At The River Bank

" Yes, the king and I have switched bodies."




" Then where is his majesty ?" Feddrick was already frightened.




" His soul is inside my body, I must get back my body. But I cannot seem to retrieve my energy. I need you to help me." He said almost losing his breath due to his weak body.




" Master. I do not know how the Wizardry Of Souls works."




" Go to Greham's Secret Room and bring me the Soul Ejector. I will teach you how the Wizardry Of Souls works". Master Daniel Donovan said. Feddrick narrates how he got to understand that some Soul Shifters lose their energy when they shift their souls to a weak body to his chief executor.




" He could not retrieve his energy due to the weak body he was in, which was why I was given the chance. I was lucky." Feddrick said within him to no one's hearing leaving a Stony smile as usual.

" Burn the bodies". He ordered the bodies of which the soul shifters had sapped life from to be burnt to ashes.




         While Feddrick's chief executor was on the field with the other mages burning the stoned body Liza's sister's body was among those persons to be burnt. Hers was kept aside for a while. The chief executor brought out the spirit plague and looked at it again.

"Search the brothel where the dead gisaeng used to work. Find the owner of the spirit plague and do it discreetly." He instructed.




" Yes Sir." One of the mages replied.

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Stefan and Cressida commences their long anticipated classes. On the crystal stone surrounded round the flowing cold river is where white feets are emerge into, it happens to be Stefans. He sits on one of the stones and deep his feet into the water kicking it with one of his feet. Stefan had worn his kung fu rope while enjoying the cold of the water. The morning sun rays gave him a dazzling glow on his white skin. All of a sudden he screamed out, feeling the water with his fingers this time. Cressida, who was making a bamboo fight tool, came close to see what was wrong with him.

" What are you doing?" Cressida asked.




"It is cold. It is freezing" Stefan was almost freezing, it was obvious from his screams. 




" Of course, it is cold. So why are you sitting there? 




" I have never felt this cold before. I would easily collapse because my gate of energy was closed. Even though I am shivering, I can stand. I guess my gate of energy is really open now." Stefan stood up to face Cressida.




" If you master your spells, you will neither feel cold on ice nor hot walking on fire."




" What were you like before you shifted souls? I had heard many rumours since you were so infamous. But I actually never saw you myself. I heard you were pretty strong." Stefan came out of the water and walked a bit past her to get his blanket and wear his slippers




" Uuh." She chuckled in mockery. " I was not just strong, I was extremely strong. She said pridefully.




"Extremely,I see." He raised his brows.




"In order to become the best mage, you must go through several steps. First is Jipsu,the ability to gather the energy of water." Cressida while still Elena had a replica of her first Jipsu.

"Second is Ryusu, the ability to gain energy from the flow of water. Then comes chisu, the ability to control the energy in the atmosphere. I am a mage who has mastered all three steps." Cressida boasted in pride.




" Not many in Elysian have mastered all three, I guess you really did live up to your name." Stefan blurted out.




" Yes. I moved silently like a shadow, and the heads of my enemy fell to the ground where I passed. I was Elena, the Shadow assassin. I walked on the water like I was flying and the wind blew as I passed by." Cressida began to run around the stone revolving Stefan as like a circle in the guise of demonstrating what she was saying.

" If I did this, it would rain" She flipped her Wooden tool to the water, gave it a slap, lifted the tool, and caused water droplets from the sky. Stefan was astonished at the sight of this.

" I am Elena, the best mage in this land. Who even has the ability to create snow and rain…" She began to breathe fast and fell to the ground.




"Hey, are you okay?" Stefan rushed to lift her from the ground. She immediately raised her left hand to indicate she didn't need his help.




" All I did was run a bit." The parse of her breath increased. "But it feels like my lungs are going to explode." She attempted to stand up again but fell on the floor again holding her limbs and legs.




" What's the matter again?" Stefan said, keeping his distance.




" I have cramps." She cried out in pain.




" You have cramps?" Stefan tried to hold her again.




"These legs are short, skinny, weak, and cannot stand the cold. This body is totally useless" Cressida's face had taken a new painful shape with all the screams and anger.




Stefan went closer to her and squatted close to where she was seated. " You will have to be careful, you're no longer Elena, the Shadow Assassin. You're Cressida, our home maid. You should not run around like you did earlier, you could get hurt." Stefan chuckled in mockery a bit.




" I feel miserable." Stefan tucked in a bit of his lips and hit her hard on the back.




" Do not feel miserable, you have me. Let us begin training now that my gate of energy is opened. But first put your shoes back on. It's cold, '' Stefan said.