The Demon's Bride

Chapter 71: Stockings-III

Ian pulled his grin again a small one one the corner. He did enjoyed her getting embarrassed but her heart was beating too loud against her chest that made rethink his move before the poor little puppy fainted which he couldn't have her do so as he was seducing her now and half way wasn't up to his preference.

"I remember that you have question you want to ask me. Go on, let me hear your question," he took her attention a little away from her legs which she couldn't with his hand on her legs but she felt a little less tense with the conversation and keep up with his question.

"I wish to study on how to use magic but I don't know where to begin, could please teach me the basic of magic, Master Ian?" With the many accidents happening around her, Elise come up with a conclusion that she wouldn't be able to protect anyone much less herself and the thought that she had to relay on others for her safety didn't sit well with her. After all, she couldn't be too sure that there wouldn't be a day when there will be no one to save her.

"Magic," hummed Ian his lips which was red barely parted when he had muttered the word. "Could I assume that you want to study magic for your work as a church member?"

"Yes, it is one of the reason." this had Ian rose one of his brows, "I want a power where I could use to protect myself from danger."

"Admirable puppy." he praised. Before she could smile, Elise toes curled when she felt his hand stopping above her knees near her thighs and saw him placing his finger beneath the stocking, his hand entered the hem to slightly hoisted it up and pulled when he said, "Raise your knees."

Elise rose her knees gingerly her eyes became dizzy where her mind was muddled, Ian brought her legs up to his thighs that he had bent and slide off the thin stocking slowly down from the curve of her supple curve of her calf bellow her knees. Her breaths jumbled with the sensation of his fingers caressed her calf to come at a stop at her ankle. Lifting the pliant sole to his hand he removed the stocking for her smooth lily white legs to glide on his hands.

Elise exhaled her breaths she held on her lungs when her stocking was finally relieved feeling shy as it was her ever first time to ever show her bare legs to anyone especially Ian White, the Lord and the man she fell for.

The man looked unaffected his red gaze looked up to break the silence, "This is a perfect time. I have just talked with the little Sulix that always latch around you about this."

"Aryl?" questioned Elise.

"Yes, that was what you had named her with. Do you know what is the basic of magic, puppy?" Elise shook her head. There may be quite amount of sorcerers amongst the five lands but there was never once where Elise was able to find a book regarding magic's or anything that mentioned sorcerers. Even if she found one it would be a child book that mentioned a heart breaking story of a sorcerer and a human girl.

"I don't know too many, but I remember to hear they use spells and some times incantations." and she had seen Ian used incantations to produce water to the kerchief the last time they were on the forest.

"That you are correct. However I am a rare case that you can't place in the same category as the other sorcerers you met."

"How so?" if it was his power that Elise could understand but he was speaking of something else here and she had picked up the clue he dropped.

"Do you remember that I could both use magic to turn the large spider into ashes and to create a pool of water?"

"Yes, Master Ian, I do." But what was the difference?

To her answer, he spoke, "Usually sorcerers could only use magic that suitable for there are many elementals and each sorcerers deviated accordingly to the elements they could use. Such as fire, water, air, and other elements that fall into the unknown categories. They work when the sorcerers come with a pact with the Sulixs, borrowing part of their powers."

Elise took her time to think and spoke thoughtfully, "Do Aryl fall into the category of fire elements?" In her daily days working in the White Mansion she often see Aryl using her magic to life up a candlestick to lend her a hand or at times she could extinguish her power.

"She is but she wasn't able to lend you much to your aid because she couldn't make a pact with you."

Couldn't? thought Elise catching what was wrong with his words.

"So, I am not compatible with fire element." she whispered under her breaths to see him nodding.

"You don't." he briefly said with his hand still on her heels.

"How would I be able to find the elements that are compatible with me?"

"There are ways," he whispered, his hand then placed her soles on his thighs again. Then he moved to open the wooden first aid box beside him and pulled a glass bottle which were dull in a dusty brown color and he turned the cap of the bottle to pour the liquid substance to a smaller substance.

"I know a few ways and the Sulix promised to help you until she sees you form a pact with your Sulix elements. When she was beside you, she was unable to use her power to its best use and it was why she asked me to help you but she shouldn't have to. Sooner or later I had planned to bring this talk to you. I will be troubled to have you wounded after all."

Taking a cotton out of a canned cylinder box, he looked up and devilishly smiled to say, "But who knew that you beat me up into it."

Elise felt her heart thudding out of its cage. Her blue eyes that locked of him felt as though Ian was taking her entire soul in his red gaze.