The warden who guards the witches

"You mean yourself?" Asena asked bluntly.

"I guess so." Sera admitted in a low voice.

"The warden said that you provoked some forces outside. From what you said before, your him is also in this force, right?"

"Yes." Sera nodded.

"There are actually people as stupid as you in this world." Asena commented.

Sera didn't know how to respond for a moment. After holding it in for a long time, he only replied: "Is it necessary to be so venomous?"

"In those clichéd love story books, there is often a kind of character." Asena suddenly brought up a seemingly irrelevant topic, "One is to like a person, silently give behind the scenes, and devote everything, even if you know that the other person is not interested in you at all, you are happy to do it. What do you think of this kind of role?"

"It's just giving everything for love. Isn't it good... but it's a bit pitiful." Sera told the truth.

"Isn't it pitiful to ask for it? Like a dog trying to please its master, it keeps circling around the other person, licking the other person's hand to please the other person, silently sacrificing itself, but in the end, it still has nothing." Arsenal gave her own evaluation, "In other words, this is a dog licker."

"There is no need to go to this extent. Some people really don't expect to get a response, but just hope that the other person will live a better life. Even if they just see the other person doing well, they will feel happy." Sera felt that the other person's evaluation was biased.

"Then what about this kind of character? Crazy to possess the other person, regardless of whether the other person is willing or not. Use all means to eliminate all rivals, and in more serious cases, they will imprison the other person." Arsenal raised another question, "You should have seen it in the story."

"It's a bit twisted. Possessiveness is not all about feelings." Sera replied, "But... I can understand it a little bit."

"Then do you think true love should be selfless dedication for the other person, or want to possess the other person?" Arsenal asked.

"This... the former, the former?" Sera replied hesitantly.

"Fanatical believers and terrorists can sacrifice their lives for their beliefs. Can this be considered love?" Arsena immediately questioned.

"This is completely different!" Saira raised her voice.

"You were so hesitant in your answer just now. You should have realized that both situations are actually wrong." Arsena suddenly said.

Saira was stunned.

"Because the love of these two characters is incomplete." Arsena said.

Saira suddenly reacted a little after hearing this: "Because it is one-sided?"

"Unrequited love does not constitute a complete love at all. After all, love is still a matter of two people." Arsena said calmly, "If the love can eventually be responded to, these two characters will have the opportunity to become the protagonist. If it is not responded to, the former will only be a sympathetic supporting role, and the latter will become a villain for the protagonist to defeat... To put it bluntly, they are all stepping stones for the protagonist. Stepping stones, do you understand?"

Saira finally understood what this topic that went around in circles meant - Arsena was saying that her feelings were only one-sided.

"I understand this principle too." Saira lowered her eyes.

"Do you really understand? That man has chosen to stand against you, and you still have feelings for him?" Arsena's voice was a little sarcastic.

"He's just, just..." Sera subconsciously wanted to defend herself.

"You're still defending that man. Has your brain really been eaten by zombies?" Arsena shook her head.

"But his position is involuntarily, and it's also a fact." Sera whispered.

"So you think he still loves you?" Arsena asked in a calm tone.

"I think I can still believe this." This time Sera answered without much hesitation.

"Is he really that involuntarily?" Arsena asked.

"I know you think I'm lying to myself. But things... are more complicated than you think." Sera wanted to avoid this topic.

Heinz's choice made her feel heartbroken, but rationally, even if Heinz gave up everything and chose to be with her, what would happen?

Abandoning the family's reputation and eloping with her to other countries, hiding in a corner of the continent, would the new king let them go? It's impossible. If Heinz betrays them, the new king will not tolerate them.

Choosing her means no future.

Reality is not a story. The difficulties faced by the hero and heroine cannot be solved by illusory love and determination to be together, and not everyone is willing to commit suicide for love like in the story.

With Heinz's rationality, it is impossible for him to do such a stupid thing.

But Arsena said something that surprised her: "No, I want to say that since what he did is excusable, then the problem is not with you?"

"What!?" Sera widened her eyes.

The problem is with her? What does it mean? No matter how you look at it, she is the most innocent person in the whole thing. Because of her bloodline, she was inexplicably involved in the political struggle of the kingdom. She had not committed any crime but was sentenced to death by the king privately. The person she loved was forced to pick up the butcher knife to hunt her down. In order to survive, she had to force herself to become a criminal and live in prison. She is still in a state of panic.

This necromancer said shamelessly that the problem lies with the victim! ?

"I'm not talking about you being hunted, but your attitude towards your feelings." Arsenal closed the book she was flipping through and put it back on the bookshelf.

"My attitude?" Saira was still confused.

"For a little girl like you, the cheesy love stories we discussed earlier are not suitable for you at all." Arsenal said as she walked to the bookshelf on the other side, took a book from it, and forced it to Saira, "This is the most suitable for you."

Sera took a look at the book in her hand and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded: "Princess Fairy Tale Collection?"

How can there be such a book in this prison! ?

Arsenal saw her doubt and gave an answer: "Unfortunately, there are many prisoners in this prison who lack childhood, and the borrowing rate of fairy tales is quite high."

"I'm not--"

"You probably don't lack childhood, but this book is indeed suitable for you. Princesses who hide in the wizard's tower, waiting for the prince to save them--you are too similar to them. The only difference is that the princes of those princesses really want to save them. But yours wants to climb up the tower to kill you. But the biggest thing you have in common is that you both don't plan to do anything." Arsenal said and returned to the librarian's position with the book.

Sera stood there in a daze, watching Arsenal leave. She could hear that Arsenal was mocking her, but she didn't understand why. But facing the silent back of the necromancer, she didn't have the courage to ask questions in the end.