Chapter 11 – The White Witch (5)
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A great wizard descended into legend on the continent.
Beautiful with flowing white hair, she sniffed her nose.
“Huh… Heh… Heh… You’re really doing too much…”
“…”
It was a little pity for Kerry to see her sobbing with her back turned as if pouting.
It couldn’t be helped that Kerry’s voice sounded like an excuse.
“You tried to rape me first.”
“…That said, your actions are not unconditionally justified. You’re the same as I’ve seen…”
“Know. I don’t think I’ve done anything nice either.”
“…”
The White Witch sniffed. It seems that he doesn’t take sex seriously.
But there were still a lot of sad things.
“You punched the original girl.”
“That was self-defense, too.”
“No matter how hard it is! Where in the world is a man who hits a woman so hard on the stomach?”
“That’s a sexist statement. Sexism is so abhorrent in my home country that I’ve become a gender equalityist who can hit both men and women without hesitation.”
The White Witch was silent for a moment as if she was dumbfounded. A country that beats women mercilessly to pursue gender equality.
“That’s… A rotten country.”
“In the first place, you tried to harm me and I stopped you. That’s all. Am I wrong?”
“…”
The White Witch seemed to have no will to resist any longer. With one punch, he broke the archmage’s will to resist.
A fist that subdues an archmage in one shot. It’s to the point where you wonder if you don’t have magical talent, but a warrior’s talent as well.
However, what Kerry pursues is the path of a wizard.
“There’s something I want to ask you, but if you’re a wizard, why can’t you use magic?”
“…You’re asking too soon. You don’t seem to know much about magic, so I’ll put it briefly… It’s because I’m putting all my energy into constructing dimensions.”
It was as expected. Kerry silently looked at the white witch’s pouting back. Let’s think carefully.
The woman in front of me is the legendary great wizard of the continent. Could this be a great opportunity?
“Hey.”
“It’s rude! Be polite to the bonnyeo.”
As Kerry strode forward, the White Witch startedled and shook her shoulders.
“…I will allow you to treat the original woman without any rudeness.”
“I’m not interested in your permission, can you teach me magic?”
The pouting white witch turned her head away. It was a bit pitiful to see tears welling up in the cold-looking eyes.
“Please teach me the magic of the original woman who is said to be the best on the continent? That sounds funny.
Even if the king of the empire promised gold, silver, treasure, and honor, no one could obtain it, which is the original woman’s magic.
Oh, there are exceptions. If you stamp your soul and swear allegiance to the original woman, then I have the idea of teaching you magic. Would you like that?”
“No. The soul seal is roughly like your puppet. I don’t like that. I’ll give you something better instead.”
“What’s better? Is there anything better than gold, silver, treasure and honor?”
“Rest.”
“…A rest? The original woman was taking a rest here from the beginning! Who interfered with that…”
“Who is the only one who can return that rest?”
As Kerry closed her fists, the White Witch’s pupils shook like an earthquake.
“Then you’re teaching me? If you teach me the wrong way, you’ll really get hit that day.”
“…”
“Then thank you, Master!”
It was an auspicious day when the continent’s best teacher was born.
*
He officially became a disciple and had many conversations with the White Witch.
The White Witch hates being called her Master. She then asked the White Witch to tell her her name, but she dismissed it, saying just call her Witch-sama.
“…Witch. Let’s start class quickly.”
The White Witch trembled at her. It seems that she doesn’t like to lose her money.
But each time Kerry rolled up her fist, her white witch’s trembling stopped and she regained her composure.
“…Have you ever learned magic separately?”
“No. But I believe in witches. If you’re the greatest wizard on the continent, won’t you make me a full-fledged wizard in no time?”
“Sounds nonsense. In magic, 90% of the natural talent eats up…”
“I will take good care of the poor disciple! Witch.”
“…How old are you?”
“I’m 27. Why do you ask my age?”
“You’re too old to learn magic. I’d rather learn something else…”
“They said late is the earliest. I really want to learn magic. Don’t say no. Then I might lose my temper and awaken the gender equalityist inside me.”
“…Usually it takes 10 years to learn magic.”
It was like a thunderclap. I knew it wasn’t easy learning magic, but 10 years is an Eva.
“As you get older, waste products that interfere with the movement of mana accumulate in your body, and your innate sense of mana dies. So, if you don’t get used to mana from a very young age, it’s hard to learn magic .”
It’s like a dirty world! Doesn’t that mean that magic is something that only talented golden spoons can learn?
I was well aware of the absurdity of this world, but my body was shaking with anger.
I wondered if a man’s romance would finally come true!
“So… Don’t be so angry! It’s not the fault of her original daughter! Her fist… Untie her fist right now! You’re going to do something to the original daughter again!”
The White Witch was disgusted and afraid of Kerry’s deep-seated anger.
That’s why I am very angry right now.
But it wasn’t because of the White Witch. The reason I get angry is because of the absurdity of this fucking other world.
‘I’d rather live in Hell Joseon.’
“Seven years! If it is the ability of the original woman, it is possible in 7 years! It’s real! Believe me! It’s impossible to go below that!”
‘Seven years is too long. It’s so fucking upsetting.’
“…Five years! 5 years is all it takes! I will use all my talents to teach you with all my might… Stop getting angry. Please!”
It’s been down from 10 years to 5 years. I wondered if it could be reduced further here, but when I saw the white witch clinging to her with a half-crying expression, I knew right away that this was the limit.
“All right. I am determined to invest for about 5 years.”
“That, yes. I will teach my original daughter to be able to use her magic within 5 years!”
“Then, can you tell us what you learn first? Witch. The disciple will listen with all his heart and soul.”
“Before that… There is something I must do first. Wouldn’t the previous five years also be a story when you could learn magic?”
“…Are you saying that you might not be able to learn magic because you have no talent at all?”
“Didn’t I say that magic is 90% talent?”
It was just a bit of sad news. But Kerry had expectations.
It was because her regressor Lina recalled her memory of praising her own talent.
As the White Witch prepared for her talent test, her strange anticipation kept rising.
“Now that we are ready, we will begin right away. First, take a good look at what the original woman is doing.”
The White Witch held out a certain marble. She remembered the magic orb that the white witch made, but it was a little different. It feels like a completely transparent glass marble inside.
The white witch placed both hands on the marble. And when her hand dropped, her glass marbles were filled with blue light.
“It is a bead made by the original woman. The more talented she is, the more blue light can fill her glass beads. Try it.”
“Follow me? No explanation whatsoever?”
“Feeling mana is a sense, so I can’t explain it. Like I can’t explain how to move her arms and legs. That is an innate sense. If you have to force a metaphor, imagine that you are looking for a foreign energy within you and pushing it into a marble.”
Kerry nodded her head. Somehow, I think Rina said something similar the other day.
Because it’s the second She might be able to do a bit better than the first one.
‘Find the energy of mana… And put it into her marbles!’
I feel a tiny bit of energy inside her body. She felt it and moved. I don’t know how she moved.
I don’t know how to move her arms and legs but like they move. Her aura, called mana, only moved very naturally according to Kerry’s will.
It was when the tiny amount of mana that had been swirling around Kerry entered her glass orb.
Although smaller than the White Witch, blue light filled the glass marbles.
“!”
“…”
Since the blue light is smaller than the white witch, is it a talent that is less than the white witch?
That’s not it. Kerry’s body is not under the care of a wizard and she has spent 27 years. In that amount of time, no matter how great her talent, she loses its luster.
This is the amount of talent that has lost its light. Her natural talent might be compared to that of the White Witch.
‘A talent similar to that of the original woman? Nonsense. I’ve never even met such a person in my entire life. Even the old man in the Mage Tower couldn’t reach her original daughter…’
“…Is it broken? Would you like to try again?”
Kerry repeated again in silence, her orb shining as brightly as before.
“…”
“Well. Are you talented enough?”
Kerry, knowing nothing, asked. However, the White Witch did not dare to highlight Kerry’s talent.
In any case, Kerry was an uninvited guest to the White Witch.
“Okay. He has talent.”
But even at her little compliment, Kerry was overjoyed. She thought she was a no-talent, but she was delighted that she had her talent too.
“Then, we should start by studying her theories about magic in earnest.”
The White Witch moved and took one of the many books her on her bookshelf.
There was a book for beginners that the current white witch didn’t need, but brought back as an old memory.
“This is a textbook for beginners. Study this first.”
The book the White Witch handed over was thick, reminiscent of an encyclopedia. Is this for beginners?
“They made a fuss about wanting to learn magic quickly… Why are you idling around?”
“What… These complicated symbols. Couldn’t you just use magic if you taught me how to do it?”
“…It can’t be, can’t it? Why do you think magic takes so long to learn? It is important to learn the senses, but it is because the study of the theory is as important as that. In order to change the laws of nature, it is necessary to study them first.”
“… Can I just look at all of this?”
“No. At least… Let’s see. Okay. I have to read half of the books on the bookshelf over there. As a decent wizard, it can be said that it is possible for one person.”
The bookshelf the White Witch pointed to was too large to be called a mere bookshelf. What time do you study all of that?
“…Your talent is better than I thought, so I don’t know if it will be possible within 5 years.”
The white witch, who was afraid that Kerry would go mad again, tried to soothe her, but to no avail.
“I do not like it…”
“Wow, what did you mean? Even if you insisted, it’s hard for more than 5 years. No matter how talented you are, absorbing and manipulating vast amounts of knowledge will take that much time…Even! Even though she has never seen her, she uses magic freely, and it took her 5 years! Don’t be angry!”
“No!”
“Hey!”
“I don’t want to study! How long have you been sitting watching all this? It’s hard to eat and live!”
A man with such talent doesn’t even want to study.
Even now, seeing the wizards cutting themselves with a feeling of vomiting blood without any talent would have no choice but to raise their blood pressure.
“Teach me how to use magic without studying! If you don’t teach me, from today I will go the path of a warrior, and the punching bag for training will be the witch!”
I want to use magic. I really want to write. One of the few romances in this world is magic.
A different world where magic could not be used was just a savage and absurd Middle Ages.
“That… Force! If you don’t know the principle, how can you change the principle? All of your words are far-fetched!”
Kerry sighed and continued to pursue her White Witch, telling her to find her way her.
In the eyes of her witch, who had already been traumatized by Kerry once, she looked like a ghost.
‘This guy’s eyes… Her eyes are crazy! At this rate, I might really become this bastard’s punching bag for the rest of my life!’
“It is not that there is no way. But… That’s a shortcut… “
“No. Then you should have taught me that. Do you want to try it with me now? You didn’t like me because I hit you in the stomach? Is that so?”
“It’s not like that! The path a wizard must take must be the path to truth and fulfillment. If you use shortcuts, you will not be able to reach the truth or achievement.”
“I’m not a great wizard, I just want to live on my own. There is no need to achieve the truth. Please teach me some tricks.”
“Do you know about a thing called magic storage beads… She is a precious item made by the original woman, and if she has it, she can use magic. But since I’m not here right now… There’s no way…”
“You mean this?”
“Okay. It is a bead that looks exactly like it. Huh? Why do you have it?”
“I picked it up from the ground.”
“…You’re an incredibly lucky guy.”
*
Kerry was able to get out of there with the help of the White Witch. She has already confirmed that she can go again.
She had spent so much time in the marble that she felt it necessary to come back to see them for now.
When I go outside, Lina is very welcoming.
I don’t know why, but Lina felt haggard, as if she had suffered something.
And when I heard that Natasha was awake, I hurried to my room.
“Natasha. I am awake.”
“…”
“What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well yet?”
“I’m sorry… Mr. Seo…Hehe!”
Natasha cried and said she was wrong. She must have been very upset that I almost died because of her.
However, for me, who had already obtained a legendary item there and learned the path of a wizard, it was a trivial matter.
“Suddenly… Really… Really forgive me?”
“Because it is. Natasha. I didn’t even feel threatened because Lina-nim protected me anyway.”
For a while she comforted Natasha. He didn’t even eat while I was gone.
He must have been afraid that I would hate him. Lina looked at me for a while as I soothed Natasha, then gave her a small nod.
For some reason, the eyes were looking at me as if I was great. What the hell happened while I was gone?
It had been a long time since I was talking to my friends leisurely.
Suddenly there is a commotion outside the inn. Looking out the window, I saw priests dressed in white gathered in front of the inn.
Lina looked at her priests and opened her mouth.
“What are the priests of Goddess Elena doing here…?”
Apparently, a goddess with savvy is looking for us. It was clear that she recognized the regressor and that she had met me.
