Chapter 90

90 The Vampirism and The Bewitched Spell

Right in the middle of looking at all of her inventories, chief Amaris saw the result for Anne and Justice’s blood were done. She took the liquid and compare it and was astonished by the results.

“Interesting... I have never known I could get this kind of result.” Mumbled chief Amaris while she was busying herself scribbling everything on the paper.

Afterward, she goes upstairs to the highest floor looking for the crown prince, who’s actually in the middle of eating his lunch.

“Ah, there you are, your majesty. I’ve got your blood test result with me.” Chief Amaris said to Justice while she grab one plate and took some of the food on the table.

Justice saw her and got annoyed. “Please help yourself,” Said Justice in full-on sarcasm.

Chief Amaris laughed at Justice while munching her food, “So sorry about this, I haven’t eaten for like a day, just got a nap and some man goes to my lab without my permission and then...”

Intrigued by her story, Justice then cut chief Amaris’s words, “Wait, some man came sneaking into your lab? How is that possible? The alchemia tower has the prohibited spell active all the time. It would be impossible for intruders to come inside with no permission.”

“Yes, but one of Anne’s friends came inside with her permission,” She took sighed and ask Justice for an apology, “I do apologies your majesty, I have never meant to put the blame on Anne, but this friend of hers was a bit suspicious for me.”

“I think I know who’s the one that you were talking about,” Said Justice, he took a napkin and wipe his mouth, and proceed to drink from his cup and talk to chief Amaris again, “I do find him a bit suspicious, now you raise my suspicion for him even more.”

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“I think you should investigate the young man. I’ve checked my inventories. Good thing I have nothing missing, but it was possible because I was interrupting him.”

Nodded his head to chief Amaris, Justice gave her some reassurance, “Don’t worry, I’m going to, right now I was waiting for Bernard for the result of another case in hand, after the result came, I’ll ask him to investigate this young man named David.”

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Not long after he mention his chief guard, Bernard came with a document in his hand. Justice and chief Amaris turn around to welcome Bernard together.

“Welcome back. So how’s your task at hand? I presume the case was done successfully?” Justice asked Bernard while he read the document.

“I have some bad news and good news. Your majesty, the girl, miss Rosy, and her two friends were free from the suspicion.”

Justice throws the documents and glares at Bernard. “The f*ck that happened Bernard?! I thought you got this case already?!”

“Yes, but the witness changes their statement, they told the investigators that miss Rosy doesn’t have any ill-intended to miss Anne,” said Bernard, trying so hard not to make him angrier, “The three of them got a huge deduction score for their second exam as the compensation of the incident.”

Listening to Bernard’s explanation, Justice could only laugh and shook his head, “Unbelievable. Just couldn’t believe it. Now, how am I going to tell Anne about this?”

“I believe Miss Anne would be alright, your majesty. She knows how hard you’re trying to get her the justice that she deserves.” Chief Amaris tried to console Justice. She knew how controlling the bewitched spell can be.

Justice never answered her. He let out a sigh and goes to the lounge room, leaving Bernard and chief Amaris.

The two of them looks at each other and finally followed the crown prince to the lounge room. They waited for Justice to calm himself before chief Amaris gave him the blood result. Justice shook his head and asked her to put the results on the table.

“Let us wait for Anne. I want her to hear the results with me. I have nothing to hide.” Said Justice to chief Amaris.

While they were waiting, Justice asked the chief guard Bernard to investigate David, Anne’s friend. Bernard looks at him and tries to have a reason for this private investigation.

“I can’t give you the reason yet, but all I wanted to know was, who is he? Where did he came from? And why he wanted to be close to Anne.” Justice was firm with his decision. The only thing Bernard can do was obey the order.

Anne finally came back with Brom behind her. She looks at Justice and gave him a smile. Justice, on the other hand, was quiet and just asked her to join them in the lounge area. She looks puzzled but immediately sits beside Justice.

“What happened?” asked Anne to everyone around the room.

“Chief Amaris has the results of our blood test. I think you want to hear this with me.” Said Justice at Anne.

Anne nodded her head, keen to hear the result. All eyes are on chief Amaris. She cleared her throat and begin to read the results.

“Miss Anne, thankfully I don’t see any infection in your blood. You are clean.”

She gave a sigh of relief, “Oh, thank God, so I am not going to have a rage like Justice?” Then, it all came drowning in her, “Wait, then how about Justice?”

Chief Amaris took a glance at the crown prince and there was a hint of sympathy on her face, “I am sorry to say, your majesty’s blood got infected, and probably needs to be in the isolation much longer.”

Curses after hearing the bad news, Justice can only sit and rustled his hair, “Out of luck for me then,” He also looks into Anne and gave her a bittersweet smile, “But it’s a good thing you don’t get infected, I will be miserable if you got infected as well.”

Feeling sorry for him, Anne proceeds to hold Justice’s hand. “Oh Justice, don’t you dare take the blame for everything? It was an accident. That mysterious man was to be blamed for everything.”

Smiling at her, Justice patted the warm hand of Anne. He wanted to kiss her, but considered the audience. He just gave her a thank you. All of them now focus back on chief Amaris. The chief alchemia tower shook her head.

“I don’t know the cure. Vampirism was supposed to be extinct such a long time ago. There were no healers or alchemists alive that knows the recipe of the cure anymore.” Said chief Amaris with a long sigh.

“I think I know where we can get the cure.” Muttered Brom from behind.

Everyone turned around to see Brom, who was like usual, just yawning and giving them a disinterested face.

“So? Where can we find the cure?” Asked Anne impatiently to them.

“Not the cure directly, but the recipe, the Doomen or the Liven tome must be the key to the cure, right?” Said Brom to Anne.

Anne’s face was lit like the hovering orb in the ceiling. “You’re right, one of the tomes has the key to the cure.”

Justice took a glance at Bernard. “Called for chief Rody, I want him to come here tomorrow.”

“Understood, your majesty.” The chief guard goes to the capital immediately.

When he reached the lift, he met with Vale, who just got back from outside the tower. He saw everyone have a serious conversation, and not wanting to barge in, Vale settled to sit beside Anne. Looks like chief Amaris also got a strange discovery in the mix.

“About your thirst for blood, your majesty. It seems the blood that you will seek is a set of a peculiar scent of blood coming from a certain person.” Said chief Amaris with her eyes looking into Anne, “I mean, when the crown prince has the urge to... uhm... drink blood, he will be always seeking for your blood.”

She was taken aback by this revelation. Anne looked around the room and tried to make sense of the situation. “I mean, why me? Because I was his first, uhm... you know, the first blood that he drank?”

“I don’t know, probably because of that, or probably for something else,” Chief Amaris shook her head, puzzled by the discovery as well, “One thing that I know for sure, your majesty’s blood was drawn to you the whole time I put them together in the lab.”

Vale finally spoke after being silent for a while. “Maybe because of the bewitched spell, it got the effect of the vampirism.”

Hearing Vale, chief Amaris smack her hand, and enthusiastically pointed at Vale, “that’s it! the bewitch spell took a toll on you and the effect also transferred to your preferred target, which the target was miss Anne herself.”

“it fixed then. We need to find the cure ingredients for the bewitched spell as soon as possible. I don’t want to make her suffer because of this disease.” Said Justice to Vale, to whom the latter agreed. But, Suddenly, Anne put her hand on Justice, and she remember something, a very important mission that she thought only she could’ve done, “What’s the matter?”

“No.” Said Anne slowly, “I don’t want you to take the bewitched spell cure right now.”

Justice was stunned by her words, “What?! What do you mean I shouldn’t take the cure of the bewitched spell?!”

What is inside Anne’s mind right now?