City Of Witches 776

Chapter 776 – #163_Seoul and the Witch (3)

#770

One.
Siu and Eloa return to Gehenna unscathed after a light commotion.
While waiting for the entry procedure, Siwoo asked Master, who was hugging the brandy he received as a gift.

“Master.”
“Well?”
“I had a strange dream when I was taken to Hexsenacht.”
“Dream?”

It was precisely the dream he had when he killed Rosie and was kidnapped by Lydia and left alone on her bed.
The lake, and the tower, and even the girl who danced under the moonlight.

I had a lot of big things so far, so my impression was blurry, but after a while, I suddenly became curious.
Upon hearing the explanation, Eloa nodded her head.

“It seems the prophetic dream is correct. It’s not rare, but it happens often.”
“A prophetic dream?”

Elroa nodded and continued her explanation.

“Have you explained the prophecy agency before?”
“Yes, I heard. If you dip your body in the lake, you can see the future, but not all of them can be seen, only the permitted prophecies can be understood.”
“That’s right. I don’t know the exact criteria, but the prophetic dream suggests that when the witch of the apocalypse decides, ‘This information must be delivered,’ she should come to the prophetic agency.”
“… Is that possible?”

I don’t know exactly where the prophecy agency is, but at the time of the dream, Lydia had kept Shiu hidden.
But with what kind of skill can he manipulate Siu’s dream in Hexsenacht’s workshop?

“He’s been like that since the beginning.”
“Well, I don’t understand, but it’s not important right now.”

Siwoo understood that it would be roughly similar to sending a text notification before a package arrives.

But it is unsettling.
It is because of the intuition that the prophecy is not good news, as Siwoo has the constitution to get into trouble even if he breathes.

“What kind of prophecy must be delivered?”
“Don’t worry too much.”

As if it was obvious from her expression, Master reassured Siu with a benevolent smile.

“What is the importance of the Witch of Apocalypse? It’s really different from the usual standards. Most of them are trying to tell the future as a dream that they can’t understand why they tell us this.”
“For example?”
“I heard that after a week, they will show you something like the cheapest apple in Tarot Town. It’s not always like that…. Ninety-nine out of a hundred should be like that.”

If Master had said this, it would be normal if the pulse was released.
However, there was still a feeling of discomfort in Siwoo.

“I wish it were as simple as that…” .”
“Don’t worry too much.”

“Actually, that’s not all, I said something out of the ordinary. He looked at me and said, ‘My worship to the King who was hung upside down’…. I don’t understand it at all.”
“… What?”

Master’s reaction was fierce, unlike before.
Looking at her side, his wide-open eyes trembled.

“The Witch of Apocalypse talked to you?”

The part that Siwoo was suspicious of was the content of the message itself.
However, Master expressed surprise at the fact that the Witch of Apocalypse had spoken.

“Can’t we?”
“As I said, the Witch of Apocalypse is different from us. She lives in another dimension of perspective.”

“If it’s another dimension… ?”
“Don’t normal beings like us live on a continuous timeline? Through the definite past, the ongoing present, and the uncertain future. But the Witch of Apocalypse is different.
She simultaneously observes the past that could be changed by tens of thousands, the present of hundreds of millions of crossroads, and the future divided as a result of trillions.”

Only then did Siu realize the meaning of ‘different’ mentioned by Eloa.

The past is to remember, the future is to imagine, but in the end it is the present that carries out both.
In other words, the only thing humans can experience is the present, and this is the general idea of ​​time.

But what if there is an entity that can observe the past, present, and future at the same time?
It is like standing on the observatory of an omniscient god.
To the Witch of Apocalypse, anyone with a different point of view would be meaningless.

“That’s why she’s a bystander. She is a thorough bystander who does not interfere in anything and imply.”
“Then why did you talk to me?”

“… I’m not sure either. Would you like to go together? There are a few days left until the lunar eclipse, so I’ll ask Mr. Sua first.”
“Yes, first of all I will know that.”

At the end of the conversation, the immigration officer appeared and delivered the news.

“Duke Tiphareth, how long are you planning to stay in Gehenna this time?”
“Maybe a day or so.”

“Oops…. There will be an inquiry inspection for two days from midnight today. Is it okay?”
“Two days? That’s rare.”

“Recently, more and more minor errors have been appearing, so we have to go into major repair work. If the duke has urgent business, we will postpone the start date.”
“Thank you, but you don’t need to be so considerate.”
“It’s a position that has been greatly favored.”

The immigration officer bowed his head and stepped back, but Elroa was excited about the unexpected event.
I’m sorry for the lover waiting outside, but it’s because the time I can legally be alone with Siu has increased.

“To think he was excited like a child….”
“Yes?”
“It is nothing.”

However, the excitement of the heart immediately subsides.

Strangely, when it comes to things related to him, he becomes like a child.
The veteran Duke of Tiphareth disappears, and the immature and foolish Eloah of her apprentice witch days appears.

There are still a lot of things to be solved, and there are things that have not yet been resolved, but as soon as she sees the hope of being able to monopolize him, her steps lighten.

The reason they set foot here is to get Rinne and Dorothy out.
Also, in order to do that, you have to face the Duke of Erelim, who doesn’t know what the plan is.

It is necessary to fully investigate the reason for trying to steal Siwoo by making a secret deal with Hexsenacht.

Of course, since there is no physical evidence, she cannot be strongly held accountable.
It is also unknown whether she really concocted such a stratagem to secretly possess her Siu.

In the first place, didn’t Erelim confess that he was in the process of a mutual non-aggression pact with Hexsenacht?
It is possible that she did her own thing to prevent a head-on collision between Hexen Nacht and Gehenna.

But in any case, she would not want to turn Tiphareth into an enemy at this time.
In that sense, Rinne and Dorothy’s liberation is an equivalent bargaining material.

“I will come and see Erelim right away. You will be waiting at my Jemoni mansion.”
“Is it okay if I don’t go with you?”

“I don’t want to show you in front of her. I don’t know what your intention was.”
“All right.”

In that way, Shiu went to the mansion, and Elroa headed to the Duke of Erelim.

2.
“Blanche, is it okay to give in so easily?”

Immediately after Duke Tiphareth’s return.
Count Kohab, who was lying on the same bed with Erelim, asked as if he was surprised.

It is because the decision of a lover whom he loves and respects was not easily understood.
To admit mistakes so easily and decide to make concessions.

“What does it mean?”
“The plan went awry because of Duke Tiphareth’s unauthorized actions. She believes that Hexennacht also began to take the anti-Gehenna line on a grand scale, and could have made a formal protest against her.”
“If you look only at the results, yes.”

Gehenna Most witches do not want an all-out war with Hexenacht.

For witches, the most important thing is the development of magic, because they don’t care much whether exploits and exiles do harm to humans.

I hate public works, but I don’t hate them enough to risk a war.
But if I see any sign of harming Gehenna, I will retaliate, or rather?

From that point of view, Shin Si-woo’s rescue operation was a handshake among handshakes.

It is because he provided an opportunity to unite as one by preemptively striking Hexsenacht, which was divided into moderate and hardliners.

No matter how much Prince Tippereth played the role of a counterbalance of power, if he protested in these areas, he would have been able to come up with a better deal.

However, Erelim bowed his head too easily and apologized, and accepted Duke Tiphareth’s request.

“Tiphereth’s only request is to free the two captives, the traitors of Hexennacht.”
“It is, but….”

“Tiferet can get information about Hexsennacht from the two. Also, that information will be shared with us in the near future. I don’t think it’s an exchange that only loses money.”
“…….”
“Above all, I trust Duke Tiphareth. She is a righteous and upright person. If she can get even a semblance of cooperation, she’ll be much more helpful in the long run. She pays for a cheap price.”

Erelim’s gaze seemed to reach the far side that Kohab couldn’t see.

“The apprentice witch of Keter…. So, are you going to give up as well?”

Erelim asked for a cigarette instead of an answer.
Then she started talking about something completely unrelated to this topic.

“What do you think of humans?”

Knowing that this was her unspoken expression of her unwillingness to speak on this subject, Kohab also obediently complied.

“Yes? Uh, no idea whatsoever. Humans are human. Could I have a little bit of pity if I had to add it?”

Most witches would probably agree with Count Kohab.

Humans are a separate species from witches, and are highly intelligent but inferior creatures with clear limits.
The word inferior does not include negative subjectivity in itself, but the story that it is an objective fact.

“I am afraid of humans.”

That’s why Kohab doubted his ears at Erelim’s words.
It is not an exaggeration to say that she is standing at the peak of Gehenna now without Duke Kether, is she afraid of humans?
It is impossible.

“That is a strange word.”
“Is that so?”

Therefore, I took it as a silly joke or metaphor and chuckled.