It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Could it be that I've entered an illusion? Or perhaps a fragment of the memories of the Moon Witch Cecilia?

"Wait for me, Sesil."

A gentle voice rang out again, and a slender figure chased after her from inside the open wooden door.

The sound startled Roy awake. He looked up and saw a pretty girl in a gray dress with pigtails and faint freckles on her cheeks.

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(7,000 words. I've made progress, but I still haven't reached the daily completion goal, sob sob. As usual, see you in the group. To be continued tomorrow.)

Daily book recommendation: *What Evil Thoughts Could Batman Have?*

[Recommendation]: Chen Tao never expected that not only had he transmigrated, but he had also transmigrated into Batman himself.

As we all know, Batman is extremely smart, has extraordinary wisdom, and has extraordinary fighting skills. But - what does all this have to do with me, a time traveler?

oh! It's okay, I can inherit Batman's power and memories...? ! ? Wait, why are they all parallel universe versions?

Chapter 91 I Bloom Amidst the Carnage

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Is she the older sister of the Moon Witch Cecilia?

Looking at the girl in front of him, who bore many similarities to the Moon Witch Cecil, Roy had this guess in his mind.

But at this moment he was in a special state where he could only watch and not speak, so he could not go forward to communicate and could only quietly watch everything that was happening in front of him.

"Sehill, don't run so fast."

"Hehe, Sister Yuna, hurry up, Dad is coming back today, let's go to the dock and wait for him!"

The girl's delicate voice was filled with joy: "He said in his letter that he would bring us a special doll from a faraway country, called a 'doll,' as a gift."

"Aren't you curious?"

"Be careful, don't fall..." the girl chasing behind called out helplessly.

Although the girl was petite, her legs moved swiftly, and in the chase, the two soon arrived at the bustling dock area.

This is a dock of moderate size. There are no large merchant ships sailing far away, but many small and medium-sized vessels are moored here. Many sailors carry heavy cargo back and forth, and there are also many stall owners shouting loudly on the side. It can be described as a bustling place.

Roy's perspective followed the two to the dock, and his illusory body easily passed through the people there.

At the bustling dock, the girl and the young woman were like two agile fish in the sea, easily bypassing the burly sailors and arriving at the dock's berthing area.

"Sister Yuna, look! Isn't that passenger ship over there?"

“Sehill.” The girl grabbed the girl’s hand and said angrily, “Be quiet. If you’re this clumsy again, I’m never reading Daddy’s letters to you again.”

"Waaah..." the girl let out a mournful cry, looking pitiful: "No, I know I was wrong, big sister."

"Hmph, stop running around." After scolding her younger sister, the girl finally raised her head and looked at the approaching ship in the distance, her bright eyes shining: "It's a passenger ship!"

"Wow!" The girl whose hand was grabbed jumped up and down excitedly.

The salty, humid sea breeze whistled through the air, providing ample power to the sails of the passenger ship. At this moment, in the docking area, besides the young girls, there were many other people with the same purpose, excitedly and anxiously waiting for their families to return from the passenger ship.

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, the passenger ship docked, and passengers disembarked one after another.

The girl peered around cautiously, searching among the disembarking crowd. The girl holding her hand was much more reserved, but her eyes still held a strong sense of anticipation.

Before long, the girl's eyes lit up as she spotted a figure in the crowd and shouted, "Daddy!"

It was a tall, robust middle-aged man dressed in a well-fitting long robe, carrying a suitcase, but still unable to conceal his muscular physique. His shiny bald head was also very conspicuous in the crowd. He turned his head to look after hearing the voice.

Upon seeing the girl and the young woman, he grinned broadly, pushed through the crowd, and strode over: "Yuna, Cecil, my darlings, Daddy has missed you so much."

"Dad, I miss you so much too."

Little Sesil snuggled into the strong man's arms like a sloth clinging to a tree, and said affectionately.

Beside her, Yuna raised her hand and tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear, saying softly, "Dad, it's been a long time."

"Oh dear, isn't little Yuna going to give her dad a big hug? Sure enough, girls start to drift away from their fathers as they grow up."

The burly man sighed, making a gesture of covering his face in sorrow as he spoke.

It's undeniably comical for a two-meter-tall, muscular man to make such a move.

Yuna blushed slightly, glanced around, hesitated for a few seconds, then took a few steps forward and gently hugged the burly man's arm. She then turned and walked quickly with small steps: "Let's hurry home, Mom has been waiting for a long time."

"Hehe." The middle-aged man laughed loudly, his face no longer showing any sadness. He carried little Cecil in one arm and a suitcase in the other, and strode after him.

"Daddy, Daddy, where's the gift you promised? I want to see it now!"

"Little Cecil said sweetly as she was held in the arms of the middle-aged man."

"Haha, here it is." The middle-aged man opened his suitcase and took out two gift boxes wrapped with exquisite ribbons. He gave one to little Cecil and quickly handed the other to Yuna, whose two braids bounced with her owner as she walked.

“This is something my father bought from a traveling merchant from the Far East. It’s very rare, and I think you’ll like it.”

"Thank you," Yuna said softly, accepting the gift box with a reserved air. Little Cecil, held in the arms of the young man, exclaimed "Wow!" and hurriedly tore open the gift box.

"Is this a doll? It's so beautiful!"

Inside the opened gift box, there was a light-colored fabric padding at the bottom, and inside was a lifelike wooden doll dressed in beautiful clothes with delicate skin texture. The doll's face was painted with a big smile, giving people a cheerful and joyful feeling.

"Her skin looks just like the real thing!" Carefully taking the doll out of the gift box, little Cecilia's face showed satisfaction and happiness. She touched the doll's skin and exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right.” The middle-aged man chuckled. “I had to plead with that traveling merchant for a long time before he agreed to return this to me.”

"Oh, right, Yuna, aren't you going to open the gift box and see? Daddy prepared different gifts for you."

Meeting the expectant gaze of the middle-aged man who urged her to "open it quickly and praise me," Yuna pursed her lips and then untied the ribbon on the gift box.

A smooth, moon-like comb lay quietly in the center of the gift box, its dark background making it stand out even more.

The girl blinked, her pupils glistening like a waterfall of stars.

"This is a 'tooth comb,' which, according to the traveling merchants, is a comb made from the teeth of a large animal that has been ground and polished. It is beautiful and durable."

“Our little Yuna’s hair is so smooth and shiny, it needs a comb like this to look good.”

"I like it very much." Yuna closed the gift box again, hugged it tightly to her chest, and a beautiful and charming smile appeared on her face.

"Haha, let's go home!" The middle-aged man laughed loudly and strode forward.

Roy stood not far from the three people, witnessing the family's happy scene. Unbeknownst to him, the surrounding scenery and pedestrians became blurry. When everything became clear again, Roy found himself in the courtyard outside a farmhouse under the moonlight.

The night was cool and still. A dim candlelight shone through the crack of the half-open farmhouse door, and the conversation between a middle-aged man and a gentle woman could still be heard inside. The voices were somewhat muffled and hard to hear clearly. But more noticeable than that was the girl sitting on a rock outside the door, holding a delicate doll and grinning foolishly at the crimson full moon in the sky, and the young girl in the room with the window open on one side of the farmhouse, gently combing her loose hair with a pale white toothbrush.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Roy's vision blurred again. Everything seemed to be crushed and torn apart by an unseen black hand, including the cozy little house, the girl gently combing her hair inside, and the girl holding a doll and laughing foolishly under the moonlight.

The world went dark; light and sound vanished in that instant.

In the absolute silence of darkness, even the passage of time loses its meaning.

The seemingly eternal silence was finally shattered by a deafening explosion.

A violent explosion, accompanied by raging flames, filled Roy's entire field of vision.

The dark blue flames gave a sinister and cold feeling. The main beams of the house were like weathered rocks under the dark blue flames. When the wind blew, they collapsed and dissipated, leaving only fine black ash falling in the air.

In the spreading dark blue sea of ​​fire, a girl holding a doll knelt on the ground with empty and lifeless eyes, staring blankly at the woman covered in blood in the ruins of the house in front of her, and a girl who was also unconscious not far away from the woman.

"Mom, sister...Mom, sister..."

The girl kept repeating the same words, her voice trembling with sorrow. She staggered to her feet, trying to get closer, but the moment she made a move, the dark blue sea of ​​fire around her spread, almost burning the woman and the girl. The girl was so frightened that she quickly stepped back and finally fell to the ground.

"A witch! It's a witch!"

"A demon! Quickly report to the lord! A demon has appeared!"

"By the way, Temple, go and inform the Temple quickly!"

All I could hear were the panicked shouts and screams of my neighbors, mixed with the sound of hurried footsteps.

Little Sesil looked around, his eyes filled with terror and helplessness, and could only hold the beloved doll tightly in his arms.

Just then, a series of heavy, powerful footsteps came from afar, and a knight, his entire body radiating a dazzling milky-white aura of battle energy, charged into the sea of ​​fire.

Clang—

Seeing the scene before him, the tall and burly knight involuntarily dropped his sword to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Little Cecil..."

Shock, panic...

The man's voice carried complex emotions that were difficult to describe.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, little Sesil cried out in surprise, as if grasping at a last straw by a drowning man, "Daddy! It's Daddy! Please save Mommy and Sister!"

Before the man could reply, hurried footsteps approached rapidly from afar.

Upon hearing this voice, the man's expression changed, and he immediately shouted, "Little Cecil, now, immediately, leave this place, leave the village!"

"dad……"

"quick!"

A milky-white aura erupted from the man, sending the girl flying more than ten meters away. Upon landing, the girl lost her balance and tumbled a few times, her clean gray clothes instantly covered in dust and mud.

"Don't look back, keep going!"

A suppressed growl came from the man's mouth.

In a daze, the girl got up from the ground and ran away into the deserted distance.

Watching the girl disappear into the distance, the man standing in the dark blue sea of ​​fire finally breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, two figures broke through the sea of ​​fire and came to stand in front of the man.

They were two knights dressed in bright silver full-body armor, with the sword and shield emblem unique to the Temple Punishment Knights etched on their chests.

"Harvey, what about the heretics?"

"The leader of the Temple Punishment Knights said coldly."

"..." The man named Harvey did not speak. He quickly glanced at his wife and daughter lying on the ground not far away. Feeling their still strong heartbeats, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he bent down to pick up the knight's sword that had fallen to the ground and stared at the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights without saying a word.

Just then, the Divine Punishment Knight leaned close to the captain's ear and whispered, "Captain, this seems to be Harvey's house..."

Upon hearing this, the captain of the Divine Punishment Knights paused, then spoke in a low voice: "I am sorry, but Harvey, as a Divine Punishment Knight, you should understand the dangers of witches even better. All witches who disobey orders are heretics and must be burned at the stake. Those who harbor them will be punished as accomplices."