Unleashed Power
Chapter 16

The sound of someone's footsteps echoed in a corridor. The knock from the heel of the rhythmic shoe made everyone in front of him step aside while bowing their heads.

A middle-aged man was waiting for him at the end of the corridor. His face seemed to show annoyance at that person. His forehead frowned, his jaw hardened, the veins on his neck and hands were clearly visible.

Slowly the middle-aged man stepped his feet closer to a young man who was glorified by the world before him.

"I don't think you're coming, grand witch of Barvich." The young man smiled at the old man in front of him.

Barvich unsheathed the wooden stick he used to help him walk, to the front of the young man's chest. The young man's beautiful smile turned into a slanted smile. It was as if he was looking down on the great witch.

"Listen to me, Dominic. This time you went too far. We supreme witches of the palace will never approve of your proposal, even if you are the King of this land." Barvich lowered his wooden stick.

The old man tapped his staff twice on the ground and made a whirlpool of sand under his feet. As if being sucked in by the vortex, he disappeared slowly.

Before being sucked completely by the vortex, Barvich again warned Dominic of his words earlier. The young man lowered his head at Barvich until the old man before him disappeared.

After Barvich disappeared completely, the smile on Dominic's lips disappeared instantly. Followed by some loyal bodyguards, Dominic stepped foot into his workroom. The large wooden door at the end of the corridor where when he opened it made a loud noise.

The first sight to be seen when the door opened was a little girl about 5 to 6 years old wiggling her legs casually.

His white hair shone brightly because the reflection of the sunlight looked very beautiful. Her tiny hand held two pieces of candy, swung to the right and left.

The little girl pursed her lips when she realized Dominic was at the door staring at her.

"Dominic, you're late. I've been waiting for you." The young man chuckled softly in the face of the priesthood of the little girl sitting at his desk.

Dominic approaches the little girl and drops her off the table. "Don't go up to the table again yeah, a lot of my work at this table" he said.

The little girl put both her hands on her waist. Grunting, he walked away from Dominic who was sitting at the desk focusing on the pile of paper there towards the large window in the room and looked away at the palace courtyard.

"Dominic, can I play outside?" the girl touched the window in front of him. His look showed sadness. Dominic chuckled softly and walked up to him.

The young man patted the little girl's head gently and said "This is the umpteenth time you've asked Lacesca the same thing, and my answer remains the same."

The little known girl named Lacesca looked at Dominic and begged him to play out with the others. Dominic floated his smile and stroked the little girl's head slowly.

Since the age of 2 years, Lacessca has been able to use magic that is quite difficult for children his age. Therefore, she has been made an honorable witch and has always been beside the king.

When he was even 4 years old, he again made all the palace residents amazed him. He can defeat all the strongest warriors in the palace with just his plastic knife.

From that time on he was appointed to be the highest royal bodyguard as well as the personal bodyguard of the king, Dominic, at a young age.

"But I want to play with the others. I want to play with Licht." The girl looked back into the distance.

Dominic's facial features changed. He looked angry when he heard the name mentioned by Lacesca, but as much as he could hide it from the little girl with his smile.

The young man stroked Lacessca's head slowly and said "Alright, you can play with the others." Lacessca smiled a smile when she heard it.

"But never use your magic" he continued. The little girl tilted her head in confusion. He did not understand why Dominic said that, but without asking more he nodded his head and ran out of the room. With a warm smile Dominic watched his personal bodyguard leave his study.

Dominic clenched his hands tightly together and with an irritated feeling, he left the big window.

Lacesca ran around with her tiny legs along the corridor. His lips formed a perfectly curved line along his steps. The little girl was very happy to meet her only friend in the palace.

Being an honorable magician and supreme royal bodyguard as well as the personal bodyguard of the king at a very young age made him rarely meet his peers. He even seemed to be shunned by his friends because of his title. Only one person treated him the same and wanted to play with him, Licht.

Licht is an 11-year-old boy. He played with Lacesca the most. When Lacessca's peers stayed away from her, only Licht approached the little girl.

Actually Lacesca doesn't know Licht's background. He doesn't know who his father is, he doesn't know why Licht is in the Palace, he doesn't even know what the Licht family is.

Lacessca only cares that she has friends to play with, no matter if the age difference between her and Licht is so far away.

Lacesca continued to set her tiny feet toward the outside of the palace. He waved his right hand when he saw Licht playing with his magic.

"Lich!!" the little girl shouted as she approached the silvery-white-haired handsome teenager. Licht stopped her activities and greeted the girl with a sweet smile.

"Licht, let's play!" Lacesca.

"She can't play with you, dear witch Lacessca Marriotte." A voice replied to the little girl's statement with quite a high intonation.

The voice seemed to be angry with Lacessca for disturbing Licht. The little girl turned her head towards the source of the voice.

There, he found Barvich looking at him angrily. The frightened Lacesca, walked backwards and hid behind Licht's back.

"Dad, let me play with Lacessca. I've been doing what you want for the past 2 hours, I want to take a break." Licht complains while protecting his little friend.

Barvich looked at the young man who was his second child with an angry look. The old man approached Licht and grabbed her by the collar. The look in his eyes was so frightening that it made Lacesca and Licht's bodies tremble in fear.

Licht's emerald green eyes let out tears of fear. His voice trembled and broke, yet he boldly said, "I don't care how much you hate Lacessca, but I won't let you hurt her."

The handsome young man tried to remove Barvich's grip from his collar. But whatever the power, the power was out of balance with the old man.

Although from outside the old witch who has the title of a great witch looks fragile, but its power is extraordinary.

"O great wizard, Barvich Kavrlot, you have been given an ultimatum by His Majesty not to use magic that can injure someone in the palace."

A voice saves Licht and Lacessca. The voice belonged to the strongest bodyguard in the palace, Ikaros.

"And I don't think your strength will be comparable to Miss Lacesca's" he continued, looking down on the old man still clutching the collar of Licht's shirt.

A slanted smile was shown. The man seemed to be unafraid of the title attached to Barvich.

Barvich clicked in annoyance and decided to leave the place by using his teleportation magic.

Ikaros sighed softly and turned her gaze towards the two companions. He smiled a warm smile at the two of them and said, "It's okay Miss Lacessca, and Mr. Licht."

Lacessca immediately ran to the arms of one of her best friends and cried. It seemed like the little girl was really scared to the point of forgetting she could have defeated Barvich so easily.