A blue delight

“The mind manipulator is you after all. It already was suspicious since you suddenly came closer, no wonder I felt disgusted.”

“How mean of you, is this how you treated Seymour as well before you killed him?”

As we were levitating in the sky, he tried to place his hand in front of my face. Knowing that he was the mind manipulator, I decided to push myself away by letting my own thorns on my legs wither. However he flew straight ahead towards me and countered me, by making my arms incapacitated. He pinned them in mid air and even though I tried to take a swing and kick him, he dodged it.

“You!”

“Sorry, but letting you move would be fatal for us!” He declared.

If this wasn’t working then I would have to try my hidden card, although I didn’t want to use it. I forced my body to concentrate all the energy in my bag so roses and thorns could spread from my back and take the shape of wings like a real fairy. It was accompanied with an excruciating pain that I tried to endure for the sake of survival. I spit out and let the wings flap powerfully so the air created by them helped me break free from his grip.

Now that we created a distance in the air I had to think about how to make him stop.

But why is he able to fly in the first place? Did not only my aunt but just like the man who used fire and this one as well, steal abilities and make them their own? Did they actually succeed in that bizarre experiment of theirs?

“Well, you seem rather flink” He replied.

“Just stop and tell me where Calista is!”

“My master? Why ask? She is already here, didn’t you see her? You already know what she looks like.”

“What? How would I know?”

“Well why bother telling you when you are destined to die here anyway!”

“So much for a gentleman the people talk about, sure go ahead. Come at me! I will take you down and beat the answers out of you.” I declared

“Sure, try your best.”

He came at the speed of light and struck a dagger he had hidden before straight into my chest which made me cough up blood and feel an indescribable amount of pain. First a lightning now a strike, how much can this body even endure? Give me a rest already!

“You underestimated me, that was the wrong move" I wheezed through the pain.

I actually wanted to use this one on Calista however you are getting on my nerves acting so highly and mighty, I should just use this on you then! I let it bloom all across his body. A beautiful blue flower has bloomed, reminding someone of the moonlight in the late night sky. It was mesmerizing, absolutely stunning and lethal.

Monkshood.

Probably one of the most toxic flowers one could encounter here. The existence of this flower being found especially in Vermonde was so rare that you could speak from a miracle that Carina had a vial with petals from Monkshood back in her lab. She wanted to use them for experiments which made the old alchemist Willow shake his head furiously since it was too dangerous, so she kept it hidden for the day where she might use it. Even a small amount would be deadly, however I absorbed it in my body, and also used the antidote, so that my body at least could withstand a small portion of this flower. But I could only ever use it once.

Using it now felt a little like a shame but since this man might be even more dangerous than Calista, I had to.

I forced his mouth to open and let him swallow a few petals which instantly caused him to struggle with his breath, then I gave him a little liquid of the antidote, just enough to make sure he wouldn’t die. He would be unable to fight against this though. I won’t give your life an end like I did with Seymour back at Sylth. You and Callista the main preparators should pay for your evil deeds. For causing a young boy like Mica so much pain to be forgotten from everyone’s memories, for forcing people into Sylth and stealing their abilities leaving them cold and helpless on the floor, for conspiring with another individual to take down the empire.

“Chain him and make sure to use a spell on him to stop him from using his abilities once he regains consciousness!” I told the knights from the magic department that rushed to me for assistance, they nodded in agreement. I should leave this to them.

Yes, no matter how much I think about it,

You definitely deserve to rot in a cell and beg for forgiveness.