Wicked [Super 4]

XVIII.Communication

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Scelesta

The spell necessary to take me and the offering I acquired back to our sacred cave drains me more than necessary due to the wound the pirate opened in me.

I abruptly let go of our offering. My equals take him and add him to the truthseeker and the noble from the despicable land. At the same time, I witness as the blood drips from my hand. It needs cleansing. Urgently. It contains...

--Filth... Filth... FILTH! FILTH! FILTH!

The others look at me strangely. We all hear as my sceptre hits the floor. Our leader finally makes an appearance. It is time to show my very need for purification. I kneel down before him, my head lowered in utter respect. I let him see the sinful wound in my hand as I beg for forgiveness.

He ends the filth in my body soon enough. A few days will be necessary before I can join my equals again. It was a mistake to tell them to leave Gunpowder Island, and now I shall pay for it. They must still go on with their search, and so we find ourselves pondering the best land for them to perform the next incursion soon enough.

Alex

Franz insisted on coming with us to the fairies' castle, but I could tell he didn't really want to leave Rock Brock and Twinkle. Still, I didn't say anything.

Judging by the looks on their faces, the fairies clearly didn't want us there. But let's be honest, did they ever actually want anyone there?

--Guys--I called out for the two Technopolians following me--, I'll do the talking. We don't want more--I paused for a moment, trying to find a word to describe those times where they accidentally said something deemed disrespectful by the fairies--incidents.

They both nodded in silence, agreeing with me. When we finally reached the castle's gate, two skeptical fairy guards analysed us with their looks and asked us about why we wanted to go in. As the good knight that I am, I kneeled down and explained our reasons:--We need an urgent audience with the Grand Fairy.

--And why should we grant you such a thing?--one of the guards inquires.

I sigh before raising my head and looking straight at her eyes:--We're sorry to have to inform you of this, but it has to do with a certain witch. She may try to attack your noble lands sometime in the near future!

They both gasped with fear and a little bit of disbelief. However, the faeries let us in after hearing the details about the Kingsland situation and Rock Brock's abduction.

The queen didn't really want to see us, since we're friends with Twinkle and all, but we still had to pay our respects to her because of courtesy. I noticed that Franz tried to stay behind either Gene or me at all times.

After that, we had to go up the stairs to the second highest point of the building (the first one is the queen's chambers), where the Grand Fairy operates. Luckily, that day she wasn't so busy, since their festival had already finished.

--Good morning, little ones--she warmly greeted us--. What brings you around here? How's Twinkle doing?

--Twinkle's doing just fine!--I answered with a smile. Sometimes I wonder how can the Grand Fairy really be part of the faeries. They're all so mean, and then there's her, always so nice to everyone, kinda like a grandma.

--She made some... Remarkable progress for some affairs we're dealing with--Gene added.

--That's nice! What do you need today?