The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 76

Draven went to his study after seeing Morpheus and Ember together. He should have started heading towards the meeting hall, but he felt like he needed to be by himself. He didn’t know why he was angry, but he felt like destroying everything around him.

The way that creature hid herself behind Morpheus after seeing him angered him. He was sure she looked at him as if he was a monster and this angered him even more. He thought that having alone time would be enough to calm himself, but he couldn’t vent out his anger since he could still hear their voices from beyond the door.

At a particular moment of their conversation, his anger started to disappear. Erlos, who was quietly standing at one side, sensed this change in his temperament and finally felt relieved.

After a while, they heard a knock on the door and a servant relayed a message to Erlos. The young elf then turned to Draven. “Sire, shall we leave for the council meeting? All the council members have arrived in the meeting hall and are simply waiting for your arrival.”

Draven stood up to leave for the council meeting. When he stepped into the corridor, the place was empty. Those three were gone.

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The King reached the council hall where he found the fourteen council members in complete attendance, seated with their aides and attendants standing behind them. For Chief Agraleus, the head of the shapeshifters, it was his nephew Morpheus standing in the stead of his uncle’s aide.

Draven walked straight towards the throne as the rest of the council rose from their seats to bow to their heads at his arrival, including Morpheus who didn’t forget to officially show his respect to the King of Agartha though outside he never maintained that respect for him.

On this day, Erlos took particular care of his master’s appearance. Draven was solemnly dressed in a formal long coat with an imposing black dragon embroidered on the expensive red fabric, with a heavy black-gold cape flourishing behind him with each of his long strides. Together with his cold expression, it strongly emphasized the dignity of the King.

Only his footsteps could be heard echoing in the silent hall, and when Draven sat down on his throne to look down on the council, it was as if only then was everyone allowed to breathe. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

Everyone returned to their respective seats, and only their aides and attendants were left standing.

Halifax, the High Elder of the Moon Elf Clan, stood up to start the council meeting. The faces of each council member were grave, while the ones standing behind them were even nervous and agitated. This wasn’t an ordinary meeting, as there was only a single item on the agenda, but this particular meeting was of such importance that the entire kingdom was waiting for its conclusion.

Halifax briefly looked at everyone’s expressions and then turned towards the King. “Your Majesty, like what we have discussed in the previous council meeting, we are here to hear what his Majesty has decided about the issue of the stay of that human girl you brought to the kingdom.”

Draven simply looked at him calmly, allowing him to continue speaking his part.

“Your Majesty, on the behalf of all the other council members who represent their people’s wishes, I would like to propose that we send that human girl to stay among her kind, or if not, that we send her back to where she came from.”

Halifax looked at the other council members who agreed with what he said.

The Queen of the Fae, who had transformed to her human form, spoke, “Your Majesty, you are already aware that the main reason we are not allowing her to remain was for the peace of the kingdom.”

She continued to talk while looking at him with a calm gaze, “Your Majesty, you must have already received the information that the humans are already creating trouble at the border they are sharing with the fae clan and are trying to enter other territories. They claim that their innocent children should also be allowed to enter our territories since there should be no difference between that human girl and their children. We can not allow them to destroy this peace we have been maintaining for centuries now just because we allow one human to stay with us out of pity.”

Halifax nodded. “I can see that happening. If we allow the human children to cross our boundaries, give them a few years, they would dominate our cities.”

The other council members chimed in.

“Humans grow fast. In less than a decade, those children will become adults.”

“A pair of humans are capable of producing a single offspring in one or two years, while for our kind, our entire city will rejoice if even one offspring is produced in a decade.”