279: Sustaining the Lady's Happiness
"A Heilen?"
King Alexander Octavius turned toward Sheila, the priestess of Feuersturm. She nodded, "yes. It seems that the Heilen clan has been healers for so long. To sustain your life, we can extract the Heilen's blood or we can create a contract with a Heilen."
The king sat on his throne, fist on his chin.
"Aren't they extinct?"
"The first king has met one," said Sheila. "He said the Heilen child is found deep within the mountains."
"A child." The king exclaimed. "More so that we cannot retort to the contract."
Sheila nodded.
"The quickest way is death."
**
Several weeks later…
I heard from the priestess, that upon further investigation, the Heilen child we were about to extract powers from was already a sixteen year-old girl who was living with an unidentified woman.
"It seems like she's living with a mountain witch doctor."
"I see."
