I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

The corners of her mouth were raised skillfully, as if she didn't care about anything anymore, but she could clearly see the endless regret and sadness in her amber eyes looking at her.

"I can't go back... I really can't go back." Gresta sighed softly, and let go of the hand that was pinching Isabella's cheek.

"So Mr. Gresta, you are so kind to me, is it because I look like her, or because my name is Isabella?"

"..."

Gresta didn't answer, but remained silent.

During the magic talent test, when Gresta asked Isabella to cast the Death Curse on herself, she said jokingly, "I'm not useless to take the seventh-order Killing Curse."

I thought it was a joke, but after hearing Gresta's story, Isabella realized that it was not a joke.

The reasons for the appalling things that Gresta has done, whether it is casting all the forbidden magic or killing [-]% of the lives on the mainland, have not been explained in detail.

"Mr. Gresta, what is the reason why you cast those taboo spells more than 300 years ago?"

[She almost destroyed the entire continent, plundered nearly [-]% of the lives, and the whole world was devastated. 】

【Sorry, I was at that time...I couldn't control myself...】

"--why?"

Nothingness, chaos, scarlet... The scene 300 years ago flashes in memory.

There was a tearing pain in the brain, causing Gresta's expression to twist violently. Isabella could feel the huge force from Gresta's hand around her shoulder, as if it wanted to crush her into pieces. arms.

"We just want each other to live! Isabella, you hopeless idiot! I said I would hate you for this, why do you still do that?!"

"Ms. Gresta!?"

"Why did you take away the death that should belong to me!?" Gresta's eyes were terrifying, as if she had lost her mind, and her eyes turned into steel nails and pierced Isabella's heart fiercely.

In front of me is a figure that is almost exactly the same as my favorite friend.

Asking about things she no longer wanted to remember made Gresta feel crushed.

But look at those blue eyes that are almost exactly like hers.The long eyelashes fluttered with the blinking of the eyes, reflecting the jewel-like pupils transparently, as if they could speak.

It seems that in front of those eyes, I can't keep any secrets, just like many, many years ago...they talked about everything.

"I want to give you all of this back...but I can't..." Gresta clutched her forehead in pain, grinding her teeth as if she wanted to crush her into pieces.

Magic is a collection of rational materialism. No matter how special taboo magic is, it is magic after all.

It can be stopped and reversible until it is fully formed.

But when its casting is completed, the price exchanged has no reason to be recovered.

At that time, in Isabella's tree house, Gresta opened her eyes again on the cold floor, and what she felt was a body full of energy, as if she was born again.

It was so clear that one could even perceive the five senses of the airflow and the fluttering of bird feathers... and Isabella's body, which had completely lost its temperature, was lying in her arms on her chest.

"--why?"

Why are you so selfish at this moment?

If two people lose their half of the world that belongs to each other, no one wants to suffer the pain of being alone again. In their long life, it seems to have experienced the most beautiful fireworks that bloomed for a moment.

If the world has always been dark and lonely, I could have endured the darkness alone, but someone opened the curtain for me and led me into the light...

From the day the two met, Frias knew what would eventually come when they became best friends with human beings as long-lived species—parting.

But that kind of feeling is like poison, making her unable to stop, temporarily unable to think about the parting that will usher in the future.

They are all lonely souls, embracing each other in the barren world, making each other bloom...

But that is only a flash in the pan after all, when one of them fades, then in the empty wilderness, the flower that blooms alone has no possibility of being appreciated by others, even if it can keep blooming forever.

So simply, burn it all clean.

The reason why forbidden magic is listed as taboo is precisely because of its power, if it cannot be used in the right place, it will lead to the most terrible destruction.

Isabella has been warning Gresta of the dangers of forbidden magic, but she has been secretly researching it herself.

"It's not fair...!"

Holding the cold body of her friend in her arms and crying to tears again and again, Gresta finally chose to put her down temporarily, got up from the ground, and stumbled to the bookshelf.

A flick of the wand blew the lock to pieces—her beautiful amber eyes were tinged with hysteria.

Gently touching the old yellowed pages with his fingertips, he came into contact with the forbidden power.

Gresta wants to bring Isabella back to life.

No matter what the price.

Even if she had to sacrifice other people's lives, she would not hesitate, as long as she could achieve her goal, she would do whatever she could.

【"She has a bad personality. She is insidious, cunning, and vicious. She will do anything to achieve her goal." Leticia snapped her fingers, "I'm really not wrong about any of these."]

It is not difficult to resurrect a person using the power of forbidden spells.

But the person who was revived by the power of the forbidden spell, who wanted to resurrect the person who sacrificed his life to resurrect her because of the power of the taboo—that is impossible...

Gresta bears the life of Isabella, and is bound by such karma. In any case, it is impossible for her to resurrect Isabella. This has even reached the paradox of the power level, and it cannot be controlled by human beings at all. break in.

Even if Gresta doesn't believe in this evil, after trying again and again, she gets the witch's eye that can see through cause and effect and transcend time.

There was also no way to find a way to revive Isabella Frias.

It wasn't until this moment that when she looked back suddenly, Gresta realized that she was already in the abyss.

Everything is irretrievable, I can only accept it, and then spend the life that belongs to Isabella in the long torment.

Chapter 51 The Redeemer

Brisac Calendar, 1101, Summer, Dark Star.

The sound of the evening wind blowing through the leaves in the forest echoed around. Gresta knelt in front of a small grave, stroking the cold tombstone.

"...I'm sorry, Isabella, I can't imagine what the world would be like without you."

Human beings can spend their whole life in a state of confusion, because their life span is less than a hundred years.

But people who are cursed by a long time, if they lose their final goal, there is no point in continuing to live——

Just like Leticia answered Cheng Rang's question before.

"If you hadn't met me, and you had achieved the ultimate intention of the curse, then... what would you do?"

Her bitter smile is beautifully suffocating.

"In that case, I'll burn everything I own and sleep in an unquenchable karma...forever."

The plain wooden wand was held tightly in Gresta's palm and raised upwards.

"One last thing, column

Tisia de Gesebrissac - I will keep the promise I made to you and prove that I have not lied to you again. "

"I, Gresta Via, the twelfth-order witch who was rejected by you from the gate of magic..."

"Will be your...death giver."

The lengthy incantation echoed in the forest along with the brilliant light shot from the tip of Gresta's staff to the sky.

In this empty, no longer warm forest.

【Fire Element Taboo Curse—Scorching Flame Starfall...】

rumbling....

The deep purple night sky was suddenly ignited, scorching the red and blue moons to scorching heat, and the rain of fire that destroyed the world descended brilliantly. , this lament of withered life.

In the blazing sea waves, those amber eyes no longer existed, only black and white vertical pupils remained, exuding a strange aura, swaying quietly on the scorched earth.

More than 300 years ago, the reason why Gresta cast those forbidden spells.

why?

Because that's all I can do...

Then it seemed that the memory after that was interrupted, and Gresta suddenly pulled away from the out-of-control state, and the broom flying in the air shook violently a few times, and slowly stopped in mid-air.

Gresta's breathing was short, she closed her eyes forcefully and shook her head vigorously, and when she opened it again, it was still Isabella's face that was still in shock.

"Ms. Gresta... are you okay?"

"No, I....No, I'm fine...!"

The flying broom accelerated again, and the two of them remained silent for the rest of the way.

Sensing the wave of magic power approaching, Bubble, who was lying on the ground, looked up to the sky, and found Gresta's broom, and the two people who sat on it and returned with the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Yeah, you guys are back, meow? I've been watching the house and not sleeping!"

The only thing that greets Bubbles is the string of extra-large grilled fish hanging on the head of the broom.

She quickly stretched out her paws to catch it, buried her head and began to gnaw.

"This is the taste meow!"

After dismissing the gluttonous loli dragon, Gresta went straight back to her room without saying a word, and slammed the door shut.

The unattended broom dangled and leaned against the door, looking no different from an ordinary broom.And Isabella stood in front of the door of Gresta's room, the hand that wanted to knock on the door hung in the air, hesitated for a long time but failed to fall, and finally returned to her room.

It's getting dark...I'm very tired today, I'd better rest earlier.

Isabella lay tossing and turning on the bed, and her mind was still full of pictures of Gresta's loss of control.

At a certain moment, the way she looked at herself was completely different from before, and there was an indescribable emotion in it, which even grabbed her heart.

There were tears in those amber eyes, but they seemed to be dried up by the fire-like hatred in them in the next second.

How complicated is it?It is also impossible for Isabella to understand Gresta's story only in a few words.

But the only thing she was able to understand at this time was that she knew that the so-called "longevity" or "immortality" in the eyes of some people was not a beautiful ability.

But for them who have intelligence and emotion, and are bound by time...nearly endless torture and curse.

......

While thinking wildly, I don't know when I fell asleep on the bed. When Isabella was woken up by Gresta's knock on the door, it was already very late.

The morning dew has long since disappeared, and this long-lost sleep lasted until the morning.

"Get up, it's already eleven o'clock in the morning."

"Ms. Gresta...Ah! It's so late, sorry, I'll get up now!"

Busily arranging her clothes and messy hair, Isabella muttered to herself how she had suddenly overslept as she opened the door.

"Another 3 minutes...will be ready soon!"

"Isabella."

"Yes!"

Gresta's expression was calm, and she seemed to have adjusted her emotions long ago, and she could no longer see a trace of yesterday's gaffe.

"You haven't said hello yet."

"...Huh?" Isabella was combing her hair back with a hair rope in her mouth. If she has long hair and it is too late to take care of it, it would be easier to tie it up. She looked at Gresta at the door and winked at her. .

Afterwards, he grasped the hair neatly, and flexibly pulled the long hair into a ponytail with the hair tie in his mouth, and smiled.

"Good morning, Teacher Gresta!"

"...just call me by my last name, just like her."

Isabella didn't catch Gresta's murmurs.

"Hey, what did you say?"

"No, it's nothing, you got up too late today and didn't have breakfast." Gresta turned her head and left.

"...uh, yes."

Following Gresta's footsteps and walking out of the room, she immediately saw the black-haired loli lying on the lawn in front of the Witch's House, basking in the sun.

Isabella frowned, and hurried over to straighten Bubble's rolled up skirt.

"Bubble, how many times have I said that you should pay attention to your image when you look like a human being, at least put on your underwear properly!"