The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 63: The Old Story

Nightingale had spent her entire childhood in Silver City, and it was the happiest period of her life.

However, this wonderful time only lasted until the winter he was fourteen years old. That winter, the refugees started a riot in Silver City.

His parents went to distribute food but they never returned. Nightingale and her brother were sent, to the home of her father's brother,

another branch of the Gilen family. It is also the winter that Nightingale awakens with her magical powers.

He carefully hides his abilities, but in the end he is still found by Mr. Gilen,

that immediately separated Nightingale from her brother and used her brother's life to threaten him into doing his bidding,

so Nightingale had no choice. Mr. Gilen sent him to the thieves' union and got him through their training.

Then, he had her do some shady things, such as breaking into her enemy's house to steal a trade contract or other important things, and eavesdropping on a town hall meeting.

He even had to go to some potential competitor's house and put poison in their water tank.

The business of the Gilen family grew bigger and bigger, but Mr. Gilen's attitude towards Nightingale gradually changed even worse.

If there was the slightest mistake, he would be kicked. Every time he doesn't do something for her,

he would close Nightingale in a room in their house whose door was replaced with iron bars.

The part that made Nightingale the most sad and confused was that she could not see her brother Hyde.

She begins to suspect that Mr. Gilen has killed her brother. After feeling enough with her repeated requests, she finally brought her younger brother along.

However, when Hyde saw Nightingale, he looked extremely disgusted and said that he never wanted to see her again because as a witch and a demon companion, he had to go to hell.

Hearing this, Nightingale's world collapsed, but the nightmare was not over yet. Mr. Gilen gave him the final blow - the fact that he became a witch was a secret,

but she still tells Hyde, and even tells him that the further away he is from the witch, the better.

After Hyde said goodbye to Nightingale, Mr. Glenn grimly warns him that Hyde will inherit their father's title,

but if she did not continue to obey her orders, she would make her brother die quietly.

In this way, Nightingale fell deeper and deeper into grief and despair and turned into a puppet manipulated by the Gilen family.

On the day of his maturity, he has to finish the task for the family and is on his way home when he meets Wendy. Or, rather, Wendy found him.

Wendy told Nightingale everything about the Witch Cooperation Association, and told her that there were many people who had experienced similar experiences as Nightingale had, after all, experienced,

but these sisters did not give up. Hearing this, Nightingale's shattered heart suddenly lit up with a spark of new life.

He did not need much time to change from confusion to determination. One week after his maturity day, he had overcome the torment, forcing his magic to undergo a major change.

His mist no longer only hid his figure, but also prevented the iron bars from holding him back. On the day he finally recovered from the agony on the day of his adulthood,

he entered his mist world to step into Mr.'s room. Gilen to take a knife and slit his throat. .

Mr. Gilen sighed in a high tone, and then only the sound of blood bubbles erupting could be heard.

During the entire situation, Nightingale found that she was much calmer than expected. Later, Wendy and Nightingale leave Gilen's household.

As for his brother Hyde, he ignored him and did not want to see him again. After this, he and Wendy began their journey towards the Witch Cooperation Association.

When Nightingale got to the end of the story, she waited for a moment, but when she felt that Roland was still immersed in his past, she left the room to rest that night.

As for Roland, after a long time, he finally calmed down and remembered that Nightingale once said that every witch had a long history of bitterness.

If they could reach their adult days, they could even be considered lucky. While Roland was crossing over, it was fortunate that he had become a prince.

The next morning, Roland went to visit Wendy in Nightingale's room. After resting all night, Wendy's skin tone looked much better, and her previously injured arm looked completely healed.

Although he was still weak, he sat down and bowed to pay his respects to the Prince.

"I already know about you, thank you for saving Nightingale's life." Roland took out the parchment from his pocket and went straight to the point,

“There is no doubt that with Cara as their leader, it is impossible for you to return to the Witch Cooperation Association.

So, it would be best for you to stay in Border Town and work for me. If You agree, You only need to put Your signature on this contract.

You will get the same salary as Anna, and every month you will get gold royal.”

Roland knew what he wanted to say. Anyway, this will change his life. Moreover, after Wendy saved her life in the mountains, she,

Nightingale did not want Roland to force her to make a decision immediately. In Nightingale's view, though,

as long as Wendy stayed in Border Town for some time, she would definitely come to their side.

“I would also love it if I wasn't forced to talk about this in a hurry, but some things get a little more dangerous with daily delays.”

Roland paused for a moment, but Wendy did not interrupt him and quietly waited for him to continue,

"I think I might know the method of how a witch can survive her resurrection day without pain."

This statement carried a loud bang from the two magicians who asked with one voice,

"What?"

"That's just my speculation and there's no real evidence." appeased Roland,

“But I think I know the reason why the witches in the camp suffer less pain compared to their lives in hiding.

The only difference between the two situations was that, when they hid their identities as magicians, they did not use their magic power, he said,

but during their lives inside the camp, they had to use their abilities to maintain daily operations. “

Wendy nodded her head, though,

"You .. that's right."

“And in Anna's case, she trained her abilities every day before her adult day, and she even went into a coma from overusing her magic power.

When she finally regained consciousness, she had overcome the hardest obstacles as a witch, and even without any injuries.”

“So, I thought this might be the key to conquering the Bite Demons that attacked your body.

I believe that witches are a kind of magic container, and during adolescence, witches always collect magic.

When this magic exceeds the tolerance level of the body, it causes damage to the witch's body itself, and the Devil's Bite itself is dated with the day of the witch's resurrection, the most powerful magician moment.”

“So if a magician can constantly release his magic, constantly keep his magic at a safe level, perhaps the torment that the magician must undergo on the day of resurrection will be greatly reduced, he said, or even disappear altogether.”

Roland paused for a moment to let them think, and then he said,

“As the lord of Border Town, I can offer a safe place for your witches to use their magic.

No one will arrest, send you to court, or even kill you for using it.

If my guess is correct, then no doubt, that Border Town will be the end of your long chase on the Sacred Mountain.”

A witch is taught from the beginning that her dangerous abilities are given by the devil.

After endless suffering, the witch would feel that it was not her own strength but her power was a curse, starting a vicious cycle.

The more the witch did not want to use her magic, the stronger her bite. Right after the crosswalk, Roland's attitude towards this power was completely opposite.

After passing through the memories of the old 4th Prince and putting aside the existence of Gods, he only saw magic as a kind of energy, an energy controlled by their own will.

Wendy was silent for a long time, but then she asked,

"When I sign a contract and agree to work for you, then I want to know first ... what should I do for you?"

Over the past few centuries, due to their unique abilities, some witches were bought by some ambitious people and secretly imprisoned, used as a means of consumption.

Although the Church will seek and punish such behavior, it is still difficult to prohibit it.

Besides, they used to be cruel to witches. Once they lost their value, their fate could be described as a spectacle too terrible to bear.

Of course, Roland had also heard about these cases, but he liked the long-term importance

and believe that this is a win-win situation for everyone. So, he smiled and replied,

“The first thing you need to do is practice your skills repeatedly until you really understand them –

like Anna.”