What witch? The Deadly Pharmacist!

Even if the other person can't improve her condition, this companionship can make her feel much better.

After grasping Leon's hand, Seri, who had been feeling unsettled due to the surging magic, finally felt a sense of calm and her breathing became even.

After a while, Selena felt that the magic seemed to be stabilizing and beginning to accept her will, able to be controlled by her will, turning into a warm current that slowly flowed through her body.

Leon felt Selene's magic gently seep into his arm through his clenched hands, causing his muscles to relax involuntarily. At the same time, his body began to slowly fill with vitality, and a strange sense of joy rose within him.

"Did it work?" Leon asked Lena to confirm.

“It seems so, let me confirm.” Lena said, looking at Leon, “Turn around.”

"Huh?" Leon was a little confused.

"Turn around quickly! Don't peek!" Lena emphasized.

Leon finally realized what Lena wanted to confirm and obediently turned around.

“Excuse me, Ms. Celie, could you please lift your clothes up a little?” Lena said softly to Celie.

“Okay.” Sally readily lifted the hem of her clothes to make it easier for Lena to examine her.

Lena's gaze focused on Selene's lower abdomen below her navel, and she immediately saw the mark of Moirai's Grace, which was orange-red in color.

This signifies that the ritual has been successful, and Selene has become a witch.

Orange-red, the color of the Seal of Grace, Lena seemed to have seen it in a book left by her grandmother.

Moirai's Sign of Grace actually comes in different colors, all based on a red base with different hues, each corresponding to a different blessing ability.

Lena's own Blood Oath Blessing resulted in a deep pink Seal of Grace.

Leon's cursed blood mark is blackish-purple, which Lena has never seen in the book.

But the orange-red mark that Sally received was recorded in her grandmother's book.

The mark of grace begins to fade gradually after it wears off, and according to what Lena knows, it will disappear in a little while.

She helped Sally straighten her clothes and asked, "How are you feeling?"

“I feel a strange sensation, as if there’s an energy flowing through my body that I can’t quite describe, but I can control it. I also feel that there’s some of this energy around me as well,” Sally answered honestly.

“That’s magic. Now that you’ve become a witch, you can control magic. The labyrinth is filled with Lord Moirai’s magic.” Lena said, standing up. “Excuse me, I need to check some information first.”

Lena turned around, picked up a notebook from the workbench, and flipped through it, finding what she was looking for on a particular page.

"An orange-red mark, the blessing of 'new life'?" Lena murmured.

"A freshman?" Leon turned around and asked.

“This blessing can activate life force through contact, accelerate wound healing, and promote the growth of living beings, especially monsters. If blood is used as a medium, the blessing can be cast remotely within a certain range,” Lena explained.

“Activating life force, no wonder this magic makes me feel so comfortable,” Leon said.

Lena glanced at Leon and Sally's clasped hands with some concern, and said to Leon, "Then I think you can let go now."

"Ah, sorry." Sally thought he was talking about her, and with a slightly embarrassed expression, she pulled her hand away from Leon's, then helped herself up from the altar.

“Ms. Selena, why don’t you try this?” Lena thought of something and found a small bottle on the lab table containing maze mandrake seeds that were waiting to be tested for quality.

She poured out three seeds and handed them to Selene, explaining to the bewildered Selene, "Please try to circulate your magic and infuse it into these seeds."

"Is it enough to just imagine it?" Sally asked nervously.

Seeing Lena nod, she tried to imagine herself channeling the magic within her body, then concentrating it in her palm and injecting it into the seed.

The magic truly flowed as she wished, as if it were part of her body.

As magic was injected, the seed did not change at first, but after a few seconds, it began to tremble slightly. Then the seed coat broke open on its own, and it slowly sprouted and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, growing buds, leaves and fibrous roots.

All three watched this scene in astonishment, especially Sally, as this was the first time she had used her extraordinary powers as a witch.

"It's sprouted?" Sally carefully examined the seedling in her hand, momentarily unable to believe that it was her own creation.

“If every farmer had this ability, grain production could increase many times over,” Leon remarked.

Selena and Lena both laughed when they heard this.

“Then let’s try his wound-healing ability,” Leon suddenly said, drawing his dagger, heating it over a candle, and brandishing it.

"Treat the wound?" Before Selena could react, Leon had already cut his own hand, and blood immediately seeped from the wound.

"Mr. Leon, what are you doing?" Sally exclaimed in surprise.

“Give it a try.” Leon reached out his hand to Sally, gesturing for her to try healing the wound.

“If this can’t be healed, wouldn’t your injury have been for nothing?” Sally nervously grabbed Leon’s fingers, trying to infuse him with magic as before.

She didn't know that Leon was actually used to bloodletting, and that if Leon transformed into a werewolf, such wounds would heal in just a short while.

Leon felt that invigorating magic again, and then his wound stopped bleeding. The stopped blood twitched slightly before forming a scab on the wound.

Leon withdrew his hand, rubbed his hands together, and after the scab fell off, new skin had grown over the wound.

"This ability can be used to save people," he commented.

“The book says it can be used to treat external injuries, but it can’t cure diseases,” Lena added.

That would at least qualify him as a surgeon. If it could also be effective for internal organ injuries and bleeding, then his emergency medical skills would make him a god-like medic on the battlefield, like a healer in the army. Leon thought to himself.

After verifying that contact could cast the "New Life" blessing, Leon and Lena tried taking blood from Selene to test the ability to cast it from a distance.

Experimental results show that as long as a certain amount of Celie's blood is ingested, or the blood is applied to a wound, Celie can cast the Blessing of Rebirth on the target within a ten-meter range. The effect of the blessing will be slower at longer distances.

"The power of witches is truly amazing. Not only can they create medicine to save lives, but they can also use it directly to heal people." Having learned of her own power, Selene couldn't help but marvel. "Why does the church forbid it?"

“Actually, not all of a witch’s powers can save people,” Leon said.

For example, his cursed blood is a special ability for killing.

"Does this 'new life' blessing work on me too? I feel like my body has become much lighter," Celie asked Lena.

“I think this is a common effect of the witch’s blessing itself, which is said to make people as close as possible to their youthful state,” Lena said.

Legend has it that becoming a witch can greatly slow down aging and even restore youth; the elderly can return to middle age; the middle-aged can regain the physique of their prime; white hair can grow back black hair; and wrinkles will also decrease.

Lena became a witch in her teens, and Leon was only in his early twenties. They were both very young when they became witches and did not experience the effects.

Selena isn't exactly very old, but you should be able to sense some changes in her.

“Really? I think I’ve heard that becoming a witch can grant you beauty,” Selene said.

"It can't change your appearance, but it can definitely make you look younger, improve your complexion, and make you look more attractive," Lena explained.

"I see." Selena wiped her face and examined her hair. She didn't know if it was just psychological, but her skin and hair, which had become dry due to her long illness, did seem to have improved slightly.

When she was an actress, she cared a lot about her appearance, but after a long illness, she hasn't had the time to pay attention to that aspect for a long time.

“Mrs. Hershey, you’re quite young. I think you’re not even thirty-five yet this year,” Leon said with a smile. He remembered hearing about Mrs. Hershey’s approximate age from Melissa, but he didn’t know the exact number.

Sally's expression showed a hint of embarrassment, then she said seriously to Leon, "It's thirty-two years old, Mr. Leon."

“He is indeed under thirty-five years old.” Leon nodded.

“It’s thirty-two years old,” Sally insisted on correcting.

This three-year age gap is no small matter for her; she has to make a clear distinction between them.

Leon sensed a powerful presence in Sally's eyes and had no choice but to slightly change the subject: "So, you had a child when you were eighteen?"

“It was normal back then, and it’s still very common now,” Sally said.

"Hey." Lena called out to Leon, somewhat speechless, then pointed to herself.

Leon was speechless.

Lena is only seventeen years old this year, and they have already confirmed their relationship. If they get married and have children now, the child will probably be born when Lena is eighteen.

This kind of thing is indeed not uncommon in this era.

“Now that the witch’s ritual has succeeded…” After a while, Leon breathed a sigh of relief, “Let’s try out the effects of the new medicine.”

Chapter 142 Supporting the Saintess's Speech

One month later, in Castel, at the Southport County Church Reformatory.

"Melissa, you've been working very hard lately, getting first place for three consecutive months." In the study, Sister Tran, the head of the reformatory with gray hair, held the exam paper and smiled with satisfaction at Melissa standing in front of her.

"It's all thanks to the nanny's excellent guidance," Melissa replied with a smile.

"It's not just your grades; it seems like your whole demeanor has improved since your birthday compared to when you first arrived." Tran looked at Melissa and suddenly asked, "Was there some kind of catalyst?"

In the first few months after Melissa arrived, she was incredibly gloomy, and her face was often covered with dark circles from lack of sleep.

But one day, her condition suddenly improved, and she regained her energy.

Not only that, she began to devote herself to her studies with unusual enthusiasm, listening attentively in class, asking questions whenever she didn't understand, and even spending her rest time studying the books she had borrowed, showing a determined and ambitious attitude.

Tran was once a disciplinary judge of the Church Discipline Council, responsible for arresting and trying internal personnel who violated church regulations, similar to a military policeman in the army. He also served as a disciplinary elder of the Council at one point, on par with the archbishop. After retiring due to old age, he took up a teaching position in this reformatory.

When Aaron sent Melissa, who was involved in the case, to the reformatory, he specifically sought out Tran, hoping she would look after the girl.

But even without Aaron's reminder, Tran would have had to pay more attention to Melissa, since it was quite rare for a witch's direct relatives to be among the children in the reformatory.

Moreover, judging from this case, both the mother who became a witch and Melissa, as the daughter, are in very pitiful situations.

“That day, my brother Leon came to see me. He brought me a gift and a cake, talked to me about my mother’s recent situation, and even passed on a message from her. I realized that there were still people who cared about me, and I couldn’t continue like this. If I did, my mother probably wouldn’t be able to rest in peace in the end. So I tried a little harder…” Melissa answered carefully.

She remembered Leon's words and had already rehearsed the reason in her mind.

"Yes, she'll be very pleased to know that you've cheered up like this," Tran said with a smile.

“Grandma, actually, I’ve always wanted to ask you something…” Melissa hesitated as she spoke.

"Feel free to ask any questions," Tran said with a kind smile.

"Mother, will I have the opportunity to work in the church in the future?" Melissa asked softly.

"Do you want to work in the church?" Sister Tran didn't seem surprised by this.

Seeing Melissa's extraordinary effort, she basically guessed that Melissa might have the intention of joining the church.

Among the children in the reformatory, those with excellent grades had the opportunity to be recommended to the district church schools, and once they entered the district church schools, they had a good chance of getting a position in the church.

“Yes,” Melissa replied.

“Of course there is such an opportunity. I’ve told you all about it before, haven’t I?” Tran smiled.

“But my mother…” Melissa said cautiously.

“Your mother is a witch, but that won’t affect you. The fact that you’re in a reformatory is a blessing from the church. The church treats you and the other children the same,” Tran said earnestly.

That's not entirely true. Strictly speaking, Melissa was actually the one who received more care among all the children.

However, it is true that children of witches can enter the church; Tran was not lying about that.

The story of a witch's child being inspired to become a member of the church is a good propaganda story, given the original intention of establishing a reformatory, and is very suitable for promoting the positive image of the church.

Moreover, as a former Discipline Elder of the Discipline Order, Sister Tran actually knew that not everyone in the church was so opposed to the existence of witches, such as the people of the Rose School.

"Have you decided what you want to do? There are quite a few positions in the church," Tran asked with a smile.

“I want to be an Inquisitor,” Melissa blurted out when asked about this.

"Why?" Sister Tran was genuinely surprised this time.

It's not surprising that people would consider church positions, since holding a position in the church, even one without rank, is considered quite respectable for the common people in this country.

But the witch's daughter is going to be an inquisitor? Dean Tran couldn't possibly not be curious about the reason.

Melissa naturally wanted to stay by her brother Leon's side.

But of course she couldn't say it out loud. After thinking it over, she finally replied, "I want to find out for myself what is right."

This wasn't just a pretext to fool Dean Tran; it could actually be considered her true thought.

As a child from an ordinary family, Melissa naturally believed in the church's claims of righteousness and the evil of heresy. Although her family owed the church a lot of money, strictly speaking, the church's interest rate was lower than that of private loans. After meeting Leon, an inquisitor of heresy, and "Bishop Leona," the church's image in her eyes became more and more positive.

However, when she learns from Leon that the "Bishop Leona" who has been healing her mother all along is actually a witch, and that the real hope for curing her mother is not the church's holy water that has left them in debt, but the witch's potion, her beliefs undergo a complete transformation.

He wanted to become an Inquisitor not only for Leon's sake, but also to re-examine the Church and so-called heresy from Leon's perspective.

In addition, during Leon's last visit to her, he informed her that Selene had successfully passed the ritual to become a witch and had begun receiving medication, and that the medication was quite effective.

Selene has now become a true witch, considered a heretic by the church, a fact that cannot be changed even after Leon rescues her.