The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 32

Draven walked towards the young elves and the human girl.

“Red eyes?”

“Wait, aren’t red only the devil’s—”

“T-That’s the King!”

The terrified young elves, not knowing what to do in the situation, all fell to their knees. Though they were just a bunch of rowdy kids who knew nothing but play, they had heard from Elder Leeora and their parents countless tales about the King of Agartha.

Seeing the kids fearing him just like the other ordinary subjects of the kingdom, Draven could not help but scowl. He found it burdensome whenever people act like that.

Using his powers, he made them all stand upright, and the bewildered elves had no choice but to remain standing, simply choosing to politely bow to the King. They didn’t dare look up and only stared at his black boots.

The human girl felt herself growing nervous at the sight of Draven approaching while those kids were standing with their heads lowered in front of him.

His red eyes pinned at her, he spoke again with a dignified tone.

“Her name is Ember.”

‘Who is he calling ‘Ember’?’ she thought. ‘Is he talking about me? Is he calling me Ember?’

Just then, a much-welcomed voice chimed in, “Ember…Such a lovely name?”

That was Leeora returning after visiting the patient. She returned in a hurry as she was worried about the human girl being left alone.

“The City of Ronan welcomes King Draven, the ruler of Agartha.” She bowed before the King. When she straightened herself, a small smile could be seen on her elegant face. “Have you come to grant the child a name? That’s a nice name for her, Sire.”

The King didn’t react as he didn’t wish to get credit for giving a name to this human creature.

Leeora looked at the kids. “You may all stop bowing, children. To be honest, the King hates these formalities. You don’t want a devil annoyed at you, do you?”

The kids quickly straightened themselves and nodded like their lives depended on it. They then started murmuring among themselves.

“The King named her Ember.”

“So she’s now called Ember?”

Zeno, who was still curious, raised his head slowly and looked at the King. “But why did you name her Ember, Your Majesty?”

Leeora simply looked at the King as well, waiting for his response. Knowing the personality of the King, she thought that he would ignore him and not answer, but he actually replied.

“A piece of burning coal in the dying fire.”

It was something that kids could not understand. They simply looked at the human girl and then looked at each other and whispered,

“Piece of burning coal?”

“Oh yes, I think I heard my mother use the word ’embers’ when she was cooking…” _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}

“Pfft. Coal. Is it because the human girl has burn wounds on her body?”