Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1073 The Vanished Mother

Alexis sighed and said with difficulty, "The way witches are born is very random."

Some people are inherently cruel and cunning, able to easily abandon their moral bottom line, and yet they manage to survive unscathed.

The top figures in the High Tower Church are all this type of people.

In an evil world, only by being selfish enough can one have more of a self.

But some... really encountered something too terrible, and they were only able to hold on until the transformation was completed because they couldn't take their last breath before they died.

How could such a witch possibly still have a complete body?

Even the bones are probably reduced to dregs.

In a sense, they have transcended the definition of being human.

But they are still human.

They enjoy luxury and indulge in pleasure.

The most terrifying witch in the High Tower Church is this kind.

They have no other thoughts than their own happiness, and they treat all life as insects that they can crush at will.

Their obsession is the reason they live.

But they are truly strong, strong in every sense of the word.

Therefore, it's perfectly normal for the witch to end up with the tower advisor who became the core of the magic tower.

It's often said that people of the same sex repel each other, but when it really comes down to it, being of the same sex is the most fundamental stance.

There is not much difference between people of the same sex and those of the same kind.

The competition just makes the two look quite different.

After all, people of the same sex will naturally understand each other.

It also makes it easier to exploit the opponent's weaknesses when attacking.

But when faced with the same enemy, people of the same sex will naturally come together.

It's ridiculous, but true.

Alexandra paused for a few seconds before continuing, "I can only say this after leaving Emilia and the Chaos Zone."

No matter how safe the environment is over there, I will never mention the witch.

Her soul is indeed still inside your mother's body, but that doesn't mean there aren't separate threads of her soul following you.

"Is everything completely alright on the carriage?" Mikhail grasped the key point.

“The safe zone that Lori created is so secure that even gods cannot enter it without a sound,” Alexis smiled proudly.

Euphemia clenched her fist, still unwilling to give up, and asked again, "But my mother still takes some care of me and my brother..."

Although they won't give maternal love, they won't allow anyone to hurt them.

Moreover, the chosen Duke Harvey is a rare example of humanity among the nobles of the Chaotic Zone.

The Harvey family was already in a precarious position when he came to power.

Otherwise, the Duke of Harvey wouldn't have sent his son to live with his brother.

He was truly prepared for the worst.

Perhaps it was precisely because he lacked a sense of security from a young age and was quite familiar with various situations in the outside world that Duke Harvey was so disciplined in his conduct.

He hated those who drove his family to the brink of ruin, so he always left himself room for maneuver when he did things.

He is very respectful to allies who are willing to stand by him and will never be the first to break the agreement.

This led some minor nobles to believe that he was the most suitable leader of the duchy.

Otherwise, according to the old rules of the Chaotic Zone, even if you don't side with the rebels, as long as you remain neutral, you can still get a share of the spoils in the end.

It's not fatty meat, but it can still satisfy my appetite.

Therefore, Duke Harvey, who could persuade these minor nobles to temporarily forgo drinking the soup, was actually quite remarkable.

The nobles weren't particularly dissatisfied... This outcome only proves their lack of strength.

Otherwise, what's the point of the opposition from those minor nobles?
They simply didn't participate; they weren't willing to follow Duke Harvey around cheering him on.

Since the Harvey family's downfall was inevitable anyway, they could accumulate strength for a longer period of time.

Antirochus was almost in despair back then.

Did they really think those nobles would wait until he came of age before taking action?

Fortunately, the silence of the minor nobles only delayed the rebellion for ten years, and he still had the opportunity to leave before he came of age... Although the rebellion was stopped again due to the opening of the Labyrinth of the Gods, and the Harvey family had another ten years to breathe, that had nothing to do with the siblings.

In any case, after the two of them left, the affairs of the Duchy of Harvey no longer involved them.

Even if Antirochus and Euphemia stayed in Emilia City.

The distance really isn't that far.

The little girls certainly didn't think their mother had any feelings for them, but... at least that person was willing not to drag them into this mess!

“You, don’t confuse your mother with the witch,” Ariges said after thinking for a moment. “Judging from her condition, the fact that her body has been able to be used perfectly intact until now, and even shows signs of ‘growth,’ means that she willingly gave up this body.” “Give up?” Antirochus murmured, repeating it.

“Yes, I guess she encountered some terrible things at home, and felt that living was harder than dying, so she simply made a deal with the witch and gave up her body.” Alexis answered crisply, “Since your mother is a famous beauty and has good knightly talent, she must be a very rare material.”

If such rare materials were voluntarily donated, the witch could do even more.

Especially that one, she must be skilled in soul magic, so she couldn't possibly be too proficient in knightly martial arts.

But if it's 'voluntary,' then there's no problem as long as you use your body's memory.

As long as she doesn't arouse suspicion during the initial integration period, it doesn't matter after that.

Alex hesitated for two seconds, but still made it clear: "Judging from her reaction, she must have reached an agreement with your real mother not to harm her own blood relatives."

You are flesh and blood that fell from her body, so naturally you are included in the agreement, and there might even be some kind of agreement to ensure you live to a certain age.

Therefore, when Antirochus was 14 years old, the Duchy of Harvey suddenly went to war.

Otherwise, according to the information I've seen, it's said that there are still ten years left.

Now is the actual time to get started, as planned.

That time, something must have happened that forced other families to intervene and suppress Duke Harvey, which led to the war starting prematurely.

That's why they made peace so quickly after the maze appeared.

Neither side was really prepared.

That time, the noble children who escaped were mostly from collateral branches who knew nothing about the area.

The only ones with legitimate identities are the two of you.

That's why no one tried to take advantage of you anymore.

They can be certain that the two of you are indeed just a convenient cover-up.

It's just that it's smart and escaped quickly.

But probably no one knows that the whole farce was staged just for the two of you.

So, don't hate her.

Of course, you shouldn't love her either.

The one who truly protects you is that woman who has long since disappeared.

The witch was simply keeping a promise she had to keep.

Antirochus looked out the window, his Adam's apple bobbed, and then he fell silent.

Euphemia closed her eyes and pressed herself tightly against the wall behind her, as if searching for something to lean on.

“I didn’t want to bring this up with you,” Alexandra said gently. “After all, as long as you stay in Emilia City, no matter how much trouble the Duchy of Harvey causes, she won’t care about you.”

But Qingfeng Territory is different.

Even if she can't necessarily take advantage of you... she will definitely try to re-establish contact.

Even buying her some insider resources would be a significant benefit.

Antirochus turned back and asked with a serious expression, "Lady Ariges, she is not the witch from the Tower Lord's side, is she?"

The existence of the Tower's staff could no longer be concealed ten years ago.

After all, 80% of the followers of the tower on Scroll Mountain were dragged down by their own people.

The Dark Night Church also obtained some information about the general attributes of the staff.

Most of the projects involving burying wires for decades, and which may never be used again, come from that region.

While ordinary people may not know this, to those in the know, it's an open secret.

Others might speculate that the Tower Church is planning to create even greater chaos in the Chaos Zone, but those who are truly being targeted understand the real situation best:
As long as this witch of the Chaotic Zone is around, the people of the Tower Lord must be more careful when traveling north and south, and must not reveal their destination, lest they be targeted before they even start working.

But Antirochus was truly clever to think of this.

After all, although Euphemia shares all information with him, the Church of the Night can use her resolute refusal to swear an oath of secrecy to lower her access to intelligence.

However, Euphemia was missing most of the information, and with the addition of the information from Alexandra today, he could immediately determine the facts that only someone of Alexandra's level would know... This child could almost keep the prophetic spell 'Knowledge of Legends' fixed on herself.

Alexandra was quite familiar with this spell, and both Lori and Yuri had given themselves the 'Legendary Knowledge' spell.

They weren't trying to pry into other people's secrets, but this spell could help them quickly grasp all the information, big and small, in the area they were in.

The spell of constancy requires high accuracy in intelligence analysis... and eventually, it can even develop into a peculiar intuition that allows one to grasp the key points even when intelligence is insufficient.

Of course, Penelope is someone who naturally possesses this kind of intuition.

If she wants to make this spell permanent, she can succeed after a period of study and patient analysis of information.

But some people, like Antiochus, need a long period of effort and extensive analysis of intelligence to finally succeed.

Rather than intuition, it's more like after seeing the same information repeatedly, you only need to determine a few of the simplest conditions to immediately search your memory for the most likely answer.

The more they know, the more accurate their information becomes... until even the laws of nature acknowledge their efforts, turning everything into magic indistinguishable from intuition.

(End of this chapter)