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

"How lucky we are right now. Our generation is truly blessed."

Those words… Anakin couldn't understand them. What was blessed with having an irregular mana that was the same as the forsaken? He observed the students giving Faustina glances. If it made her uncomfortable—then it made Anakin irate. These students have no complacency. And he doesn't understand the logic behind it.

The forsaken—Jonathan Unsterblich—was the only one with irregular mana. He had noticed at the welcome party about how they looked at Faustina, but none dared to approach her at that time. Anakin narrowed his eyes. Perhaps that was because he was with her? And she had the company of Leviticus and Michelle?

Anakin glanced towards Faustina, who was uncomfortably eating.

He still couldn't go and tell the students to stop looking at her due to the circumstances. Now would not be the moment for that.

The least I could do