Chapter 254: A Deal
Tessa immediately sought her Master the moment she witnessed how Princess Ezme managed to hypnotize Soka to get details from him. Before they could extract everything from Soka, Tessa acted quickly, killing him with a poisonous needle invisible to the eye.
"We have a problem..." she reported urgently.
"Hmm, I didn’t expect that she’d still manage to hypnotize Soka. I underestimated her exordium blood," Melrot hummed. He smiled at Tessa and calmly said, "Come here, my dear. It’s time that I transfer you to a new body."
Tessa nodded. She obediently sat on Merlot’s lap, and as he chanted a spell, Tessa lost consciousness. Her soul left Tessa’s body and floated beside Master Merlot, who disregarded the body and placed it on the chair.
Merlot stood up from his chair and opened a secret underground chamber within his hideout. He walked inside and smiled at the unconscious body of a woman lying on the bed.
"I chose a much better body this time, but don’t worry... I will soon transfer you to the Queen Regent’s body. Just wait a little longer, my dear," Merlot hummed.
Tessa’s shadow beside him smiled as she remarked, "Anything that will please you, Master."
She glanced at her original body, frozen in an ice cache in another chamber. She trusted Merlot completely and didn’t mind what he did to her, as long as it pleased him and she remained useful to him. She almost forgot about her real name since she often changed her name according to the name of the body she used.
Merlot began the ritual, his hands moving gracefully as he chanted ancient words. Her shadow watched intently and soon her soul started transferring to the body before her. As the spell progressed, the lifeless body on the bed began to stir. A faint glow enveloped it, signaling the transfer was complete.
The new body’s eyes fluttered open, and her soul settled into its new vessel. She gasped, feeling the unfamiliar yet invigorating sensations of her new form. Merlot’s smile widened, pleased with the successful transfer.
"Welcome back," he murmured, his voice dripping with satisfaction.