The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 120

‘Once a year?’

Ember felt like her entire life was a lie. No, she had learned how unfortunate the life she was living as a human. If she didn’t learn this, it would have been fine, but now…she wished to return to the blissful ignorance she had while living on that dead mountain.

‘Gaia was right. Comparisons hurt.’

Reya put the glass of water on the bedside table while Clio brought a soft clean cloth to clean the spilled water.

Ember looked at the two. “For you…really? O-Once a year? Are you sure?”

The two nodded and Clio said, “That is why we were very surprised to hear that humans have it every month.”

“You mean every female in this kingdom gets their monthly….” She stopped and corrected herself as it was not monthly for them and asked, “I mean, estrous cycle only once in a year?”

“The majority, Miss, since we elves and the shapeshifters constitute the largest population in Agartha. Sometimes, it goes like once every two years. But it’s rare and unfortunate,” Reya answered. “Like I said the fairies are spirits so they don’t have them and the witches–”

“Ah, yes, it’s all right,” she cut them off, feeling like a new trauma was forming if she heard that again.

Ember felt like crying at her fate of this monthly cycle. Tears rolled down her eyes but they were not due to the pain in her abdomen but due to the injustice she learned.

‘How unfair it is that I have to bleed every month!’

It worried her two servants. “Miss Ember, is it still hurting? Do you want us to get you something warm? Maybe soup?”

Ember shook her head and looked at the two with an earnest gaze. “Tell me…Tell me…is there a way a human can transform into a witch? No, even the elf race or beastmen race will do…”

She was asking this earnestly, but the two servants smiled and giggled at it.

“Miss Ember, you are so funny–” Clio laughed lightly.

“–and so fortunate to have a monthly estrous cycle,” Reya added.

“Fortunate? How can it be fortunate?” Ember cried out. She felt like these two were making fun of her.

“I am telling the truth, Miss Ember,” Clio said when she realized the human girl was upset. “It is such a precious time we elves cherish. Imagine how it was for those of us who have found their significant others, the couple had to wait for the female to go into heat only once a year, and they cannot miss that chance of mating. They wait for it eagerly, but as humans, you get it monthly and you don’t have to wait for as long. That is why I say you are so fortunate.”

Ember didn’t really understand what they meant and asked, “When did you two have your last cycle?”

“Mine was six months back,” Reya answered.

Ember closed her eyes as only the same words repeated in her mind, ‘Once a year…once a year…’ _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}