If The Crown Fits (Book 2)

Chapter 32 Cup of Evil

Chapter 32

"Goddess, how can we ever repay you for all the good things that you have done for us?" The chief asked with teary eyes as soon as Ren helped me up on my feet.

I glared at the chief and pointed a finger at him. "Do not get stabbed again. That would be the first one because I am not gonna heal you again even if you start croaking right no-" Nate cut me off by coughing into his hands. It was a warning cough.

I pulled my lips upward and swiped my tongue over my teeth in annoyance. Suddenly, being a goddess is no longer fun.

Even though I still feel sick, I decided to play into character as I made my voice soft and raised my palms in the air. "Mortal, one must not apologize for that. Thank the spirits and not me for they have whispered these commands to me. I simply am a vessel in this world that has come to aid mortals."

"Goddess, thank you very much!" Fical said.

"Sir, we found the healers who attempted to poison the chief." A couple of guards - both with tanned skin and red strips of face paint on their cheek - came in and threw the healers that we saw earlier on the ground. Both of their hands were tied behind their backs.

The man looked back at the guard and glared. "I told you that we did not poison the chief!"

Fical stood up and marched over to them. "Then why is there a devil's root found under the bandage of my father?" he demanded.

"I don't know! My sister and I would never do such a thing!" He said. His voice rising as he defended their innocence.

At this point, I saw Custard hunching a bit and carefully approached the two.

'Custard?' I poked him through our link but he somehow shoved me off. Geez. What is his issue now?

Suddenly, the male healer turned to look at his sister, who was now looking at the ground to cover her face. "Sis?" Upon hearing his voice, the girl suddenly lifted her head. She let out a vicious scream as her body was covered in black veins and the white in her eyes turned dark. Ace, who was closer to them, even took a step back while the guards pointed their spears at the girl and muttered some sort of curse in another tongue.

Custard started to move. He charged and swiped at the air just above the girl. Then I saw him taking a step back as if he was dodging an attack. Either my familiar is going crazy or he can see something that I cannot see.

See? Knowing Custard, maybe he can see things that we can't normally see with our naked eyes.

A thought suddenly occurred to me and I linked my vision with Custard's eyes so I can confirm my suspicions. Immediately, I saw a darkened shadow of a figure that looked like a snake. Snapping at me - Custard. I saw myself lunge and tilt my head to snap at the neck of the snake and rip it off of the girl's neck. The snake shadow vanished after that and Custard was still snapping and barking at the dissipating smoke.

I broke the link and gasped just in time as I saw the girl dropping down on the ground with her face slamming on the floor.

"Jalu!" The boy screamed worriedly at his sister.

"What just happened?" Ren said and directed his gaze at me as he pointed at Custard, who was still barking at the empty air.

"I-..." I started to open my mouth but I couldn't find the right words to tell them. What should I say and where to begin?

'Custard, what was that?' I asked him as I rubbed his chin the moment he returned to my side.

Custard gave me a sad look as if he just killed something that he shouldn't have. 'Master, that was a spirit. I think these people are-'