Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

Boom——

This was the sound of the first cannon shot.

The flames of war ignited the entire world, shattering naive illusions.

The goddess's soul was sealed in the divine realm, and her body was split into nine pieces, fought over by madmen, leading to the world's first destruction. Before the war, there were humans, dwarves, and even fairies—many different races. After the war, the world was shattered, and most creatures became extinct, with only humans and dwarves, races possessing industrial power, surviving.

This magnificent sky city is a product of that era.

To bring the goddess back to this world, she traveled through mountains and rivers, braving fire and water, spending years collecting the fragments of the Holy Grail and reassembling them into the Holy Grail, thus lifting the blockade on the divine kingdom.

Once the Holy Grail is put back together and the seal on the divine kingdom is broken, the goddess will return.

She naively thought.

But......

The goddess did not respond to her.

It turns out that there are two seals on the divine kingdom. One is on the outside, which is the shackle that was first added by people who went crazy in their struggle for the world.

The other one is inside.

That was a lock that the goddess herself added.

The goddess... rejected her.

They rejected the world.

The Lost Tale: The Lost Child - Chapter 415 The Awakening Plan

"The goddess has abandoned this world. No matter how many times I put the Holy Grail back together, she will never wake up."

There was no hope, so let it slowly fade away, that's what everyone thought at the time—the atmosphere that used to fill the air like gold had turned into a lifeless, deathly gray.

But she didn't want to give up.

"That era, when gold seemed to flow in the air, was so wonderful to me."

The White Queen's voice had lost its strength; she sounded like an ordinary woman reminiscing about the past, her hands resting on Xiao Su Shi's shoulders, her head bowed.

"Even if the goddess is unwilling to wake up, I will still restore this world to its original state." The White Queen exhaled, her expression becoming resolute.

"In order to collect the Holy Grail fragments more conveniently, I created the Empire. It was originally not even a small village, but it has developed into a behemoth that I never imagined."

"In order to control everything, I used the spell of reincarnation to make the next chosen successor of the Red Queen sacrifice himself and be reincarnated in that new successor, so that the 'Red Queen' can continue to exist."

"In order to break away from the increasingly bloated and cumbersome administrative system, I faked my death and was reborn in an unknown place, where I started a new religious state that was easier to operate in."

"I will pay any price for this wish."

she says.

At the same time, a man approached her.

"Let's cooperate."

said the man.

"The world can't continue because it's run out of 'nutrients,' so we have to plunder."

This man was the powerful figure known as the "Wolf Knight," who fought across the land and amassed countless military exploits. He was ruthless in both martial prowess and political maneuvering. After the death of the twelfth Red Queen, the predecessor of the White Queen, he seized the opportunity to ascend to the throne and became the regent who effectively controlled the empire.

The White Queen knew that this man was the goddess's "messenger".

The Goddess is this world itself. When this world is in danger, the Goddess's messenger will appear, take the Goddess's place, and save this world.

How did she know?

Because she is also the goddess's messenger.

She and that wolf-like man both exist for the sake of this world's survival, but her mission is to piece together the Holy Grail time and time again to keep this world barely surviving—this is the wish of "this world," and the survival instinct that the goddess cannot abandon.

Even though the goddess abandoned her countless times, she, as the goddess's messenger, still persisted in fulfilling her mission... and even more so, her own wish.

The wolf knight said that the reason this world has been barely surviving is because the goddess lacks the resource that allows the world to continue—a soul.

Men want to break through the barriers of the world and plunder the resources they need from another world.

When these words reached Xiangzi's ears, they took on a completely different meaning: the witch satisfied herself by devouring people's negative emotions.

Plunder and slaughter are the witch's instincts.

The Wolf Knight is the embodiment of the witch's instincts in "Fairy Tale Town".

but.

The White Queen didn't really care.

It doesn't matter what happens, as long as she can go back to the past. That's all she wants.

So she started working with men.

The newly formed kingdom and the old, decaying empire were in a mysterious honeymoon period during this time.

She and the man teamed up to launch a plan.

A plan to break through the world's barriers—or so it seems.

No, actually, whether it's restoring the world to its original state or obtaining the resources to ensure its survival, all you need to do is awaken the goddess and that's it.

If we can awaken the goddess, both goals can be achieved simultaneously.

"Actually, the news that the Empire has mastered the method of invading the real world is a smokescreen. The purpose is just to get you to collect the Holy Grail fragments on your own initiative..." The White Queen licked her lips, "...but it can't be completely considered a smokescreen, because these plans are not contradictory to begin with."

The goddess rejected her twelve times; simply gathering the Holy Grail fragments would certainly not be enough to awaken the goddess who was not yet ready to awaken.

Then let's find a way to wake her up.

The shards of the Holy Grail are originally shaped into corresponding forms based on the strong desires of the wisher. The eye, symbolizing omniscience, is for the sake of the desire for knowledge; the crown, symbolizing imperial power, is for the sake of jealousy of the king who possesses power... Each shard of the Holy Grail takes on a different form because of the wish.

That......

If a sufficiently strong desire is used to give the Holy Grail fragments—that is, the goddess's physical body—a soul, making them resemble the goddess herself.

Through this link, the goddess will definitely be able to awaken from her slumber.

I'm sorry, my goddess.

Forgive my willfulness.

The idea of ​​giving fragments a sense of self is unprecedented and extremely difficult to realize.

The resources and manpower required are unimaginable figures.

The White Queen used fragments of the Wrathful World to recreate the Sky City left behind by the dwarves—in the later stages of the war, the dwarves made a wish upon a fragment of the Holy Grail in order to escape the flames of war.

The Grail fragments transformed the city, turning it into a sky city, at the cost of the lives of the dwarves. After the White Queen retrieved the steam core, the sky city remained lost deep within the world of Wrath.

Now, she has once again used the Holy Grail fragments to restart Sky City.

A portion of the empire's and kingdom's citizens settled in Sky City, beginning a long-term cooperative relationship.

Using the abundant resources left behind by Sky City, they finally found a direction:

It wasn't about using a strong desire to directly transform the Holy Grail fragment into the individual she wanted—that would be too unrealistic. Human memory selectively obscures a lot of information, and one person's impression of another cannot be comprehensive, even if it's a group of people's impression of one person. So they implanted the Holy Grail fragment into the human body, nurtured the experimental subject into an individual sufficiently similar to the goddess, and allowed the Holy Grail fragment and the experimental subject to perfectly combine over time.

The way a "goddess" is born is real enough.

Therefore, the awakening plan was initiated.

They moved the monastery, originally located on the mountain in the Greedy World and used to cultivate the "Red Queen's successor"—her new body—to Sky City, and used these children to begin the project.

Implanting Holy Grail fragments into the human body would cause unimaginable rejection reactions. The experimental subjects who died were not even monsters anymore; they turned into something like mercury.

There are also various other reasons why there will be many defective products before the experiment even begins.

These defective products and materials from failed experiments became other side projects of the monastery, promoting research on monsters.

"The Awakening Project is about you." The White Queen stroked Xiao Su Shi's hair and said softly, "You are the most successful individual who survived by standing on the corpses of countless people."

The Lost Tale: The Lost Child: Chapter 416 She's more important than me, isn't she?

"The Awakening Project, that's you."

The White Queen stroked Xiao Su Shi's hair as if Xiao Su Shi were her own child.

"You are the most successful individual who survived by standing on the corpses of countless people. You are the last fragment that awakens the goddess, and also the most important fragment."

The White Queen's words were like a thunderclap in Xiao Su Shi's mind.

Awakening Plan.

she was.

The final result?

Those vague nightmares weren't dreams at all; they were real.

how come......

Isn't she the thirteenth Red Queen of the Empire? How could she be... an experimental subject who came out of a laboratory?

Little Su Shi collapsed softly into the White Queen's arms, her mind in complete chaos.

“The things in the monastery have greatly damaged your mental health. In order to allow you to live like a normal person, we have erased your memories.” The White Queen said, placing her hands on Xiao Su Shi’s temples and gently pressing. “How is it? Do you remember now?”

Little Su Shi can no longer hear the White Queen's words.

My eyes were wide open, my pupils were constricting and dilating repeatedly, and there were obvious black borders in my field of vision. Cold sweat poured out along with my erratic heartbeat.

"I'm......"

She covered her head and squatted down.

"Am I the most successful experiment...?"

Memories surged forth like a burst dam, washing over her mind.

The laboratory was filled with screams, and bottles and jars contained all sorts of terrifying things. Just two days ago, a colleague who was laughing and talking was now a cold corpse or a monster that was not human, and was brought out on an operating table.

At night, everyone lights a small candle by their bedside. If the candle on any bed is not lit, it means she is no longer coming back.

More and more candles failed to light, and more and more new candles were put on.

Finally, only the candle by his bedside remained, unchanged, burning slowly until its last flame. Those people believed it was time to implant the true fragment of the Holy Grail.

The procedure... it wasn't surgery at all; it was more like a ritual.

The shards of the Holy Grail were fed into her mouth so as not to leave any scars. As in her usual experiments, she felt the shards tremble inside her, trying to break free and fly out.

[Wish - Price -]

[The price—the wish—!]

【cost--!】

The fragments screamed and struggled within her internal organs.

As the longest-surviving experimental subject, her very existence could suppress the whispers of the Holy Grail fragments to the greatest extent possible. The cries of the fragments within her body could only be heard by Xiao Su Shi herself.

However, they were already prepared.

Even without hearing the cries of the Grail shards, they were prepared to unleash the "forbidden technique." The price they would pay for making the Grail shards a part of themselves was those "newly replaced candles."

Countless girls became the price for this unknown forbidden technique. She listened to their screams, watched helplessly as they turned into monsters, and felt the Holy Grail fragments, which were churning inside her, gradually merge into her body.

Then......

The experiment was successful.

The Holy Grail fragment became a part of her, or rather, she became the Holy Grail fragment itself.

She remembered.

She remembered everything.

"Su Shi—!" Deng shouted, seemingly wanting to rush forward.

Only weeping (II) water ball is IX gas (III) Si/ Q*un But more threaded guns were stuck in front of her, blocking the way between the lamp and Xiaosushi.

Xiangzi stood between them.

“She is not Su Shi.” Xiangzi said through gritted teeth, word by word, “They just look...very similar...similar inside and out...that’s all.”