Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down by Patricia Maradiaga

Chapter 160

CHAPTER 167: SILVER FLAMES

Duke Vampel was in his office drinking when suddenly a shadow appeared, it was Enzo, the prince of the

kingdom of Laios. The duke bowed before him and said.

_ Prince Enzo, to what do | owe the honor of your visit?

- Did you do what | ordered you?

_ Yes, | carried the seed of darkness as | was ordered.

- Did you see my sister?

- Yes, | didn’t feel anything when | saw her, | don’t think she has magic.

_ l already imagined that.

- Have you recruited an army as | ordered you?

_He gathered several mercenaries who are willing to betray the kingdom for a good amount of money.

_Keep recruiting more soldiers for your little army and make sure you keep a low profile, | wouldn't want you to

be discovered.

_l'will do so, Prince Enzo, when will the attack be?

_I will do so, Prince Enzo, when will the attack be? Soon, so you must be prepared.

Prince, when the kingdom is conquered, will | get my reward?

_Of course, if everything goes well | will give you what you deserve.

It was midnight, Alessandro went to his room to try to sleep, but he doubted he could do it without April by his

side. When he opened the door he saw the shadow of a man in his room, he immediately brought his hand to his

sword to unsheathe it, but in that man spoke, he recognized his voice, it was Taren.

Your majesty do not attackplease.

-What are you doing here Taren?

_ I have cto report something | discovered.

Alessandro turned on a light, sat on the sofa and said to him.

_Speak quickly.

| have investigated Duke Vampel and found out

_ I have investigated Duke Vampel and found out that he has been hiring mercenaries and has created a small

army.

-Do you know if he has been in contact with anyone? From the kingdom of Laius?

| have not seen anyone enter his mansion and Duke Vampel very rarely leaves his house, | have been watching

him day and night, but | have not seen him having any secret meetings.

| see, | want you to infiltrate sof your men among the mercenaries and report their movements to me.

1 will do so.

Taren headed for the door, before leaving Alessandro told him.

_Taren, be very careful, | am sure that Duke Vampel is related to the kingdom of Laios, he is a traitor, do not do

anything reckless.

_I will keep that in mind.

Taren left leaving him alone, Alessandro lay down on the couch wondering what Abril was doing at that moment,

if she was thinking about him and if she was missing him like he was thinking about him and if she would be

missing him like he did; Alessandro fell asleep while thinking about Abril, that night he had nightmares that

disturbed him all night, nightmares that he had not had again since he slept with Abril. He woke up sweating and

cold, he looked everywhere, when he saw that he was in his room, he felt calmer, that he could breathe himself

again, he breathed deeply then he repeated to himself.

_ You are in the palace, not on the battlefield, the war has not yet begun.

After arriving at the wizards’ tower, April dedicated herself to memorizing all the books that explained the

principles of magic, she also memorized several spells, she wanted to put them into practice so she went to look

for Sirius, one of the wizards had told her that he was in the north courtyard supervising the novice wizards.

When April arrived at the north courtyard, she was very surprised to see that all the novices that wizard had

mentioned were children between 6 and 7 years old.

Sirius, upon seeing April arrive, approached her and asked.

- What are you doing here?

_ I was looking for you. _

Do you have any questions that you wantto clarify?

_ No, actually | would like to start practicing using my magic, | have tried to do it on my own but it has not gone

very well.

_ Right now | am with the novices, if you can see how they do it and try to do the sas them.

_ Sounds good to me. April approached the children and introduced herself.

_ Hello, I'm Amara, I'll be here today, | hope I'm not a bother. The children introduced themselves one by one.

_ Hello Amara, I'm Liam.

A blond-haired boy answered. I'm Teodor, but everyone callsTeo.

Another boy with black hair and hazel eyes introduced himself.

- I'm Latifa.

A girl with brown hair and black eyes introduced herself.

_ My nis black.

Said a girl with dark blond hair and blue eyes, she seemed to be the smallest of all. After everyone introduced

themselves Sirius told them.

If you've already introduced yourselves, go back to what you were doing.

Liam was the first to reswhat he was doing, he raised a wooden wand high and began to recite a few words.

-Crimson fire, may your flames be accurate and destroy whatever they touch.

A flare of fire cout of the wand and fell on a straw doll in front of him, reducing it to ashes.

The other children did the same, using different objects to channel their magic and reciting different

incantations. When everyone did, Sirius congratulated them and told them to keep trying. Then he approached

the silver flames to continue trying. Then he approached April and said to her.

All of these children have only recently awakened their magical power, that’s why they use incantations and

objects to channel their magic, you could do the salthough you are not a wizard, you are a bearer of light so

you will need to create your own incantations.

- And what word should I use?

_You can use whatever you want, just make sure to express with them what you want your magic to do, what

you want to do with it, for example if it is to heal someone, express that with your words and if what you want is

to attack, you can do that too, just put strength and conviction in your words.

_ But I don’t have any object to channel my magic.

_ You can also use your hands, Cassian that’s how he makes his magic work, he touches a seed and makes a tree

sprout or touches the ground directly, magic is something versatile you can give it the way you want.

_ Okay, I'll try. Okay, I'll try.

April stood in front of one of the training dummies, closed her eyes and searched for the right words, she wanted

to do something similar to what Liam had done.

_ Purifying fire, from your flames cleanse and restore the body. After saying that, silver flames cout of her

hand, those dolls were surrounded by those silver flames, however those flames no longer seemed to do any

harm.

Nera had never seen silver flames, she approached April and said to her.

Those flames are beautiful, | had never seen flames like that. Sirius said. _ Children, training is over for today,

return to the tower. But ... Black Replica. _ It’s an order, return to the tower. Nera knew she couldn't disobey the

rules of the owner of the tower, so even if she didn’t want to leave, she obeyed

and marched with the

other

children .