Alter Witch, Malvis

"Alter Witch, Malvis. May we talk? My name is Killigan Northanrey, an heir for the 6th generation."

She half grinned in her broken face.

"Well.. we can't talk like this, can't we." I walk towards her and placed my hand in her head.

"consano" I chant. Green aura started to spread out from my hand, entering Malvis's body. Her body suddenly heals slowly but surely.

"consano" is a chant for a spell in light magic, limited healing. Limited healing is actually called limited because it can heal people completely but is depended on the user's mana reserve. The more mana you flow into your patient's body, the more it heals.

What differs this spell from the advanced version is that, this spell costs more mana yet also heals less. Conversely, my humongous mana counter is constantly refilling therefore I can heal Malvis's body infinitely without getting tired.

As I heal her, head to heel. Her face is locked onto mine. "Killigan, is your name right?" I nodded while still healing her, "Then, Killigan, be a good boy and look me in my eyes~" She says with the most alluring voice I've ever heard.

I look at her straight in the eyes.. couple of second has past yet nothing happened.

"W-wait why is my magic not working on you?" She say.

"Oh no.. I've been brainwashed.. heellpp.." I say in a sarcastic tone. "Oh come on! isn't it obvious. Very well, I'll give you a hint. I eat something, it's rare, it starts with B, has 7 words, and ends with x. What am I?"

Her face is full of shock, "Bolorix pill. The pill very few could make."

Hmm? But I thought Brooke says that it's easy to make.

"Few?" I ask.

"Yes, though the ingredients are simple. Only genius alchemist or scientist can make it." She say.

"Alright. Enough with the chit chat. Sit up Malvis, I have something to inquire about you. Treat me as your employer and everything would work out for you." I smiled.

"What is it that you want? You know I can kill you right now right?" She say.

I close my eyes,"Haha! Kill me then! Look! I closed my eyes, my whole existence is on the palm of your hands."

"Tch! Alright, what do you want kid?" She say.

"Hehe. Well, Malvis, Alter Witch, I want to recruit you as my secret bodyguard, one that protects me from the shadows." I say.

"Alright enough with your bullshit." Hundreds of blue flaming swords suddenly appears surrounding me.

"Hahaha! Wow! What an impatient girl you are.. Kill me, but if you do that, you won't know what gives me the confidence to know that you won't kill me." I say and sits relaxedly.

"I will hear you, however if this deal doesn't intrigues me, you will die." She say. Oh! You will..

"Malvis, do you know how many people in this world right now, that have successfully mastered The Siltra Dance?" I ask.

"Small amount." She simply says.

"Yeah! So small that you can count them with your fingers, but to see a person who have mastered it right in front of me is quite.. nerve-wracking." She tilts her head. "You see, I was questioning myself on how you and my mom met with each other.. You.. You are her disciple, aren't you?"

She widens her eyes and clench her fist.

"Malvis, let me tell you a little secret about myself.. I mastered the Siltra Dance as well."

"Oho?! Interesting.." She say halfheartedly.

"Do you know how I mastered the Siltra Dance? I was taught by Dylan Selvyk, The Frailed Knight. I did not just mastered The Siltra Dance, I perfected it. And Dylan taught me all of them. How did Dylan come to learn about The Siltra Dance? If the instruction book is around, then why didn't the whole Selvyk family just utilizes their aether skill and learned the dance in one simple glance?

A little bird once told me that Malenia Northanrey was once taught by her mother in a village far away from here. Her mother gave her the instruction book for The Siltra Dance. Little did they know, that was the last ever copy to ever exists in this very world."

I was wondering about the story Cory told to me, there was something off. The Northanrey's instruction book for The Siltra Dance was sold for merely 8 marida coins. It was bought from a nearby market near the village. This is at times where The Northanrey family is besieged by that fake leader.

Can this village not know about The Siltra Dance? Yes. That's the most plausible theory as of now.

Even if no one can learn the dance, I'm sure that some book collector would buy this book for millions upon millions of marida coins.

One other clue is the fact that I don't know about the existence of this book until Cory told me the story. I thought the dance was a knowledge which passes through generations upon generations and can only be learned when someone who already knew of this dance, took an apprentice.

"You and Dylan are both Malenia's disciple. That's why when you are arrested to the Scarlet Tower, it was Dylan that took you down even though it's probably my mom. That's how my mom stayed out of everybody's radar, she just used Dylan to take credit for her actions." I say.

*clap clap clap*

"That was superb deduction skills, I have to admit you caught me off guard, especially with how those words were spoken by an 8 year old boy." All the blue sword suddenly disappears, "I'm interested in you, Killigan. Unfortunately, that wasn't a deal, that was a mere background check towards a being beyond your comprehension."

A being beyond my comprehension, she says. Oh! You have no exact clue what beings beyond my comprehension looks like..

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