Chapter 2: Oath of Death pt. 1
It's been two days since the messenger falcon been sent to the doctor, in this amount of time I have been practicing meditating and breathing techniques just as I have read back on my world. Never thought that reading so many novels and watching anime will come in handy until now.
I have been successful in making a mana circle. I don't even know if that's a thing here as I haven't been able to go out of my room, but somehow, I just seem to feel and know it. With that circle, I left to my imagination what kind of magic I wanted to use.
"Scan area."
Just like that, a very detailed map of the whole castle was shown with detail inside my mind, it has a huger and more complicated structure than I thought. At the level I am currently I will never be able to see it fully. Yet, I also noticed that contradictory to this huge castle the number of servants was very small and limited. I could only scan part of the castle but not the surroundings as suddenly my once curly hair popped off and became straight.
"ADELA! BABY, NO PLEASE!"
I am sure I passed out, I overexerted myself. I should have known it, just one mana circle wouldn't be enough to scan the whole area. Was that my grandfather? Damn it, I will have to deal with his crying when I wake up. Well, it was my fault. I forgot he was there for a moment.
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A soft green glow woke me up, the face of an old lady with white robes was my good morning.
"Young lady! You are finally awake!"
Her once burrowed eyebrows soften as she noticed I was awake. My grandfather was behind her and he looked as he has lost weight. Damn it old man, I can't leave you alone for a few hours?
Wait… the doctor is here? How long was I passed out!?
"It's been one week since you passed out, we were all very worried! You had a mana flunk!"
Okay, I am so sorry old man, this one is on me.
"B-baby t-this grandpa of y-yours…" sniffles "t-this grandpa of y-yours should h-have been more a-attentive of y-you-!"
He broke into crying and I could no longer tell what he was saying. I am sorry pops.
The door cricked slightly and the sight of crying servants with running noses was seen. Even the cook, the gardener, and the knights were there. They remind me of puppies.
"S-sorry."
"Ah! It's not your fault young lady, all kids go through mana flunk as they began to practice magic. Still, I was worried since you are only 4 years old and mana practice can only begin when you reach 6 years old since your body is a bit more developed to withstand magic."
She explains to me while glaring at my grandfather, she must think my pops had me practice magic while I am still so weak.
"I-I thought that if I practiced I could get healthy faster." Damn child body, I can't even speak clearly without misspelling some words.
Her glaring turned into a soft look and then into a guilty one.
"I am sorry young lady, if only I was a bit better you wouldn't have had to try and do that."
Her guilty look was short and now a determined one adorned her face.
"But as I been checking and healing your body I could no longer find a trace of sickness in you! Now I have to do continue supplementing your body with healing magic to speed up the process. Also, you have to eat healthy and take short walks!"
"AHHH BABY! THANK YOU, GODS! Fast, Prepare porridge immediately!"
"YES, MY LORD!"
My grandfather and the servants were nowhere to been seen now, they all dispersed to go to prepare a plate of porridge… again.
"Haha! That old man of yours. I hope he doesn't go to catch some weird stuff to make you eat. Though, a mantis head has a lot of nutrients… hmmm"
I will ignore that last thing you said…
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It's been a few days since that incident, now I can move a bit with some help. My grandfather had to move back to his office since it was getting stuffy in my room. Also, he and his tears wouldn't stop.
Now I am currently going to the 'grand salon'. A place in the castle which is only used for the important matters of the family of life and death. Why are we going there? No idea.
My grandfather was now infront of a small looking wood door. The door itself looked old and like with just touching it will become ashes because of how old and rundown it looks.
My grandfather takes a knife out of his pocket and harms himself a little bit just to make blood come put. Then he proceeded to draw some kind of magic circle while murmuring some words.
"We ask you to please let us show ourselves before you... Titania's blood... Oberon's bravery... Oh gods of time, space, and power... bless us thee with your wisdom... please let us come before you..."
The door began to shapeshift as if it accepted his prayer. The once dull looking wood door became bigger in size, and it was now made of marmol with many scripture that looked as if they were erased with a sword on purpose. Even with the damage it had, it still looked beautiful and dignified. As we all started to enter, everyone's clothes started to change into black robes.
The interior was bigger than it seemed from the outside and also the inside. It looked more of a dome-shaped temple, an ancient one if may add.
In the deepest part of the temple, a logic-defyingly humongous thing sat on a throne just as big as itself there were two more by its side. It was huge statues of three faceless gods.
"Wow…" I couldn't hide my surprise. It gave an ancient but creepy feeling. The statue of liberty came to my mind, maybe even bigger.
In what looked like a very expensive podium, my grandfather stood behind it, his normal clothes were now exchanged for robes that made him look dignified. He was not crying anymore and his face was shaved clean. I could tell you with all certainty that he was a handsome old man.
Wait.
Is this… some weird cult shit…? Should I run?
As I tried to find a running opening the voice of my grandfather resonated with enough strength through the temple calling my attention.
"As we know, Adela Valentia De Titania Oberon. Is the first woman to ever been born in the family after 1500 years after Titania and Oberon became one family at the start of the ages and the birth of the empire as we know it today."
Huh? Really? The only one?!
"As such, every member of the family, including the servants and knights has always made a death oath to keep our family secrets, secret. Everyone here present has served our family since ancient times, we made the mistake in the past to allow servants from that the royal family sent to us as gifts into our castle, and the birth and gender of Adela was revealed to the nobles, and the royal family without our permission."
The air became heavier, everyone inside the temple wore grim expressions. Guilt and sadness filled the air.
"But those rats have been disposed, and now we no longer admit anyone to come to serve here without making a death oath. It's no secret to anyone of you, who has served our family for generations, that only the woman of our family can sign contracts with both spirits and fairies and stand on equal ground with them. As such, for generations, the royals and nobles had been waiting for the birth of a woman with Titania's and Oberon's blood to get their hands on our lineage."
The temple was still gorgeous to the eyes and kind of creepy even though the decorations stand on the simpler side. On the walls, countless torches that lighted the room with a blue flame could be found. Besides those torches, there was a space that was habited by faceless stone statues that gave the image of knights; they stood unmoving with very dangerous-looking weapons. They were a bit taller than the normal human beings.
Every weapon held by said statues was different, a variety of weapons could be seen by each of them as well of their dangerous looking image. Some even held different objects, like a staff in one hand and a book in the other one which gave me the impression that those statues were wizards or something.
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