Loving The Cursed Werewolf King-Chapter 493: Goodbye To Arielle’s Long Hair

Arielle was sitting on a wooden bench, and Otis was standing behind her with the scissors. After he got the girl’s approval, he started to cut the hair that was burned by Xieno’s fire yesterday. Arielle suggested that Otis cut her hair short so that it hung over her shoulders because at times like this, long hair was a little troublesome for her.

Otis then cut the first layer of Arielle’s hair and put the rest of the cut hair on the girl’s lap.

"You are quite skilled, Lord Otis," said Arielle who saw all her cut hair fall to the ground.

"Of course, even though I’m old, I’m still very good at cutting hair. Maxieno, Violet, Lilybeth, and almost all the dragons here had their hair cut by me."

"What kind of services did you give to the dragon clan, Lord Otis?’ Arielle asked curiously because it seemed Otis had almost done everything himself.

"I did everything. Started by cooking, cleaning up the castle even though it was useless and I had stopped cleaning it twenty years ago, teaching the young dragons to read ancient texts, becoming a hairdresser if they wanted it, giving massages if asked, gathering food in the forest, but because I am too old now, I didn’t participate in it, monitoring the territory, becoming a dove to send messages to other clans, and so on."

Arielle was amazed to hear all the rows of work that Otis had done. The man had reached the age of more than one hundred and fifty years, yet everyday he still struggled with such things. Otis was indeed still strong, but at his age, which was much older than a normal human, his body was definitely not as strong as in the past.

"You’re not tired?" Arielle asked.

"Of course, there are times when I get tired. When I was young, I had almost escaped from the dragon clan and made Maxieno furious. However, when I thought about it again, where was I going to run? There’s nowhere to live in out there, so I went back. Luckily, Maxieno forgave me. From then on, to relieve my boredom I started to read ancient books about the past and found many things there. Now this knowledge of mine... will be our guide to erase the curse," replied Otis while cleaning Arielle’s shoulders from the strands of hair he had just cut.

Otis fixed all parts of Arielle’s hair and left a little to tie. He moved forward to see the princess’s face and nodded in satisfaction that the right and left were aligned.

Arielle now felt like a new person. Her head felt much lighter. She held her hair that hung over her shoulders. Her hair was thick enough that it was scattered around the bench she was sitting on.

"I will clean this first, and we will continue yesterday’s practice," Arielle said, then stood up to collect her hair.

She had many memories with that hair. Arielle remembered every night how Ronan had kissed her long hair. Sometimes, she didn’t understand the reason Ronan strangely put her hair in his mouth and then ate it. Arielle had tried to eat her own hair once, but she couldn’t find the taste that made her want to keep eating it. Her husband was very strange.

After putting her hair in a container and keeping it in the hut, Arielle came out to see Otis taking out some firewood.

"We start by burning this wood and then extinguish the fire several times."

Arielle nodded in understanding. She sat down next to Otis and started extending her palms. Otis cleared his throat, making Arielle remember the man’s words. She had to start learning with one hand first.

Arielle quickly grabbed her right hand and let her left do the work. She continued to concentrate. The sun shone higher, indicating that it was almost noon, but Arielle still couldn’t open the mana flow in her palm.

Otis continued to observe the girl. He nodded in satisfaction when he saw the wood starting to smoke. The longer Arielle released her mana, the bigger the charcoal black sphere. Then, a small fire started to appear, and it went out again, making Otis, who was starting to feel enthusiastic, sigh in disappointment.

Otis then sat in front of Arielle and gently massaged the girl’s palm.

"It doesn’t matter. One step at a time. You can definitely do it. Look, you’ve almost burned this wood."

Arielle nodded. Even though it still didn’t work right now, she didn’t lose her spirit. She tried to focus again, feeling the part that Otis massaged earlier.

"You don’t need to focus so much on guarding the door. If you want to open it, just open it!"

"But, will there be a fire like Luffy yesterday?’

"Oh, you don’t have to worry. I am here. Now, you just need to learn to open your flow of mana first. When you start to get the sensation, you will slowly be able to control how much power you want to put out. After that, we will learn about the flow of mana in our body." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Arielle nodded again. "I understand," she replied.

Arielle still looked doubtful. In the next attempt, she still had trouble. Yet, she kept trying relentlessly until the firewood that Otis brought finally burned with a very big fire, making Arielle surprised. The next second, Otis extinguished the fire and left a very small ember.

"Now, absorb the fire," Otis said, then taught Arielle how to do it.

Arielle was still concentrating when Luffy and Abigail returned. Otis just nodded when Abigail greeted him. He looked back at Arielle because he also had to be ready when the girl made a mistake and not to get burned by her own strength.

Sweat dripped from Arielle’s forehead until there was a sound...

ZSSS.....

The very small embers had vanished, making Arielle smile widely.

"Lord Otis!" she exclaimed excitedly, feeling satisfied with her mini progress just now.

Otis touched the coals of wood and nodded. "Although there is still some heat left, the fire has gone out. This is incredible progress. Since it’s late in the afternoon, it’s good for us to rest for a while," Otis said while holding out his hand for Arielle to stand up as well.