The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story



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?"

magic trick' was actually an incantation I 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

If the book talked about how to remove the curse, then maybe we didn't need to wait for the oracle to appear again after

anything

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

purpose of the incantation is to show the nature of Elva's curse and the magical power level needed to

the curse, on her own daughter no less. I'd come to accept that Jane would never come around, not

"Yes," Veronica said.

good?" I was beginning to suspect that

I supposed I appreciated her bluntness. She was never one for false hope. Although in this case, it pulled my heart out a little. I wanted

Veronica said. "It will require the highest amount of magical power

power? Veronica was the only one I knew who could

you remove her curse?" I

Not by far." She sighed. "What I do is mere child's play compared to what is

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

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

"If I were stronger-*

she could see my face

I knew exactly how it felt to not believe

"She's the only

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

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

it from the bottom of my heart. I hoped she knew how much I appreciated her. I

a little ways, wanting to give her some

stepped out onto the deck from the house. She explained in her roundabout

Nicholas said to

fairly quickly after that and she rushed over to a pile of napkins in an attempt to replicate the bird. Unfortunately, Veronica didn't notice to be able to help. The nanny did the best she

we stood side by side.

needed to cool down,"

I didn't think he had anything to be sorry about. "I'm not mad that you want to keep