The Elven Duke Reluctantly Marries The Cursed Lady - Chapter 48
“Once you find yourself in danger, you must make your own decisions. If you know nothing, then it may lead you to make the wrong choice.”
It was why Hydrangea decided that he would not keep anything from Violette from now on.
He was confident enough to say that this decision would remain the same no matter what happened.
“Once…”
“Hmm?”
Violette lifted her face and looked directly at Hydrangea.
Eyebrows peaked and eyes moist, her usual cheekiness was gone.
“Once what?”
Hydrangea was worried when Violette showed an unusually vulnerable countenance.
“I just remembered…”
It was a memory a few years before the curse turned her into a cat.
“I must have been four or five years old by then.”
The young Violette wanted to know her magical affinity and mana level, so she asked her father to check them for her.
“However, my father was against it and said that learning magic was too early for me—”
But Violette did not give up. After three days and three nights of begging Syran, she finally got him to promise to invite a mage to check for her as a birthday gift.
“On the day of my birthday, a mage who was an acquaintance of my father came over.”
Her memory of that person was hazy at best, and the only thing she remembered was that the mage was clad in a cloak that covered their entire body.
Neither their gender, age nor the tone of their voice remained clear in her memory.
“The only thing I remember was that they only held my hand while measuring my mana. It was completely different from how you did it.”
Hydrangea jolted in surprise. It must have been the Appraisal ability of the Mystic Eyes.
Mystic Eyes have a high concentration of mana in the eyes which enables the user to detect the essence of a person or object through sight alone. Moreover, it could also immobilize or shrink their opponents just by staring at them. If one possessed high-level Mystic Eyes, then it was also possible to curse someone just by staring at them.
“The one who cursed me might have been that mage.”
“Do you know who it was?”
“I don’t have any memories of them. The mage has never visited since that day. Ever since then, it seemed like Father and his acquaintance, Tritoma Celsia, often met at home. They must have known each other.”
Is that mage related to Violette’s curse after all?
“If you want to know something about your past, we can look through your memories through magic.”
“!”
“However, if you do not completely trust the caster, who, in this case, is me, there is a high chance that it will fail.”
It places not only the target, Violette, but also the caster, Hydrangea, in danger.
It was a dangerous spell that may pull one into the mental world and prevent them from waking up again.
“With how things are between us, it’s highly possible that it would fail.”
“Indeed.”
“However, I would like to try it someday with you.”
I hope you will cooperate with me by then. Violette showed a look of hesitation and asked for time to think about it.
