Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

Twelve of the thirteen girls were mostly astonished, "If there's such a powerful witch, then why..."

Why was Witch Island eventually conquered, turned into human territory, and transformed into a prison?

That's impossible!

But that's human thinking; a witch's thinking is completely different.

Lao Ji glanced at them sideways and said directly, "Because the Great Witch is also a witch, and she also doesn't want to fight, doesn't dare to fight, doesn't dare to kill, and doesn't want to kill."

"Even if your own race was invaded by humans and almost wiped out?" Nikaido Shiro couldn't help but ask.

She really couldn't listen to it anymore.

Although she is human, this has nothing to do with identity or stance. Even if she were human, just hearing these things would make her blood pressure soar; she simply couldn't accept it.

If she were on Witch Island back then, she would die fighting against humanity, against the invasion, against the evil humans who started the war and killed innocent witches!

“Yes.” Lao Ji nodded. “And let me correct you. It wasn’t that they were on the verge of extinction. They were already extinct. All the witches except for the four great witches had died.”

"At that time, the other three of the four great witches were in despair. They did not have resurrection magic and could not resurrect their people. They were also afraid and unwilling to kill, so they all ran away from this world and went to other worlds."

"And the last great witch, who was also the youngest great witch, still had some blood in her veins. She made a harsh statement to all the invading humans, claiming that she would take revenge and destroy humanity, before disappearing."

"After that, the higher-ups in humanity discovered that a large number of people began to have witch factors in their bodies—these were spread by the last great witch. People with witch factors in their bodies may become witches if the concentration is high enough."

At this point, the origins and development of the witch factor within Nikaido Hiro and the others became completely clear.

Those were the sins committed by our ancestors, by the leaders and the military of that time.

They initiated an unprovoked war and committed the heinous crime of genocide, for which the final witch did indeed seek revenge.

Although it is unknown whether there will be any follow-up, it is certain that after hundreds of years of dissemination, all of humanity in the world now possesses the witch factor!

Volume 1: Chapter 509. Prison Foundation: Today is a good day for murder.

509. Prisoner: Today is a good day to kill.

If someone else were to tell these truths, the girls might question whether they are true or if they have been embellished, since they have never heard of this before and this part of history has been completely erased by the higher-ups.

However, as a completely unrelated alien, Laoji obviously had no need for that.

So every time it said something more, Nikaido Hiro and the others would get even angrier and their hands would tremble.

If it's because witches are harmful to humans and cause them harm, then humans retaliate by destroying the witch race. That would be one thing, but while it's extreme, it's still fundamentally a matter of self-defense.

However, it is simply intolerable for them that the witches, who were clearly helping humans in distress, were betrayed by humans and their entire race and history were burned to ashes for no reason!

It was too cruel, too brutal, so appalling that it was utterly outrageous!

They would all feel disgusted if their ancestors were part of the war that wiped out the witch race.

Fortunately, although there were wealthy families present, none of them were from military or high-ranking families, so on the bright side, no one should have any connection with the people from that war.

However, even so, the thought that humans had committed such crimes made the other girls, though they were alright, they had a simple sense of right and wrong but not so much of a sense of justice.

But Nikaido Hiro couldn't stand it for even a second longer; she really wanted to curse out loud.

Unfortunately, she had to endure it, because Lao Ji's revelation of the truth was clearly not over yet, and there was more to come.

Emma Sakura, trembling with fear at the immense crimes committed by humanity's ancestors, asked blankly, "Several hundred years ago, humanity in this world was still in the age of cold weapons, with only a few firearms... It would have been impossible for such a military force not to be destroyed by the Great Witch, right?"

"That's right, exactly."

Lao Ji nodded. "But precisely because of this, you should understand better, right? Even with the overwhelming power, the final Great Witch, who made those harsh words, didn't kill a single human at that time. This is enough to prove just how pure and cowardly she truly was."

"The reason she chose to spend hundreds of years spreading witch genes to humans is probably because it is the only way for her to take revenge on humans without killing them herself or shedding blood."

Humans with witch genes may be prone to witch transformation, which is no different from death. However, using this as revenge is utterly ridiculous in terms of efficiency and catharsis, like playing house.

Regardless of whether there's any follow-up, the Great Witch's direct attack is definitely more satisfying than this.

But she still chose to do it.

Even the most principled and courageous members of the witch clan could only do this after their entire clan was unjustly wiped out. This further proves the witch clan's pure goodness and peaceful nature, which is absolutely worthy of praise from the Land of Light.

This also makes it clear just how evil and disgusting the human leadership and military were at that time.

As Laoji introduced and recited these truths, his eyes visibly turned cold and sharp.

It was indeed an invader, wanting to use its power to forcibly turn humans into followers of the god. However, even an invader like it never intended to exterminate a race, let alone did so.

The concentration of evil among the human elites here is so high that even at its most wicked, it would have to spit on it, let alone now that it has become a friend of Kassadin.

"And there is another story in the library's records."

As Laoji spoke, he looked at Ice Meluru, one of the thirteen girls: "Before humans attacked Witch Island, there was a little girl who was shipwrecked and ended up here. She was adopted by the Great Witch at the time, grew up here, and was raised here. There is also a photograph of her."

Who is that person in the photo?

Following Lao Ji's gaze, the other girls seemed to understand something: "Huh? What does this mean..."

"That's right, I am the little girl raised by the Great Witch."

Under everyone's gaze, the ice skater Meruru, who had been pretending all along, finally dropped the act, took a deep breath, and nodded in direct admission.

Although she always thought she was a member of the witch clan, she was too young when the shipwreck occurred. By the time she could remember, she was already living on Witch Island and never imagined that she might be an adopted human.

However, since the Kirieloids have said so, then it must be the truth, and this matter is not important at the moment.

Nanoha Kurobe's eyes widened: "So that means you're the mastermind behind the prison, and you've actually been alive since hundreds of years ago?"

"I guess the Great Witch used some kind of magic to help her achieve immortality." Laoji didn't care about that. Anyway, which of these aliens didn't have a lifespan limit of 100,000 or even 1 million years? And some, like the Aliens of Empera, probably didn't have a lifespan limit at all.

Like Isilis, the cosmic emperor of Nuaza who was sealed on the moon in the Deide timeline, he was already an ancient relic from 12 billion years ago, yet he was full of energy as soon as he broke free of his seal and immediately elbowed Dyna.

Tohno Hannah was puzzled: "But if that's the case, shouldn't Meruru have a deep bond with the witches? Why is she helping humans now?"

"You've got it wrong, I'm not working for humanity."

Ice Merry shook her head slightly. Since things had already been exposed, she might as well reveal everything.

"At that time, everyone on Witch Island was wiped out. Apart from the four Great Witches, I was the only one who survived. Because the Great Witches disappeared after saying they wanted revenge, the humans left me behind, thinking they could use me as a clue to find the Great Witches."

"I... I can't accept living without the Great Witch. I want to find the missing Great Witch more than humans do, and return to her side so we can be together like before."

"So, I reached a cooperation agreement with the humans. They transformed Witch Island into a prison and sent girls with excessively high concentrations of witch factors here. The warden and I are here to induce the girls to develop mental illnesses and become witches, because I believe that the Great Witch is hiding among the humans!"

Girls with high concentrations of witch genes are obviously the most likely to be the Great Witch, or the person being hidden by the Great Witch.

That's why she hit it off with humans so easily. Now, many batches of girls have been sent to this prison, totaling more than 600. Some have died, while others have become the remains of witches and have been brainwashed into becoming guards.

"This is utterly absurd!"

Nikaido Hiro's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but clench his fist and slam it against the nearby wall, gritting his teeth, "Why did you, a member of Witch Island, cooperate with humans after such a thing happened? Why did you, who was originally a victim, harm so many people for your own selfish desires? Growing up on Witch Island, didn't you learn any of the beautiful virtues of witches?!"

"Meru on Ice, you are the least deserving of being by the side of the Great Witches. No wonder you were abandoned by them. You deserve it!"

"—"

Nikaido Hiro's rebuke was not only succinct and heartfelt, but most importantly, it was logically clear.

Upon hearing her words, Ice Meluru, who hadn't reacted much before, was stunned. She had never thought about these things before; her mind was simply filled with thoughts of the Great Witch, and she had never considered looking for the reasons within herself.

"And oh," Laoji added, "have you considered that, in the Great Witch's eyes, what you're doing is actually a betrayal of her, a collaboration with humans to find her and then kill her to eliminate any future trouble?"

At least that's what humans think; they want to find the Great Witch in order to kill her.

As for what Meruru did on the ice, it was truly shameful to watch. It was completely one-sided and presumptuous, without considering the feelings of the Great Witch at all.

"—?!!"

With two objective assessments combined, Hiroga and Rōki caused Meru's brain to overload instantly. Unable to accept the truth, she immediately transformed into a witch, only to be interrupted by Rōki's wave of his hand.

"And what about you?" Lao Ji looked at the warden. "What's your situation?"

The warden shrugged his bird wings: "I was originally the Great Witch's familiar, but there was nothing I could do. All the witches died, and the Great Witch disappeared. I could only follow Lady Meruru."

In other words, since Meruru has cooperated with humans, it can only work overtime in the prison with Meruru and act as a mouthpiece.

As for whether it has feelings for the witch race or for humans...

The answer is yes, it exists, but it's just a bird without any fighting ability. It can't help the witches take revenge, and it doesn't want to die, so it can only drift through life like this.

Moreover, if the witches themselves were willing to fight against humans, it would be fine; even though it has no power, it would still fight alongside them. But the problem is that the witches themselves are so kind that they would rather be wiped out than kill humans, so what can it, as a mere familiar, do?

However, its feelings for the Great Witch and the Witch Clan have been almost completely extinguished over the past few hundred years.

As for whether it has feelings for humans.

The warden could only chuckle.

The reason it shows no sympathy for the girls who have been imprisoned is because deep down it also harbors hatred towards humanity!

Moreover, it's not its place to sympathize with these girls.

It's important to understand that while an excessively high concentration of witch factor could potentially cause witch-like transformation and harm others, the higher-ups in humanity could easily allow these girls to die in their sleep without being aware of the pain and injections.

However, in order to find the Great Witch, they deliberately brought her to this prison to suffer all kinds of oppression, and in the end, in pain, they triggered a mental illness and turned into the remains of a witch. This was something that humans did voluntarily.

This is a proposal that Meruru could never have come up with.

"How could this be, Great Witch? I...I really didn't have any intention of betraying you, Great Witch!"

At the same moment the warden revealed his secret, Meru on Ice broke down in tears and knelt on the ground. The photo she was carrying fell out of her clothes and onto the ground.

The photo shows the Great Witch who raised her—the only Great Witch who dared to utter harsh words of revenge against humanity—and Meluru on Ice, playing together on a sofa.

Upon seeing the photo, Hiro Nikaido's pupils contracted, and he immediately exclaimed, "Yuki?!"

Swish!

Her shout triggered a flood of memories for Emma Sakuraba, and she finally remembered.

Tsukishiro Yuki, yes, Heero is right, there really was such a person as Tsukishiro Yuki.

Moreover, Yuki Tsukishiro is actually the great witch that Meruru and the human elite have been searching for!

"Hehehe... That's right, it's me."

"Kind Emma. Good child Emma. Pure Emma. As long as you don't want to remember, your memories won't be tainted. How pitiful. How pitiful. How pitiful. But in the end, it's all your own fault."

The instant Emma Sakura remembered, she heard...

No, it wasn't just her ears; everyone present heard a burst of teasing laughter, a girl's voice as soft as snowflakes.

While everyone else was still in shock—how could the Great Witch's voice appear so soon after the introduction?—only the well-informed Lao Ji wanted to skip all the formalities. He simply waved his hand and said with a smirk: