The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0550

Elva glanced up at Veronica and her laughter stifled. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Veronica startled a little, then tried to smile again. It wasn't as big as before. It barely twitched her lip, and certainly did not meet her eyes.

"Nothing's wrong," Veronica said. "I'm glad you liked the trick."

*How long does it last?" I asked, though as soon as the words left my mouth Elva's purple glow began to fade.

"Aww," Elva said, looking at her hands. "Do it again!"

"Elva, honey," I scolded lightly. "We don't demand things from people."

"I'm tired now," Veronica said. "Maybe another time."

Elva tucked her chin down, disappointed. But she said, "Okay."

*Thank Veronica for the magic trick," I reminded Elva.

Elva kicked her feet on the ground. "Thank you..." she mumbled.

"You're welcome," Veronica said.

Elva lifted her folded bird again. She glanced at me, as if for permission.

"Go on," I said. "Have fun."

Nearby I saw the nanny coming up onto the deck. Elva saw her too, and ran toward her, holding up the folded bird. With Elva thoroughly distracted, I turned to Veronica, looking for an explanation. "What just happened?"

She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of

She said 'remove them'! That should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked

looked anything but happy about

good news?" I asked, because looking at Veronica, I was

to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's

was the one to make the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else.

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Is that good?" I was

She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a

"It will require the highest amount of magical power to

the only one I knew

her curse?"

far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's

down to the ground. Any false hope I had built up for myself crashed and burned all around me. It was my own fault. I should have known from Veronica's expressions that the diagnosis was not very good. "I'm sorry," Veronica

no," I said quickly. "This isn't on you at

"If I were stronger-*

so she could

I knew

merfolk oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one with enough power

me when I had removed doubt from my heart. I wanted to arrive, to help Elva, but I still didn't know if I could fully trust her. The oracle was a stranger. This magic was foreign, even to Veronica. How could I

reading." Veronica said. "I've only just started. Maybe

and meant it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she

and I walked off a little ways, wanting to give her some space. I looked out

from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and that she

Frank," Nicholas said to the

she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the

Together we stood side by side. We both turned to look out over

cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm