The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 2

He didn’t know why his cold heart suddenly ached for her, but he decided to take her with him.

When he was ready to lift that frail body in his arms, only then did the small delicate hand gripping his robe let go. He lifted that body which weighed nothing, not bothered by the ash and dirt that clung to him when he did so.

Once more, he closed his eyes and focused, hoping that this time he could leave this forest.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself inside a lavishly decorated room large enough to be a mansion in itself. He sighed relief as he finally returned and then looked at that charred body.

“Were you the one who summoned me there?”

There was no reply from that unconscious little human. He put it on his canopy bed and covered her with the blanket as almost nothing of her clothes remained intact. He then pulled the rope string next to the bed which was the bell meant to call his servant.

It did not even take a minute for the door to open and a young man with pointed ears and silver hair entered the bedchamber.

“Sire, you are back. Where did you—”

The words that the young servant was about to say were stuck in his throat when he saw something—no, someone lying in the middle of the King’s bed.

“Call a physician, Erlos,” the red-eyed man ordered.

Before the servant could say anything, he heard his master add, “A human one and make sure to get two lady servants as well.”

“A human, sire?” Erlos’ pointed ears twitched as he eyed the charcoal-like body in the middle of the King’s bed once more.

This young elf, Erlos, would normally snoop around to satisfy his curiosity, but seeing his master’s serious face, he did not dare ask anything. He simply bowed and left, hurrying to execute the orders of the King.

It only took minutes for Erlos to return with a young man in white robes clumsily following behind him with a leather satchel filled with bottles. The young man was cowering, his body trembling in fear, which was the complete opposite to the two female palace servants accompanying him.

“Sire, the physician is here,” Erlos announced, gesturing towards the human.