Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

"Master Hugo, you don't seem to have many regrets."

"Yeah, even I find it incredible, but I guess... this is the difference."

Hugo poked his left chest; his heart was still beating.

"Doing what you really want to do, even if you get nothing in the end, will give you a different feeling. I have never experienced this feeling before. You asked me before if I felt any regrets, and that's what you meant, right? When I saw that there was nothing on the other side of the sea, I must have thought, why didn't I find it earlier?"

Angelica nodded.

"I think you have your answer by now."

"Well. Thinking back on my previous life... I always lived according to the routine, following the pace of life of the elves of Burslem. If I had chosen to go out to sea to explore instead of following the customs of Burslem, my life would have been completely different. I do feel regret, but more of a sense of relief."

Hugo raised his head and let the sea breeze hit his face.

"An hour ago, I was still insisting that trees should not be used as boats. Even if I really went back to the past, I would not have the courage to break with tradition and convention. My past life was also my own choice. The sea without giants has always been here for more than a hundred years. Who can I blame for not choosing to go out to sea?"

If I were a strong-willed spirit, I would not have waited until my old age to see the sea without giants. Why did I have to wait until my old age to realize the dream I cherished as a child? When I was young, I should have had plenty of time to persevere, right?

"But your life isn't over yet.?"

"But I no longer have the ability to leave Burslem."

If Hugo could have come to this sea earlier, he would have definitely walked out of Burslem. Elves like to settle down in their hometowns, but occasionally they are willing to step out of their comfort zone.

Angelica shrugged, she took out a magic item and handed it to Hugo.

“This is… eh?”

Hugo suddenly felt much more comfortable. His legs and feet seemed to be able to walk normally, and the heaviness in his chest disappeared.

"I got a magic item before. Although I don't know its name or who made it, I have analyzed its specific function with my genius ability. Do you feel much better now?"

"Yeah, what did it do?"

"The magic attached to this magic item is similar to that of a sealing needle, which can deceive the brain. Your lung necrosis and leg disease have not been cured. It just creates an illusion that allows you to walk normally and shields the symptoms of lung necrosis. Once you choose to run, its magic will be unable to support you. Of course, you still have less than a year left to live, and in this less than a year, you can use it to support a healthy body."

"…………"

"We won't be seeing each other again, so don't worry about how to give it back to me."

For a witch, it is just one of many magical items that are of little use. If it can block menstrual cramps, Angelica doesn't mind giving it a good review.

"The choice is yours. Farewell, elf watching over the giant.

Maybe Hugo will still stay in Burslem, maybe Hugo will use the last less than a year of his life to leave his hometown. In any case, it is Hugo's own choice.

It’s like Hugo gazing at a sea where he believed there were giants for hundreds of years, but never choosing to go out to sea.

Angelica often wondered if she was an ordinary girl, would she still have the courage to be with Viola? So she would not sneer at Hugo who pursued his dream in his old age, because he was just an ordinary elf.

350 [The Witch and the Ghosts of One Hundred Elves]

There was once a saying that all fear comes from insufficient firepower.

If a place is said to be haunted, most people will stay away from it, but if they have a weapon, such as a pistol, more people will dare to try it.

Suppose again that this pistol has unlimited bullets, or is a more powerful heavy weapon, it will no longer be a case of the ghost looking for the person, but the person looking for the ghost.

Of course, there are no firearms in the world of swords and magic, but the principle is the same, and the effect is the same if you use magic skills and magic wands. Therefore -

"You're not going to scare us away with ghost stories just because we're girls, are you?"

Angelica looked at the elf in front of her speechlessly. Unfortunately, she, Anna, and Sister Alice were not afraid of ghosts. Angelica herself was no exception. Anna could manually adjust the program to block out fear. Sister Alice was a fanatical clergyman and she was always the one chasing ghosts... No, she was a vampire, so she should be the one chasing people.

As for why I say it's a pity, it's because Angelica has the habit of telling ghost stories to strange adventurer camps during her travels. In that way, the scared beautiful girls will naturally stick together, but it is of no use to Anna and Sister Alice.

The elves in front of her sighed. To be exact, they were fully armed elves. Angelica recognized their attire and could simply understand them as the personal guards directly under the Elf King Oberon.

"We didn't lie to you. There are indeed lingering evil spirits ahead - in Lateran."

Lateran is one of the paths leading to Avalon. Angelica had never walked this road before, so she took Anna and Sister Alice to Lateran with the mood of "Let's take this road this time".

...and then the previous scene happened.

They were told by the Elf King's personal guards that there were vengeful spirits in Ratlan.

"Ghost...ah, I remember now!"

"Lady Alice?"

"When I came to Albion Island, I asked if there was anything I could do. Then my brothers and sisters told me that there is a place called Rutland on Albion Island, where there are vengeful spirits of a hundred elves! Please don't be afraid, the messenger of God has come to save you."

Sister Alice's attitude suddenly became earnest.

"We appreciate your kindness, but it's impossible to do so. Even the Elf King is helpless... Or maybe it's precisely the Elf King who is helpless? In short, you can't dispel the evil spirit of Ratlan."

"You can't disperse them because you don't follow the correct faith. As long as you follow our almighty God, any evil and heresy is not worth mentioning!"

"…………"

The elves in the Royal Guard were stunned. They didn't know where Sister Alice got her confidence from.

Having said that, they had guarded Lateran day and night and were indeed tired of the boring life. They looked at each other and decided to let Sister Alice try.

"Why don't you try believing in that god?"

“It is the great Lord who will give you glory!”

"Yes, yes, Lord. May His followers help us dispel the evil spirits of the hundred elves."

The elves' perfunctory response was seen by Sister Alice as a symbol of successful missionary work, and she cheered like a happy little bird.

Then she immediately turned around and gave Angelica her sweet smile without reservation.

"It's our turn, Angel!"

"………………ha?"

Angelica was slightly startled.

"Wait, could it be that the messenger of God is..."

"Hmm! Compared to you, angel, I am just a humble spectator who kisses your footprints."

"Don't do that."

Why kiss the footprints when there are feet there?

Angelica only now realized that the messenger of God that Sister Alice was talking about was actually her.

Angelica's principle was not to get involved in matters that had nothing to do with her unless the other party was willing to pay, but there was one piece of information that she was a little concerned about.

"By the way, I have a question for you."

"what?"

"You just said... it was the Elf King who was helpless? Is there any connection between the evil spirit of Ratlan and the current Elf King?"

Angelica has a wealth of magical knowledge. She knows that there must be a reason for the formation of evil spirits. To dispel evil spirits, one must either use great force or find a solution based on the cause. Generally speaking, the person who caused the formation of evil spirits is the key to breaking the situation, just like the key to an iron door.

The SS flatly denied it.

"No, it has nothing to do with the current Elven King. It happened during the time of Oberon."

"...Anyway, it's the previous Elf King?"

The common language magic could not translate Oberon's life span in the elven language, but it could be determined that it was not the Elf King that Angelica was familiar with who caused this trouble.

In that case, there is no need...

"Yes, but every generation of Elf Kings regards it as their responsibility, hoping to purify the resentful spirits of the one hundred elves. Unfortunately, they all end in failure."

"Ugh……"

Angelica sighed quietly.

Oberon never told me about this before... Well, well, I've met him now. It's an old friend, so I can't just sit back and do nothing. After all, in Angelica's opinion, Oberon is a guy with strong magical talent, a genius magician who has reached Sequence 1 magic. If even he can't do anything about it, then I'm afraid that the vengeful spirit of Ratlan will be really difficult to deal with.

Angelica could understand why Oberon kept it a secret from her. Even though they were friends, vengeful spirits were never easy to talk to. They were often extremely dangerous. Although Angelica herself could not die, she did not feel any danger.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on in Ratlan? Is the Wraith of One Hundred Elves, as the name implies, a wraith composed of one hundred elves?"

"Correct."

"The death of one hundred elves is not a small number on Albion Island... Apart from the natural disaster that Albion Island encountered and the invasion of orcs, I can't think of anything else that could lead to the death of one hundred elves."

When the demons were released from the Elf Island, the Elf King claimed that it was a natural disaster, and even many of the dead elves believed that it was a natural disaster. On the other hand, if the souls that died in the war were to be affected by magic and mutated, they would be more likely to become ghouls. Both events were unlikely to give rise to vengeful spirits, so what exactly caused a hundred elves to die with resentment?

"…It's about the disaster caused by the sinner Charlene."

The elf uttered with difficulty the names that were forbidden on the island of Albion. If possible, he hoped that the sinner's name would never be mentioned.

The witch frowned.

"Hmm? Charlene... a familiar name... the Charlene I know?"

351 Sinner Charlene

A long time ago, probably hundreds of years ago, Angelica visited the island of Albion, where she met an elven magician named Charlene.

"Is it someone the master knows?"

"That's it for now."

In order to conceal her identity as a witch, Angelica communicated with Anna using magic telepathy.

"I met an elf named Charlene when I came to the Elf Island before."

"An old friend of the master?"

"No, not to that extent."

Contrary to her usual attitude, Angelica denied it.

"I won't specifically remember people I just met by chance, but Charlene is a little special. She is one of the few elves who is afraid of death."

This may sound a bit strange, how could someone not be afraid of death? However, the concepts of elves and orcs are different from those of humans. From the perspective of elves, death will still be reincarnated, so elves tend to look at death calmly. Charlene's concept is an outlier among elves. She believes that even if there is reincarnation after death, if all memories are lost, I will no longer be myself, which is no different from leaving the world forever.

"I see. Then the master's qualifications will definitely attract the attention of Lady Charlene."

"That's right. At that time, I hadn't been wanted by the Elf Island yet, so I told Charlene my identity very directly. She immediately decided to become my disciple, hoping that I could tell her how to reach Sequence One. In fact, Charlene is a very talented elf. She has reached multiple Sequence Twos, but she has never been able to climb to the top. Even though the Sequence One position was vacant, she would not be qualified no matter what she did."

"People who are too obsessed often hurt themselves."

"That's what I told her. I hope Charlene can enjoy life more. Not being able to reach the level of a Beyonder is a high probability thing. It's not anyone's fault. If she only wastes her time on studying magic, she won't even be able to enjoy the life she should have. But Charlene wouldn't listen. She insisted that I tell her how I reached Sequence One."

No emotions could be heard in the telepathic communication, but Anna could still feel Angelica's helplessness.

"I told Charlene I didn't do anything special."

"As expected of the master, your talent is unrivaled in the world."

"That being said, the blow to Charlene was devastating. Because it meant that all her lifelong efforts were no match for my whim. I had helped Viola become an Extraordinary before, but Viola had that talent, and Charlene had already reached her limit, even beyond it in my opinion at the time. I hoped she would give up, but it had the opposite effect in the end."

Charlene is not someone without any magical aptitude. After all, there are only four magicians in a sequence who can master Sequence 2 magic, not to mention that Charlene can master multiple Sequence 2 magic.

It was precisely because of this that Angelica dealt her an unprecedented blow.

The worst students will not envy the top students, and the poor will only fantasize about the life of the rich, not be jealous, because they are far away from that status. But if there is a chance to reach it, it is inevitable that there will be jealousy and hatred.

The talented Charlene couldn't understand why Angelica could get what she dreamed of without any effort. She had given her all, worked hard, racked her brains, and couldn't do it no matter how hard she tried. But the witch said that she didn't do anything, as if it was something she deserved without any effort.

"So in the end, Charlene and I parted on bad terms... If Charlene ended up going crazy, I was also responsible to some extent."

In Angelica's opinion, Charlene was probably the kind of person who liked to dwell on trivial matters, and she shouldn't have met Charlene in the first place.

The Elf Guards were unaware of the conversation between Angelica and Anna, and showed a relaxed expression.

"Oh, you know the sinner Charlene. That makes things much easier. Let us skip over the sinner's past."

"Okay, just tell me what she did in Rutland."

"The sinner Charlene longed to achieve eternity, and for this she fell into evil ways. She got black magic from somewhere and kidnapped many fairies in Lateran, including the Fairy Queen at the time."

“That can really be called a big event.”

"The Elf King led his personal guards to go out in full force and surrounded Ratlan, but the sinner Charlene never thought of making any conditions. She planned to use the kidnapped elves as sacrifices, and she set up an extremely despicable trap. The sinner Charlene set up many barriers, and the barrier could only be broken by sacrificing a hundred elves."

Sister Alice suddenly realized.