Chapter 48: The Witch (6)
According to information revealed by their informant Rebecca, Wester had already discovered the secret chamber beneath the abandoned teaching building. This Saturday, he planned to remove the witch’s corpse hidden there, drive the witch’s vengeful spirit possessing Kelly back into its original body, and then burn both body and soul together in one great blaze.
“You know, the most effective way to deal with a witch is burning,” Rebecca remarked sharply. “On this matter, the medieval ancestors of these colonists were practically seasoned professionals.” After her biting comment, she dropped another bombshell on Everly. “The plan was actually made a long time ago. They were supposed to act while Kelly was in detention. But those idiots in the Kingsley family kept dragging their feet. Do you know why?”
“Why?”
“Because they possess a lucky charm—a magical item made from a witch’s tongue. The Kingsley family firmly believes that it’s under the protection of this charm that their East Ridge Electric Company has managed to survive one crisis after another and grow to its current scale. The tongue charm depends on the witch’s body to exist. If the corpse is destroyed, the charm will lose its power. That’s something the Kingsleys were unwilling to accept.”
“Then why have they agreed now?”
“Because a sorcerer from Thailand has promised to make them another ‘charm’—using that girl’s tongue.”
“That girl… you mean Kelly?!”
“Exactly. I only overheard this secret by accident. The sorcerer privately approached Mars Kingsley and promised that, as long as Mars paid him one hundred thousand U.S. dollars, he could craft a new lucky charm using Kelly’s tongue.”
Mars Kingsley was Elrond’s father and the current head of the Kingsley family.