The ever-present threat of an explosion sent everyone away from the boy, but he remained undeterred. For him, learning magic was an incredibly joyful experience.

Every night, the patrolling teachers would see a small figure sneak out of the dormitory and go to the Forbidden Forest, far from the castle, to practice magic again and again, and to cause explosions time and time again.

Even if you fail many times, don't be discouraged. Even if you are blasted and injured by the magic you release, don't be afraid to swing your staff again, just for that one chance success.

For such a hardworking child, the Forbidden Forest keeper made him a thick, plush earmuff. The grumpy keeper grumbled a few words and turned away, while the professors on night patrol simply mourned for the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest and pretended not to see anything. Even his roommates, who occasionally got up at night, gradually changed their attitude towards his hard work.

With his boundless passion for magic, his thirst for knowledge, and his unyielding stubbornness, the boy gained the approval of those around him.

Even so, even after receiving friendship and help, the boy's passion for magic did not diminish. No one knew why; they simply believed that the boy was a wizard born with a love for magic.

Could he be that person?

The witch wasn't sure. Although he felt familiar to her—the same terrible constitution, the same experience of being isolated—she knew that her lover had never used magic before.

The witch wanted to verify this, so she sent her minions back to the castle called Hogwarts to ambush the boy. Of course, the witch didn't want to hurt him; she just wanted a drop of his blood.

Because blood contains the memories of the soul.

But to the witch's surprise, the plan failed. The person rebelled and defeated the attacking Dementors with his most familiar ethereal magic.

But the result was better than the witch had hoped.

he came.

With that person's arrival, the witch had the opportunity to observe him up close.

It looks similar, but it doesn't quite look like one.

If you look at his appearance, he and his lover are completely unrelated, but the sense of familiarity that emanates from their souls cannot be faked.

However, although that soul felt familiar, it was slightly different from the one in my memory. For example, why was it able to use magic?

Was it because Reeves Lascher gave him magic? This is just speculation, and there's no way to confirm it.

Because he did not have any mark of a familiar on his body.

Even though her beloved may have already appeared before her, the ethereal witch began to worry again: was he really him?

Could he be one of the other people who happened to be here by chance?

Just like those people before?

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PS2: There will be an extra chapter today, but it will be very late.

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Extra Chapter: The Truth Only the Witch Knows (Part 2) - Bonus Chapter for 1000 Recommended Votes

Faced with readily available "happiness," the witch retreated out of fear of "chance."

This is truly a ridiculous thing.

Because there are no coincidences in this world, only inevitabilities arising from countless causes and effects, and encounters are also inevitable. Determination and sincerity are essential for achieving a certain goal.

The witch had previously tried to distort the world and summon her lover back by using the inevitability of cause and effect, but when someone who seemed to be her "lover" appeared, she became uneasy because of her fear of chance.

So, with a heart full of trepidation, the witch decided to have her clone accompany him, while the main body remained hidden deep within the consciousness of the plane, observing him.

As for the captured man, he altered his memories and began playing the role he had been playing before the attack.

Because the person who terrified the witch also came along, the witch needed a pawn to keep an eye on him.

Then a new cycle began.

Having overcome her fear, the witch and that person completed the sacred ritual, and the result was delightful.

Gangdaruff!

The long-lost mark has returned to the land of Tristine, but that's not enough. What if the truth is that "everyone who signs a contract with me is a Gangaruf"?

With this in mind, the witch continued to monitor the situation, and the result brought her mixed feelings. The person named "Simo" did indeed possess the power of ethereal magic, but it was not pure.

Like a deformed freak, his magic power and regenerative ability are very high, but the success rate of casting spells is pitifully low, and at the same time, the power of ethereal magic is greatly reduced.

Gundaruff's ability allows him to channel his magic with his wand, choosing whether to use normal magic or ethereal magic to unleash explosive magic, depending on the needs of the spell.

This is good news for Simo, but not for the witch, because her lover is a swordsman. Although he occasionally uses some strange weapons, his main weapon is a sword.

According to the course of history, a duel would have broken out at this point, with his lover fighting a boy of the same grade for a maid in a castle. It was during this duel that his lover first awakened his abilities.

This was supposed to be a great opportunity to test whether Simo was the right person, but the witch backed down once again.

The witch was very worried. If things continued this way, Seamus might very well defeat Gish using magic instead of swordsmanship. And at that point, she would be even less able to determine whether he was the one she was waiting for.

So she arranged for the maid to deliver meals to Verne, partly to keep an eye on Verne and her pawn, and partly to prevent that "damned duel" from happening again.

Like an ostrich, the witch buried her head deep in the "sand," afraid to approach the truth, much less face it.

She longed for her lover's return, yet she became afraid to confirm it. On one hand, she approached Simo, rapidly warming their relationship, while on the other hand, she resisted his advances.

The ethereal witch was now no different from a girl in love, except that the flame in her heart had been forcibly frozen for ten thousand years.

Although only 300 years have passed since the event of Tristan falling into the origin of life and death on the prime plane, here, the cycle of reincarnation has already reached its 15,532nd iteration.

If we consider a three-year cycle, 46,594 years have passed in Louise's subjective timeframe. Therefore, the frightened Louise cannot accept the conclusion that "Symour is not a talented person."

She was afraid, afraid of continuing that endless wait.

Although she knew that if it was confirmed that "Simo is not Saito", she would definitely start the cycle again.

But she was really scared before the final truth came out.

Furthermore, what if "Simo is indeed a talented person"? It's important to remember that tens of thousands of years of reincarnation doesn't come without a price...

But perhaps it was the inevitable course of cause and effect, when Kisch and Seamus were rumored to be having an affair and Kisch challenged Seamus to a duel, Louise panicked!

why?

Why would a duel still happen? I clearly avoided the original history.

The witch focused too much on Simo and her own anxieties, causing her to overlook some small details. However, the witch at this point was clearly no longer as "omniscient and omnipotent" as before.

So she didn't notice that a certain small chess piece had changed, and that someone hiding in the room had actually been restless for a long time.

The witch, filled with fear of the truth, wanted to stop the duel, but to no avail. Even after she slapped Seamus and pretended to be angry and leave, she was still pushed onto the duel stage by the crowd.

Everything was spiraling out of control without anyone noticing.

At that moment, Simo came to his side again and picked him up without saying a word.

In the past, if she were picked up by any man who wasn't that person, she would definitely give him a piece of her mind. But this time, Louise felt a long-lost sense of security, though she still struggled to get down.

Because she didn't know if her sense of security was due to transference; perhaps without realizing it, she had subconsciously come to regard Simo as him.

Until Louise heard Seamus's confession.

So that's how it is!

So he really was him!

Others might not understand, but Louise did. She understood the emotion flowing from Simon's confession—an emotion that even Simon himself didn't quite grasp.

It turns out that Simo also felt very familiar with himself; it turns out that Simo felt like he was another "him"; it turns out that Simo felt like he was the other side in the mirror, the perfect side, the side he wanted to admire and imitate.

At this moment, Louise finally understood that Simon really was a genius.

For some unknown reason, Saito returned to that world, but he must have paid a considerable price. The consequence of that price was reincarnation, but he also gained the right to use magic.

As for why Saito longed to obtain magical power, it's not hard to understand.

Only by mastering the power of magic can he find himself again, instead of being separated from himself and waiting in different worlds.

Only by mastering the power of magic can he protect himself with all his might, instead of being defeated by the enemy and returning home as he did last time.

As Seamus himself said, "But only recently have I realized that what I really crave is not magic, but the ability to use magic to find you, protect you, make you happy, and bring you joy."

That's what the familiar from the past had said to him.

Louise still remembers how the conversation started:

"Back then, I had an excuse not to get involved because I lacked the power. I could say that I was too weak to help. But now, I've lost that excuse."

Louise knew that her lover meant that with the power of Gundaruff, he could pursue the justice in his heart.

But for some reason, Louise thought of a certain busty maid, a certain busty elf, a certain expressionless princess with a flat chest like hers and her familiar, and a certain princess with an expression but also a large chest. A sour feeling welled up inside her. Because her lover had used his power to "help" them quite a bit.

"They're clearly my familiars," Louise muttered softly, expressing her dissatisfaction with her lover and certain philandering cats, even though they were all her best friends.

"What are you saying, Louise?"

"Hmph! It's nothing!"

Louise pouted and turned her head away, pretending to be angry, but quickly turned back and asked her lover with a serious expression, "If one day, a powerful force separates us, what will you do?"

"Then I'll use Gangdaruff to defeat him! And then I'll come back to you."

"What if you can't hit him? Or even if you do hit him, you can't come back?"

"How could that be? Even if I beat him, I wouldn't be able to come back."

"Why not? If you were thrown into another world, could you find the gate to return with Gangdaruff's power alone?"

Hearing this, the familiar remained silent for a long time. In the silence, Louise regretted asking the question earlier, because it was such a stupid question. Why did she have to think about such bad things happening?

But not long after, the familiar raised its head, looked at him with a determined gaze, and said, "If one day, I really am separated from you and thrown into another world, unable to come back..."

The sudden pause, coupled with his serious expression, made Louise nervous and uneasy, but then she heard the sweetest vow of her life:

"Then I will definitely find a way to learn magic there, and then find the Gate to the World, and return to your side again! To protect you! To never let you cry! To never let you be lonely!"

Now, when the Void Witch heard similar words again, she could finally confirm that the person had really done it, that Simo really was the soul she had waited for for countless years.

PS1: I updated 5000 words today! 5000 words! Who dares to say I update slowly? Who dares to say I'm not diligent? Who dares to say I have no integrity!

P.S. 2: Actually, I originally wanted to publish it in three chapters, but I couldn't find three 2000-word chapters. Speaking of which, it seems like each of Miao-chan's chapters is less than 2000 words. I really want to learn from her! Hehe~ Time for bed~ Time for bed~

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44. A girl gazing at the sky

"Louise, are you alright?" Seamus pressed down on Louise's shoulders, pushing her away from him, and looked her up and down, asking with a worried expression.

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