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Chapter 748: Another Version of the Story
🕑 Added 2023-05-09 08:03:58 +0000 UTC"The mistress of the castle you’re talking about, wasn't she called Ariane?" Evan blinked.
"It's her. She was a witch who dedicated her soul to the devil, and the source of this unfortunate curse," said Shukrya calmly. "So, you have already met her. What does she want you to do here?"
“We’ll talk about this later. You tell your own story first!" Evan waved his wand.
He didn't trust the woman in the mirror nor the soul that had suddenly appeared.
Neither the evil witch who offered her soul to the devil nor the shamaness witch doctor from Africa who could use strange powers would be easy to mess with. And God knew what exactly happened back in the day.
And… the prince-charming in both stories, the wizard from Paris, where was he now?!!
In fact, the more he thought about it, the more things seemed to be far worse than what he had ever imagined.
It was very possible that five hundred years ago, this all was just two evil witches confronting each other over a man, making many suffer with them in the process. And now, even after death, their powers were still at work, both hoping that Evan would give them the edge they needed to finally tip the scales!
"After we stayed, she treated us warmly, but over time, I found that my lover gradually changed and became indifferent to me ..." Shukrya hesitated and continued, "He didn’t seem to love me anymore!"
"Amortentia?!" Evan looked at her.
"Yes, this potion is called Love Potion in our country," said Shukrya, with a trace of pain in her eyes. "If I hadn't hung on to move and just went back to the tribe to become a witch-doctor, the rest might not have happened. After I found out that my lover had changed, I didn't know whether he had been drugged or something else, but the root of everything was obviously that woman. He changed after he came to her castle, and I decided to find out the truth. After some investigation, I found that the movements of the castle's mistress, Ariane, my lover's former classmate at the Wizarding School, were very suspicious. The tracing magic I left behind showed that she snuck out of her bedroom every night, sometimes with my lover to a remote room in the castle, and sometimes with other men, but what was even more shocking ..."
"What is it?" Evan looked at her. The idea of Ariane switching men like shoes was shocking enough for him.
"It’s that she went deep under the castle almost every night after laying with them. There, I found a secret room protected by magic, I cracked the magic she left and broke in. I saw piles of bones inside, piled high on the floor," Shukrya said those shocking words in a calm tone. “The wizards who used to smile in the daytime and seemed nice and noble all turned into demons at night, killing ordinary Muggle civilians and dissecting their bodies. In addition to the pile of bones, I also saw iron chains criss-crossing over the room, with human bodies hanging from these chains. These human bodies all seemed to be ordinary people or Muggle farmers, or perhaps local residents. Some people were hanging from their feet, while others were hanging from their heads. Their knees were badly worn and blood flowed from them to their feet. Some people hadn't died yet, and they kept wailing..."
If Shukrya was telling the truth, then the secret of Ariane was really terrible.
Evan couldn’t believe that she was simply abusing the farmers and mutilating their bodies. It was definitely some very evil Dark magic. Only painful torture could make a person's heart and soul distorted. That kind of power was what Dark magic needed.
"After investigating, I found out that she was using those people’s flesh and souls to worship the devil!" said Shukrya, gradually raising her voice. "This is a castle full of sin. The wizards here are all demons. Then, I told this fact to my lover, but he didn't want to believe me. He thought I was lying and framing his classmate. He said… words that couldn’t be taken back at the time, and left me. I could feel that he had completely changed. He was bewitched by that woman's demonic power and didn't love me anymore, but I couldn't leave him alone, so..."
"So what?” said Evan, frowning at her.
"So, I used the Love Potion on him and put it in his cup to make him fall in love with me again!" said Shukrya, not happy. "I am very good at making potions, which is one of the duties of a witch-doctor. I thought I could be with him in this way, and after leaving the castle, he would slowly change his mind, but that was only the beginning of something worse..."
Evan looked at the ghost in front of him, one who could’ve been a great witch-doctor and a spiritual leader of her tribe. What Ariane said was fitting so far. She did not lie, but did not recount all the facts. Linking the two stories together, Evan began to envision the whole picture.
"We ran away, but were caught back soon, and I was locked in a dungeon and tortured by them madly, receiving all kinds of humiliation,” said Shukrya, with a hint of hatred in her voice. "I thought my lover would come to save me, but he didn't. I didn’t know until then that he was already engaged to that demon. A few months later, the news of their impending marriage came, I was completely desperate, and I compromised with the dark gods. I swore I would stop this… I would thoroughly purify this evil fortress. I used my blood as a medium and used the ancient shaman's techniques to ask for the help of the gods of nature, so that owls, mice, and other creatures could get me potion ingredients. I made a poison and put it into the water source of the castle. I wanted all these demons to die."
“So you poisoned them all?" Evan looked at Shukrya, who was getting a little scary. As she took revenge on those demons, she became a demon herself.
All the things that Ariane said were true, and Shukrya was a terrible witch in her own right.
But if what the latter said was also true, then Ariane was evil too. It was hard to say who was more terrible.
"I thought this would complete the purification, but I was wrong again!" said Shukrya, her eyes fixed on Evan. "The poison I made was very powerful. Many people in the castle died, but that was what the woman hoped. She had long abandoned her body and offered her soul to the devil. After figuring out what happened, she did not hesitate to kill the ones who survived, including her parents and relatives. She was ready to sacrifice the souls of everyone and summon the devil to the world..."
