Crimson Magister

Chapter 5

Aqua observed the blessing placed upon Azure as they rushed towards the carriage that was likely transporting her friend, blessing was seemingly burning even brighter than before, It was too suspicious.

She tried her best to analyse, to find a clue, or just a trace of the divine corruption.

Corruption that would eventually disregard her free will and force her to obey the divine, and yet she could not find anything remotely similar to what divine beings usually did.

She acted like it was alright, she wanted to believe that this blessing might have been true and pure, and yet she refused to believe it as she observed it grow more powerful.

Aqua knew how divinity operates, they cared not for the mortals they curse with their blessing of control.

And yet this one was eluding her, either the god that placed the blessing was truly benevolent, or what was more likely to her was that she was powerful enough to hide it from her eyes.

No other "god" was able to hide its influence from her eyes in the past, and the deities of this world seemed to be even less competent at hiding their influence.

Finding that there was at least one that did what no others could was alarming, she was close to a pawn of a powerful god, a god that she could never trust, and yet the same god's blessing showed no trace of the corruption, no chains on Azure's soul, no burden, it was impossible.

She knew her eyes could see through any and all divine deceit, and yet only logical explanation was that there was no catch with this blessing.

''It's impossible, no god would freely give so much power without trying to control their chosen'' Aqua muttered to herself, quiet enough that Azure could not hear her even while the elf was only couple meters in front of her.

She couldn't rationalize it, and thus it was not worth the effort to look into it at current time, she had to investigate this suspicious blessing

But what was even more important for her right now was to make sure Azure trusted her enough that she could take a closer look inside her soul.

It was possible that the god that blessed her was interested in the elf princess that got kidnapped, and only gave its blessing to retrieve their guinea pig and would dispose of Azure once her usefulness has run out.

She would not allow it, after all ever since she saw these two she grew to like them, after all they reminded her of herself in the distant past, and she would be damned if she let either one die now.

First time she gazed at the blessing it truly looked like it had no string attached, but as it grew more powerful so did her suspicion.

She shook her head to dismiss the thoughts as she noticed Azure signalling her that they approached stone path that connects to the main road, with a carriage parked on the side.

What was suspicious was that the carriage and its escort just stood on the side, chatting and laughing.

Azure stared at the carriage, thinking of a plan to take back the princess, and yet why was carriage here, they should have been close to the border already and yet they were just parked much further away.

'Something isn't right here...' Azure knew something was amiss here, and she was sure her red haired friend knew too.

She felt this was a trap, a trap that could kill her old self, but now, she felt so much more powerful

'Bring it on you monsters, I will show you what it means to mess with royal family' she gritted her teeth as she remembered what these monsters did to her people.