Chapter 9

"Didn't you see earlier that she was so close to the person you love?"

The witch named Marie Salem tried to incite Amora. Amora was burning with jealousy because Alice was always close to Sandy.

"Didn't you see when Elena put the red thread on their hands? That woman and Sandy will always be bound to each other."

"Shut up!" Amora threw a tantrum in her room because she couldn't accept Alice and Sandy's romance.

Marie laughed at Amora, who always lost in matters of romance. Amora was obviously angry because she couldn't get what she wanted. The old witch always made her angry. 

"You're not helping me and instead laughing at me like this." Amora pulled out her moves to fight Marie.

However, Marie was stronger than Amora. So Amora was knocked off her feet and hit the wall. Blood came out of her mouth and nose.

"Alice is prettier than you! That's why Sandy chose her over you!" Marie pointed at Amora and laughed at her.

"Bastard! You dare to talk like that in front of me?" Amora wiped the blood from her mouth and nose and tried to stand up.

No matter how hard Amora struggled, she would definitely lose to Marie. The witch cast a spell and then attacked Amora for the second time.

"You have a bad attitude. Be more polite to your elders," Marie said, disappearing into the darkness.

Amora cried, and her hands clenched tightly into fists. When she thought about Alice and Sandy's closeness, Amora became angry.

"Alice, you don't deserve to be happy! Just watch what I'll do to you later!"

***

Chiki sensed that something wrong had happened. Chiki ran to the front to stand guard around Vestinel's territory. Nothing happened out there, and everything was fine.

"Why did I feel bad earlier? What happened?"

Chiki had turned into a human in the middle of the night and was looking after Alice, who was still sleeping. "Alice, I will always take care of you."

***

Today Alice wanted to learn about Elena's poison technique. Actually, this technique is a secret. However, Elena had promised Alice to give her a gift that would not disappoint her.

"Alice, to be honest, your skills are getting stronger every day. And I really want to teach you about this poison technique."

Elena gave her three books to study. They were all about how to process poisons and how to neutralize poisons. Alice took the books.

"Read and study them all," Elena told Alice to read.

"All of them? These books are even thicker."

Elena even laughed at that. "You promised me, right, not to give up? Whatever the terms are, you'll accept them."

Alice nodded and still remembered that well. She began to read the book and study it. She read with focus so that nothing was missed. Elena left her alone.

A while later, after Elena went out, she heard the sound of footsteps approaching. Alice looked cautiously around. Then Amora appeared with a fiery red face. She closed the book on poison techniques.

"Amora, what did you come here for?" she asked while alerting.

"Why can't I come to this Vestinel library? You have no right to forbid me. You're just a new resident here!" Amora walked towards Alice with a grin on her face.

Amora pulled out her signature move with a light that emitted a purple-black color. Alice parried the attack and blocked the defense with her ice move. The woman continued to attack her.

"Alice, I won't spare you! You must die at my hands!" Amora unleashed a large amount of her power.

Alice tried to survive and continued to fight Amora. She asked her to stay away from Sandy because she felt jealous. However, Alice couldn't stay away from Sandy because she was already in love.

The great forces collided with each other and caused a loud, rumbling sound. Amora and Alice were thrown back against the wall. The books in the library fell everywhere due to the power of their moves. Soon, the people of Vestinel appeared in the library.

"Alice ...."

Sandy and Chiki immediately approached Alice. Even Amora, who was injured at the moment, was completely ignored by Sandy.

"Alice, you're hurt," Sandy said.

Then, Sandy was angry at Amora, who was the source of trouble for Alice. Elena came and immediately approached Amora.

"You're always causing trouble, Amora."

"Why do you always treat me like this, Elena? Do you love Alice that much?"

Elena didn't care what Amora said. Because she had gone too far, Elena gave Amora a punishment. The residents of Vestinel only watched as the woman screamed in pain from Elena's attack.

Sandy immediately picked up Alice and brought her into the room to rest. Chiki was also behind Sandy.

She was thinking of getting away from Sandy because Amora kept bothering her. Alice asked to be put down so she could walk on her own.

"But you are still weak and injured." Sandy dropped Alice off reluctantly.

Alice, together with Chiki, headed to the cultivation room. "Thank you for always helping me, Sandy. But, from now on, let me take care of this matter myself. I don't want Amora to always bother me because she feels jealous of me for being close to you."

She let out a long breath and quickly left Sandy's presence. The man felt a little upset.

"Alice, why are you staying away from Sandy? His intentions are good for you. Don't you care about Amora?" said Chiki, who was in Alice's arms.

"I don't want Amora to get angry with me, Chiki."

They had already arrived at the cultivation room. Honestly, Alice was having a headache right now. Coupled with the problem of Amora always attacking her.

"Amora always attacks me just because she's jealous of seeing me with Sandy."

Suddenly, Alice felt something warm in her palm. She saw a red thread shining in front of her. Chiki cheered.

"The red thread is reacting, Alice. You and Sandy cannot be apart like this."

"Really?" Alice still couldn't believe that the red thread was reacting.

She remembered what Elena had said back then—that she and Sandy would always be together. For just a few seconds, the red thread glowed and then disappeared from her palm.