Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1839

Never in Scott's wildest dreams did he expect to almost lose his life on his journey to meet Shannon. As though reminded of something, he quickly fished out his protective emerald pendant.

A tiny crack had appeared on the stone. For a moment, he didn't know whether to be grateful that it had saved his life or to be regretful that he had cracked yet another pendant.

He couldn't help but wonder whether Shannon would renew the pendant for him without charges.

Amid his sorrow over his precious pendant, Scott heard Bianca asking Jesse Miller, the masked teen, "What's with you?"

She didn't hesitate to remove his mask.

Just as Scott was about to intervene, he noticed Bianca's swift movements. Before he could act, Jesse's face was completely exposed to everyone.

As soon as he saw his face clearly, Scott was certain that he hadn't been mistaken earlier. "Why… do you have that word on your face?"

On Jesse's right cheek was a big "abracadabra" word in the shape of a triangle. It didn't seem like it was written on but imprinted instead; perhaps even a special type of tattoo.

That was why Kylo repeatedly shoved his camera into Jesse's face earlier.

Although Maeve had also seen such a phenomenon for the first time, she had a gist of what was going on.

"I think I've heard of this before. It's an old method for treating mumps where people write the word 'abracadabra' on their face, and it supposedly cures it."

However, that was just a superstitious remedy used in the countryside many years ago. Maeve didn't expect people in Jamborough would still use such methods to treat mumps.

This was the first time Scott heard of such a thing. Although he found it a bit ridiculous, seeing Jesse's nervous and uneasy expression made him feel a little awkward.

He was about to signal Bianca to give him his mask back, as he didn't want to seem as uncouth as Kylo, but Jesse piped up with an aggrieved tone. "I-I don't have mumps."