good. Don't let anyone know. Just me and Yvone, otherwise you could be thrown away because you have this cursed magic."

"Eh?. Cursed magic?" I repeated Kharel's words only in the important part. What does Choco Kid mean?. Is my time magic cursed magic?. But if that's the case, then His Highness Yvone and Choco Kid's time magic is also-.

Wait. I just came to a new conclusion. If I heard correctly, Choco Kid said earlier that if anyone found out I had time magic I could be thrown away. What the mean by being thrown away is being alienated and not considered that way, right?.

I looked at Kharel and remembered that Kharel had been secretly banished by King Alan, his father. So it's all because Kharel has cursed time magic?!.

Geez. How can this magic be cursed magic?!.

So that's the reason His Highness Yvone told me not to tell anyone about my time magic?. He didn't want me to suffer the same fate as Kharel or my daddy would throw me away.

The thought of my daddy not considering me as his son anymore makes me sad. I don't want that to happen. I don't want dad to throw me away ...

But, doesn't His Highness Yvone also have time magic that even the nobles know about?. But King Alan didn't throw him away and still considered him his son. King Alan even seems proud of His Highness Yvone even though he has that cursed magic.

What does this mean?. Why is it only me and Choco Kid who get different treatment?. Even though our magic is both time magic. Isn't this some kind of discrimination?!.

But because of my time magic, no one knows yet, so you could say I'm still safe. So what about Kharel?. Does he get bad views from other nobles?. Even though Kharel is also a prince who should be respected like His Highness Yvone.

"By the way, I just realized that I had been saying Kharel's name without the title of prince and he wasn't angry or making a big deal out of it like that time. I wonder why?. Is it possible that Kharel is also unconscious?" I thought.

"Cellia. Are you going to enter the academy?" Kharel asked suddenly.