Passiflora

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“Grandpa, how are you?” Lorena said. She put the Passiflora flower on table in the kitchen.

Grandpa laughed, chuckling. He opened the cardboard containing the Passiflora. The flowers were so beautiful. It had double white petals and purple on top. Inside of there were also several fruits.

“You’re the best. You got it so quick.” Grandpa praised Lorena.

Lorena took the Passiflora and gave it to Grandpa, “Passiflora is the best herbal concoction. If you needed this, there must be something very important and urgent. So, it’s better if you also plant this.”

Grandpa sighed, “It’s very difficult to plant this. Every time I plant a plant, I will pull it soon out for treatment.”

“It is for that person, isn’t it?” Lorena guessed.

Both Grandpa and Ansel just looked at Lorena and fell silent. Because Lorena was also Shenmorta, they didn’t have to explain what exactly happened.

Lorena pulled up a chair and sat with an annoyed expression. “’Why do you do it? He’s so sinister.”

 “After all that happens, there will definitely be an answer,” Ansel said.

“You don’t have to do it with your hands. This is so…”

Ansel cut off Lorena’s words in a high tone, “This is already the way. Moreover, you know that fate is unavoidable.”

“Listen carefully, nothing bad will happen. There is nothing to worry about” Grandpa said to calm their emotions, together.

“Grandpa, I see that he will turn into a feyfiend, too,” Lorena said. Lorena once met and saw a human who turned into a feyfiend. That was why she immediately recognized the characteristics of humans who would become feyfiends.

Ansel was shocked and scared. This was the first time for him. Finally, he had to go face to face with Feyfiend. Meanwhile, Grandpa got up from his seat, and left.

“Ansel, listen to me. You know that this is your biggest mistake. Now, you have to stay away and not get involved in this. Don’t let that feyfiend absorb your soul.” Lorena said with very high anger.

Then, Grandpa came back with a book. The book was shabby and old. “For this matter, I have prepared this.”

“The Power of the Crystal Full Moon.” Both of them read the title of the book at the same time.

 Ansel took the book and read it right away.

“Grandpa, this is …” Lorena said while she was remembering something. “When fighting the Feyfiend during Full Moon with Crystal, then the Feyfiend will be confined in it.”

Grandpa continued, “Not only that, the power of that feyfiend will also be yours.”

“Then, who will fight the Feyfiend?” asked Ansel. Both Grandpa and Lorena put their gazes on Ansel.

 Ansel realized that they had cornered him. His finger pointed to himself. “Me…”

They knew that Ansel’s martial arts mastery was terrible. But Ansel was the only option to fight Feyfiend. It was impossible to let Grandpa or Lorena fight.

“Ansel, you seem like you have to train really hard.” Lorena made fun of Ansel.

Meanwhile, Grandpa gave support to his grandson. “I’m sure you can fight Feyfiend.”

 “Then, how about the crystal?” asked Ansel.

“You are right, it’s better to use the Crystal sword to fight the Feyfiend,” Lorena said.

It definitely used Crystal’s sword to fight Feyfiend. It was just the best choice. the sword was stuck into the Feyfiend body, then the Feyfiend soul would go straight into the Crystal sword. However, they have to do a wizard rituals first. Then, the crystal could force the soul of the feyfiend that was trapped in the crystal.

Actually, Grandpa knew who could make the Crystal Sword, but it was useless because he had died long ago. “The only person who can make the Crystal Sword is Hagan Colins. But he was dead. Currently, no one has replaced him.”

Hagan Colins was the closest friend to Grandpa. He owned a handmade souvenir shop. Everything he made was perfect. Grandpa often asked him to make something that could fight evil spirits, the Feyfiend and others.

 “What about Andrew?” Ansel recommended one of his friends. Although Andrew’s ability to make a object was far behind. However, he believed Andrew would definitely help him.

Unfortunately, Lorena also knew Andrew and doubted it. “All the things that he made, they were horrible.”

Ansel also chuckled at choosing Andrew. “But we have no other choice. I’m sure he can. It’s difficult to find someone who can make Crystal’s sword.”

“You have a point,” Lorena relented. She had absolutely no one to recommend making a crystal sword. Finally, Grandpa made a decision.

“There’s nothing wrong if you give Andrew a chance. The Crystal Sword can make him to learn and sharpen his ability to create objects better. However, there must be someone who can replace Hagan Colins.”

“Then does Grandpa have the crystal?” Ansel asked.

“Now we have found the person who will make the Crystal Sword. Only one more thing is Crystal.” Lorena continued Ansel’s words.

Grandpa also said, “There is one crystal that we have. It was buried in Lorena’s old house. That’s why a feyfiend appeared and killed all your family.”

After all the Lorena family was slaughtered, she decided to move and sell her house. For her, it was the best way to erase that tragic memory.

“But the house has been sold. Then, how to get the crystal?” Ansel said.

Because Lorena once lived in the house, she felt that taking Crystal was her job. Even though she had to return to face the most painful memory. “Just leave it to me.”

“Are you sure you can do it?” Ansel distrusted Lorena. He just didn’t want to bother her.

Ansel saw Lorena’s gaze at him. The gaze indicated that Lorena was offended. He explained it in more detail, “I mean, I just don’t want to bother you. I know you are busy. If you can’t do it, you don’t need to force it.”

 “Don’t worry. I have a lot of free time.” Lorena also hoped that the new owner had absolutely no idea about Crystal’s presence. So the crystal was intact.

After everything was clear, Ansel needed to do what he was supposed to do. First, he had to practice Material Art every day to prepare himself against Heka, who would turn into a Feyfiend.

Second, he had to meet Andrew to ask him to create a crystal sword.

He also realized that his previous fears and worries disappeared instantly. Especially, the fear of a Bloody Marriage that always haunted him.

All of that had turned into courage. Moreover, there was absolutely no death that he saw for himself. So, he had nothing to be afraid of. Because Ansel had found a way to fight it all.

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