I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 19 Good Night
"what are you?"

Alicia was a little surprised by her calmness at the moment. The advantage of getting old is that there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Fire Demon, you can call me Calcifer." Calcifer said.

"You said you are a demon?" Alicia stared at the flames in front of her with a strange expression on her face.

As if feeling that he was underestimated, Calcifer let himself burn more vigorously with some dissatisfaction, and the firewood was crackling by it.

"I'm bound here by contract! I can't leave here."

"It looks like we're both alike, victims of magic," Alicia said.

The crackling in the hearth became a little lighter, Calcifer continued.

"The spell on you is ancient and powerful."

Hearing this, Alicia woke up like a dream, "You see it!?"

Her voice subconsciously increased, and she asked eagerly, "Can you break the spell?"

The flame burned silently for a while, and those eyes were carefully looking at Alicia.

"It's not very easy to understand, it's very complicated, I need to study it."

"How long will it take?" Alicia asked.

"It will take a while." It stared at Alicia, with a flash of slyness in its eyes, "How about we make a deal?
If you agree to break the bond that binds me, I will break your spell. "

Alicia fell silent. It was not a wise choice to make a deal with the devil. All the stories she had heard since she was a child told her so.

"Why are you hesitating?" Calcifer said, "Do you want to keep this look forever?"

"People have to go through this stage, don't they?" Alicia said.

"But they have enjoyed their youth enough, but you haven't." Calcifer said, "This magic has at least shortened your lifespan by 60 years."

Alicia nodded solemnly, "I'm not surprised."

She looked at Calcifer, and suddenly, she asked the question she was most concerned about, "Who did you sign this contract with?"

"Char." Calcifer said, "Char the Wizard."

Sure enough, it was him, Alicia thought, for some reason, her restless heart calmed down, perhaps because she no longer had to face the unknown.

She looked around again.

Then this is his castle.

"Not only am I trapped here, unable to move, but I also have to bear the magic of the entire castle." Calcifer's voice became a little wheezing, "I have to take great pains to hide his existence, maintain the castle, and make it Moving, even heating up the bath water requires me to do it."

"That sounds pathetic," Alicia said.

"It's very pathetic!" Calcifer emphasized, "I've been exploited."

"You are a devil. In all the stories, the devil exploits people, and there has never been anyone exploiting the devil." Alicia joked.

Although she still didn't quite believe it, it didn't stop her from finding it funny.

"He's a very cunning wizard," Calcifer said.

Alicia was silent for a moment, she thought carefully, "If...you can really break my curse, maybe I can agree to your request."

"Deal!" Calcifer said excitedly, his face elongated with the flames, "You break my contract, and I can immediately lift your curse!"

"You have to tell me how to break the contract," Alicia said.

Calcifer blinked at her, and then looked away, "Just like you can't reveal the curse on you, our contract also has a confidentiality agreement, and I can't violate the contract."

"Are you kidding me?" Alicia said.

"If you watch and listen carefully, you can find the answer." Calcifer said cracklingly, "Believe me, it will be good for you and me."

It was so sincere that Alicia reluctantly believed it.

"It looks like I'm going to stay in this castle, but will that person let me stay?"

"We can think about it slowly." Calcifer said, "Shaar is very casual and willing to help others. Not long ago, he saved a poor guy who was about to freeze to death on the snow field."

"Speaking of which, I don't know yet, is he in the castle now?" Alicia asked.

"No, I don't know when he will come back."

"Very good." Alicia nodded, "Then think about it quickly, preferably before he comes back."

She leaned comfortably on the chair and waited for his thinking. The flame in front of her was burning, and it was silent when she was thinking, except for the crackling sound of the flame burning firewood.

This kind of white noise made her drowsy, she didn't know if it was magic, especially at the end, Calcifer began to sing a song in an unknown language, it was so peaceful, she fell into a deep sleep almost defenseless past.
After an unknown amount of time, the door slowly opened with a click...

Shaar came in from the door, he took off his coat a little tiredly, put it on one side, and then sat on the red sofa on the other side, exhaling lightly.

He quietly watched the little old lady sleeping in his chair without saying a word.

"I told her everything you asked me to say," Calcifer said. "Can she really break our contract?"

"Never question the choice of fate." Shaar murmured softly.

He looked at Calcifer curiously, "How did she get in?"

Calcifer couldn't tell at a glance that this old lady belonged to Alicia, his perception was not that strong yet.

"I don't know. As soon as she stopped shouting outside, the castle was out of my control at that moment. It took a while to recover, and then she broke through my defense inexplicably. Is it because of fate?"

Xiaya thought for a while, he shook his head, "Fate will not manifest in this way."

"what do you mean"

"The template used by this fate is different from the novel and the movie. In the novel, the heroine has magic, but she doesn't know it.

And in the movie."

Shaar was silent for a moment, he recalled for a moment and said, "There should be some, but because of the space, I didn't specifically mention it."

Calcifer opened his eyes and looked at Alicia curiously, "If this is the case, then her magic is."

"Yan Ling." Xia Ya murmured softly.

"She was born with this ability, and her talent is not low." Calcifer said.

Xiaya thought for a while and said: "She is a royal family, maybe her ancestor was a very powerful magician, otherwise, she would not have created such a huge empire, which makes her blood run mysteriously.

And because of this, she was chosen to bear this fate."

He raised his head and watched Alicia's side face quietly. As she fell into a deep sleep, the curse on her body showed another posture.

With the swaying firelight on one side, her skin became smooth and rosy again, and her long black hair was loosely scattered. Even though her sleeping position is not very elegant at the moment, it is still hard to hide her beauty.

At the banquet before, that gorgeous crown-like mask covered most of her face. Although it did bring her a sense of mystery, it also covered up most of her brilliance.

"This should be a kind of magic that manifests from the heart." Calcifer said, "There is an old age in her heart that does not belong to her age."

Shaar nodded, "But not only that, it also has a second layer."

"Tricky," Calcifer said.

Shaar smiled, "It's just tricky now."

He got up from the sofa, and at the same time picked up the coat on one side, and gently put it on Alicia's body, whispering.

"Good night, sweet dreams."

Then, he turned his head and walked towards the stairs.
(End of this chapter)