Volume 1 The Tale of the Blacksmith Chapter 67 The Witch of the Silver Moon

Ophelia had already detected the existence of the witch through her magical sense, and at this time, as the other party approached, she subconsciously blocked in front of the emir.

Because she felt that the other person's magic level was on par with hers, and she wasn't sure if the other person was in danger.

Emir was not too nervous, he carefully looked at the witch in front of him, and saw that she was petite, less than one meter six tall, and about seventeen or eighteen years old.

She had shoulder-length short black hair, a wreath of thorns on her head, and fine bangs on her forehead that swayed gently in the breeze.

The willow leaf thin eyebrows are slightly stretched, a pair of eyes are as clear as water, the nose is small and delicate, the cherry-like lips are moist and shiny, and the whole person exudes a pure temperament, even if the face is expressionless, it is moving.

Then she wore a white tunic dress with a loose bodice that could not be seen the size of her breasts, pink lace trimmed near the neckline, the hem of which reached her ankles, also embroidered with small pink flowers, a pair of sandals on her feet, and a few strands of ribbon wrapped around her calves.

Because this dress has no sleeves, her two arms are exposed, and the fair and delicate skin can be seen.

Emir was stunned, he didn't expect that he would witness two incredibly beautiful girls in just a few days.

"Haha, it's good to have a dragon, you guys still go back to the town before me." The witch smiled slightly, and said almost as if she were in a set.

The emir was instantly healed by that smile, and he vaguely felt that her voice was somewhat familiar, so he asked.

"Excuse me, ...... you are?"

"Anne Castella, just call me Anne, as you can see, a witch from Pandora's box, with the title of Witch of the Silver Moon."

The other party skillfully introduced himself, and did not forget to tell the organization he belonged to, as if he felt very proud.

"Oh, in the lower emir, the lord of this town, this is Ophelia." Out of politeness, the emir also reported his name, and then he felt that the word Pandora's Box was a little familiar, "Then again, I think I've heard the name Pandora's Box somewhere. ”

At this time, Ophelia immediately reminded him.

"Forgot so quickly? The witch named Margaret belonged to Pandora's Box. ”

"Oh, I remember." It dawned on the emir.

"Huh? Margaret? Have you seen her? This time it was Anne's turn to be surprised.

So, the emir explained to her.

"Of course, our town was attacked by demons a few days ago, and Margaret did a lot of work."

"Looks like she got there first." Anne whispered, then she looked at Emile and said, "By the way, you really don't remember me?" ”

"Uh...... We probably haven't seen it before. ”

Emir actually wanted to say that he had never seen such a pure and lovely girl.

If Ophelia's beauty lies in her seriousness and unsmiling appearance, then this witch named Anne is pure loveliness.

"Haha, it's my fault that I didn't show up at the time." Anne patted her head with a troubled look.

“…… You don't mean it was in my dream yesterday, do you? The emir asked tentatively.

He was a little nervous when he said this, as it could most likely be misconstrued as a pick-up, and in the most corny way.

"Haha, that's right, sure enough, my voice is very recognizable." Anne said with an excited face.

"Well, it's really you, so I have to express my heartfelt thanks to you." Emir was affected by her vitality, and her heart became excited.

"It's just a gesture, and you don't have to worry about it." Anne scratched her head in embarrassment.

The way she squinted her eyes and smiled made the emir feel like a spring breeze, but there was one person who didn't feel anything special, and that was Ophelia.

After learning that Anne had no ill intentions, Ophelia became curious about the way she used magic.

"Your name is Annie, isn't it?"

"Hmm." Anne nodded earnestly and smiled.

"I've heard in the royal capital that there is a person who is used to using pieces of paper to release magic, so it can't be you, right?"

"Since I heard about it in the royal capital, it should be it, anyway, have you also been to the royal capital?" Anne was immediately interested.

"Well, my family used to be a big nobleman in the royal capital, but it was only after it declined that I moved elsewhere."

"I see, let's not hide it, I was studying at the Magic Academy in the royal capital for a while, and something bad happened at that time, and I just happened to make a contribution to make that matter solve smoothly, so I quickly became famous in the royal capital, but unfortunately my way of using magic was too unique, which made many people in the academy unhappy, and finally the school had to expel me."

"Well, can that also be used as a reason for expulsion?" The emir could not laugh or cry.

"Alas, it can't be helped, there are always so many rules in the magic academy, but I don't care, rather, it's because of this incident that I have the opportunity to join Pandora's Box, it was really an easy time, the sisters are very good to me, we often study magic together, go shopping and play around in our spare time, but most of the time we are causing trouble, haha."

Anne said this with a happy smile on her face.

The Emir was envious, for he had lost two important people, and now he was left with nothing but hatred.

However, he thought that Anne had met them for the first time, but she did not hesitate to tell them about her past, and seemed to trust them very much.

The Emir could understand the matter, on the one hand, she had helped them in distress last night, and on the other hand, they had just mentioned Margaret, who belonged to the same organization, which made it more close.

"By the way, I have a question." Amir said suddenly.

"Well, let's talk about it."

"Listen to what you just meant, you did enter my dream, but how did you do it?"

"Hehe, this is the witch's secret, do you really want to know?" Anne smiled.

"Oh, forget it." The emir hurriedly waved his hand.

After all, this was the first time they had met, and even if Anne appeared cheerful and lively, he knew that there were some things that he had to respect each other.

Ophelia, however, smiled and spoke.

"I know this, you're going to use displacement magic."

"Oh?" Anne was noncommittal.

"As far as I know, displacement magic can shift one's position, teleporting from one place to another, but the highest level of this magic is to travel in completely different dimensions, such as reality and dreams."

"Is it so powerful?" The emir secretly exclaimed.

Listening to Ophelia's statement, Anne was really surprised, she didn't expect that what she had always kept secret would be easily guessed by others, so she didn't hide it.

"That's right, it's not me boasting, I've reached the point where I'm perfect when it comes to displacement magic."

Anne said as she crossed her waist with an angry expression that was obviously inconsistent with her words.

However, this made the Emir think that she was a very interesting person.

……

After that, the group chatted for a while, and Emir learned a lot about Anne, such as saying that her family used to be a nobleman, but unfortunately she was framed by a traitor, and finally her family was ruined, and she was forced to become a homeless.

Later, fortunately, she was rescued by a genius magician, who took her as an apprentice, and then recommended her to study at the magic academy in the royal capital.

It's just that most of the magic she uses is learned from her own teacher, and she went to the magic academy just to obtain official magician status, and although she failed in the end, at least after joining Pandora's box, the sisters have come to regard her as a real magician.

And she never thought that she would be so lucky in the first place, not only to have a place to live, but also to learn a skill, it didn't matter to her whether she was recognized or not, she was just afraid that the teacher would be unhappy.

So in the letter to her teacher, she kept lying that she was still in the academy and would soon become a professional magician.

In fact, she has been with her sisters ever since, and this time she is here only to carry out the tasks assigned to her by the Order.

After all the tribulations, she no longer has a good impression of humans, so the survival of humans has little to do with her, and if she hadn't been taken in by the sisters of the organization, she wouldn't have contributed to the fight against the demons at all.

As for helping Emir and Ophelia, although it was just an accident, she also took a fancy to their strength, and maybe they could deal with the demons together at that time.

In other words, if the emir had no use value, then she would not have come to the rescue at that time.

Amiri was amazed at Anne's past experiences and present purpose, and thought to herself that the girl was really not shy about it, and that it was too realistic to match her age and her lovely looks.

To tell the truth, Emir didn't hate such people, he only sympathized with Anne a little, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if he was not qualified to sympathize with others.

At this time, Ophelia spoke.

"Well, if you join, our odds are even better."

"Huh? Listen to you, you also want to deal with the demons. Anne's eyes widened, looking surprised.

"Yes, but that's just my purpose, not necessarily Emir." Ophelia said, glancing at him.

The emir hastened to say, "How come, aren't we on the same side now?" Anyway, the demons took away my two most important people, how could I possibly let them go. ”

Ophelia smiled knowingly, as if she had said that in order to induce the emir to make such a bold statement.

"That's great, it looks like we're really kind-hearted," Anne said excitedly, but changed her tune, "but now is not the time." ”

"Huh? Why? The emir blurted out.

"Because the information has not been collected yet," Anne put her hands on her chest and explained, "Actually, we have a very little information about the demons, although we know their group structure, there are still many details that need to be carefully studied, such as how the demon army moves, whether they also use displacement magic, or summoning magic, you think about it, why they always gather as fast as possible, every time humans defeat them, intending to take advantage of the victory and pursue, they always find that their nests are missing." ”

"Well, that makes sense." The emir nodded.

He thought of the previous battle, if the huge monster came out of the lair, and it moved so much, then why didn't it notice it at first, until it appeared on the battlefield, and everyone didn't find out.

"So, we have to be patient first, don't worry." Anne said leisurely.

"When will it be collected?" Ophelia asked casually.

"Haha, I don't know about this," Anne scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "It will be until the end of the year, when the sisters of our organization will meet together to discuss, but my sisters are better than me, and they must have collected almost enough, so we only need to wait until the beginning of next year, when we will launch an offensive against the demons together." ”

Ophelia was secretly speechless, thinking that Anne's magic level was about the same as her, so weren't the other witches more powerful than her?

In this way, she paid so much to gain the power of the elves, but now she is not as good as these witches.

She is indeed a little unwilling, but there is no need to be angry, because she knows very well that this is the trend in the future.

The knightly world and the magical world in the royal capital have always been in a state of opposition, and the Elnos Empire is a knight-based country, and with the rise of magic, the knight culture that has lasted for hundreds of years has been greatly impacted.

Because it's so convenient, it takes more than ten years to train a knight, and if you're not careful, you can die on the battlefield, but what about magic? With only one talent, you can train professional mages in a year or two, and they are all strong and have a high survival rate on the battlefield.

For example, in the last civil war of the Empire, although the Imperial army was caught off guard at first, and countless powerful knights were plotted and died on the battlefield, with the intervention of the magic troops, the battle was simply one-sided, and the rebels were defeated and retreated.

If it weren't for the strong demand of those high-ups in the knightly world to hand over the final battle to them, the credit for that war would undoubtedly belong to the magical world.

Most people only know that Moswood manipulated the rebel leader's weapon.

Only a few nobles understood the truth, so from then on, they all stopped favoring loyal knights, and chose to spend a lot of time and money to fund the Academy of Magic, training magicians.

This also made the upper echelons of the knight world aware of the threat, and they feared that in a few decades, the Elnos Empire would become a realm of magicians, and they, the knights, would have to stand aside.

However, no matter how much they objected, they could not stop more and more people from learning magic, and those people would even receive the rich funds provided by the nobles.

On the other hand, knights have to go through a long period of basic training, and if they do not have good physique and perseverance, they are likely to not be able to get ahead in this life, and even if they have achieved something, they must strictly follow the spirit of chivalry and dare not slack off in the slightest.

Ophelia's heart immediately balanced at the thought of this state of affairs, because she knew that she had made the right choice, and she saw more openly, no matter what the country became, as long as someone fought for the empire.

The means are never the most important, the ends are, however, Ophelia still follows the noble chivalry and sticks to the bottom line of knighthood.

“…… Displacement magic. ”

At this time, the emir muttered quietly, and he couldn't help but fall into thought.

"What's wrong?" Anne asked him playfully, tilting her head.

"That's right, I want to ask if your magic can really teleport? How many people can do it? ”

When Ophelia heard this, she immediately understood what Emir wanted to say, and she must have asked Anne to help transfer the villagers.

"Yes, you can teleport, otherwise you think that when I help you, what happened to so many monsters."

"Oh? Let's hear it. The emir suddenly became curious.

"Hehe, of course I teleported somewhere else."

“…… Somewhere else? ”

"Hehe, it's not a secret, it's in my baby's belly." Anne said mischievously.