Chapter 8: The Witch's House

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Runes of prosperity and prosperity, fehu.

Protection with the Vault Rune, Thurisaz.

Finally, there is the rune of positivity and miracles, gebo.

The vast fortress of the material world condensed into three runic characters in Akon's gaze. The three runes of different meanings were so tightly and meticulously connected that it was as if nothing in this world could separate them. The reappearance of this great miracle was eventually combined into a huge fortress in front of Akon.

Elwin's Moving Castle.

One of the nobles of the former Great Plains fiefdom, the last war weapon of the Elwyn family.

Even in the turmoil of the year, the lonely Elwin mother and daughter were still able to survive, and even after the rebellion, no one dared to attack the forest. It's the castle they've been living in.

"The person who made this castle back then was definitely a genius......"

Glancing at the interior of the castle, Akon couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

After analyzing the structure of the castle with a magical vision, even Akon, who had all the knowledge of the world, had to label the builder of the castle as a 'genius'. It is not unusual to build a ritual field with three kinds of runes in a sacred triangular structure, but the strange thing is that this thing is a large castle with a height of more than thirty meters and a width of more than a few hundred meters.

Driven by the ubiquitous runes of rune, this massive fortress that looks like obsidian can transform into a living war beast at any time. The monster level goes directly to 25+ and goes up, and it is easy to destroy the city. Combined with the vine magic of the Daughter of the Black Forest who lives inside and the operating system of the mage of the family, this sleeping war weapon can make even the Great Plains Mage Tower feel a little tricky. After all, when it comes to strength, they are already close to archmages.

"Forty-three spell nodes, the most typical sacred triangular structure, the core of the Runi script in the Middle Ages. Considering his perpetual motion, this castle can already be called a large curiosity. You've got a strong hole card, Lady Lisa. ”

"Oh? The young man seems to know a lot of things, and he sees through the essence so quickly? ”

The witch who was walking in front glanced at the mage behind her a little strangely and blinked.

"It's not that I know much, I just know what I know."

At the witch's curious gaze, Akon shrugged his shoulders and smiled confidently.

"From wizard to mage, mage to witch, now the realm of shamans and rituals, I'm really getting more and more curious about your teachings, boy." The witch looked at the fearless Akon, a dangerous smile bloomed on that bewitching face, and reached out and snapped her fingers. A gate slipped silently out of the walls of the castle that looked like a mountain.

"What are you waiting for?"

Facing the little wizard standing in place, the beautiful witch tilted her head a little strangely.

"Come on in, didn't you say you wanted to talk in a more suitable environment?"

'System Prompt: You've been approved by the Witch and have now arrived in another dimension: Alwin. Gain 100 experience points'

'System Prompt: You've now reached Level 2! ’

Faced with the witch's somewhat playful smile, the system also gave a corresponding reply. After confirming that his life was assured, Akon smiled at the witch, and quietly replaced the cards in his hand with the other two, as if he had no guard, and followed the strange witch into the dark door.

But as soon as he entered the door, he found that the internal environment of Elwin Castle was still a little beyond Akon's expectations.

"This style is really unexpected......"

Looking at the childlike rabbit strokes drawn on the ceiling, Akon raised his eyebrows in surprise.

His magical vision could only see the magic tracks and nodes hidden in the inner world, and there was still nothing he could do about this kind of thing that didn't have any magic fluctuations. Originally, he thought that the interior of such a large fortress would probably have to be Gothic, but this kind of kindergarten-like blue sky and green grass rabbit dress really surprised Akon.

What a whimsical style of dressing, with a smiling face painted on a faceless stone statue of obvious religious significance. The dark gold walls of the corridor were painted with a layer of green grass underneath. The dome, which was originally full of murals, seemed to have been torn down, and crayons and mineral powder were used to draw angels on the ceiling who should theoretically have kind eyes, but in fact have gloomy expressions and indifferent expressions, as if they were about to execute the Last Judgment. Not only that, but there seems to be a childish note next to it.

'Mom's drawing is so ugly. ’

"Are you looking at those pictures?"

As if noticing Riddle's expression, Lady Lisa smiled slightly, releasing an aura that was completely different from that of the originally enchanting witch. A hint of nostalgia and warmth gradually appeared on that rather gorgeous face.

"These things are made for the little girl to be in a better mood. After all, girls can't always grow up in this dark jungle, so this is the only way to think about it. Because we are not able to appear in front of people, as long as we show the slightest abnormality, those people will ...... us Look the other way. I can't let my daughter suffer as much as I do. She, she should have the same childhood as other children, although I can't give it, but I can do my best. It's just that I can't do it well, so I can only make you laugh. ”

As if embarrassed by the pictures, the mother's face turned a little pink and she looked unnaturally to the other corner. A little panicked excused. But Akon could fully understand the painstaking effort of doing so. Looking at those jerky but extremely hard paintings, his face began to loosen.

“…… Totally understandable, ma'am. If I had a child, I wouldn't let him suffer like me. Although our lives look beautiful, they only look beautiful. ”

Looking at the hand-in-hand pattern drawn in the corner, Akon nodded understandingly.

It seems to refer to the kindergarten paintings of other towns, and you can see that the corners of this magic castle are not exempt from painting. But that little handwriting was merciless, and some words of evaluation were written on every corner.

'The sun can't laugh, it's just a big ball of fire, and mom is stupid. ’

'The faceless god has no face, fool. ’

'It's stupid to be all humanoid angels. ’

'The lawn can't be all conifers, right?' ’

Why do we all have to hold hands? Such good feelings simply do not exist. ’

'Stupid mom. Don't do that superfluous. ’

Just like a shadow, although painting exists in every corner, evaluation also extends forward like a shadow. In this long corridor, the cycle of painting and evaluation spreads forward. This lonely scenery made Akon sigh softly, and began to feel a trace of pity for this little girl in his heart.

If the code of conduct is different from that of a person, then others will inevitably criticize this person. With the exception of more civilized areas, such as Bracada, the city of swords, and the magical city of Emmidion, the rest of the world is usually fearful of witches and wizards. And this fear often does not reach the source of fear, that is, the heads of witches and wizards, but to the secondary level of fear, the children of the monsters. After all, monsters are too scary, but young monsters are not so scary. So these malices often have an indelible effect on young witches and wizards.

As long as it is an intelligent creature, it is a swarm creature. In many cases, the alienation of the mage, the quirks of the witch, and the hostility of the wizard are all caused by the people of the place themselves. Who can survive in a place where they curse themselves every day, full of malice and profit? They are also human beings, and they also have seven emotions and six desires. As for beings beyond themselves, intelligent beings usually choose the most malicious way of speaking. So the result is obvious.

Akon himself has faced such a state of affairs. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, his wisdom was even more terrifying than he had imagined. The world he saw after coming into contact with the system made him survive, and many forbidden books allowed him to see the wider world. But for the little girl living in this environment, Akon still feels a trace of pity.

He admits that he has some sympathy, but for this kind of little girl in a miserable environment, isn't it normal to have a certain amount of pity even if she has never met? Akon has always been very open to his own ideas.

"Forget it, we don't need to talk about such an unpleasant topic for the time being."

The witch pushed open a door with a picture of the mountains and the sun, and the two entered a normal-looking reception room. Looking at the empty reception room, she frowned and snapped her fingers. Carpets and sofas, coffee tables and other guest utensils suddenly emerged from below this magical castle. There was even a steaming pot of black tea on the crystal coffee table.

Mrs. Lisa nodded in satisfaction as she looked at the aristocratic reception room, smiling and motioning for Arkon to sit across from her. And she herself poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them with elegant movements.

But to be honest, in this typical human aristocratic style reception room, there is a witch dressed in leaves and a gray cloak in Ignorance, no matter how you look at it, it is not such an atmosphere. But neither of them cared about such a small problem. So after drinking a little black tea, Akon cleared all the distractions out of his mind and simply said what he meant.

"Lady Lisa, I have only come here in search of a specialty of Paradise Lost."

Looking at the daughter of the Black Forest sitting on the sofa, Akon said in a deep voice.

"Please give me ten copies of the Paradise Lost Soul Grass and the Mandala Flower, and I will help you do what I can, or exchange for a magic item. It's just such a deal. ”