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The Disciple of Aoide - Chapter 29

Published at 20th of January 2019 07:44:27 PM


Chapter 29

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The woman appeared to block the arrow, to prevent it from harming the girl. However, the arrow was already so close to the girl that the woman had to use her own body to stop the arrow's momentum. The arrow pierced right through the bundle the woman was carrying and the wail that was elicited by the object inside the bundle confirmed its state of injury. At the same time, the woman grimaced as if she was the one suffering the injury even though the arrow only brushed past her.

The one who was seriously injured by the arrow was the thing inside the bundle. Since the bundle itself was as red as blood, one would not be able to tell the extent of the injury. However, when the arrow pierced through the bundle, it carried with it a shower of blood and unfortunately for the little girl who stood right behind the woman, she had a whole splatter of blood fall on her.

Probably shocked by the sudden gore, the little girl's eyes rolled backwards and she collapsed to the ground. Felicia was worried about the girl but since the woman was still standing next to the girl, she did not wander too close to the girl.

Felicia and Arthur regarded the woman with caution because there was something about her presence that shifted after the bundle in her arms was injured. The wailing did not stop and Felicia and Arthur felt crept out by it. For one they did not expect something so small could release such insistent and powerful wailing and for another, the wailing itself sounded quite inhumane. While they sounded like the cries of a baby, there was also something off about it. There was the sound of gurgling like someone being choked underlining the wailing and it unnerved Felicia and Arthur.

The woman rocked the bundle in her arm like a mother trying to comfort her unruly child. While she was doing that, she squatted down to inspect the unconscious girl. The woman brushed the blood from the girl's face before standing up with a relieved smile. Her red dress fluttered and the woman as well as the girl disappeared from the ballroom.

"Where did she go?" Felicia asked. "Did she run away? We have to go find her."

Before they could do anything however, the woman's voice came from the other end of the ballroom, "There's no need. I just moved the girl to somewhere safe. I did not want her to suddenly wake up and witness the ensuing massacre." There was a shift in the woman's tone. Before, she sounded resigned but now, she was a trace of maliciousness and evil in her voice.

Felicia and Arthur turned to the voice and the woman was standing with the bundle still crying in her arm. She rocked the bundle as she uttered, "You've harmed my precious and almost harmed my deary. Those are the only taboos of this house and you'll need to pay for you transgression." The woman did not seem to notice that as she spoke, the knot on the bundle was slowly falling apart. Eventually, an edge fell off to reveal the most grotesque being that Felicia and Arthur had ever seen in their life.

It was a fetus whose face was purple like it had died from asphyxiation. Its head was caved in, causing its facial feature to be wholly unnatural. Its lips moved up and down as it wailed. The limbs that struggled to seek their way out from the folds of the bundle were incredibly tiny like they were not yet fully formed. It looked like a fetus that died at the later stages of pregnancy, it should not be alive but the fact that it was crying proved that it was. This was nature's travesty.

However, when the woman noticed the child that had escaped from its bundle, her eyes softened with love like this was her greatest treasure in the world.

Before the eyes of Felicia and Arthur, the woman slowly transformed. Her luscious locks fell from her head to reveal a sunken skull, the clothes that she was wearing fossilized rapidly. The blouse disintegrated to shreds and the dress became tattered with holes but the color was as red as ever. The woman's figure shrunk to nothing more than skin wrapped over skeleton. The decomposition of the woman's clothes revealed a secret, the Blood Mother was connected to the ghost baby in her arm via the still attached umbilical chord.

Felicia gasped when she saw the Blood Mother's real identity, "A banshee!" Then her face clouded over, "She is attached to her child and she probably has been using the children as sources of life essence to keep the child alive! We mustn't let the children stay with her, she will eventually suck them dry!"

To save the kids, Arthur prepared for battle. He knew this was going to be a hard match because if the battle so far had been any indication, the Blood Mother had not utilized the full extent of her power yet. She had only been evading their attacks and had not gone on the offensive. However, Arthur had a feeling that was going to change soon.

Ever since the woman's attention had been captured by the fetus, it had not left. She whispered lovingly to it, as she tried to calm it down, "Don't worry, mother is here. I will not let anyone harm you, my dear."

She rocked the fetus back and forth in her arm and said, "Is it because you're hungry? Don't worry, mother will feed you two fresh souls soon. Just be a little bit patient, okay, my dear?

"I will make sure those who dare to hurt you pay dearly for their sins."

Then, the woman raised her hollow eyes at Felicia and Arthur. Arthur felt a chill run down his spine and at the same time, Felicia warned him, "Careful, she's coming!"




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