You think you're worthy of saving the world?

Yuri sternly rebuked her as she walked away.

Stella's academic studies are crucial to her future magical abilities.

Although witches are born with the ability to cast spells, that doesn't mean they can quickly generate all kinds of magic from their brains without doing anything. Otherwise, wouldn't all witches be equally powerful?

The exact principle is still unclear, but Yuri made a hypothesis: he speculated that witches learn magic through imagination—imagination determines how quickly witches master magic.

Stella is already sixteen years old, but she can "only" use fifth-order magic at most, which is far inferior to her demon king predecessors.

Why is that?

Just because she's an illiterate village girl!

Yuri decided to first teach Stella to read, and then force her to read a large number of books and novels in order to broaden her imagination.

Stella frowned at Yuri's invitation to study.

"I'm busy. I need to go to the lower city area right now. I still have my luggage there."

"I've already arranged for someone to pack it for you, and it will be delivered tomorrow."

Yuri patted the floor beside him: "Learning to read is more important than those trivial details. Come over here."

"?"

Stella was surprised: she hadn't expected him to be so considerate.

Yuri thought this was perfectly reasonable: Stella, you have no idea how precious your time is!

"Alright, let's learn!"

When Yuri urged her again, Stella hesitated for a moment, but finally sat down next to him.

Stella stared at his serious face, feeling inexplicably annoyed: What's wrong with this guy...?

"Speaking of which, I forgot to ask you."

The black-haired boy opened a children's language introduction book and asked a question.

Why do you know magic?

"Hey……"

Stella's pupils dilated slightly.

Although Yuri knew perfectly well what was going on, he still pretended to ask, "You can't read, can you? How did you learn magic if you can't read?"

Stella broke out in a cold sweat.

He must never know that I am a witch.

Given this guy's sadistic, despicable, and utterly despicable nature, he would definitely send me to be burned at the stake—

No, a future far worse than being burned at the stake awaits me!

Damn it, how am I supposed to get this over with...?

"Well, no one says you can't learn magic if you can't read, right?" Stella's rebuttal was weak.

Yuri stroked his chin: "Although I don't know much about this, if one can learn magic without even reading a book... wouldn't Miss Stella be amazing?"

The silver-haired girl scratched her cheek: "Well... of course! I'm a genius, so you have to respect me, your teacher."

"I knew it! Choosing you to teach me magic was definitely the right decision," Yuri said happily.

"..."

The girl was somewhat incredulous.

Euryphus Falción.

He was the most cunning brat Stella had ever met in her life, and she managed to fool him so easily this time?

She had barely breathed a sigh of relief when the black-haired boy's next words caused her heart to stop.

"However, I've heard that girls with exceptional magical talent might be accused of being witches."

Yuri looked at her suspiciously: "Stella, you're not a witch, are you?"

"Me? How could that be!"

Stella loudly denied it without hesitation, but the boy then nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“I think so too. Miss Stella couldn’t possibly be a witch. How could a witch be so stupid as to be fooled? They’re the ones who always deceive others.”

“Right…right? How could I possibly be a witch?” Stella’s forehead veins bulged.

“However, just because I believe you doesn’t mean everyone else will…” Yuri said meaningfully.

"What do you want?"

Stared at by the younger boy with those direct eyes, Stella instinctively hugged her ample bosom and took a half-step back warily.

Yuri said in a serious tone, "Stella, we absolutely cannot let more people know that you are an illiterate village girl, or they will misunderstand."

"Who are you calling cultured...!"

The witch was stunned for several seconds before she finally reacted.

"Ah, um... you're right, that's right."

Stella felt a strange warmth welling up inside her, and she turned her face away shyly: "Anyway... thank you for keeping my secret."

Yuri's lips curled into a smile: See? She even thanked us.

"That's only right. From now on, I am your legal master. If you are accused of being a witch, I will also be implicated."

"Um……"

Stella nodded, secretly relieved: It's so good that the person who deceived me is the Child of Prophecy. If it were some other unreasonable guy... I might have been captured and interrogated by "Witch's Hammer".

The witch curled her lips into a smile: As the saying goes, it's darkest under the lamp. Let me hide my witch identity from the silly saint!

Is Yuri going to teach me to read? I'm starting to look forward to it... Huh?

Strange? Why do I feel grateful to him?

020 Physical Examination of Slaves

The language used by humankind is called a universal language, which is a language based on Latin and a mixture of German, French, and Old English.

The first step in teaching the witch to read was to introduce her to all the letters of the alphabet.

Although Stella had been manipulated by Yuri like a monkey all day, she was actually a very intelligent girl.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the witch race generally possesses astonishingly high intelligence; otherwise, they wouldn't have nearly destroyed the world two thousand years ago.

Stella's mistake was meeting Yuri; if it were anyone else, she might have been sold out while still helping the Holy Son count his money.

Although her current situation is similar.

"I said, when will you let me teach magic?"

During the break between the first and second classes, Stella was eating cookies that Yuri had brought downstairs when she suddenly asked a question.

She probably felt a little guilty because Yuri had been teaching her so diligently since the beginning.

The biggest weakness of the "Ash Witch" is that she is too kind.

The greatest advantage of the prophesied son is that he is shameless enough.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question. When are you going to let me teach you?"

Seeing no response, Stella urged her again.

"Why learn magic? There's no rush for that," Yuri said impatiently.

I'll never learn anything! Have you ever seen a farmer who lays his own eggs?

You're the one who needs to learn, so you should learn!

"what???"

Stella was completely dumbfounded when she saw Yuri pull up his pants and pretend not to recognize her.

"You kept me by your side so that I would teach you magic, didn't you?"

Yuri paused for a full three seconds before nodding in agreement.

"………………right."

Why take so long to think about it?

Miss Witch frowned suspiciously: "I say, you're not lying to me again, are you?"

As per our agreement, once I've taught you magic, you must restore my freedom!

"Don't worry, I will never break my promise."

The black-haired boy turned his face and said earnestly.

"The thought of an illiterate person living in my house makes me feel uncomfortable all over, and I can't sleep well at night."

Stella looked annoyed: "Then don't make me stay here."

“If you can’t read, you’re not suitable to be someone’s teacher, are you?” Yuri said. “Also, it must be very inconvenient for you in daily life, right?”

"Well, that's true..." Stella smoothed her hair shyly.

Yuri gripped the girl's shoulders tightly, his expression earnest and tender: "More importantly... Stella, I value your affairs more than my own."

The silver-haired girl smiled happily and said, "In that case, why don't you hurry up and help me find my family?"

Yuri ignored his words and clapped his hands indifferently: "Okay, break time is over, time to continue class."

"Get ready, Stella—I'm not letting you sleep tonight."

……

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……

The witch's first night on the holy son's bed was absolutely terrible.

That night, she was kept up by Yuri until after 3 a.m. before she was allowed to sleep.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, a commotion like that of a dock at dawn erupted downstairs from Shengzi's house.