344 – Past (Part 1)

I don’t guarantee a 100% perfect translation.

Feel free to correct me in the comments.

Lots of inner monologue in this chapter.

Also, this is the first chapter of the ones i’ve translated stating a concrete number (450) the other were things like “over 400 years”. So don’t complain to me about that, thats the author’s fault.

Anyway, im waaaaay too tired atm, 2:30 am, need to sleep, not sure if i messed up on something, hopefully not. But i wanted to give you a chapter a bit sooner, since the last one ended on such a cliffhanger.

1 down, 2 more to go today.

 

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Your Highness?

What a strange sounding name…  It’s like a word you would hear in an old story.

She tried to turn her eyes, after directing her gaze to the side, she saw a grey-haired man entering her field of view, at his side stood several women.

He said in a low voice almost whispering.

– “How do you feel?”

– “……”

She did not answer, but instead asked.

– “Where is this?”

– “The western region of the Kingdom of Greycastle, Border Town.”

Well, things were going in the direction she wanted to see the least, unknown location, unknown time, unknown figures, she wanted to stand up from the bed, but found that her body was very weak.

– “I am Kingdom of Greycastle’s Fourth Prince, and Border Town Feudal Lord, Roland Wimbledon”

He then continued.

– “These are the members of the Witch Union, you…   Do you remember anything?”

Witch Union?

She frowned.

Are they witches? Although I don’t know if this is a new organization, but at least they are the same as m…   Why do they look like they are this man’s subordinates?

Wait a moment, Prince?

She then recalled for a moment, and couldn’t help to feel dumbfounded, is this not a term used more than 400 years ago, when the First War of Divine Will was taking place.

Wasn’t that a name commonly used among the political powers of the time? This is… Did I go back to the time before the war started? Did the gods gave me a chance to make preparations ahead of time in order to save the Holy City and its people?

No, I need to calm down.

She told herself that this nonsense of story would only happen in some tavern. In the end did they finally came to rescue her? In the basement of the experimental building, a group of Devil rushed in, she released all the magic in her body in order to build the most solid ice barrier. The Echo magic stone should have kept sending the distress signal, waiting for the day they returned to the fertile plains and find her trapped there.

– “Did you save me?”

That’s right, that’s the only explanation, I was no longer inside the barrier because the witch army came back!

– “Did the Devil retreated? Did we win? The Holy City…   What happened to the Holy City of Taqila?”

After she blurted out this series of questions, she saw a change in the face of several people, they were looking at each other, revealing an expression of joy and excitement. A more mature witch came, with long red hair, and said.

– “We indeed found you in the basement of a stone tower, are you a person from 450 years ago?”

This witch reminded her of that Holy Warrior who turned the tide of the battle, she had the same red hair, as a flame to inspire people.

Compared to the gray-haired man, she was more than happy to answer the witch’s questions, even though she usually would not be so fussy about whether their status was low or high, being inquired by such inferior person made her feel offended.

If she were to complain to his master about this questioning, the man most likely would be severely punished.

– “My name is Agatha, I’m a member of the Taqila Exploration Society.”

She paused for a moment.

– “What do you mean with 450 years ago? Does that mean…   Have you been fighting with the Devil for more than 400 years? That’s impossible.”

The man called Roland answered.

– “You’ve been sleeping for a long time, things might be a bit different from what you remember. If your body feel better maybe we can slowly fill you in.”

– “Speak.”

Agatha closed her eyes and breathed deeply. Although this “Prince” behaved very rudely, she had no time to worry about such matters.

As the other party began to elaborate on the history of Greycastle, and the evolution of the Four Great Kingdoms of the mainland, she felt cold sweat gradually emerging from her back.

In his narration, Agatha soon found several familiar signs, such as the Concealing Forest, or the Impassable Mountain Range…   adding this to her memories, the conclusions she obtained shocked her.

If the names of those places were the same as she remembered, the so called Four Kingdoms were nothing but the long strip of land between the mountains and the ocean, a barren place that had no real development value in her opinion.

And the wild forbidden area he spoke of, was unexpectedly her very familiar fertile plains. As for the Stone Tower, and the Holy City of Taqila, along the years they have become unknown, buried areas.

How can this be so ridiculous?

But something even more laughable was coming.

Buried along with Taqila, was also the status the witches held in the past, in this era, the witches had become objects of repulsion, and all along the Four Kingdoms, the regime was held firmly by common people, calling themselves Kings and Nobility, same as it had happened in those outdated times before the First War of Divine Will.

But, for those old-fashioned people, to become rulers above the witches.

How was that possible?

She couldn’t bear to remain silent and interrupted.

– “Preposterous! The witches are hunted and killed by ordinary people? Who dared to do such a thing?”

Angry, Agatha grabbed the man in front in order to teach him a lesson for talking about this nonsense, but she was unable to use her magic, the cold frost didn’t gush out like in the past.

At this moment, she felt some kind of metal ring on her ankle, and after lifting her quilt a little, she saw it had a God Punishment Stone in it.

She couldn’t believe the witches in front of her.

– “Are you crazy!? Not only you have helped an ordinary man instead of a High Ranked Awakened, but also violated the Federation ban, using God Punishment Stones unauthorized!”

Only the Federation’s Law Enforcement Squads were allowed to use the God’s Stone, in addition, any person who carried, sold, transformed or destroyed a stone would be subject to the severest of sanctions, possibly even the death penalty.

The Prince let out a sigh.

– “I was worried about this.”

– “Don’t worry, I’ll talk to her”

The red-haired witch sat down on the bedside and covered her with the quilt again

– “My name is Wendy, the things are not what you think, also, the matters he spoke of are true…   I don’t know how it was in the Holy City 450 years ago, but right now, Taqila has ceased to exist, and I have never heard of this Federation you talk about, we all have been living our lives in hiding, until we met Your Highness Roland.”

“He has given us a safe place to live, and encourages us to use our abilities, and to study in order to make better use of our powers to change the world. Here, we can live normal, ordinary lives, without the need to hide, and without the fear of being hunted or killed by the church or the people. You should know that now the God’s Punishment Stones are everywhere, and we witches are no more stronger than normal people if we lose our powers.”

After listening to Wendy’s story, Agatha was completely silent.

The Federation was a large organization led by several witches from different kingdoms, among them were many High Ranked and Exceed. In order to win the War of Divine Will, they had to unite, and the Federation formed a huge army, but also, while managing various Holy Cities, they were responsible for training and dispatching witches, resolving disputes, maintaining the public order and stability. Only they had the power to catch and judge a witch…   However, despite being such a powerful organization, nobody had heard of its reputation now…

Where were those escapees who wanted to rebuild the order?

 

 

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