The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 97

Leeora and Ember left for Ronan. When they entered the city, their arrival caught the attention of not only the local elves, but also the other residents and merchants along the way. For a small kingdom like Agartha, news travelled fast and it was easy to guess the significance of Ember’s return to the elf city.

The people’s reaction was something within Leeora’s expectations, but the deeper they entered the city, the High Elder of the Wood Elves realized that even the tree spirits were looking restless.

‘What’s happening?’

Tree spirits were basically sentient plants with low intelligence. Unless their existences were directly threatened, they would not respond with this kind of agitation. They moved their branches around in a fluster, as if they were not happy or scared of something, causing the innocent bystanders in the streets to be alarmed.

Leeora could not think about why they were acting this way, and neither could the elves living within those trees. They all looked outside of their homes, some even coming out to see what happened, but then their attention would be shifted to the human girl passing by their homes.

“The High Elder returned with the human girl?”

“Isn’t that girl supposed to be sent to the human villages?”

“Didn’t you hear she underwent a test in the palace?”

“In the last council meeting, I heard that…”

“Oh? That happened? The King initiated a bond with her?”

“…then since she survived, doesn’t that make her the King’s mate?”

“The King’s mate!”

All felt shocked when they realized the new identity of the human girl before them. The fact she awakened means she survived the marking phase and was their King’s mate…more precisely, she had become their Queen.

Amidst the whispers, Ember and Leeora reach the largest trees in the centermost part of the city where their residences were located. The sight of her house on the upper part of the tree made Ember’s heart warm.

‘I’m home. This is where I belong now.’

She climbed down from Lusca, and after saying thanks to the stag, she looked at her house with a pleasant smile. However, that smile faded. She didn’t feel the welcome vibe from the tree spirit like how she felt all the time.

Leeora looked around once again and found the tree spirits growing more restless. Even the tree spirit of her own house was agitated.

‘What is wrong with them?’

“You should head home first, dear. Something must have happened while we were away. I need to make a quick trip to see the other elders,” Leeora said to Ember to which the girl nodded.

Leeora tapped her staff to instruct the tree spirit to lift Ember with its branches, but the tree spirit refused to listen. Ember was still on the ground.

Leeora was sure she had instructed the tree spirit to carry Ember, but then why…?