Helbo never forgot her.

Even if he and her have neither a mentor nor an apprenticeship, let alone any other fate; Even if he and she ...... It seems that I have only seen two sides from beginning to end.

But for more than 2,000 years, Helbo still can't forget her.

The staff she had given her was long gone, and the note she had left behind had long since vanished.

"If you can cast a spell with it someday, come to me, and I may be reluctant to accept your apprentice."

This is a text written by Kern's hand at that time.

In order to fulfill this agreement, Helbo, who was not very talented at the time, spent a huge amount of time and energy. However, when he finally walked in front of her after a lot of hardships, the other party no longer knew him.

That's right, when the two met again after decades, Kern no longer "knew" Helmpo.

You know, Kern is a witch, and he's an extremely powerful genius. If she doesn't have a good memory, how can she achieve that?

If a wizard forgets something, it undoubtedly means that the memory of that thing has been completely erased by some accident.

To this day, Helmau still remembers that night—the second time he had spoken face-to-face with Kern. And at the same time, for the last time.

……

It's been five years since the end of the magical war against the goddess of death.

During these five years, the center of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt, which was originally the main battlefield, remained desolate and dilapidated due to fierce and protracted warfare.

Waves of sand and gravel, carried in an unusual storm, ran rampant across this endless wasteland. The remnants of the power of many powerful magic have made this place completely barren and birds extinct.

The conquest coalition of wizards and magical creatures had withdrawn to Greece four years earlier, with only Helmo remaining in the harsh environment.

He was silently waiting...... It is hoped that the witch who disappeared inexplicably at the end of the war will reappear in front of him and fulfill the unfinished promise of the year.

Therefore, Helbo lived in the original royal city and the current ruins for five years.

In addition to doing magical research, he spends most of the rest of his days in the vicinity either stopping to look at or wandering around.

Early in the morning, he ran around, searching for every trace of Kern before he disappeared; In the evening, he climbed the last remaining section of the city wall, and stood in a daze against the yellow sand and the wind.

Maybe two thousand years later, Helbo doesn't really understand why he did such a stupid thing back then. But at that time, Helbo knew very well that his ideal was in the witch Kern.

All right!

Speaking of which, it may also be that fate itself wants to give him an answer that he is waiting for. After five years of waiting, on a night when the sandstorm had subsided slightly, an abnormal magic fluctuation appeared in the ruins of the royal city very suddenly, which instantly attracted Helbo's attention.

In the moonlight, which was clearer than usual, he followed the source of the magic fluctuations all the way, and finally saw a strange black phantom among the ruins of a strange depression.

It was a shadow that was difficult to explain in words, as if it were a phenomenon that did not belong to this world, and Helbo did not dare to approach it at will for a while.

However, who else but Nakern could have created such a mysterious and unknown magical phenomenon in this place?

Helbo doesn't think about it...... Although he did not dare to approach, he was also unwilling to retreat. Even though he could clearly sense the great danger from the phantom, he was still reluctant to leave.

So, after about a few minutes, he finally saw another familiar figure step out of the inexplicable shadow.

"Click."

The sound of the soles of shoes touching the hard ground was particularly clear in a rather quiet environment tonight because there was not much of a storm. And when the graceful figure, which had been feared by countless people, was finally fully revealed in the moonlight, the phantom silently shrank and turned into a point, disappearing from Helbo's field of vision.

“…… Kern...... Miss. ”

God knows how hard Helbo used to squeeze these words out of his throat, so that the tone became a little strange, containing many complex and subtle emotions.

And after hearing Helbo's soft call, he just stood on the side of the sunken clearing and faced him, and after appearing, he kept his silent figure and gradually turned around.

"Miss Kern?"

At that moment, Helbo didn't even understand what he was seeing!

The body that had been facing him was still as graceful as it had been five years ago, so that even though she was cruel, powerful, crazy, and terrifying, she still earned the name of "goddess".

But the other half of the body was pitch black, with a body like that of the fiercest and strongest beast. The half of his face was terrifyingly hideous, and his blood-colored eyes emitted a faint red glow, which could not even be concealed by the bright moonlight.

Of course, perhaps the most important thing is that her physical strength is constantly fluctuating, and the overwhelming strength makes Helbo almost a little out of breath.

And in the next moment, the inhuman and ghostly witch Kern finally spoke.

"You...... Who is it? ”

It was like the special voice of two voices, a man and a woman, overlapping each other, which suddenly made Haierbo's scalp tingle and a layer of goosebumps on his body.

"I ...... I'm your student, Miss Kern...... I've finally waited for you! You...... Don't remember me? ”

Perhaps it was Kern's longing for many years that made Dehelbo suddenly put aside the fear in his heart. He hurriedly took out the decades-old note from his pocket, which he had carefully kept, and let it float in the direction where Kern stood.

Kern, however, didn't even reach for it. Helbo saw that she just glanced at it casually, and then a black flame ignited on the note, which directly devoured it.

"I don't know you." Kern's muffled voice sounded again, piercing straight into Helbo's heart, "Stay away from me, or you'll end up like that boring piece of paper." ”

As soon as he had finished speaking, Kern did not look at Helmpo again, and turned and walked in the direction of the barren sand dunes beyond the ruins. Helbo wanted to chase after him, but his legs seemed to have taken root in the ground, and he couldn't lift them.

It wasn't until a moment later that Kern vanished at the end of the horizon.