After Lunch... - Talisman

The kids got into the cars that were prepared since the newly witch was not experienced with teleportation. Pollux, Iris and Kai got into one while Alek, Bia and Castor got into another. Neither Vibia nor Destiny drove back to one of the watchtowers of Mutsuki. Jin kept on chatting with the witch while she stared at the road so that she wouldn't blush anymore until they reached the destination.

"Why were you here, grandma?" Rin asked as he stepped out. As of Kan'nazuki's headquarter, the place was sealed with magic and, non-supernaturals wouldn't be able to detect it.

She walked into the defensive barrier of the watchtower and continued to walk. It was a weird coincidence for her to be here when she was busy doing her job as a head's wife and travelling everywhere.

Since she didn't reply, they just followed her to the building. The watchtower is more than just a watchtower since it was like a five-star hotel for the people who worked there. Their families also lived here and needed to be big.

As soon as she entered the hotel, people in there bowed in her presence.

"My lady. You are back." One of her personal guards, who didn't come to the scene her grandchildren caused, spoke.

"I am. I am here with my grandchildren. Call the doctor and. I want you to provide them with rooms." She ordered and left, leaving her bloodstained children standing in the entrance.

"Yes ma'am." Gemma bowed again at her lady before turning to the new generation. "Mr and Misses Mutsuki, Mister and Misses Minazuki. Please follow me."

They did as they were told, with the Mutsuki's leading the way. They have been to all the watchtowers of Mutsuki and, they all had the same layout, so they knew where they were going. Gemma was leading them to the visitor's quarter.

"Alas, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Gemma, my lady's personal guard." She turned to look at the Minazuki's. All this time, when the Minazukis came for a visit, she and others needed to be away or hide since Alek didn't know their existence. This was her first time revealing herself.

"Hi." Alek waved her hands. Gemma had green eyes that looked like a pair of emeralds with jet black hair as dark as midnight. She was about the height of Panacea, who was about a fist taller than Alek. She was wearing a black outfit: black leather pants, a black leather jacket with a long lacy black cardigan inside. Her hair was a half-up bun with a chopstick looking hairpin cutting through the bun.

She was surreal and, Alek knew someone that had the same vibe as her.

"Umm, Gemma?" The guard turned to look at her with a slightly tilted head. "Is there any way you are related to pixies?"

"My father was a pixie. How did you know?"

Alek froze. She hadn't prepared an excuse for it.

"Well, we met two pixies during our trip in Nagatsuki. We became friends. Now she said it, you do look like a pixie." Jin chatted in and saved Alek's life.

"What is on your wrist?" Gemma saw the mark on him asked. She realised Rin also had the same type of mark on his wrist.

"This is the tattoo of friendship, Gemma." Jin retracted his hands so that she would examine them. She acted like a mother and gets mad about doing reckless just like Astraea. That's why Gemma and Astraea get along.

Gemma had her sleepy eyes on but didn't ask any more questions and led them to their own rooms.

"I will call you all back to the hall when you are done cleaning. The clothes are on the bed." Gemma bowed and walked away.

The new generation each went into the room they were told and showered. The clothes were there as she said, and they all fit perfectly as it was customised.

Just as when they were done drying up and were done wearing their clothes, Gemma knocked on the door simultaneously.

"It is time."

They came out of the door to find themselves looking at each other weirdly. The clothes were half formal since they were superior and they didn't look comfortable in them. They were just weren't used to seeing each other like this.

"Please follow me." Gemma didn't wait for them to stop admiring each other and began walking to the hall where Vibia waited.

"You all look fabulous, my babies!" Mama Mutsuki had also changed into more formal clothes since she was wearing a casual one before.

Gemma nodded and left the room after settling the guests.

"Alek, your wound is not healed. Did you ask Ryuu to heal it?" Bia, who sat next to her sister, asked. The green part had darkened and wider by a little.

"It's not?" Alek asked back. She didn't even remember about the wound until Bia told her about it. "Let me ask her then."

"Oh, is that the dragon's name? Ryuu?" Vibia asked. She had heard her granddaughter had shifted but didn't hear the name of her.

"It's actually Kiryuu. Ryuu is the short form." Alek laughed a little and concentrated to talk to her beast.

[You there?]

[...Yeah.] Kiryuu seemed to have a hard time breathing.

[What's wrong? Are you okay?] Alek asked. She had practiced a little more with the twins when returned from Nagatsuki. Now she was able to talk to Kiryuu while keeping her conscious state. Just like the short-distanced mind link, she couldn't see her but hear her and feel her.

[Yeah, I am okay. Just having a little hard time connecting to you.] Kiryuu gasped.

[Is that why it took longer for me to call you out?] Alek furrowed her eyebrows.

[Maybe.]

[I'm sorry to ask now but, I have an injury that I want to recover from. Can you heal me?] Alek asked worriedly. The cause was unknown but, Kiryuu was sick. She wanted Kiryuu to rest.

[Sure.] Kiryuu focused on the injured point on the neck. It didn't heal. She tried again and again, but the result was the same. No matter how much she tried, it didn't make a difference. Maybe it was because she was feeling weak. [I can't heal you. I'm sorry.]

[It's okay. Thank you for trying. You can go and rest. I will heal it on my own.] Alek cut off the link.

"She said she can't heal it. Maybe that's because she is sick." She told the people at the table who was waiting for the result.

"I've never heard shifter's beast's unable to heal a wound or feeling sick. Moreover, your beast is an ancient one." Vibia looked confused. She never saw this kind of situation or heard of it.

[Gemma?] She called out to the guard standing outside the door.

[Yes, my lady.]

[Call the healers and witches.] With that, lady Mutsuki cut off the mind link. Within a minute, a knock came from the door.

"Come in."

Healers and witches led by Gemma came into the room."I have brought them."

"Thank you." Gemma bowed her head and went to the door to go back to guard. "I also want you here. I will send someone else to guard the door."

She came back to the line of witches and healers standing in front of the table.

"I want you, you and you to check on my granddaughter's wound on her neck." Vibia told three women with different features. The first one had a brown bob with brown eyes. The second had a bun with highlighted blonde bangs on her forehead when she had black hair and eyes. The last one was short, about the same height as Alek and had lines for her hair and was long. Her hair was black.

Immediately, they went to Alek and checked the wound one by one, using their magic. The first and the second turned out to be witches and, the other was a healer.

"You and others, check on this substance." Vibia told Gemma and the other three remaining women while handing out the injection they managed to collect. Apart from that one, every other was destroyed as if they didn't exist in the first place.

Gemma magically brought out a table full of laboratory equipment and removed the liquid from the bottle. She put small amounts of liquid into each four of the beakers and handed the rest to the women who were going to find it out with magic.

The two groups finished at the same time and lined up in the same position and place as they were before.

"What did you find?" Vibia asked.

"It was the work of dark witches. The spell it's put is strong and ancient." The brown bob witch from group one and reported.

The wife of the head nodded and looked at her guard to report.

"The substance contains talisman. A powerful talisman that is rare and not many people know about. It is considered dangerous and deadly. This talisman can kill our other half if this much is infected in a short time. Not only our beast but also ourselves would be in danger." Gemma reported everything she got from the experiment and the women.

"I see. Can you heal it?"

"I'm afraid not. This is too overpowering and it is a miracle that her beast is only weakened and not dead." Gemma looked at Alek, who was holding her neck. "Maybe that is because she has the ancient form only and not the modern form, though I can't say for sure."

"What happens if we keep her like that." Vibia prepared for the worst.

"The talisman would slowly spread and kill both or the beast within a week." The personal guard of her answered while lowering her head.