Loving The Cursed Werewolf King-Chapter 532: The Blood Snowdrop

Until a few moments later, the same mysterious man appeared to meet Arielle and Otis.

"I heard you found my son?" the man asked.

"Huh? Your son?"

The man turned to the side and smiled when he saw his son was now in front of him. After thirteen years apart, he was finally able to meet his son again. Arielle turned and found the boy she had helped sit quietly.

"Arielle, thanks for the help. I can only repay your kindness with this." The mysterious man took out a small glass bottle of elixir the same as the one he gave before and handed it to her. Arielle accepted it gratefully because she was finally able to help the injured dragons.

"Thank you very much... thank you very much!" said Arielle many times.

The man then carried his son back, and they left the dragon territory right away. There were still many things that Arielle wanted to ask, but it seemed the man didn’t want to talk about anything and just disappeared into the dense forest.

Arielle, who was still amazed, was taken aback when the bottle of the elixir was snatched by Maxieno from behind.

"It was the dragon clan that helped and saved the boy earlier. This should be ours," said Maxieno who then dropped the precious elixir carelessly onto his clan members. Arielle watched it silently while Otis could only sigh. He also couldn’t stop Maxieno anymore.

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One by one, Maxieno gave drops of elixir to every injured dragon member. Otis was very surprised to find Maxieno and several members of the dragon clan appeared covered in blood. The old man was never included in the discussion about the plans on ruining the werewolf clan. He thought that because Arielle was with Maxieno, then everything would go peacefully, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

At first, Otis wanted to visit the werewolf clan’s territory, but none of the dragons were willing to take him there. As for walking, Otis clearly couldn’t do it because his body was too old. He was worried about Darui and the other dragon clan members.

Arielle approached Irene who was still scared. The little girl held onto Arthur’s fur tightly whenever a member of the dragon clan passed her. She also curled in fear when Maxieno approached her. Arielle then crouched down in front of Irene.

"Irene, everything is alright now. You don’t need to be afraid of anyone here," she said gently.

Irene didn’t answer. She preferred to bury her face in her father’s body.

Tonight was the fateful night. It was the time for Arielle to meet the souls of Princess Cecil and Amadea that were left behind on the earth. Arthur, who still had Amadea’s curse, was dragged away by two dragons and put back in the iron bars. A frightened Irene cried while screaming, asking not to be separated from her father.

Maxieno glanced at Arielle.

"Do something to that child. My ears hurt. If she doesn’t stop crying in ten seconds, then I will put her in iron bars with her father and let Amadea’s curse kill her," he said.

Arielle lowered her head while apologizing to Maxieno and sat behind Irene who was still crying and begging to be put in bars with her father.

"Irene... Irene... listen to me," Arielle called, but Irene deafened her ears. She still felt terrified. She had seen the things the dragons had done. Those arrogant creatures did not hesitate to bite and scratch other wolves. Last night, Irene also saw when her father tried to escape from the purple dragon and ran away, leaving her alone.

Irene didn’t want to be separated from her father anymore. She was afraid that if the man left her, the wolves would find and drag her away once more. She didn’t want to be tortured nor feel pain again.

Arielle held both of Irene’s hands tighter and carried her in her arms. For a thirteen-year-old child, Irene’s body was so thin that Arielle could easily lift her up. The girl was like a cat that kept on rebelling. Arielle took Irene upstairs where her room was.

"Irene! Listen to me!" Arielle said more firmly.

"I want my father... father!!!" Irene shouted.

"Irene... your father isn’t going anywhere... I’m here. You know who I am, right?"

Irene ignored Arielle and kept trying to get up from the bed, but Arielle stopped her and asked the girl to calm down. After pushing Irene’s body to lie on the bed, the child’s screams slowly began to subside, leaving tears streaming down her face.

"I’m scared my father will leave me again..." she said in a trembling voice. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Arielle rubbed Irene’s face gently. Her hands caressed the girl’s black hair that was very tangled. "It’s fine... your father isn’t going anywhere. I’ll take care of him and keep you safe here. Please, trust me..."

Irene’s cries started to subside slowly, leaving a few sobs and hiccups because she was crying so hard earlier. She was now holding Arielle’s hand. The little girl got up and hugged Arielle’s body tightly.

"I’m scared... I’m scared that they’ll catch and torture me again...."

Arielle stroked Irene’s back, conveying that the girl could breathe a sigh of relief now that Arielle would protect her. According to Arthur’s story, he and Irene had managed to get out of Birwick and disguised themselves under another name. Irene used Zoe’s name like her late mother and visited the capital. However, the werewolf clan managed to track them down and drag Irene and Arthur back.

Arthur didn’t remember how they were able to bring them back to their territory because it was the middle of the full moon and Arthur went to hide in Birwick Mountain, so at least he wouldn’t hurt the citizens because every full moon night, Arthur couldn’t control himself and lost his consciousness.

When he woke up, he was already inside the iron bars, seeing Irene being made a slave by the wolves once more. The little freedom they felt was snatched away again.

"I’ll take you home," Arielle said, promising to send Irene back to Northendell.