Chapter 97

In the morning, when Klaus woke up, he took Merlin again and had fun with her. Merlin's soul was already crushed, and she looked like a living doll. After losing their child and some of her powers, she started drowning in darkness. The last night events were the last straw, and now Merlin is completely swimming in her darkness.

On the other hand, Klaus felt refreshed and went to see the old man again. Upon arriving at the old man's office, he saw multiple dead bodies of rogues lying on the ground. "What do we have here? How can you be so cruel, Old man?" Klaus said while smirking at the old man.

The old man turned his head to look at Klaus, standing at his office door. He smiled at Klaus and pointed at the bucket full of blood. "Bring it to me," The old man ordered, and Klaus followed with a grimace. Klaus gave the bucket of blood to the old man, and the old man started painting something on the ground using the blood.

Klaus doesn't know anything but knows that the old man is drawing a magic circle. "This must be connected to the ritual," Klaus thought. He quietly stood at the corner of the room, watching everything the old man was doing. He didn't care about anything as long as he could see blood. That was the most fun and exciting thing for him. At some point, Klaus stopped being obsessed with Clara, and he just began to stop caring about anything and focus on killing to see some blood.

"Get the pup."

After finishing the preparations, the old man ordered Klaus to get the child of the royals. Yes, the child of Queen Clara and King Erik. Klaus immediately left the room to get the child, and the pup stayed under Merlin. She was the one who was currently looking after the child.

"Give me the pup," Klaus said to Merlin, who only looked at him, uninterested. Merlin stood from her seat, and in a few seconds, Merlin came back while holding the child.

Merlin whispered a few words to the baby before giving it to Klaus. Klaus looked at Merlin suspiciously but smirked at her and left with the pup in his hands. Klaus returned to the old man's office and gave the pup to him. The old man smiled happily while holding the child. In his smile, Klaus grunted and crept at the old man.

The old man carefully laid down the child in the middle of the magic circle. He bit his finger and let the blood pour down the child's face. As his blood touched the child, he mumbled words, and Klaus was surprised at the heavy gust of wind surrounding the old man and the baby. The wind became heavy for Klaus to bear. He needed to hold on to the wall to support himself.

"NO!" The old man suddenly shouted angrily.

"What's wrong?" Klaus asked uninterestedly.

"Who dares!!" The old man shouted again and angrily walked towards Klaus. The old man grabbed Klaus by the collar and snarled at him.

"What did you do?!" The old man asked Klaus, his face reddened because of his anger.

"What did I do?" Klaus asked. He was trying hard not to smile or laugh at the old man's face.

"Only half of my soul went in," The old man said with wide eyes full of anger.

"What do I know about that?" Klaus said. The old man's eyes grew big, realizing that Klaus was stupid and didn't have the brains to think about something like this. He let go of Klaus and turned his back on him.

Klaus fixed his shirt while smirking at the old man. The old man's face was interesting to watch for Klaus, and he was still trying his best not to burst out laughing at the old man. While the old man looked at the child, he smiled. "There's no problem. Half of my soul still got in successfully in that child," The old man said and laughed.

"That was quick. I was hoping for him to get more confused and angrier, but what happened at his ritual? Half of him? That means it is still not complete." Klaus said to himself and leaned on the wall, quietly watching the old man laugh like Someone crazy.

"Ahh, it must be that," Klaus smirked, remembering what Merlin did before she gave the pup to him.

"Bring the child back to the room," The old man said calmly. Klaus grimaced, disappointed at the old man's reaction. Klaus raised both of his shoulders and took the pup back to Merlin. On the way back to Merlin's residence, Klaus smiled, excited at what was happening, and thought,

"It doesn't matter what Merlin did. That expression of the old man was enough entertainment for today. I can smell blood already, oh! This is so fun, and I'm getting excited."