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"Demons are kidnapping people, so they should be using the same method as dark elves," Usha said as she heard Leona's complaint.

"We found your other representative that betrayed your queendom, what are you going to do with her? We can't really release her knowing that she had a connection with the fairy that tried to harm Nikol," Zenda also joined and questioned the beastkin queen and the other representatives.

"We put her in the prison with the other dark elf prisoners,"

Leona and Cynthia looked at each other with regret not knowing what to do. They wanted to say that she isn't like that but, there were proofs all over the place, and Leviathan herself witnessed against her, so they had no option but to support the idea of putting one of their main representatives in the prison.

The queen and the other two representatives sat in the quiet of the royal chamber, where elves held meetings, both feeling the weight of Kamari's imprisonment. Kamari, one of the members of the Beastkin Queendom and one of the main pillars of the tigerkin sub-race, that has equal influence just like lionkin, Kamari had been a close friend to all three women for years. Now, with all the proof pointing towards her guilt in the matter of the evil fairy that had taken over Fenrir's body, they were at a loss for what to do.

"I can't believe Kamari would do something like this," Cynthia whispered, her voice barely above a breath.

Leona looked at her with a sad expression, "I know. But the evidence is there. We can't ignore it."

"But what if she's innocent?" Cynthia pressed, her eyes pleading for Leona to understand.

Leona sighed, "We have to be fair. If Kamari is guilty, she must be punished. We can't let her go just because we're her friends. And we can't tell she's innocent because she was there at the scene, we have to wait until she wakes up to listen to her part of the story,"

Cynthia looked down at her hands, "I know. It's just hard to accept but let's just accept it for now,"

The room fell into silence as the weight of their friend's fate settled heavily on their shoulders. Finally, Kitsune spoke up breaking her silence, "Do you think we could talk to Kamari after she gains her senses? Maybe there's something we don't know."

Hearing her question, Lydia and Zenda looked at each other's faces.

"I guess, it's fine as long as she's under supervision,"

Both of them shrugged their shoulders, as they had more than one thing to deal with. These few days have been hectic for them, as they had to take care of fights between beastkin and Alliance. When Nikol isn't there Cynthia and Lydia had to do all the work to stop them, as he was sick of them fighting.

"So what are you going to do about demons? Nikol did promise that he will help you with the off-spring problem, but I don't think he will visit your place, you will probably have to send girls in groups," Eva asked, but her tone was still a little stiff since she wasn't on good term with Leona.

"We can deal with it, I will go back tomorrow since I need to be there to give orders, but I will leave Kitsune and some other girls as the punishment, and remaining I will send them after I go back," Leona said to her full plan without holding back.

"Fine, by the way, where's Nikol?" Eva asked as she didn't see him this whole time.

"Oh! Nikol said he's going to heal our girls today since all the cursed elf girls are there whom we captured, apparently, he needs only one cursed elf to heal all of our girls," Lydia said which caused everyone's attention to be directed toward that matter.

"I want to see how he does it,"

"Me too,"

One by one every girl started showing interest and Lydia had no option but to take them there since all of them were rather noisy.

Lydia led the group of girls towards the camp where Nikol was healing the cursed humans and elves. As they approached the camp, they could see Nikol surrounded by a shimmering aura of the liquid curse, absorbing the curses from the bodies of those who had been afflicted by the curse in the previous war.

The previous painful moans they heard, when they first arrived here were nowhere to be seen as they were replaced by the murmuring sounds of the girls that surrounded the area, looking at the miracle that was happening in front of them.

"Wow," whispered Alva, her eyes wide with wonder. "He's really controlling the element itself."

"It's amazing," agreed Usha, nodding in admiration as she saw a huge ball of disgusting black liquid in front of her. Alva didn't let her get close to this ball, but seeing its harmless nature, she relaxed a little.

Emily couldn't help but stare at Nikol's handsome and majestic appearance.

"He's so... captivating," she murmured, almost in a trance.

Zenda raised an eyebrow her face showing her emotions rather clearly. "I don't know about all that, but he's definitely skilled and handsome-."

Tisha watched as Nikol worked, her heart aching for the people who had been cursed. "He's doing so much good here, I hope our girls won't show any side effects or anything," she said softly showing she was the same kind of queen, who always worried about her children.

Kitsune nodded a small smile on her lips. "It's wonderful to see someone using their powers for good."

Cynthia, who had been silent until now, spoke up. "He's like the hero in our wolfkin legend," she said, her voice full of awe and her faith in Nikol taking a rather huge leap.

Leona looked at Nikol, her eyes shining. "I wish I could do something like that," she said wistfully.

As the group watched, Nikol finished healing one of the cursed humans and turned to face them. "Oh! What are you doing here, girls?" he asked with a small smile since he was in a rather good mood. "Is there something I can help you with?"

Lydia stepped forward, a smile on her face. "We just wanted to see what you were doing here," she said. "It's amazing to see someone using their powers for good."

Nikol's smile widened. "Thank you," he said. "It's my duty to help those in need besides, it's also part of my responsibility."

The girls nodded in agreement, impressed by his humility.

As they turned to leave, Nikol called out to them. "If you ever need my help, don't hesitate to ask," he said.

"I'm always here to lend a hand."

The girls thanked him and got ready to leave the camp, each of them feeling a little bit more hopeful and inspired than before. But then they saw the cursed elf that Nikol used for this becoming an empty shell with her bones stuck to her skin, like a skeleton. It was disgusting to see, but no one had any empathy for them.

"Lydia, do me a favour and bring me another cursed elf, this one is no longer useful," Nikol said without any shred of mercy, even when he used a living being for his work.

She quickly nodded her head and ran in the direction of the prison to grab one of the cursed elves, while Eva questioned Nikol.

"Nikol, can you control this ball now? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

"Not really, It feels like a normal ball to me, besides I want to see what else I can do, I won't be satisfied with the power I have anymore,"

Nikol said while remembering the voice inside his head. He didn't want to disappear from this world because of that. He was genuinely scared of this voice than any other enemy he faced, since it could replace him any day, at any time.

The idea of disappearing without even getting to say something was the scariest feeling for Nikol, so he wanted to prevent it at any cost.

"I think I quite understand the nature of this thing called cursed magic, It's an element just like others, but it's not a completed one, it's a defect, but unlike normal defects, this one is stronger than what the creator of this element hoped to do, It's truly strange but it's the truth," Nikol said as he collected information from the feelings he felt, as well as from Leviathan.

"So where did it come from? I guess that evil fairy has to do something with it," Alva also joined them and questioned, as she couldn't believe what Nikol said.

"Definitely, and we will find out why he did such a thing on the next full moon day, when the dimensions open up, I will personally deal with them, and Artemis has to answer our questions," Nikol said and went back to his work, while girls thought about how they can contribute more toward this upcoming battle.