The Witch and the Doll Swear

The dark night on the 26th of the Moon of Frost Star seemed extraordinarily long to Ting Na.

It's really, really long.

"In the end, I didn't seem to see Miss Liliana and Alice asking the countess a question... They clearly said there was something they wanted to know anyway..."

In the afternoon of this day, Bike City was flying to the airport, and the girl was lying on the fence of an airship, overlooking the city that was about to leave before she had time to take a good tour.

The building taller than this airport is only the tower of the Magicians Association. The snow on the street has been cleared, and the snow that has not been cleared has also been lit up with pots and pots on the street. The charcoal fire gradually melted, and the evergreen trees and shrubs revealed their original appearance, adding a bit of vitality to the city amidst the snow-white.

"When Lily and the countess were dancing, Lily had already asked and got an answer. After all, this is the most important purpose of this trip to the grassland. If the knight didn't do some unnecessary things, it would have been easier."

Little fingers dipped the warm eye ointment from the cosmetic bottle, and Alice, who was dressed as a witch again, sat beside Tingna, smoothing the dark circles under the girl's eyes due to a sleepless night.

There are still about ten minutes before the airship takes off, but in fact, no airship will take off today.

When the dawn came, the blood clan dancing with the witch in the night sky disappeared in the morning light,

The countess of the blood family returned to the seal after going to this appointment that was more than seven thousand years late for her—in fact, it was even longer.

It seems that this seal is also part of some kind of agreement, which is related to the inability of the continental countries to further develop the Elrond Prairie. She cannot leave for the time being before this agreement reaches the deadline. The blood of only about 30 people is enough to support her activities for one night.

She kissed Liliana coolly and then went back to sleep in the seal with nothing to do, but what made Tina worry about it was that after the dance with only two people, Liliana made an appointment with her Well, if the seal is still not completely broken in the next seven thousand years, then she will come again, and go to another promised ball.

Although the next seven thousand years is already a distant future that is so long that Tina can hardly imagine, but the girl just feels a small thorn in her heart.

Moreover, Liliana had to clean up all the mess created by the earl.

It is said that the distance from the seal to the three border cities of the three different kingdoms is the same. Including Williams, there are usually three Noble Phantasm level powerhouses watching at any time.

However, this entire grassland is the territory of the Countess.

Was, is, and still is.

Wandering on the grassland, many of the monsters sleeping in the mud are blood-born. The blood-colored moonlight activated the power given by the blood-blood in their bodies. They responded to the call of the countess. During the intimate dance, a legion of monsters formed to block the approach of the Church of the Cavaliers.

There were three full-staffed Templar Knights, and the two treasure-level powerhouses were blocked by them for a whole night. The knights in the direction of Bike City without Williams' leadership were even directly defeated.

While riding a horse through the bloody slaughterhouse, Tingna vomited dizzily as she watched the monsters biting human corpses.

"...This is a little warning from the Countess to the Holy Church."

"Because of the etiquette that is also the belief in light, let's pray that your souls can go to the heavenly mountain illuminated by the holy light. Although there is nothing there, your souls will only be assimilated by pure light. Well, maybe you can still see it. To the message that Lily went there before."

In this regard, the culprit in various senses was calm and unresponsive. However, when a Templar knight who was alone was attacked on the way, Liliana still helped them solve the problem out of "humanitarian spirit". After the monster, and gave some cheap potions.

"...This will make the situation of the Association of Magicians easier."

"Although all the successors except the first pope are idiots, these knights are still worthy of respect... on the premise that they are not Alice's enemies."

After politely rejecting the knights' request to protect them to the death and return to Salt Sand City, Liliana, Alice, and Tina returned to Biker City when the Saigon Sun appeared on the horizon.

Affected by the blood moon, the city is now in chaos.

As the Church of the Holy Church sent an entire knight order to the ruins, the guards in the city became thinner, and the blood-covered sky caused panic among the citizens who knew the myth of the grassland, and the riots on the grassland caused by monsters summoned by the countess intensified the fear , and a group of cultists who jumped out of nowhere and took advantage of the fire to rob.

The degree of chaos this night was far more serious than that night in Yansha City.

It was not until the remnants of the Templar Knights returned to Bike City with scars and reported that the seal was intact, and the church also communicated with churches in other cities to confirm that the incident was temporarily over, and the city resumed operation.

No one connected this incident with Liliana, because Liliana, Alice, and Tina were all in the hotel room from beginning to end-of course, it was a double to confuse the public.

Only before boarding the airship, a letter from the Association of Magicians suddenly came, as if there was something Liliana needed to deal with, so Miss Witch is not here for the time being.

"Are you asking while dancing? What is the problem..."

Playing with the whalebone amulet around her neck, Tingna turned her face to the side, and looked seriously at the doll who had put away her makeup and was sitting motionless on the deck.

She realized there could never be a more opportune time.

This time, she had to ask the answer no matter what, the reason that drove Liliana and Alice on the journey.

"Miss Tina thinks, what are Lily and Alice?"

However, the puppet just smiled slightly and asked her a question.

"Witch...and dolls?"

"It's true to say the same thing, but, aside from Alice, Lily was an ordinary human being a long time ago."

The doll, which swayed its little feet in an unnoticeable arc, smiled ambiguously at this answer.

"Miss Tingna, don't you find it strange? The research on [Immortal and Immortal] and [Eternal Creation] has not yielded any substantial results in the field of magic so far. However, Lily has become an immortal physique, and Alice is even more so. It has almost exactly the same characteristics as the [Eternal and Immortal Object] that countless alchemists have dreamed of... Hasn't Miss Tingna ever been curious?"

Pointing at herself, Alice closed her eyes.

"What are the relics that turned Lily into such a physique? What exactly did Lily become? Why was Alice dismantled and scattered there, and what are Alice and Lily now?"

It all started with an unexpected encounter.

The noble girl who accidentally fell into the ruins became an immortal witch, and repaired an indestructible doll in the ancient ruins.

Perhaps this is simply a gift of fate for those who pursue immortality.

Perhaps for an alchemist, this is simply extremely lucky.

However, the young girl just felt overwhelmed.

Dolls who know nothing about their past also feel empty and lost.

--【who I am? 】

they asked themselves.

But no answer.

--【What am I? 】

They go looking for it.

But can't find a clue.

"Until now, both Lily and Alice have been plagued by this problem."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Alice showed a lonely smile that a girl had never seen before facing Tina.

"If you don't even know what you are, you can't accept it even if you have eternity. It's like a person who has endless wealth. If he doesn't know where it comes from, he might not dare to even have a copper coin. Move, for fear that the devil will snatch your soul away."

There is no root forever, and there will never be peace.

So, they embarked on a journey.

What a long journey.

"...In order to get this answer, we have traveled a long time and searched for countless clues. We thought that this knowledgeable true ancestor could give us some hints, but it still can't."

The lights on the airship came on.

It's time to take off.

The magic circle rolled up a strong airflow, causing the airship to slowly leave the port.

"...But it's not without gains." The witch's words came in the wind.

Tina turned around. The witch walking towards her in a cloak picked up the little doll and combed the long hair blown by the violent wind.

"...At least, it has been confirmed with certainty that we have nothing to do with the Era of Mythology, nor with the First Era until the Eternal Night Dynasty. The remaining time of the First Era was when the Holy Church ruled the mainland, and the development of magic was at a standstill during that time. period, maybe the character is extremely small, so the conclusion that can be drawn is. "

"The relic that made Lily into such a physique is a product of the era of the ancient language magic empire, the largest empire in human history, and the greatest crystallization of the ancient language magic civilization. After wandering around, we are back to the starting point."

"...And there is good news. The inscription on the ruins of the City of Thousand Towers we got a long time ago has been deciphered. It is indeed something from the era of the ancient magic empire."

"Is that what was written in that letter? It is indeed the best news that Lily and Alice have received in the past few hundred years. That's right, then——go to the city of a thousand towers first, and then run around the mainland again Is it? It would be nice if we could avoid detours this time."

Liliana responded firmly with a nod.

Then, those eyes as deep as the night sky looked at the girl who couldn't speak at all during this conversation.

"... Next, our destination is the city of a thousand towers, and the next destination is not yet known, but our journey will continue, and continue, Miss Tingna."

The words stopped here.

It seemed that there was no intention to continue, but Ting Na felt that there should be one more sentence.

What could it be?

——Let’s part ways here, shall we?

— Please stay with us all the time?

If Alice wearing the [Holy Annihilator] costume came to pick it up, there might be a possibility of "you can follow me as long as you can, just try it out", but since I didn't say it, does it mean that, Feel free to guess for yourself?

In that case there is only one answer.

In that case there is only one thing to do.

...But ah.

Letting the heavy ring fall from the palm of her hand into the pocket of the windbreaker, Tingna couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, and reached out to pinch Liliana and Alice's small faces.

"Magic card."

"...?"

"ha?"

...Perhaps, this journey really changed me somewhat?

Let me play tricks here too, and learn the bad habit of Miss Liliana and Alice who never finish their conversation.

"I heard from the flight attendant that it will take many days to talk about the City of Thousand Towers. During this period of time, the magic card must beat Miss Liliana at least once. Let's start quickly. If you play one more round, I will have one more time." The possibility of victory."

Before both of them could react, Tingna walked towards the cabin with brisk steps.

The airship took off.

There is still a long way to go for this journey to come to an end.

far away.