The Demon's Bride

Giving The Flower Ring, Movements Of The Creatures-I

"Then let's go now, puppy." Ian turned his back to the White's Mansion and Elise followed from the back fidgeting on her way.

Ian's raven nesting on Elise's shoulder wasn't a normal kind and it wasn't a living animal. It was created from Ian's magic as his tool and in some times work as his eyes by transferring the view it has seen directly to Ian's head. When the raven saw Elise's fiddling her fingers in guilt, it transferred the sight to his master.

Seeing the transferring image of the girl's guilty face to his head, Ian suddenly halted his feet to turn back at the girl. "What's it, puppy? Is there anything wrong?"

"I'm so-" Large beaded tears drizzled her pink cheeks. "I'm sorry." She repeated with sobbings and loud hiccups.

For the first time since he was made, Ian felt the panic hitting to his heart when the little girl cried. A little speechless, he took out his hand from his pocket and wiped her tears aside. "What are you apologizing for?"

Elise rubbed her eyes and tried to stop the tears that she thought would be unpleasant for Ian, but she was too upset to think that she had made him disappointed. He patted the girl's head, still a little perplexed by the sudden tears as the girl didn't cry aloud even when she had been whipped by the slaver trader, or he should say as the late slave trader.

Ian picked her up to his hand and carried her out. He remembered to read a book saying that to calm a crying human child would be carrying her on his arm and did so. "Calm down. Talk to me now." He walked again, the raven on her shoulder transferred next to his side. "What made you so upset, little puppy. If you don't tell me I can't understand. Speak with your mouth." he pointed out the use of her mouth thinking that perhaps the little girl couldn't understand it.

Rubbing her eyes from her cheeks Ian stopped her hand from doing so as it would only worsen her swollen eyes. Elise pursed her lips, "I walked out of the house at night." She sobbed again at the silence that Ian gave at her. "Master Ian told me not to, but I walked out." a sad cry escaped from her mouth.

He gave a long oh, making a face that it wasn't a big deal as the girl made as. "I'm not angry." He exited the forest and walked down the hillside. The moon that was hidden over layers of the clouds manifesting the light to shine over Ian's face. "The Sulixs are very good at seducing. They always did that to the people they liked, but it's rarely done. They must have lured you out of their power. It isn't your fault." Those words brought warm comfort to Elise's heart. Her large tears also stopped coming out slowly.

"Let's go back home, I brought a dog that the cat told me you like." The cat that he mentioned was none other than Austin.

Elise's eyes sparkled with some tears still hovering on the rim of her eyes. "Dog?"

"Yes. They're named Cerberus, but now they don't look like one and have only a single head. I tried to make it less frightening." Elise returned with clueless eyes, unable to understand what he meant.

"Anyway, he's good for protection. A good and obedient guard dog." He cut off the chase, drawing his wand for a red mist to appear and entered it. Elise shut her eyes and as she opened it the second time, they have arrived at the house. Her eyes stuck in confusion, wondering what happened as they were still far from the White's Mansion a moment ago.

"Teleportation magic-" Ian explained but before Elise could reply, Mila, Cynthia, and Austin appeared before her.

"Elise!" They called her name. Ian let her down for the people to greet her and for the first time, the raven beside him praise his master for his thoughtfulness. Mila glanced at her, ignoring the dirty nightgown, she embraced her little body. Worriedly, Mila grabbed her head in utter shock and asked. "Elise, where have you been?" She shifted her gaze, looking all around her while turning her whole body to examine her. "Are you hurt?"