The Witch and the Doll Swear

In the early morning, after Flanadi finished washing and praying in the morning as usual, she looked at the mountains on the other side of Nirokle with some worry, and sighed faintly.

Walking out of her room, she came to the pool, closed her eyes, lowered her head, and took a deep breath of the moist and fresh air.

The atrium of the Luxor Temple was always silent at this time, and she was used to sorting out what she had to do today in such an environment.

Opening her eyes, Flanadi looked at herself in the water and nodded, but immediately, her expression froze.

On the surface of the water with lotus leaves floating, a figure with platinum-blonde hair was staring at her quietly.

She turned her head abruptly and looked at the girl who was much shorter than herself with an expressionless face. It was not until several minutes later that she forced a smile and said hello to her.

"Good morning, Ms. Liliana, there is nothing more gratifying than seeing you all come back safely."

Behind her, Ai and Tingna were sitting on a bench in the atrium, looking at her with unkind eyes.

"...Everything is over. Maybe you want to give me a proper explanation, but I have already figured out the whole story from your god. After all, the temple is a temple. There are many seemingly forgotten pasts in this land. Clearly."

There were no ups and downs in the witch's tone, but her black eyes were very cold, and that coldness made Flanati dare not ask the first half of the sentence, and could only show a sincere expression and bowed her head in apology.

"Please forgive me, it's been a long, long time since a powerful Noble Phantasm like Ms. Liliana has come to Dibis."

"...you investigated me."

"Yes, very sorry."

"Yes, you should be sorry, but now, get your best doctor. And, yes, yes, Lily and Alice will get us satisfactory compensation from you, they will."

"Yes, I, I know!"

Amon Ra's godwife, the top female clergyman in Sinai, is as submissive as a waiter who broke a plate in a tavern at this time. After Alice repeated "Hurry up!", she even lifted her long skirt regardless of her image skirt, and ran away quickly.

In front of the Noble Phantasm class, she really doesn't have much confidence.

"...We will set off again after Miss Tingna recovers from her injuries. During this period of time, I will also rest and recuperate to see if Youjie will have any impact on my body..."

"Mm, um, but, that...Miss Liliana seems very unhappy."

"...it's a fake."

Liliana's mouth suddenly curled up.

Not only Tingna, but even Ai looked at the witch and the puppet with some puzzlement, and some didn't understand why his mentor did this.

"Nonsense, Lily and Alice helped Amon Ra eliminate the most threatening Aten God this time-although it turned out to be for ourselves, and it was not a real god, but the loss of the battle was a little No less!"

The dress of "Evil-Eyed Demon Princess" is a special type for battle, and her personality is quite distorted, so Alice has changed back to Cleopatra's costume. After noticing their doubts, the little doll cursed angrily.

"Two scrolls of "Brilliant Cracking", repair and replacement costs for a pile of alchemy props on Lily, more than a dozen bottles of high-quality potions that Lily would not bear to drink, and Miss Ai and Tina's spirit of being involved in this matter appease……"

Mentioning the two scrolls of "Brilliant Cracking", Alice gritted her teeth with heartache.

From what Tina saw in her dream, they deduced that those golden balls might be protected by some kind of very powerful magic before stretching out their light wrists, and it might even be a space system. Not sure how strong the golden ball can resist magic, the witch can only take out a huge magic scroll that can destroy all magic effects on the path of influence. Even witches don't have many such rare items. After the fall, even Liliana, who has always spent money like water, showed a pained expression.

"Lily and Alice won't be satisfied if they don't hit them hard."

"Ahaha... For example, if Master Liliana needs it, the Einhart family can also..."

Ai whispered something, but was immediately puzzled by another thing Alice said.

"Huh? A great threat to Amon Ra?"

"... To explain this, it involves the mutual influence between the beliefs of the gods of the same symbol, the complex conflicts of similar beliefs in the same range, and even if they are not widely circulated, their mere existence will be at the level of "law and reason". cause of the particular impact. "

"Some of these issues have not yet received a generally accepted explanation. Simply put, all the gods related to the sun in the mainland are gods of faith or legends. Saigon's sun has never given birth to its own gods like Double Moon. Therefore All the sun gods on the mainland are regional. They are extremely hostile to 'competitors', if Amon Ra didn't use our hand to get rid of Akhenaten's idea...hehe..."

Alice sneered.

The witch shook her head.

"...Well, if Miss Tingna and Ai are very interested in these knowledge, I will teach you a little bit during the journey. Now, first heal Miss Tingna's injury, and then prepare for the next trip Well, go back to Alexandria, and then, go to other countries—”

"Um."

Flanadi had already returned with several priests from the temple, and it was not appropriate to say these words in front of them.

Moreover, it was very late when the girls returned to Dibis last night, and they hardly had a good rest. Now Tingna also felt tiredness rising in her body, which made her want to take a good rest.

And now, there is nothing to worry about resting, Tina thought, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, looking at the spacious river surface with sails passing by.

The water of life that feeds this land flows gently towards the north. At the end of this long river, there is the first stop of this already long journey to Sinai, and it will also be the last stop of this trip. Alexandria, magnificent and magnificent, is not only a beautiful city.

"Ah, Miss Liliana, I, I can go..."

"...? The effect of the analgesic is almost over. If Miss Tingna walks by herself, it will be very painful."

"Although this is the case..."

Applying a powerful spell to herself, the witch easily hugged Tina in a princess hug.

"Although, that's true—"

This is a natural behavior under the balance of power, Tingna knows, but she is still unable to get used to being held in such a posture by a girl who looks only a little higher than her waist, even Floranati who walked over There were weird expressions on the faces of the priests and the priests of the temple, and the piercing eyes made Ting Na feel extremely ashamed, and she felt uncomfortable.

But forget it, she is just an ordinary person, after so much trouble, she is really, really tired.

She simply ignored Ai's somewhat envious eyes, and let herself slowly fall asleep in exhaustion.

Ten minutes later, on a terrace of the temple, the witch who confirmed that Tina's injury would not leave any sequelae stood here, overlooking the bustling city that had recovered under the rising sun.

Ai stayed in the room, taking care of the injured girl. The priests and servants of the temple were warned by Flanadi that there was no one else on the terrace of Noda, and Alice sat on Liliana's shoulders, shaking her legs without hesitation.

"...It's been a long time since I've had an adventure like this."

The witch bathed in the warm sunshine, as if talking to herself.

This is a habit she has developed for a long time, because her memory is so good and the time spent is too long, the witch is used to sorting out and filing important events after the end, so that she can quickly recall them when needed.

For her and Alice, this time is undoubtedly a dangerous adventure, not a pleasant trip.

Judging from the results, they won, but it was a victory of strategy.

In terms of combat, the combination of her and Alice failed to defeat the magic emperor whose magic power was as vast as the ocean and could use great magic with a wave of his hand.

She stayed undefeated, stalled for time, made everything go according to plan, but that was all.

Of course, this may be due to the fact that the other party is extremely weak and intends to cooperate, hoping to show their strength to make them retreat and achieve cooperation.

That lofty idea is very suitable for the identity of the emperor of gods and magic, but it is precisely because of this arrogance that it brings about its destruction.

"...What a monster."

Liliana shook her head.

She didn't pay much attention to winning or losing, but she still couldn't help thinking, if she fought desperately, how many times would she have to die to win?

If there were no Tina and Ai to destroy the sun wheel and destroy the believers, it might become a meaningless entanglement between the undead.

"If you were any other magician, you would probably be overwhelmed by him with great magic, and he is probably just an unknown magic emperor... No wonder the ancient saying that during the magic empire period, even giant dragons and goblins seemed weak."

The little puppet sighed.

"A pharaoh who relied on faith to become a god, a wide-area magic circle covering the land of Sinai, a magic emperor, usurped the throne of the gods, but became a trapped beast because of the strife of the high-level empire. Haha, even Alice and Lily , such an adventure is unexpected.”

"Although this answers some questions, there seem to be more related questions..."

"...The ancient saying that the magic empire cracked the secret of ascending to the godhood, Akhenaten is a successful example. But the magic emperor did not show the power of the gods, because his method of usurping the godhood was flawed? Or was it because of Akhenaten Is it belief in God, and the belief in the secret realm is not enough to support him to use power? Faith is a type that pays more attention to quantity than quality. Even if there are fanatics, large-scale belief is still needed? We learned from Tutankhamun’s tomb Is it fate, or Amon Ra's design..."

Liliana nodded, and sorted out these questions that were temporarily unanswered.

After this matter was over, she rubbed her forehead, looked at the long river outside the city, and said quietly.

"...Moreover, "Immortal" Sandro revealed very important information. In their era, that is, in the late period of the ancient magic empire, the magic emperors were already on the "right path". "

The little puppet didn't answer.

The silence lasted for a moment, neither the witch nor the puppet mentioned that this might be the truth that they had pursued for a long time, firstly there was no evidence to prove it, and secondly.

the more you hope, the harder you fall.

But this has a new problem.

If the magic emperors find such a method, there is no reason not to use it for themselves.

But in the battle of the rebels that overthrew the ancient empire, at least the fall of the "immortal" Sandro was confirmed by multiple forces in the mainland.

But if... really only if.

What if that's just fake too? Moreover, there is more than one magic emperor in the ancient saying magic empire. Among these mysterious magicians, is there no one who pursues the method of immortality?

"Magic emperors, like this one, are hiding somewhere, waiting for the chance to return..."

The little puppet spoke, but did not use a questioning tone.

"……or."

And Liliana looked at Dibis, the long river, the valley on the other side to the end of the sky, after a long, long silence.

"...Or, they never left."

The witch embraced Alice in her arms, turned and walked to the room of the temple.