Chainslock

COMPLETED.

(WARNING: R18 on chapter 200+ onwards. This is a SLOW BURN ROMANCE. Read at your own risk.)

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On a secluded mountain situated upon a kingdom known as Feuersturm, resides a seemingly trifling cabin with an unlikely duo as its inhabitant—a witch, and her apprentice who presumably comes from a clan sought after by slave traders. 

Faustina is a sixteen-year-old girl who fled the slave market with the help of a sickly witch named Eula, who later on trained her as an apprentice for the span of seven years. 

Plagued with a mysterious disease for several years, Eula died despite the efforts Faustina had exerted to cure her; in her last breath, she left an odd request behind. 

"Sustain the king's life. This is your duty. Do not adhere to the prophecy."

To which the odd plea shadowed a bizarre series of events, a consequential sentence; similar to that of a premonition. The same night the phrase was muttered, the chain of events followed:

A warlock's intrusion to their home, with a peculiar yearning to resurrect Eula from the dead...

and the king himself, asking for Faustina’s aid.

Sustaining the King's Life

In the beginning, she was a girl who was constantly being compared to her younger sister. They weren't similar in all things except their identical face. Both had purple eyes and silver hair, but people said Maria's was plainer and looked duller. People judged the both of them the moment they were born. Maria, mostly. Anna received almost all of the compliments. 


This was why when Maria was tasked to be the next schoolmistress, she couldn't feel any happier. Despite the envy she had to go through, she was in a good trajectory. She didn't mind the people comparing her to Anna—she was the one chosen to inherit the title! Even when Maria was compared, she did not choose to study nor improve—her fate was already decided. She didn't need to do anything but wait, and be beautiful to land herself a handsome husband. It would make Anna miserable.


She did marry a magnificent man. Anna was left in the dark, and lived in Maria's shadows for years.


The Unexpected Fiend