Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 896 The Chaotic Seashell Book
Perhaps it's because she has always lived a very self-centered life and has never felt much pressure, that Pat's time seems to have stopped twenty years ago.

It seems that only others have been etched with terrible marks by time, becoming unrecognizable.

Even within these clandestine communication channels, the rampant desires could not be contained.

From the very beginning, everyone agreed not to bring the numbness of reality into this rare moment of relaxation, leaving everyone a space to breathe.

But it seems that not everyone can do this.

No wonder, even though the older generation is still around, they gradually withdraw from 'Shell House'.

Pat originally thought that those who had gone to the stars had chosen to leave because they could no longer contact each other using the Seashell Book.

And those who cannot go to the stars cannot stay forever.

That's why the main members are always people between 30 and 100 years old.

But more likely, after they reach 100 years old, even if they are still alive as they are now, the conflicts between them will no longer be limited by distance.

These people are very difficult to meet, as they are scattered all over the world.

Even in the North, there are only about ten people left, and that's only because some new people have been recruited!

The composition of humanity is like a mountain; the higher you go, the closer you get to the summit.

Until, standing on your side, you can see the face on the other side.

For them, the seashell book has lost its value as a communication tool.

Whether the friendship, which can be maintained even with all sorts of scheming, can be truly solidified in reality is anyone's guess.

In order not to affect the girls who came later, and not to let the loosely connected 'Shell House,' a place where they had a lot of fun, disappear, they all withdrew on their own.

Pat can understand this approach, and he can accept that even the most wonderful things will inevitably be affected by reality.

But what's the point if even sending a message is full of hidden traps?

It's annoying to look at.

Pat's own place is messy enough; he doesn't need the simplistic stuff in the Shell Book to refresh his mind.

Of course, this displeasure wasn't enough to make her choose to quit.

She chose to watch in silence, since the initial interactions between these people were quite interesting anyway.

Just like when she first appeared, those 'nice' jokes.

When people start spouting nonsense, just close the book and throw it back.

But she's the main character today, so Pat can't do that.

She looked down at the strings of words that were rapidly appearing on the seashell book, her expression somewhat bewildered.

Why are those guys from the South even more enthusiastic than those from the North?

For the sake of the new King Leon?

No, she'd known Leon for a long time and didn't think he could pull off anything new.

Even though his behavior was certainly unconventional, Leon's personality dictated that he would not easily change the rules set by his predecessor.

That guy is always very careful about these things.

So that's for Travis?
What has His Majesty the King done this time to put the Dark Night Church in such a bewildered and clueless state?
What's the point of telling her all this?
As a follower of the Tower, how could she possibly ask Travis what he's been up to lately?
Taking his daughter with him... Pat couldn't control his thoughts and started pondering that sentence.

There are many kinds of believers in the Tower.

Those who would only take their daughter with them are probably from the witch faction.

Huh~
It's estimated that even the Lord of the Tower himself doesn't remember how many different schools of thought he's created!

It is said that the Earth Church has many branches... that's because people don't know anything about the secret place in the tower.

The Lord of the Tower is undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation in order to find a way for him to appear in the multiverse while still holding his current divine position.

Relying on the whimsical ideas of his former advisor, he actually created many unique professions.

However, most of them ended in failure.

Many terrifying creatures live in the mist surrounding the Tower's secret realm... a large portion of them are made up of losers.

If they don't succeed, they'll become monsters; otherwise, they'll be completely wiped out.

Well, if it were Pat, she also felt that death might be a better outcome.

The Tower Witch created in the last hundred years is a rare success.

However, the requirements to become a witch are extremely strict.

To brew the coldest wine with the most perfect emotions... Not only must the other person love her, but she herself must also genuinely love the other person.

Then, he brewed a cup of wine using the heart voluntarily offered by his lover, mixed with the extremely poisonous witch's poison, and swallowed it.

If the person who donated their heart harbors even the slightest resentment or bitterness, the final result will be that they will be turned to ashes by the witch's poison... and their bloodline will be completely severed.

At least the witch's poison would leave you with a whole corpse!
They can even maintain their most beautiful posture, and their bodies remain intact for thousands of years.

It's even less likely that she would create some kind of soul curse to poison anyone even remotely related to her by blood.

In the past hundred years, only three people in the secret tower have been able to become witches. Each of them is an extremely terrifying being.

It goes without saying how terrifying one's character is to be capable of such things.

After all, every loser can bring down their entire family!

So, is there a witch in the North?

Pat was a little surprised; even Gezal hadn't managed to create a witch!
Even Agnes couldn't do that.

It's not that she's not ruthless, but she can also find someone who loves her wholeheartedly.

But Agnes couldn't bring herself to put everyone she was related to on the gambling table.

That's a gamble with life and death!

She only hated a portion of her family... Even if she felt some envy and jealousy towards Agris, it was impossible for Anise to hate this little sister who had once given her a little warmth.

Then, who in the North could do what a witch could do... Pat recalled the Northern families that had disappeared in the last hundred years, but still couldn't think of anyone who could do something more hellish than Count Gezar.

But it's not impossible to understand why a witch would emerge from the North.

Just like the northern members in their 'Shell House', the number has always been high, and most of them don't choose to leave after joining.

The few exceptions were all cases like those involving Yagris, who had to choose marriage alliances to protect her territory.

The existence of 'Shell House' is no secret, but no one has ever paid attention to this loose social group... Although each member is powerful, the number of people never exceeded one hundred at its peak.

Strength certainly ensured the girls' independence and autonomy.

But some things cannot be determined by strength alone.

Family and relatives, environment and future can all force people to choose a path they don't like at all.

Pat was able to resolutely follow her own path because she had no weaknesses and owed no one any favors... Her relationship with Yages was based on long-term friendship, not a purely superior-subordinate one.

Besides, what sensible boss would care whether their subordinate wants to get married or not!

As long as I can still work, that's fine!

Even if a god is abnormal, they won't interfere in matters of marriage and childbirth.

In general, this situation occurs when someone is falsely claiming to be an immortal, illusory god.

God certainly won't interfere, but He also won't help anyone escape this predicament.

In particular, those who, regardless of their actual belief, will inevitably place their resentment above that of the gods.

The ladies who remained until the end were basically like Pat... to put it bluntly, most of them were unlucky and their families had let them go; only a minority were left to their own devices.

The population in the North is larger than in some southern countries where women have a higher status.

There's actually a very simple reason for this: 'Shell House' is not a club for older single women.

It is a home of 'passion and exuberance'.

Such situations are indeed more likely to arise in the South, but similarly, most girls don't see family as a burden.

Even if they don't get married, they prefer respectable relationships.

They kept dating and breaking up, enjoying the sweetness of love.

Their living environment allowed them to make this choice.

What kind of girl can she choose from in the North?
How many families who dote on their daughters will choose to marry them off?
They're not even very comfortable with normal romantic relationships.

It's not that there aren't good men, but rather that the environment is the greatest persecution for girls.

Although capable women can break free from constraints, there are many girls like Chesca and Valera in Lori's story.

However, while the lives of other girls were still strictly restricted, and while some nobles resolutely forbade female subordinates, the environment was inevitably still very harsh.

There's really no need to say too much; just look at His Majesty Travis's unfortunate queens.

If it were a region under nighttime control, even if those families had ulterior motives, they wouldn't dare to sell their daughters so openly.

Well... but they sell their sons over there, so it's not much better.

However, an environment where men can be married would inevitably lead to a significant decrease in the number of members in the 'Shell House'.

Pat thought that if Agris lived in such a place, she would be very happy.

But she will still become a member of 'Shell House'.

Perhaps due to the trauma of her childhood, Pat might be able to trust anyone, but she truly cannot fall in love with a man.

She wouldn't be unable to feel male charm because of those experiences... but that was just shallow desire, and she wouldn't want to get to know anyone deeply.

Even the most outstanding man won't do.

In this world, she can only open her heart to two men: one is her benefactor, the Lord of the Tower, and the other is Lori, whom she watched grow up.

Fortunately, these two won't fight.

Fortunately, Lowry never had the kind heart to kill evil.

Pat patted the shell book, looking at how the game of confrontation between the Dark Moon and the caravan leader had turned into a group dispute, and couldn't help but twitch his lips... What amazing thing had Travis done?
(End of this chapter)