My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 268 Damn it, Roland, what's with having such a vivid imagination?
As Roland watched Kalia serve the sumptuous dinner at the table, he sighed silently. Having just lowered his head, Roland looked up at the ceiling again.

Kalia: “???”

Carrying a pot of hot potato and beef stew, Kalia glanced at the tear-streaked food on the table and the stew in her own hands, then said to Roland earnestly, "Roland~~~ Being a picky eater isn't a good habit!"

"Or is it that after eating my cooking for so long, you no longer like it?"

"Look me in the eyes! Answer me!"

Faced with a somewhat angry Kalia, Roland simply said softly, "I didn't mean that... I just had a feeling that trouble was about to happen."

"Um... do you remember what that princess said at the beginning?"

She suspected that her brother, the king, and even more of her people, were controlled by the demons.

Upon hearing this, Kalia put down the stew she was holding and asked, "Is there really such a thing? Is it really as she said?"

Roland lowered his head again, then sighed and said, "Well, the possibility isn't low."

"Hopefully, trouble won't come knocking before I finish the renovation."

After saying that, Roland smiled at Kalia: "Don't worry, it won't have too much of an impact. But you're already a sixth ring, unlike me. You can definitely enter the Planetary Ring Law ritual first."

"Why don't we send a message to the Empire and ask them to send over some ceremonial materials... two sets, please?"

Before Kalia could even speak, the Demon King interrupted, "Kalia's promotion is indeed without any problem."

“But you can’t use those common ritual materials, kid.”

"Why?" Roland asked, puzzled. "While I admit I'm somewhat special, isn't Kalia special too? Does that mean I need to find other materials?"

"Hmm." The Demon King responded, "You do need to find other materials. Your talent ceiling isn't actually that high, so you'll need some special methods."

"if not……"

The Demon King didn't finish his sentence, but this statement saddened Roland.

Well, in terms of talent alone, he is indeed not as talented as Kalia.

Without the system's stat allocation, Roland would never have dared to imagine achieving Kalia's rate of improvement.

Roland nodded, acknowledging the Demon King's point of view: "Alright, then list out all the materials you need."

"We'll have Isfar send another package then."

The Demon King quickly began using magic to write some special material in the air, but then quickly crossed it out.

"Roland, I suggest you don't rush to advance to the transcendent level."

"The specific situation depends on how well you adapt to the implantation of the magic circuit."

"Let's think about it once we're back in the Empire."

Roland nodded, choosing to believe the Demon King's explanation.

This period of time spent together has further increased Roland's trust in the Demon King.

Roland's experience in Isfar, in particular, revealed a different side of the Demon King.

They're so old now... they must have a broad mind.

Kalia then said, "Alright, we can talk about these things later."

"If you don't eat soon, your dinner will get cold!"

Roland chuckled, "Alright, hurry up and eat. I really need to get some rest today."

Kalia nodded, then picked up her spoon and smiled playfully at Roland: "Okay, okay, I'll let you off the hook tonight~~~ You must get better soon."

“Yes.” Roland nodded.

……

On the first morning of February 1030, Roland left the cabin where he was staying and headed to his laboratory halfway up the mountain.

Russell was already waiting at the laboratory door, anticipating Roland's arrival.

The usually unreliable alchemist was dressed formally today, a rare sight. His disheveled blond hair had been neatly combed and tied into a high ponytail.

Her short and thin stature did not diminish the aura of a master she exuded.

"You've finally arrived. Come in."

Roland didn't go in immediately, but instead asked with a serious attitude, "Are you the Russell I know?"

"That Russell whose full name is Paracelsus?"

"It's me. We've only been apart for one night, and you don't recognize me?"

For some reason, Russell, who had become calm and composed, showed a hint of confusion on his face. He then took out a mirror and looked at himself: "Hmm... no difference?"

Roland quickly waved his hand: "That's not what I meant! I meant... why have you suddenly changed like this? Shouldn't you usually be... um... more carefree?"

"Huh?" Russell paused for a moment, then understood what Roland meant: "I understand. Don't be nervous. I've lived for over six hundred years. To maintain my strength and vital signs, I've had two different bodies."

"The body you see now is the one I replaced more than three hundred years ago."

"According to your understanding, this is the end of the Demon King's war." "Of course, changing bodies also has side effects. The side effect is the unavoidable emergence of multiple personalities."

"However, I am also somewhat proficient in alchemy, so I can switch personalities."

"What you saw before was a personality born from the body. Because there was an accident when the consciousness was transferred, it was a bit... not very stable."

"However, that personality is the one with the most experience, knowledge, and imagination, making it suitable for discussing those difficult problems and ideas with you, as well as for conducting new research."

"What you see now is the original me, before I became this crazy. I was ready to conduct experiments and surgical implants like I am today."

"There's another personality that's used for combat..."

"Don't misunderstand, personality only affects my state of mind; my consciousness and soul remain constant."

"Personality is just one aspect of my long life, a reflection of the influence of my living environment on my character."

"All three personalities are me, just different personalities I had at different times."

"In the beginning, I was just a court alchemist of the Holy Ragnasia Empire, responsible for creating powerful alchemical beasts for the then-powerful empire to resist the demon royal court army."

"Aside from repeating boring experiments and creating alchemical beasts every day, there aren't many ups and downs."

"Of course, you know that's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

"After the Elector Marquis, known as the Invincible God of War, led the empire's hundreds of thousands of main forces to be wiped out by the Demon King and the Royal Army, the empire collapsed."

"In order to survive, and to avenge my family and friends... I went into hiding and carried out the extremely risky magic circuit implantation alone."

"I succeeded. But I failed to achieve any form of revenge."

"I can only use my own strength to try my best to delay the retreating human army."

"At that time, I lived in war and chaos, conspiracy and betrayal every day."

"I became taciturn and learned combat skills almost from scratch."

"Magic, martial arts, weapon usage..."

"But personal bravery can't change anything in the end."

"Even as a hero, she only got the chance to behead the demon king through a series of coincidences and with the help of that blood demon prince."

"Without the help of that Blood Demon Prince, even if the hero could rival the Demon King in terms of raw strength, he couldn't change anything."

"I also participated in the siege at that time."

"With the Knight King dead and the last remaining regular human army about to be wiped out by the Royal Court Army, and with the support from the Holy See and the Society delayed by the Royal Court Army's division of forces, if it weren't for that opportunity to switch sides, humanity might have already been ruled by the demons, right?"

"Of course, it was my third personality that participated in the battle."

"That is, the one you are most familiar with."

"You should know very well what she went through."

"After all, the end of the Demon King War has been described clearly enough in many legends and stories, hasn't it?"

Russell smiled slightly, giving Roland a completely different feeling: "Let's end this small talk."

"Let's start by testing the most basic steps today."

"Runes related to physical enhancement and magical amplification."

"Generally speaking, these two functions will be divided into two different sets of runes."

"But you've already successfully combined the two into one through compression and fusion, and there haven't been any problems in the initial experiments."

"Once we successfully inscribe it on the experimental circuit frame later, it can be officially included in the inscription plan."

Roland nodded and followed the familiar yet unfamiliar teacher into the laboratory.

Although I already knew that as an alchemy master whose lifespan had exceeded the limit, the other party must have something special about him.

But I never expected... that it would be achieved through the simplest method of replacing a body?
And this is already the third body.

This was the first time Roland had ever seen such a long-lived human.

As the two walked towards the laboratory, Russell asked, "Also, was that conjecture you mentioned before you left yesterday serious? Are you really planning to conduct this kind of experiment?"

"Is that not allowed?" Roland asked.

“Well… it’s only theoretically feasible.” Russell laughed. “Ultimately, time is not something that exists subjectively; it only exists in the senses and cognition of living beings.”

"If you could truly achieve the kind of interference effect you imagine, isolating your body from the outside world, creating a conceptual 'mini-world,' and then accelerating or slowing down your own time, through the contrast, you could achieve an effect similar to time freezing or acceleration..."

"If your conjecture were applied to the study of surgical techniques, it might attract considerable attention. Perhaps many people would be willing to conduct research together."

"But if you want to achieve this effect with runes... I personally suggest you don't have too high expectations."

"If your initial rune ideas were wild imaginations, but actually feasible, then your idea about time magic yesterday was nothing short of conjecture."

"However, I'm really looking forward to your performance. Keep it up."

(End of this chapter)