23: The Witch of Destiny

Chapter 23: The Doomsday Witch Destined by Fate

The next morning, in the magic training ground at Baisen Manor.

Alice saw Mina practicing her sword. Unlike her dejected mood yesterday, today she was radiant and in high spirits.

This made Alice somewhat curious. She had expected Mina to have a big fight with Dick yesterday.

"Morning, Mina. Are you... alright now?" Alice couldn't help but ask as she approached.

Mina smiled sweetly upon hearing this and bowed to Alice, saying, "Good morning, Young Master. I'm perfectly fine. What do you mean by 'alright now'?"

"Well, it's about last night. Didn't you know that Dick and I..."

"Oh, that. Dick said he would never abandon me and would always stay by my side."

Mina's face was slightly flushed, and the corners of her mouth curled upwards. Recalling Dick's sweet words from last night, she still felt a bit giddy.

Seeing this, Alice pouted and said, "Dick is having both me and you at the same time. That's two-timing, he's a philandering scoundrel!"

"Dick said that a powerful man isn't limited by worldly opinions. He has the ability and the courage... to have both."

Alice's mouth twitched violently. It was the first time she had heard someone describe having both women in such a fresh and unconventional way. Looking at Mina, she was clearly convinced.

"Hmph, you must know that only one of us is the legitimate wife. The other can only be a concubine, or even just a bed warmer."

Mina still smiled and shook her head, saying, "Your perspective is too narrow, Young Master."

"Dick said that the husband-wife relationship is just a constraint. There's no need to distinguish between high and low status. Neither you nor I are wives, so our status is equal."

Alice was completely speechless. If she hadn't read books, she would have almost believed Dick's nonsense.

"What else did that guy Dick tell you?"

"D-Dick also said that we are both delicious dishes he can enjoy at any time, to sate his hunger and thirst..."

Seeing Mina's infatuated expression, Alice sighed. Ignorant girls from the outer district were easy to deceive. Dick had fooled her with just a few words.

If it were her...

Alright, Alice realized that in a sense, she was even more deeply involved than Mina.

Recently, after finishing official business, Alice would always change into a seductive nightgown and, as if possessed, run to Dick's room.

Alice always had various reasons to talk with Dick until late at night... only to hobble out in the morning.

Even tonight, Alice planned to find an excuse to go to Dick's room.

Noticing her recent changes, Alice immediately bit her lip tightly, angrily attributing it to the effect of the soul contract.

Regardless, Alice would absolutely not admit to having even a slipe of affection for Dick.

Even with ironclad proof, she would vehemently deny it.

In reality, the soul contract would not change Alice's emotions, personality, or cognition. Alice was still herself.

Although the contract contained many clauses, most were related to not harming or disobeying Dick.

Dick didn't want to turn Alice into a dull puppet, because that would affect her becoming the Doomsday Witch.

To fulfill his ideal, Dick needed powerful Witches, not clumsy marionettes!

Although there were also nine Heroes, who they specifically were was not fixed.

As long as one's profession level reached 100, anyone could become a Hero.

But Witches were completely different. This title could not be transferred. Within a specific time period, only certain nine people could become Witches!

For example, Alice.

If she died, for a long time afterward, perhaps several hundred years, the Doomsday Witch would not appear in this world again!

Dick had tried more than once. Even if someone had the same talent as Alice, the same fortuitous encounters, and walked the same path...

But this person simply couldn't become the Doomsday Witch, as if this title was exclusive to Alice.

As soon as she died, the name Doomsday would cease to exist in the world.

Dick called this "Fate's Decree." All nine Great Witches were like this!

However, if excessively interfered with, Witches could also become ordinary people.

For example, the Fallen Witch, Isurna.

Dick conquered her, made her bear children, become a wife, and stop striving to become stronger.

In this way, Isurna would not become the Fallen Witch. Dick changed her original life trajectory, making the Fallen Witch disappear!

Therefore, in this life, Dick would not excessively interfere with the nine Great Witches. He would only let them develop healthily, strive to become stronger, and ultimately become Witches to be used by him!

With nothing to do, Mina decided to knit a sweater for Dick.

...

Time quickly passed three days. In two more weeks, the Royal Capital Magic Academy would start its semester.

Today was the day Dick and his group were leaving Bison Territory. They would travel to the Royal Capital of the Aimiya Empire and stay there for seven months.

In the past few days, Dick had tasted hundreds of kinds of wine, but only the fine wines collected by Duke Bison could be considered top-tier.

It was said that these were treasures passed down through the Bison Family for thousands of years. Normally, Duke Bison wouldn't even bear to smell them.

If Dick hadn't enslaved Alice, she would never have let Dick touch this ancestral fine wine.

Currently, the Wine Taster mission was still four bottles short of completion, which was proving quite difficult.

In the square of Baisen Manor, a six-winged giant bird, completely snow-white, was lying prostrate. Its body was enormous, like a small mountain dozens of meters high.

This was the White Feather Beast, an extremely expensive mode of transportation, usually only owned by great nobles or the Royal Family.

At this time, dozens of servants were orderly moving luggage, while the beast tamer was feeding the White Feather Beast fodder.

On a wooden building on the back of the White Feather Beast, Dick gazed into the distance with a calm expression, but was actually looking at the mission description.

【World Task】

"Former Terrifying Tales": Go to the Royal Capital Magic Academy and investigate the truth behind the seven great mysteries. (Completion grants 3 levels and one colored Blessing)

Seven great mysteries, huh...

Although the Royal Capital Magic Academy was the only large academy in the Aimiya Empire, Dick had never attended it, not in any lifetime.

The reason was simple: the Royal Capital Magic Academy was very ordinary, not even ranked in the world, only famous within the Aimiya Empire.

If not for the World Task, Dick wouldn't have enrolled at all, nor would he have stayed in the Aimiya Empire for long.

This world was vast, and the location of the Aimiya Empire was merely the most desolate Northern part of the Demon Spirit Continent.

Compared to other regions, the land here was barren, resources were scarce, and academics were backward. It was a typical barbarian land.

Usually, after Dick's rebirth, he would immediately head south to the rich Central Region of the Demon Spirit Continent to seek opportunities and develop quickly.

But unexpectedly, the System actually issued a World Task, telling him to investigate a remote academy in a remote kingdom in a remote region...

But Dick dared not be careless. These so-called "seven great mysteries" might hide great horrors!

"Alice, tell me about the seven great mysteries of the Royal Capital Magic Academy," Dick suddenly said, looking at Alice who was gazing into the distance beside him.

"Seven great mysteries?"

Alice tilted her head and frowned, saying, "They're just boring rumors. I can't believe you're interested in such baseless tales."

"Heh, I'm not only interested, I'm going to uncover the truth and completely solve them!"