The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 212

The next morning, Ember was readying herself for her magic lesson with her instructor, Fire Fae Helia. Not being able to sleep well due to what Isa said to her, her head was feeling a little heavy and she felt cranky despite having a sumptuous morning meal.

Lady Helia was waiting for her at the training grounds in the rear of the palace by the time she arrived. In the previous lesson, Ember succeeded in finding her energy core, and now, both she and her instructor looked forward to her progress. Of course, it probably wouldn’t be easy given Ember’s special case.

When Ember reached the middle of the training grounds, Lady Helia cordially greeted her.”Good morning, Miss Ember. I hope you have been well since we last parted.”

“Good morning!”

Though her voice was bright, Lady Helia noticed how Ember had to force herself to smile.

“Pardon if I sound intrusive, but you feel…gloomy? Is everything all right, Miss Ember?”

Ember denied having issues, but deep inside, she knew she was not feeling as excited as in her previous lessons.

What Ember didn’t know was that Helia was not ignorant of the confrontation. She had heard from Draven what happened to her student, and she knew she had to keep that in mind while teaching her today.

“If that is what you say,” she relented. “All right, shall we start our lesson?”

Ember nodded.

Helia didn’t hold Ember’s hand this time as she instructed, “To start with , why don’t you try locating your energy core again?” When Ember told her she was done, the fairy smiled. “Wonderful. You did it quite quickly this time.”

“It is because I became more familiar with it now.”

Helia then moved on. “Since we do not have any more issues with that, we will move on to the next step. Let me ask you, Miss. We have been practicing for a while and I wish to know when was the last time you felt the presence of your powers.”

It reminded Ember about the previous day’s incident, so she confessed, “Yesterday, something happened.”

Helia waited for her to continue without saying a word.

“I was…” Ember hesitated “…angry at something and didn’t actually mean it but I felt like hurting another person. Not just her, but I felt like destroying everything around me to release the pent up emotions, and only then I could be calm. That urge of destruction was so strong that I almost gave in to it. I felt like something evil inside me which wanted nothing but destruction.”

“How do you feel about that urge?”

“I do not like it one bit, Lady Helia,” Ember said with a lowered head.

Helia touched her chin and lifted her face, smiling as soon as their eyes met.

“Are you afraid, Miss?”

Ember pressed her lips in a thin line as she considered answering that question.