Chapter 27: 27: Witch of the Famine
Azekiel turned the beautiful blue card around to see what was on the card; however, as soon as he turned the card, his expression became somewhat weird since he couldn't see a warrior like Raphael on the card. In fact, there wasn't even a man on it.
A lady was depicted on the card, having long blue hair as clear as the sea. Her deep blue eyes seemed to gaze straight into the soul of Azekiel through the card.
A beautiful black dress wrapped around the body of the lady, highlighting her curves. What stunned Azekiel the most was the staff that was in the hands of the lady.
He had seen a similar depiction in how witches were described in storybooks. Only the sharp pointy hat was missing.
Present in the hands of Azekiel, the card turned to smoke. The smoke flew up before it started expanding, obstructing the vision of Azekiel completely.
Raphael moved close to Azekiel to keep an eye on the surroundings.
The smoke soon disappeared, leaving behind one person standing in the distance.
It was a lady with flawless skin. The woman seemed to be in her early twenties, around the same age as Azekiel. She was still holding onto her staff which looked even more fierce in her hands. The top of the staff appeared like the head of a snake that was glaring at Azekiel.
Azekiel stood up, keeping his focus on the lady before him. "Who are you?"
"I suppose you are the King of Gluttony? You don't look very special," the lady curiously stated. "In fact, you look slightly weak. Why is that?"
She turned her gaze towards Raphael, who stood right beside Azekiel. "A fallen angel? Fascinating indeed. Someone as weak as him was able to summon two of us...?"
It was only after she noticed Raphael that she became somewhat surprised. What was happening here? How could a person this weak establish a contract with two people at once?
"I asked you a question," Azekiel repeated after being ignored initially. He couldn't understand why this lady was different from Raphael? She was supposed to work for him, so why was she showing attitude?
While Raphael was like a proper General, always working for the wellbeing of Azekiel, the lady seemed different. It was as if she was doing a favor to Azekiel by being here.
The lady glanced back at the young man, however she didn't speak anything.
Her gaze went to the dead body lying near Azekiel's feet.
"Also, who is that guy?"
"He is the King of Pride... Or used to be one at least," Azekiel responded, lightly kicking Michael.
"King of Pride? A King has been slain already?" Lia seemed quite surprised to hear such a thing. She focused on Raphael before asking, "Did you do it?"
Only Raphael seemed capable enough to kill a King here. Azekiel was still slightly weak as she could see.
Raphael shook his head. He pointed at Azekiel. "He killed him."
Even though he had helped massively, he knew that even without his help, Azekiel could've killed Michael. Azekiel had surprised him again and again with his battle skills and planning, after all. Moreover, he wasn't here for credit so it didn't matter to him as to who got it.
What mattered to him was that Lia needed to know that Azekiel did it so she would not underestimate Azekiel.
"He did?" Lia exclaimed, slightly impressed. "That's very interesting. You don't look the part of a warrior, but you managed to kill a King. I guess I underestimated you."
"What is your name?" Azekiel inquired. So far, he didn't know anything about the lady other than the fact that she was here to help him.
"I am the Witch of Gluttony, Lia." The lady identified herself. "I apologize if I was rude to you at the start. I don't like Kings much. I guess you can say some bad memories associated with it."
"Have you worked for other Kings of Sins in the past?" Azekiel found her words really interesting. She didn't like Kings? Were there other Kings of Sins in the past? Just what was she implying?
"I don't mean King of Sins." Lia clarified. "I meant general Kings. Like the Kings of Kingdoms. I mean, let alone me, who will like someone that commanded his men to have you burned in flames?"
"Commanded to be burned?"
"Yeah. How else do you think I became a Spirit of Sin? Anyway, that's all in the past. That bastard is long dead by now, I'm sure."
"Why were you burned?" Azekiel asked, quite intrigued. Since Lia was his spirit warrior, he needed to know her better so they could trust and work together.
"I was accused of causing a Famine in the entire Kingdom. Some idiot told the King it was the work of Witches. Many other witches and I were burned that year..." The woman stated as she lowered her head. "Hundreds of Witches were burned that year."
"So you were falsely accused and killed?"
The lady looked at Azekiel in confusion.
"I didn't say I didn't do it. I did cause that famine," Lia answered without taking much time to even think.
"You really caused a Famine?" Azekiel inquired, recieving an unexpected answer. "Why did you?"
"If we're done with my interrogation, can you both tell me more about this place and the situation?" Lia swiftly changed the topic. "Is there anything I need to know?"
Azekiel didn't take long to realize that Lia wasn't going to answer him.
"Raphael will keep you updated."
Since she wasn't comfortable with the answer, he could only drop the matter and focus on other things as Raphael informed her more about their situation.
He shifted his focus back to the screen of his system to go through the details about his Weapon of Sin.
There was only one thing that could help his mood. It was his new toy… his Weapon of Sin!
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