The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 140

Leeora sensed the atmosphere growing more tense as the two stubborn beasts glared at each other. ‘Both of you are the same. And why am I always the one stuck between these two?’ Suddenly, Leeora pitied herself and felt how tough her life was.

She cleared her throat. “And what did you tell her, Morph?”

She knew the answer would piss off the King since provoking Draven seemed to be Morpheus’ talent, but still, she had to ask.

“I told her what she needed to know,” he replied blandly.

“How did she react?” Leeora asked.

“Nothing special as if it didn’t hold that much importance,” Morpheus replied as his eyes didn’t move away from the pair of red ones that were planning to kill him. “She was more interested in learning magic.”

“Magic?” Leeora mused. “Did you tell her how to use high-level combustion magic? No, wait–what exactly did you tell her?”

Morpheus explained everything from the start, from how the human girl told him about her shapeshifting spell, to him showing her a basic air magic spell, and then showing off high-level sound magic that brought butterflies for her entertainment. Of course, he didn’t leave out the accident that happened afterwards.

“I thought a human like her won’t be able to do anything but…” He looked at Draven. “The rest, you know what happened.”_.

The King and the High Elder listened quietly to his recount and pondered on their own. After a while, Leeora said, “Strange. I also heard from the palace servants how she shapeshifted, but to think she can freely wield the magic inside her core. It’s dangerous to leave her unattended. She needs to be trained.”

“Hey, that’s what you are worried about?” Morpheus couldn’t believe it. “The first human capable of true magic appeared on this continent! Is this not something that goes against the laws of the world? Is she really human?”

Finally, Morpheus asked what he was seeking to know.

He continued, “At that time, I felt she had really a strong power residing inside her. How can she be human then? How can she hide her true constitution? How come no one had caught a clue when she was standing among all those powerful beings during the council meeting?”

“You don’t need to know,” Draven said coldly, asking him indirectly to get lost. “Your job is done. You can leave.”

“This incident involves me, and I don’t plan to stop till I get answers.” He looked at Leeora. “I need to know–“

“You do not need to know,” Draven cut him off.

“For now, Morph, go back. We will talk later. First, I need to go see Ember. She must still be in great shock,” Leeora said as she stood up. These men were as incompatible as fire and water; she didn’t wish to stay between these two.

She turned towards Draven. “Your Majesty, I shall excuse myself and go see Ember.”

Draven nodded and Leeora left after letting out an inward sigh of relief.

Once she left the study, Morpheus was also preparing to depart when Draven spoke to him.

“Did you truly tell her everything there is to know about being a mate?”

“First, tell me what it is about her that you are hiding,” Morpheus said. “Is she not human?”

Draven didn’t find the need to hide it. “Her body is human, that much I can say, but we are yet to confirm her origins.”

“Yet to confirm. That means you have an idea.” Morpheus recalled that moment when she used her powers and said, “When I sensed that magic power, I can tell it was not something any supernatural being can possess. It felt strange… foreign. It has a similar nature to yours but a different flavour, a higher level, if that makes any sense. If I were to compare with the rest of our kind, her magic is comparably pure, purer than what is in my divine bloodline or yours.”

Draven didn’t deny this claim. Though he had not come across her powers, Morpheus wasn’t the kind of person to lie about serious matters. He could trust his judgment as Morpheus being one of the strongest and most knowledgeable people among the living divine beasts.