Chapter 270: Offer Of A Night Together
Annalise recalled how she was taught during her childhood to never accept any food or drinks from a dark fae as it could bind her to them with a contract of servitude, but she recalled nothing like that hearing about the foods and drinks offered by a dark witch. Still, a voice inside her head was telling her to not trust the witch in front of her and especially the tasty tea and snacks she was offering.
She closely watched as the witch offered the tea and snacks to her husbands and when it was finally her turn, she too accepted them with a polite smile like her husbands did, of course, they’d didn’t smile at the witch but they acted politely toward the woman who just called herself despite her looking not a single day over thirty.
However, Annalise knew very well that a supernatural’s look had nothing to do with their ages. A person could look twenty while they could be decades old or even centuries old. Just like her husbands, who appeared to be in their early twenties but were actually centuries old.
Annalise noticed how all three of her husbands either kept holding the teacup in their hands or placed it back on the table very swiftly, none of them took even a single whiff of the smell of the tea let alone actually drinking it. That was all she needed to know what she had to do but if there was any doubt left, it went away when Kenric signaled her to put down the cup on the table.
Without any questions or complaints, she happily placed the cup on the table and turned her attention toward Valerius who seemed to be about to speak. She was absolutely right about her guess.
"We are here to ask for your help." He told the witch in a simple and direct way without beating around the bush.
"My help?" The witch asked while arching her dark bold eyebrows in question.
"Right. I’m sure despite your seclusion from the rest of the world, you must be aware of everything that has been happening which includes the secret and unexplainable attacks that have happened to the Portal Halls." Valerius elaborated.
Annalise watched the witch closely and observed how the woman barely showed any change in her expression as she silently waited for Valerius to continue without bothering to confirm whether she was aware of the incidents going outside her city walls or not.
"After the incidents, dark energy took over the Portal Halls and has been slowly taking over the guarding beasts that are bound to those portal halls. We are here to request for your help to get those beasts freed from the dark energy and their bonds with the Portal Halls." Valerius finished explaining the entire scenario and along with others, he too waited for the witch’s response.
The woman didn’t take long before she responded with yet another question - "Didn’t you sucessfully got one of those things out? Why do you suddenly need my help now then when you can easily do it on your own?"