The dim candlelight illuminated the room. The swaying shadows danced along with the flames as though they were alive.
Elise sat on the chair and focused on the book in front of her.
She waved her hands and made all sorts of gestures. Shortly after, an unmistakable magical rune emerged in the air along with her movements.
Success!
Looking at the magical runes before her, Elyse revealed a happy smile. But what she didn't expect was that at this moment, the stable magical runes suddenly began to tremble, distort, and expand uncontrollably.
The magical halo began to flicker and even the candlelight in the room began to dim.
"Woah, woah, woah …!"
Looking at this scene, Elise's expression changed drastically. She frantically waved her hands in an attempt to stop the spell from spreading further.
But it was a pity that it was too late. In a loud bang, the distorted and deformed spell erupted instantly. Wild winds mixed with the eruption of mist dispersed in all directions, engulfing everything in the room.
"Cough, cough cough …!"
Elise waved her hands to disperse the smoke in front of her. Then, she gritted her teeth and stared furiously at the magic book.
At that moment, a voice sounded from behind her.
"Did you fail again?"
"Tea-Teacher?!"
Upon hearing this voice, Elise turned around in surprise. Jenn in a black robe strolled out of the darkness and arrived before her. The pair of ice-cold, reflective glasses stared at Elise without blinking.
The young lady was at a loss. She lowered her head and stared at the ground anxiously, at the same time muttering under her breath.
"I'm sorry …"
"How many times have I told you?
Elise, you've just started learning magic. Everything has to be done step by step.
Don't dream of flying until you learn to walk.
Why did you throw my words to the back of your head again? "
"Ugh …"
Hearing this, Elise bit her lips in pain and lowered her head deeply.
As the high-profile little princess of Black Agate City, Elise had always been loved by everyone. Her massive potential magic proved that she was destined to become a powerful spell caster.
Elyse had been working hard for this, but unfortunately, her understanding of magic was only at the beginner level.
Thinking of this, Elyse secretly raised his head and anxiously observed Jenn in front of him.
He was Elyse's respected teacher. In Elyse's eyes, Jenn was not only knowledgeable, but also very gentle to her.
She respected and loved Zayen, but now that the matter of her secretly learning high-level magic had been discovered by her teacher, Elyse could not help but feel a sense of panic and unease.
"Disobedient children need to be punished. You should know what to do, right?
Elise? "
"Yes …"
Elyse lowered his head helplessly and responded softly.
Then she stood up, bent down with her back to Jenn, and bit her lip.
"It's, it's all Elyse's fault, teacher, please punish me …"
"Well said."
Upon hearing Elyse's words, Jenn nodded, picked up the whip in his hand, and lashed it at the young lady.
Smack!
A burning sensation came from her buttocks, causing Elyse's body to tremble. She bit her lips to prevent a scream from coming out of her throat.
But Jenn had no intention of stopping. On the contrary, he raised the long whip and lashed again and again.
Smack — — Smack — — Smack — — —!
The crisp sound of the whip echoed in the study, and Elyse's legs began to tremble. The burning pain from her buttocks gradually dissipated, replaced by numbness and a trace of itch mixed in it.
Smack!
"Ah — — —!"
Just as Jenn lashed the whip again, a lightning-like sensation suddenly ran through Elyse's body. She felt her legs go soft, and at the next moment, the young lady fell forward.
Her hands that were supporting the wall began to bend, and she turned to using her elbows to support herself.
But even so, the young lady still had no intention of relaxing.
"S-Sorry, teacher …"
I'm such a bad child. I shouldn't have done this, but I deliberately made my teacher angry.
However, Elyse could not give up this feeling. After her first failure and being punished by her teacher, she found that she liked this kind of 'punishment'. As the little princess of the Black Agate Stone City, she was doted on by everyone, and even her father did not use force on her.
But Elyse found that she was actually so obsessed with this feeling, which was why she didn't listen to her teacher's advice and deliberately learned some difficult magic just to let her teacher punish her …
Elyse is such a bad child … I shouldn't have done this … but this feeling …
Smack!
"Ah — — — —!"
As the whip fell again, the electric current flew through Elyse's spinal cord, causing her to raise her head involuntarily.
No, teacher will find out, teacher will find out that Elyse is a bad child, no … Ahhhhh!!!
"— — — —!"
Elyse opened her eyes.
What came into view was still the dark ceiling of the prison. The ice-cold stone slabs, tables, and chairs, as well as the black iron bars didn't change at all.
"I …"
The young girl sat up and shook her head in confusion.
The dream in her mind was still so clear, but … what was going on?
Elyse frowned and couldn't figure out the reason.
She was indeed punished by her teacher for secretly learning high-level magic, but she was only five or six years old at that time, and the other party was a nun of the Scarlet Monastery, not a man.
Not only that, Elyse had never been spanked by anyone, and the most severe punishment she received was just to be locked up … As the little princess of the Black Agate City, Elyse still knew the severity of the matter.
Although she would occasionally be naughty when she was young, it wouldn't cause too much of a problem.
But … what was going on with this dream?
What surprised Elyse was that the scene in this dream was so vivid that it didn't feel like a dream at all, but like her own memory.
Even now that she recalled it again, the layout of the room in the dream, the magic book on the desk, and the spell she practiced at that time could be clearly recalled, as if she had indeed experienced this before.
Moreover, she was about the same age in the dream, which made Elyse feel as if it happened not too long ago.
But … this shouldn't be possible, right?
She grew up by her father's side, and after being sent to the Scarlet Monastery, there were only women there, and even her father didn't allow her to enter the monastery.
As a man, that man definitely couldn't enter the monastery.
Besides, she had never seen the city lord before, otherwise, she would definitely have an impression, right?
Elyse repeatedly pondered over it several times, but still couldn't figure out what exactly was going on. If this was just a simple dream, then so be it.
But the problem was that it didn't seem like a dream, and …
Thinking of this, Elyse's pretty face blushed, and she couldn't help but stretch out her hand to gently caress it.
Wherever her hand touched, she could feel a little bit of an itch, as if she had really been "educated" … No, impossible!
Thinking of this, Elyse shook her head hard.
How could I have such a thought, how could I feel comfortable being spanked?
It must be very painful. My imagination is really running wild. I don't know why I would actually think of such a thing, it's simply crazy …
Thinking of this, Elyse stood up, forced herself to cast aside the scene of the dream, closed her eyes, and began to meditate.
That's right, that must be a nightmare. I must have been locked up here for too long to have those strange nightmares. As long as I calm down, I won't have those strange dreams anymore.
Thinking of this, a thought suddenly emerged in Elyse's mind.
[I wonder what Father is doing at this moment …]
Elyse was furious.
The Black Agate City's patrol team had left for a long time, but there had been no response, which made them feel that something was amiss.
Although this patrol team was small in number, it was a gathering of the elites of the Black Agate City.
Elyse was very confident that even if they encountered the Dark Elves, they would still have the strength to fight. Besides, Elyse also had a teleportation scroll, so even if things went south, he should be able to open a teleportation door and escape.
Unlike now, they didn't move at all, which was really strange.
After that, the Black Agate City sent several teams to search for their tracks, but the only news they received was that the team had indeed found their tracks. Judging from the situation, they should have found traces of the missing caravan and chased it all the way. But as for what happened after that … No one knew.
Although it wasn't that they couldn't send another team, the higher-ups of the Black Agate City who had suffered a loss couldn't do so again.
The team that was sent previously had already suffered a double loss. If they were to send another team and fall into the same situation, not only would they lose their wives, but they would also lose their sister-in-law.
"But I have received a very important piece of information."
At this moment, Divo, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke.
Upon hearing his words, Elyse and Raas hurriedly turned to look at Teflin.
"According to the report from my informant in Brandon Stone City, Magistrate Cadker has recently obtained a pair of magic swords from the surface …"
"You mean …"
The serpent-man Raas narrowed his eyes instantly.
The serpent-man leader was personally appointed by Raas, so he was naturally aware of the weapons in his hands.
If the two magic swords in Cadker's hands belonged to his subordinates, it meant that the disappearance of the patrol team was definitely related to Brandon Stone City.
But …
"Brandon Stone City belongs to the Gray Dwarves, right? Do they have enough strength to deal with our patrol team?"
Elyse knitted his brows and said softly. Well, it wasn't surprising.
The Gray Dwarves indeed had magic resistance, but Elyse knew that Elyse's demon flames couldn't be dealt with by mere magic resistance.
"In fact, my informant also sent another piece of information … Not long ago, Cadker recruited a Necromancer."
"Necromancer?!"
Hearing this, everyone present was shocked, and Eliard even stood up.
"Is this reliable?
How powerful is the Necromancer? "
"Cadker has allowed him to build his own Mage Tower outside Brandon Stone City, so this is definitely not a rumor.
As for his strength … I heard that he helped the Gray Dwarves resolve a rather troublesome problem, so he shouldn't be weak. "
Hearing the news brought by Divo, Eliard's expression changed several times.
"In other words … This is probably the doing of Brandon Stone City?!"