Well it turned out that I didn't have to worry about Lucia's appetite for my blood. Thankfully she always kept a fresh wine bottle of blood with her. The thing I had to worry about with her was her temper. I've been learning from her for about two weeks now and I've come to learn that she didn't take too kindly to when I got any of her questions wrong. She had gotten in to the habit of whacking my hands and arms with the hilt of a dagger. She made sure not to hit so hard that she broke any bones but my arms were littered with black and purple bruises. In some places she actually broke the skin causing me to bleed. To my surprise though each time this happened Charlie made sure to bandage my arm. These momentary acts of kindness made me forget for a split second that he was only doing it cause he wanted to use me.
Rolling over in my bed I looked out the open balcony to see that the sun was just beginning to rise over the horizon. I haven't been sleeping very much lately. Kind of hard to sleep in a place where you don't feel like you have any friends let alone someone to trust. The closest person I remotely trust right now in this place was the pudgy cook that always slipped me extra desserts every night. It was sweet of them to be so kind to me but along with not being able to sleep well I don't have much of an appetite either. Half the time I just push my food around the plate before I force myself to swallow it. Can't really escape if my body is weak without the proper nutrition. I won't get very far if I don't have the energy to run.
I sighed rolling out of my bed knowing that I won't be able to fall asleep any time soon. I was better off just getting up and wandering around learning the lay out of the castle like I have been doing. Like every morning when I woke up there was fresh clothing waiting for me on the small table where I would eat my meals. I groaned again when I saw that it was a dress once again. Charlie seemed to refuse to let wear anything other than dresses because he claims that I was far to beautiful to be wearing men's clothing. At the very least I wished that he would give me some shoes without heels on them. My feet always hurt so much at the end of the day from wearing high heels all day long. I don't understand how the business woman that wear the six inch heels every day. You would think after a certain time their feet would be damaged permanently. At this rate that's where I feel like my feet are headed.
Walking in to the hallway as always this early in the morning everything was so quiet. Most of the guards spent the night time patrolling the grounds or walking the walls. During the night there were only minimal servants cleaning the castle. While walking along the halls I didn't come across any one save for the occasional painting of someone dressed in some fancy clothing. There were suits of armor that seemed to belong in a gothic movie. Each time I walked past one of these suits of armor I always felt like there was someone inside them watching my every move. It made me feel like no matter where I went I was never alone and that was a feeling I did not like when I'm trying to find a possible escape route.
I went from one hallway to another still thinking that they all seemed the same still. I was slowly learning the lay out of this place and it was a matter of time before I stumbled across some secret passage. I'm sure that this place would have some kind of underground escape route just in case Charlie needed a quick get away. I just needed to find it and I can high tale it out of here. Once I found that escape route I was going to have to find out whether or not Charlie was bluffing or not about my parents. I can't leave if their lives were in danger by doing so. I would have just asked Marcus but I had yet to see him. It seemed like he wasn't going to be here any time soon and I knew I wouldn't be able to ask Charlie without raising suspicion. I had to keep whatever plans I make for escaping to myself. I was probably only going to get one chance at an escape and I couldn't afford to fail.
I eventually found myself walking across the castle grounds my heels digging slightly in to the soft earth. I was pretty surprised when I came across a small garden on my third day. All there was in this garden was a large willow tree that had small pink sakura flowers littered all over the branches. Growing all around the willow were large hydrangeas with powder blue blossoms. Besides my bedroom this was the only place I felt that I could get any peace here. The area around the garden smelled so sweet from all of the flowers that whenever I found myself here I would sit under the willow till Charlie found me to take me to my lessons. The kids that serve food from the kitchen have learned by now if they couldn't find me in my room then they could find me here. Sure enough after sitting there for only about twenty minutes when a young boy showed up with a tray covered with a silver dome. When I lifted the dome I found eggs, bacon and some toasted bread. This was what breakfast normally is every morning so I wasn't surprised when I saw what was under the dome.
I sighed heavily when I saw Charlie walking towards me. I knew exactly why he was looking for me. It meant that it was time to go to my lesson with Lucia once again. I stood up wiping dirt off the back of the dress trying not to look at the wounds on my arms. When he got to me he held out his arm like a gentleman would do to escort a lady. I reluctantly wrapped my arm around his elbow wishing I knew how to break it. Thanks to him I pretty much get tortured every day. Thankfully it's not worse than just the bruises and cuts I've got on my arms right now.
When we got to the room that Lucia always taught me from since there weren't any windows I was surprised when I saw everything had been cleared from the center of the room. Lucia stood with her arms crossed in the center of room the same blank look on her face. She always seemed to bored save for when she was punishing me for giving a wrong answer to any of her questions. Even more I noticed that the circles on the floor that had been there when I first started my lessons were now gone. The only circle was a single one directly in the center of the room but instead of the red that looked like blood this time it was a neon blue. The markings on this circle were far more intricate than any of the other circles that had been painted on the floor before. What did Lucia have planned for today? It definitely didn't seem like I was going to be doing a bunch of studying like I have been doing this whole time. At this point I felt that I at the very least understood the basics of this world.
"I'll leave you to begin Lucia. Try not to kill her. She's the only one that can create the portals and I need her." Charlie said before leaving.
"Great that makes me feel completely at ease." I groaned.
"Stand in the center." Lucia ordered.
I hesitantly walked over to the center of the circle not very keen on finding out what my lesson for today was going to be. Charlie's little comment about not killing me only made me feel more nervous to the point that my stomach felt like it was doing flips. I was pretty sure that my hands were probably shaking as well. As soon as I stepped in to the circle I could feel a static shock run up my legs to my spine. There was definitely power in the circle but I very much doubted me standing here was a good thing for me.
"Now today is going to be a very simple and easy day. All you have to do is make this ruby hover in the air a few inches." Lucia instructed pulling out a round ruby the size of a golf ball.
"How am I supposed to do something like that?" I pointed out. "I've never once in my life used magic to begin with and to top that off I still have a part of me that doubts that magic or any of this is real."
"Stop you're whining and just do it." Lucia snapped.
I sighed really wishing that I was back home with my parents. I was even wishing that I was back at school sitting at a desk listening to a teacher drone on. How was I supposed to make that ruby hover in the air without touching it? How was me standing in this circle supposed to help with that? I locked my eyes on the ruby in Lucia's hand not too sure what I was supposed to do to make it hover. I felt quite silly just standing there staring at a ruby resting in Lucia's hand. The whole time Lucia just watched me a bored expression on her face. She clearly wasn't going to be helping me and was most likely expecting me to do it without her help. If I were going to make that ruby hover I wouldn't just have it do that. I would make that ruby launch its self through the air to slam in to Lucia's face. I wanted to just make her feel as miserable as I have been. Worst part was that I felt bad about thinking something like that because I've never really wished any one harm before I came to this world.
I stood there for near fifteen minutes before Lucia sighed rolling her eyes at me. She was clearly displeased that I wasn't able to do it on my own. I jumped slightly when I saw her eyes sudden change so that her pupils were now slights and every vein in her eyes turned blood red. I was distracted when I noticed the circle on my feet light up. I wanted so badly to run as fast as I could but for some reason my feet couldn't move. It felt like I was standing in a bucket of gorilla glue. I could feel my heart begin to pound harder and faster in my chest the circle became steadily brighter. I fell over in shock when bolts of lightning suddenly arched up in to the air before crashing down on to me. I shouted as my entire body felt like it was being fried from the inside. Every muscle in my body constricted painfully. I wasn't even able to scream in pain because my jaw locked my teeth together. When the pain finally stopped I could smell that my hair was slightly burned and my whole body ached. My spine alone felt like it was now stiff and unable to bend. Why the hell had Lucia done that?
"For each time you fail to do as I've instructed you'll be punished." she said her voice as calm as if she had just flicked me on the forehead.
"How am I supposed to do as you've instructed when you're not actually instructing?" I snapped.
"When it comes to magic you've got to just do it. I can't show you have to use your magic especially since you are from another world. You have to figure that one out on your own. Now let's continue." Lucia said clearly ignoring my attitude toward her.
If I actually managed to learn how to use magic out of this I was definitely going to be turning on Lucia to teach her a lesson. I don't think before today I've ever hated a person. I've disliked people before but I've never actually truly hated someone. In that moment I was sure that I hate Lucia and I most definitely hate Charlie.
Rolling over in my bed I looked out the open balcony to see that the sun was just beginning to rise over the horizon. I haven't been sleeping very much lately. Kind of hard to sleep in a place where you don't feel like you have any friends let alone someone to trust. The closest person I remotely trust right now in this place was the pudgy cook that always slipped me extra desserts every night. It was sweet of them to be so kind to me but along with not being able to sleep well I don't have much of an appetite either. Half the time I just push my food around the plate before I force myself to swallow it. Can't really escape if my body is weak without the proper nutrition. I won't get very far if I don't have the energy to run.
I sighed rolling out of my bed knowing that I won't be able to fall asleep any time soon. I was better off just getting up and wandering around learning the lay out of the castle like I have been doing. Like every morning when I woke up there was fresh clothing waiting for me on the small table where I would eat my meals. I groaned again when I saw that it was a dress once again. Charlie seemed to refuse to let wear anything other than dresses because he claims that I was far to beautiful to be wearing men's clothing. At the very least I wished that he would give me some shoes without heels on them. My feet always hurt so much at the end of the day from wearing high heels all day long. I don't understand how the business woman that wear the six inch heels every day. You would think after a certain time their feet would be damaged permanently. At this rate that's where I feel like my feet are headed.
Walking in to the hallway as always this early in the morning everything was so quiet. Most of the guards spent the night time patrolling the grounds or walking the walls. During the night there were only minimal servants cleaning the castle. While walking along the halls I didn't come across any one save for the occasional painting of someone dressed in some fancy clothing. There were suits of armor that seemed to belong in a gothic movie. Each time I walked past one of these suits of armor I always felt like there was someone inside them watching my every move. It made me feel like no matter where I went I was never alone and that was a feeling I did not like when I'm trying to find a possible escape route.
I went from one hallway to another still thinking that they all seemed the same still. I was slowly learning the lay out of this place and it was a matter of time before I stumbled across some secret passage. I'm sure that this place would have some kind of underground escape route just in case Charlie needed a quick get away. I just needed to find it and I can high tale it out of here. Once I found that escape route I was going to have to find out whether or not Charlie was bluffing or not about my parents. I can't leave if their lives were in danger by doing so. I would have just asked Marcus but I had yet to see him. It seemed like he wasn't going to be here any time soon and I knew I wouldn't be able to ask Charlie without raising suspicion. I had to keep whatever plans I make for escaping to myself. I was probably only going to get one chance at an escape and I couldn't afford to fail.
I eventually found myself walking across the castle grounds my heels digging slightly in to the soft earth. I was pretty surprised when I came across a small garden on my third day. All there was in this garden was a large willow tree that had small pink sakura flowers littered all over the branches. Growing all around the willow were large hydrangeas with powder blue blossoms. Besides my bedroom this was the only place I felt that I could get any peace here. The area around the garden smelled so sweet from all of the flowers that whenever I found myself here I would sit under the willow till Charlie found me to take me to my lessons. The kids that serve food from the kitchen have learned by now if they couldn't find me in my room then they could find me here. Sure enough after sitting there for only about twenty minutes when a young boy showed up with a tray covered with a silver dome. When I lifted the dome I found eggs, bacon and some toasted bread. This was what breakfast normally is every morning so I wasn't surprised when I saw what was under the dome.
I sighed heavily when I saw Charlie walking towards me. I knew exactly why he was looking for me. It meant that it was time to go to my lesson with Lucia once again. I stood up wiping dirt off the back of the dress trying not to look at the wounds on my arms. When he got to me he held out his arm like a gentleman would do to escort a lady. I reluctantly wrapped my arm around his elbow wishing I knew how to break it. Thanks to him I pretty much get tortured every day. Thankfully it's not worse than just the bruises and cuts I've got on my arms right now.
When we got to the room that Lucia always taught me from since there weren't any windows I was surprised when I saw everything had been cleared from the center of the room. Lucia stood with her arms crossed in the center of room the same blank look on her face. She always seemed to bored save for when she was punishing me for giving a wrong answer to any of her questions. Even more I noticed that the circles on the floor that had been there when I first started my lessons were now gone. The only circle was a single one directly in the center of the room but instead of the red that looked like blood this time it was a neon blue. The markings on this circle were far more intricate than any of the other circles that had been painted on the floor before. What did Lucia have planned for today? It definitely didn't seem like I was going to be doing a bunch of studying like I have been doing this whole time. At this point I felt that I at the very least understood the basics of this world.
"I'll leave you to begin Lucia. Try not to kill her. She's the only one that can create the portals and I need her." Charlie said before leaving.
"Great that makes me feel completely at ease." I groaned.
"Stand in the center." Lucia ordered.
I hesitantly walked over to the center of the circle not very keen on finding out what my lesson for today was going to be. Charlie's little comment about not killing me only made me feel more nervous to the point that my stomach felt like it was doing flips. I was pretty sure that my hands were probably shaking as well. As soon as I stepped in to the circle I could feel a static shock run up my legs to my spine. There was definitely power in the circle but I very much doubted me standing here was a good thing for me.
"Now today is going to be a very simple and easy day. All you have to do is make this ruby hover in the air a few inches." Lucia instructed pulling out a round ruby the size of a golf ball.
"How am I supposed to do something like that?" I pointed out. "I've never once in my life used magic to begin with and to top that off I still have a part of me that doubts that magic or any of this is real."
"Stop you're whining and just do it." Lucia snapped.
I sighed really wishing that I was back home with my parents. I was even wishing that I was back at school sitting at a desk listening to a teacher drone on. How was I supposed to make that ruby hover in the air without touching it? How was me standing in this circle supposed to help with that? I locked my eyes on the ruby in Lucia's hand not too sure what I was supposed to do to make it hover. I felt quite silly just standing there staring at a ruby resting in Lucia's hand. The whole time Lucia just watched me a bored expression on her face. She clearly wasn't going to be helping me and was most likely expecting me to do it without her help. If I were going to make that ruby hover I wouldn't just have it do that. I would make that ruby launch its self through the air to slam in to Lucia's face. I wanted to just make her feel as miserable as I have been. Worst part was that I felt bad about thinking something like that because I've never really wished any one harm before I came to this world.
I stood there for near fifteen minutes before Lucia sighed rolling her eyes at me. She was clearly displeased that I wasn't able to do it on my own. I jumped slightly when I saw her eyes sudden change so that her pupils were now slights and every vein in her eyes turned blood red. I was distracted when I noticed the circle on my feet light up. I wanted so badly to run as fast as I could but for some reason my feet couldn't move. It felt like I was standing in a bucket of gorilla glue. I could feel my heart begin to pound harder and faster in my chest the circle became steadily brighter. I fell over in shock when bolts of lightning suddenly arched up in to the air before crashing down on to me. I shouted as my entire body felt like it was being fried from the inside. Every muscle in my body constricted painfully. I wasn't even able to scream in pain because my jaw locked my teeth together. When the pain finally stopped I could smell that my hair was slightly burned and my whole body ached. My spine alone felt like it was now stiff and unable to bend. Why the hell had Lucia done that?
"For each time you fail to do as I've instructed you'll be punished." she said her voice as calm as if she had just flicked me on the forehead.
"How am I supposed to do as you've instructed when you're not actually instructing?" I snapped.
"When it comes to magic you've got to just do it. I can't show you have to use your magic especially since you are from another world. You have to figure that one out on your own. Now let's continue." Lucia said clearly ignoring my attitude toward her.
If I actually managed to learn how to use magic out of this I was definitely going to be turning on Lucia to teach her a lesson. I don't think before today I've ever hated a person. I've disliked people before but I've never actually truly hated someone. In that moment I was sure that I hate Lucia and I most definitely hate Charlie.
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