Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1005 What is Emotion?
Anise snorted coldly, completely ignoring her daughter's wailing from below the tower.

Does anyone really expect her to still have any feelings?

What keeps her obediently within the rules is not her own rationality, but her obsession and incompetence.

If she is strong enough, she will surely kill all the people she doesn't like.

Pat, and the Ghazar women who followed her, were her last obsession.

Even Yagris, who was far away in her homeland, was someone she longed for.

This daughter, whom she conceived with Booker, was merely a tool she used to stabilize her anchor point and establish closer ties with the secret realm of the tower.

Of course, if the child were any decent, she wouldn't be so impatient.

Unfortunately, this child is almost the worst combination of all.

If it were a man, Anise probably wouldn't have lasted this long... The most negative manifestation of the Gezar family bloodline is probably Count Gezar.

Therefore, some of Beatrice Booker's characteristics are exactly the same as that thing.

Anise sometimes wondered if her methods for dealing with the old man were too extreme, which led to this outcome.

But of course she wouldn't blame herself.

Consuming those things did change her somewhat; her emotions almost completely disappeared, and she became less and less emotional. She disliked the sun, hated the moonlight, and also disliked pure darkness.

But my love for myself is growing stronger.

So, if something or someone went wrong because of her past choices... then you can only blame that person for being blind.

After that day, Agnes never blamed herself for anything again.

If one day she meets her end because of her choices, she can happily praise herself, saying, "I made the right choice!" and then joyfully welcome the end.

Despite all this, she was able to show some tolerance for Beatrice Booker, and even persisted in carefully choosing a suitable future for her after she came of age... It was thanks to that little bit of obsession in her heart that she was able to continue playing the past Anise for so many years.

But it's not necessarily a bad thing.

If she weren't like that, Pat, that cowardly guy, would have stopped dealing with her long ago.

Not to mention she would even have Kyle deliver letters to her.

Although Pat is reluctant to do this or that, he is actually quite smart.

She should have realized from Anise's various behaviors that Anise wanted to gain more trust from the Tower Lord and was completely unconcerned about committing sins to gain that trust.

Pat herself certainly didn't want to do those things, but she wasn't noble enough to stop others from doing them.

Or rather, if in the end, only the most evil people are left standing beside the Lord of the Tower, Pat would prefer it to be Agnes.

But this also proves that Pat had long understood that Anise was 'incurable'.

Her performance... was... well, not entirely meaningless.

At least Pat believed that Anise viewed Gezar differently and turned a blind eye.

This is enough.

After receiving the letter and understanding its subtext, Agnes suddenly felt a sense of liberation.

Already impatient with Beatrice Booker's stupidity, she had no need to keep that piece of trash any longer.

Anyway, Gezar, who was in the secret place, didn't think she had gone too far in any way.

After realizing that Beatrice Booker's talent wasn't good enough, Anise tried many methods.

At first, I wanted the child to become a swordsman... but I quickly gave up on that idea.

Beatrice isn't even very willing to train like an ordinary knight!
She wouldn't even need to try out a swordsman.

They tried to get her to read and learn more with the Booker family, hoping that even if she couldn't become a scholar, she could improve her intelligence and mental strength so that she could become a wise knight who could drop scrolls... but that also failed.

Beatrice Booker couldn't even meet the most basic requirement for a trainee scholar: to be able to read and understand one hundred books fluently.

Forcing her to sit at the desk only earned him an empty gaze and, when she wasn't looking, a brainwashing of stupid chivalric novels.

Anis had no other choice but to follow the tradition of Gezar and teach her a few more lessons, hoping that even if she became a common knight, she could at least develop a basic skill... In the end, she only received utter resentment in return.

Because everyone else, especially the witches, was having a very easy time.

As long as she could find the right man, she could climb the social ladder by relying on him. She even felt that Anise was doing the same thing, yet she wouldn't give her the chance... just because she was wary of her.

After all, there can only be one witch of the same kind.

Huh~
When Agnes first heard Beatrice Booker’s resentment, she felt as if she had given birth to Count Ghezal.

If she hadn't been still somewhat clear-headed, she would have regretted devouring that guy's flesh and blood!
Do you really think you can become a witch so easily?

Their current ease is entirely the result of the hardships and struggles they endured in the past!

The sheer amount of pain involved in changing one's physical attributes is enough to drive someone insane... If committing heinous crimes were enough to become a witch, then the world would probably be filled with male demons!
Even though she deeply hated the witches in the other towers and was determined to defeat them, Anise would never think that those women were useless cowards who rose to power by relying on men!
Besides, this is the secret place of the tower!
What man would be so captivated by beauty that he forgets who he is?

Booker's willingness to hook up with her and have a child is proof that they both need to cooperate.

Whether this proof is useful or not, or whether it will still exist later, is irrelevant. At that time, having it can reassure the followers and make them cooperate with the other party.

When the alliance is stable enough, and the interests of both sides are inseparable, and any move by either side would cause serious damage, then the previous 'proof' will be completely unnecessary.

Booker, being from Scroll Mountain, still had some humanity and was willing to take care of this useless daughter with Agnes... But since Beatrice Booker was completely useless, they wouldn't continue to invest too many resources in her.

In the end, Booker's side only provided money, jewelry, and the most mediocre resources.

And Anis was, after all, from the Gezar family, so even if the child was stupid, they wouldn't just leave her with a man.

Even if a woman from Ghezal is forced into marriage, she will choose one that she can control.

Although Jagris' marriage seems somewhat tragic... in the context of aristocratic marriages, Count Montes was by no means bad.

He has principles, is decent-looking, and although he's a bit scheming, he still has a sense of shame.

Iagore's marriage was not very good, but it cannot be called a failure.

If it weren't for that accident, she and Earl Montes could have lived a life full of ups and downs.

Then, after the old count died, she returned to her son's side to live out her old age in peace... There may have been some unpleasantness, but no one would really upset her.

Even now, after its decline, most girls in Gezar will choose the most suitable future for themselves.

Some people are just not naturally inclined to strive... but they will still choose the man who is most suitable for them!

At most, their children might be a little pitiful, but their own lives are by no means bad.

After realizing that her daughter was essentially ruined, Agnes naturally wanted to create a future like this for her.

As it turns out, Beatrice Booker was ambitious!
It's ridiculous. Incompetent and cowardly people, who don't even have a brain, are so greedy and ambitious.

Then how does she plan to realize her ambitions...? She demands that Agnes force Kyle to have a child with her, and then have the Lord of the Tower choose this child as her incarnation.

Don't say that Anise doesn't have the ability; even if she did, would she not use it on herself?
Moreover, what does this person take the Lord of the Tower for?!
Although other witches also tried to seduce Kyle and their offspring into having children, those were extremely subtle attempts, along with sufficient incentives.

Even if the goal is the same, can things be done that way?

If Anise hadn't acted decisively and fought back, and if Kyle hadn't refrained from arguing with them because of Pat, otherwise...

However, precisely because Beatrice Booker is so incredibly stupid, no one except Agnes's enemies wants to deal with her anymore.

The descendants of Gezar, who had once been relatively friendly to her, have all chosen to distance themselves from her.

Anise, who had been planning to break free from her carefully constructed facade, could now simply throw away her useless daughter.

Ha~ The Booker family has been watching her make a fool of herself all this time; now it's their turn to put on a show.

However, scholar families are inherently corrupt, and being a male-dominated family, they are adept at using lavish dowries to sell people for a high price... Sometimes, what appears to be a magnificent dowry and a marriage that seems to offer no benefit is actually more terrifying than what lies beneath the surface.

However, for Beatrice Booker, the kind of marriage where she is 'pampered' and 'has nothing to worry about' is probably exactly what she wants.

There are advantages to being a fool.

Living a muddled and aimless life will naturally prevent you from feeling that life is tragic.

Anise pursed her lips. "Then let Beatrice experience Booker's fatherly love!"
Hopefully, she won't understand anything even when she's about to die.

Anise looked up at the sky outside, and a question suddenly popped into her mind: Hadn't Pat already gone to find a place to raise the child? Why was he still so concerned about things in Emilia City?
Is that subordinate who is giving birth at Laurel Church really that important?

Anise frowned slightly. She was a little worried that those who had ulterior motives towards Pat and her child would find Pat's whereabouts through that woman in Emilia City.

She thought for a moment, then gently shook the bell on the high table beside her.

(End of this chapter)