A Sorceress Struggle

Chapter 8: The guilty consciousness and a parent’s duty!

Inside his office, Cassius, standing in front of the window facing the side building with a uneasiness showing in his eyes…

He let out a deep sigh after ordering the servants and the aid out

It already has been a few days since I conversed with that girl, ever since that evening, when the sun was setting, witness to our dispute over the same subject…

This house, this family could no longer be called one, ever since you left us Ananda… without you, the ties of blood that is tying us together are day after day withering out like a decayed rose under the harsh impact of seasons…

I could even say it all started at that cursed day when you decided keeping the child despite knowing that would lead to your demise… and I couldn’t stop you.

The memory of the dispute we had at the side building’ library, is still vivid, how frail you looked and yet you kept saying that it was your duty as the child’s parent and that you would gladly let go of your own life to give her the best chance in life…

From young age, people called me the emotionless ice duke… they weren’t lying though, after all at that time I was barely interested in anything

The world that I lived in was all grey, emotions were useless and having them was pointless. What pushed me to live was nothing more than the little interest I had in my duties as a noble man.

In the midst of it all… you came at me like a flood of colors, like a storm that brought light and colors to my life… it made me more than happy

The time I spent with you Ananda made me the happiest man! The new life filled with emotions and with happy memories were… are the treasures of my being!

With you I knew what happiness, excitement, joy and love meant! But I also discovered jealousy, obsession and envy… I don’t mind it t all, as long as you stayed by my side, but you ended up choosing an unborn child over me which made me spit my anger on you when you needed me the most

When that girl directed the blame towards me for the first time… I realized that I have more than a hand for your death… I realized that I have been wrong all this time, the responsibility doesn’t lie on the child… but on those who conceived it

The reason I lost you wasn’t because of that child… but because of me, we after all wanted to give birth to a second and expand our family...

But it just couldn’t keep up and live like it was nothing… after all, that child… is the spitting image of you

Her way of acting, speaking, her demeanor, her attitude and now… she is even singing the same melody without anyone teaching it to her! There is no way she could ever know about it unless she heard it directly from Ananda and yet she could by pure hazard sing the right tunes…

At first I thought it was but a mere presumption from me and that she learned it from someone… but after researching these past few days… it became clear that she, as I said made it by pure chance…

By any chance is it related to Ananda’s unique ability? There might be a chance that it’s the cause behind Satiana knowing that tune…

Or is it perhaps related to her recent awakening?

The maid that came reporting stated that Satiana’s eyes were shinning before she passed out… that is definitely the awakening of the mana inside of her body, but it appears that for some reason… her ability didn’t show up even after the awakening

Normally you would naturally know it once you awakened it… but she said that she doesn’t know… and that she didn’t awaken

Either she is telling the truth and it was a failed awakening or…she lied. The first supposition is somewhat credible… but why am I feeling that she is deliberately making fool of me?

Of course upon hearing her declining she awakened I send her to the side building as a punishment… and that is when she for the first time stood face to face against me and engaged into a conversation with unwavering will in her eyes… for a moment I would swear they turned crimson red…

It has already been a few days and I think I over did it when I punished her… I am currently seriously thinking of a way out…

In the end I decided to let her stay in prohibition till the end of the week and let her out… after all I still have to discipline her for raising her voice… but before that discussion we had, I might have let her there till the foundation day

But as a disciplining your child, being merciful with them is also part of a parents duty, at least that’s what Ananda used to say.

The duke then ordered some servants to clean the side building and attend to it, it was unusual for the old servants who knew that the annex was shut when the duchess died, but everyone in the mansion knew the reason that brought this sudden decision, they all worked and some of them had a lingering question that remained in their mind

“Did the duke finally decide to let go of the past?”

No one knew… but at the very least, one person was grinning in the side building

Everything went as planned, that little farce actually worked! Who would have known Cassius had a soft spot for crying girls? At the very least you can say he is a normal old man, a human!

The plan to gain his affection is going smoothly, as long as I keep dragging them my way, that quest will soon be achieved!

Ever since that evening, my daily routine didn’t change much.

I kept training more than before, making sure to run out of mana everyday then practice the replenishment technique I found in the library!

I have learned quite a lot of things, from information to magic related information; I kept going with my strategy of using my skills and mana to raise their level and mastery!

I have became able to somewhat grasp the essence of space magic, now I can create my own [Domain]; it’s a space where my magic is absolute. An area where my space manipulation and spell casting I greater by 1.2 times!

I also practiced the mental abilities and skills and affinity… this things potential is boundless

I used it first to apply illusion to speed u my thoughts and accept more information… then I started testing it on random birds and animals from my window…

At first I completely brainwashed some animals turning them into a pile of living dumb flesh… then some turned unto crazy birds that attacked the maids…

 Pain had a leave for an afternoon; the reason is that one of the ducks rushed towards her in rampage and started hitting her with its wings and beak…

We almost lost Pain that day… stupid duck! But well it was fun watching it from the window above the crime scene

I then changed my strategy and decided to combine the mental and the puppet master with a bit of enchantment magic to make the perfect spell! That’s how the birth of a new power I named [Take over] came to be!

In the end I managed to make five birds under my possession and complete control! They are now mediums for my [Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance], they serve as a sort of drones that share their senses to me, scouting the area and gathering information became thanks to these little guys a child’s play!

Now that I discovered this ability… things are going to get way more interesting from now on won’t they?

I am sure that at the day of the foundation festival, this sorceress is going to cause a huge mess in the imperial palace… just thinking of those stupid main characters dance in the stage I set with wrinkles on their stupid faces… Haaaa so thrilling!