The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 364: The dangers of mid wives.

Before Sigrid could respond, her arm was grabbed by her mother whose nostrils were flared from all the fast angry breathing she was doing. She was like a dragon whose hoard of gold had been stolen.

"Bring her back to life." She hissed.

"What?" Sigrid found herself lost at the request. How was she supposed to bring a dead woman back to life?

Lady Iryne’s next words made much more sense.

"Bring her back to life so that I can kill her myself for daring to take my grandson’s soul." She kicked the immobile feet of the dead phantom mage again. "This wicked witch bitch!!! Where is my sword? Someone should hand me a sword right now. Even if she is already dead, I will hack her body to pieces and have them spread out in the sea."

"Burning the body is better." Sigrid gently pushed her mother to the side because all that kicking was splattering blood on everyone unnecessarily.

Mrs. Cravelle’s suddenly found her voice, "Can I get some help here. The baby is slipping out..."

All the ladies finally turned to her and they noticed the baby effortlessly sliding out of her. Lady Iryne quickly caught it before it hit the bed. "Its a girl."

Mrs. Cravelle barely heard those words as she was still nervously looking at Sigrid. After all she had witnessed, would the crown princess allow her to walk out alive? A chill crept all over her skin and it was not the cold air coming in through the open window.

"I won’t say anything to anyone, I swear. If I break my oath, you can kill me." She declared.

Sigrid’s staff of loyalty appeared in her hands. "I trust oaths that lead to instant death more than empty words." She jutted her chin towards the dead phantom mage. "Once upon a time she made a promise and gave her word. Breaking it had one consequence.

So, put your hand on this staff and swear not to reveal what happened here tonight. If you ever try, you will explode into a thousand little pieces and die."

Mrs. Cravelle’s swallowed--frightened.

Death by explosion did not sound pleasant and she had planned to tell her husband about what the crown princess had done when she got home. For a few seconds, she wondered if she could bargain. The story of the phantom midwife was too good not to share with the world.

People needed to know what she had been doing. Women needed to know that she was dead and when they encountered difficulties in childbirth, they should seek help elsewhere instead of calling for her and waiting to no avail.

"What? You don’t want to." Sigrid’s voice turned cold.

The new born baby launched into a sharp cry.

"There, there, if your mother dies I will raise you with our Thor." Lady Iryne said, smiling down at the infant. noveldrama

Mrs. Cravelle found the energy to sit upright and she immediately held her hands out. The look in her eyes was one of complete stupefaction. So, not only would they kill her but they would raise her baby for her!

To keep this secret, they would probably kill her husband too and their son in order to wrap a bow on the mess neatly.

"I would like my baby please." She requested.

"Oath first." Mauve said.

Mrs. Cravelle blinked as her eyes found those of the crown princess. "I am a fool for saying this but people need to know what she was doing. It is a precautionary tale for mothers everywhere, they should not randomly trust any mid wife.

People talk about mid wives that swap babies or those that used to kill secondary or main wives in labor after being paid off. Some would smother the children for a fee.

Time came when these things were popularized and expectant women became more cautious. They invited relatives into birthing rooms to ensure that mid wives did not harm them or their children.

The phantom midwife was the most trusted one in all of Eldoria. With her there, you were guaranteed a safe delivery and she would even leave a potion to help you recover your strength. If the mother was sickly, she offered some advise and at times, herbs to help her during confinement.

Her asking price was affordable, which is another thing that made her most beloved. Who could have known that the actual price for her services was greater than what we knew?

People should know what she was and what she did in order to protect themselves. I will take your oath but I think that you should consider my words seriously."

She held her hand out, asking for the oath.

"In that case, swear to tell the story but leave out the part about me stabbing her. Just say she was killed by an unknown mage that discovered what had been done to their child." Sigrid pushed the staff out.

Mrs. Cravelle took the oath and then Lady Iryne handed her the baby. As the women left the room, Mr. Cravelle rushed inside, as well as three other women that came to assist his wife.

All of them were part of the organization so they asked no questions. But later, they would discuss the dead phantom mage.

Alistair led two men into the room and they carried the dead body of the phantom midwife away. It would be chopped up as Lady Iryne wished, but it would be burned to ashes. Those ashes, Lady Iryne specified that they should be dumped in the garbage.

Veylin sent Lady Iryne, Deanne and Thor back home.

Using teleportation, Sigrid returned to the royal castle with her ladies in waiting. Their clothes had been cleaned with magic, not a single trace of blood could be seen.

"How did you know what she was doing?" Mauve asked Sigrid as they walked through the hallway leading to her chambers.

This question had already been asked and yet it had gone unanswered.

"Silver." Sigrid replied casually, "I saw a trace of silver in Thor’s eyes. My grandmother mentioned to me that she had seen a silver light in the eyes of the Phantom midwife. Then, I met all the girls that she asked my family to send to the mage estate and protect.

All of them had little specks of silver in their eyes. I figured that it was something related to magic. It took me a while to figure out what she was doing and when I did, I knew she had to die."

She lied with so much ease. It was true that she had seen the silver specks in the eyes of the children but that was not what led her to the phantom mage. The woman was on the list of the mages that owed the bank.

That was how she found out what she was doing and because it involved little Thor, she did not dare to delay in dealing with her.

As for the others, they could wait their turn, she was coming for them all.