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Sustaining the King's Life

COMPLETED. (WARNING: R18 on chapter 200+ onwards. This is a SLOW BURN ROMANCE. Read at your own risk.) ** On a secluded mountain situated upon a kingdom known as Feuersturm, resides a seemingly trifling cabin with an unlikely duo as its inhabitant—a witch, and her apprentice who presumably comes from a clan sought after by slave traders. Faustina is a sixteen-year-old girl who fled the slave market with the help of a sickly witch named Eula, who later on trained her as an apprentice for the span of seven years. Plagued with a mysterious disease for several years, Eula died despite the efforts Faustina had exerted to cure her; in her last breath, she left an odd request behind. "Sustain the king's life. This is your duty. Do not adhere to the prophecy." To which the odd plea shadowed a bizarre series of events, a consequential sentence; similar to that of a premonition. The same night the phrase was muttered, the chain of events followed: A warlock's intrusion to their home, with a peculiar yearning to resurrect Eula from the dead... and the king himself, asking for Faustina’s aid.

Chainslock · Fantasy
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284 Chs

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Living in the mountains meant two things: one, is to develop good instincts, and two, is to know how to survive arctic winters. Faustina learned them not in training, like those in the epic stories of heroes and sagas with protagonists training under masters how to sharpen their senses. Faustina found such stories engrossing, and she dwelt on their worlds—unaware she was also similar to the protagonists in some way.

Faustina grew up on a secluded mountain above Nebel, the village under the mountain which Eula deemed to be infamous. The mountain was a dangerous place to live in; its forest was ridden with bears and beasts of several sorts, its hedges were also bombarded with poisonous plants in the guise of delicious berries. The mountain, however, served as Faustina's safe haven for several years. She was a Heilen, after all—the isolation was a blessing.