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?"

read about in this book." She motioned toward the merfolk book on the top of the bar. "The book contains many sections on curses and how to properly evaluate and

should be exciting, a great sign! If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe

Veronica looked anything

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

nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to remove it. It's easier, of course, if the person who made

come to accept that Jane would never come around, not to help herself or anyone else.

Veronica said. Cóntent belong to NôvelDráma.

was beginning to suspect

in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted her to say purple

"It will require the highest amount of magical power

power? Veronica was the only

you remove her curse?" I

"What I do is mere child's play compared to what

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

I said quickly.

"If I were stronger-*

I inched closer to her. I dipped my head into her line of vision so she could see my face and

herself. I couldn't talk. I knew exactly

oracle," Veronica said. "She's the only one

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 be certain I could trust

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

it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I wasn't sure she would until Elva was

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

me, Elva called, "Nick-lass! Look at my birdie!" She showed her folded bird to Nicholas, who had just stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout child way that Veronica had made it and given it to her, and that she loved it and its name was

Frank," Nicholas said to the

attention waned fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica

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

needed to cool down," Nicholas said. "I'm