Chapter 10: Step Back

When Curtis arrived at the magic tower, what he saw was a seemingly infinite spiral staircase. Each end of the staircase had a door. The tower seemed to be much larger than it looked because Curtis' ears could hear many people behind the doors.

"I have to find out what's behind those doors," Curtis muttered.

He is looking for ways to keep his investigation under wraps. There will be many problems if the witch finds out about his existence.

Unexpectedly, a witch appeared from the seal-shaped circle. Curtis, who had no way to hide, waited for the magic circle to disappear.

"Who are you!?" shouted the witch wearing a black robe, upon seeing Curtis.

But what he got was a painful blow that knocked him unconscious.

Curtis took the unconscious witch's robes calmly, and placed her body behind the stairs.

After that, he climbed the stairs and checked the door at the end of the stairs.

"What is this?" Curtis' eyeballs widened as he saw a sizable field behind the door of the first floor of the magic tower. How could there be a field indoors, there were even mountains and lakes.

"Oh shit, I forgot that all this is magic."

If only he hadn't been investigating something, maybe he would have felt at home behind this first floor door. The atmosphere was so beautiful, even the blooming flowers seemed to paint the ground of this room into colors.

Curtis quickly closed the door and climbed the next flight of stairs. He was curious about what was on the second floor after seeing the magic on the first floor.

When he opened the second door at the end of the second staircase, what he encountered was something that made Curtis explode with rage.

"You bastards!" shouted the rampaging Curtis. He gathered the magic called mana from his mouth. Then he shot the energy ball towards the witches, who were currently conducting trials on the captured werewolves.

The witches who heard Curtis' shout were shocked. Moreover, there was a strong energy ball attacking towards them. The explosion destroyed the room they were using as a research room. Making a large hole in the magic tower. The energy of the explosion also threw the witches who were hit, falling to the ground hard.

"What's going on!?"

The sound of the explosion finally attracted all the residents of the magic tower. They searched for what happened.

Curtis realized that he was out of control. He also jumped over the magic tower before being caught, and disappeared from behind the trees in the forest.

"Shit!"

Curtis' anger still couldn't subside even though he had injured the witches. Moreover, he could not save the captured werewolf. He couldn't make himself fight with all the witches and get caught like a fool.

But he vowed to attack the magic tower after what he saw.

Meanwhile, the head of the magic tower saw what happened in the research room. Then he checked the state of the tower wall which had a large hole.

"Who did this?" said the head of the magic tower. From the second floor of the magic tower, he could see several witches lying on the ground. The werewolf they had captured was also in a similar state.

"We couldn't find out because the witch who was attacked died when she fell from the magic tower," said one of the witches.

The head of the magic tower began to turn pale. If the one who broke in and destroyed this research room was one of the werewolves, then there would be a big war between warewolves and witches like hundreds of years ago.

It was because he had the witches do research on how to seal away the werewolf's power. He really didn't expect something like this to happen.

'Its bad, what should I do?' asked the head wizard named Gerald. His long black hair blew in the wind, blowing away the hodie covering his face. Showing a beautiful-faced man with golden eyes.

Gerald began to feel that accepting the offer from the mysterious person was a mistake. And now he could not correct that mistake. Gerald only prayed that the kingdom of Arta would not retaliate.

On the other hand, Swana was seen enjoying her day in her room reading a book. When there are no party invitations or tea events, she prefers to spend time reading or embroidering. But this time, she felt unfocused while reading a book. That's because of the silver-haired and red-eyed man who is occupying her brain.

"What are you doing right now Ethan?" Swana murmured. She pulled her book from the table and headed towards the balcony. The silvery moon shone beautifully, and reminded her of Ethan's beautiful hair.

"Oh my, it hasn't even been a day but I already miss him so much," Swana whispered.

What she should be longing for is Killian. But her heart and mind refused to think about him. For some reason, she was even sick of seeing Killian who sounded like he was at an entertainment venue.

'What a disgusting behavior.' But as Swana remembered that she had to learn to satisfy men for the sake of her fiancé, she also began to be disgusted with herself.

If she could, she would love to escape from her family and these suffocating ties. 

However, she could not let her stepbrothers and stepmother be satisfied cause she ran away.

So she wanted to stay here and claim her mother's inheritance through the kingdom. After all, she was descended from her mother who was a princess. So she will definitely win if she gets help from the emperor.

Swana let out a long sigh and turned back to her room.

"My lady," someone called out to her.

Swana's body froze. She felt she was dreaming.

The voice she longed for was calling, and she could taste the presence of someone who should be far away from here.

Swana turned around to make sure that what she was seeing was not a dream.

"Ethan!" screeched Swana.

She was excited at first but seeing Curtis' appearance now, she began to cringe.

Tbc.