Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Heinrich opened his eyes, stood up from the holy water, and began to dress methodically.

The last piece of the puzzle to become an Extraordinary has been completed, and the next step is to wait for the right time set by Socrates.

"Ok?"

Footsteps were heard outside the cave, and then a girl dressed as a maid appeared in front of Heinrich, with chains wrapped around her hands, obviously not with friendly intentions.

"You are the witch's servant."

Anastasia.

Heinrich was genuinely puzzled. How did she get in?

Socrates should have set up a tight barrier on Chartran Island to exclude any threats. There was no reason to deliberately let a little mouse in. It was probably that she had somehow managed to get through the barrier.

Even though she knew Heinrich's position, Anna still maintained the most basic courtesy.

"Please forgive me for not being able to come in person. Anna will negotiate with you, the symbol of the "gun", on my behalf. Your Majesty, do you know why the master wants to prevent your promotion?"

"The chief magician of the palace mentioned it briefly, saying that it involves the inheritance of the brave."

Heinrich shook the handle of his gun.

"The witch needs this gun."

"Yes."

"We also have reasons for needing this holy relic, so we will never give in."

It was still a little short of the perfect time Socrates had calculated, and Heinrich thought that it was not a waste of Anna's time.

Anna followed Angelica. She understood the reason for Angelica's request, so she told Heinrich everything about the resurrection of Hades.

"I am not completely ignorant of the legend of Hades. Its authenticity is debatable. I have no reason or obligation to throw away my only chance for a myth."

"Anna understands this concern... but the servant's mission is to seek everything the master wants. Anna hereby challenges the hero of the "gun" to a duel. Please understand that Anna does not have white gloves."

"You really pay attention to rituals."

Heinrich respected everyone who did their job conscientiously.

"Since you initiated the duel, you should know the weight of this word."

The duel is no joke, but a fight where reputation and even life are at stake. Heinrich hopes to confirm Anna's will.

The puppet maid's response was unshakable.

"With life and death as the stakes, the condition for victory is to force the "Spear" Hero to be unable to complete the ascension. If Anna wins, please fulfill the mission of the "Spear" Hero."

"Excellent. This duel was originally meaningless to me, but you came here to disrupt the ceremony I prepared. Let me give you a dignified exit."

Heinrich looked up to check the time. Even if he did not accept the duel, he would have to fight Anna sooner or later. Anna did not come here just to chat.

"I accept your duel."

Heinrich didn't intend to waste too much time, and the sharpshooter Longinus locked onto Anna.

Anna naturally would not allow Heinrich to throw the magic spear, and the chains that prevented Heinrich were easily shaken open by Heinrich's magic.

"Hearts Sequence 1: The Axis. Pierce the heart of the Witch Servant, Spear of Longinus."

The divine spear tore through the sky and flew straight towards Anna's heart.

In an instant, blood flew.

……

The time goes back a few weeks.

At that time, Angelica was kidnapped by Dorothea, and Anna was anxiously looking for her master.

"Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute. Really, why are you running so fast?"

Coppelia, who had the same face as her master, stood in front of Anna.

"I'm sorry, Lady Coppelia. If you have anything to say, please put it aside until you find the master..."

"Angie will be fine. And I can find her."

Coppelia interrupted Anna rudely.

"I've been planning to find an opportunity to talk to you alone. You're always clinging to Anjie, which is really a headache."

"…Isn't it the same for Lady Coppelia?"

"It's only natural for Anjie and I to be close."

"It is only natural for a maid to serve her master."

"Huh, you still don't hide it at all."

Coppelia sighed and then changed the subject.

"You know there are major flaws in your core design, right?"

After a long silence, Anna responded softly. She was a puppet with a failed design. The biggest flaw was that the design of the core would provide the owner with excessive magic load. This was also a pain that Anna could not let go of.

Coppelia continued to explain.

"It is a complicated procedure to load magic onto a puppet. Generally speaking, the puppet needs to read instructions from the servant to use magic. If the servant can use sequence nine magic, the puppet can also use it. But puppets usually have an upper limit. On the one hand, the furnace core is not enough to calculate, and on the other hand, it is to avoid excessive consumption of magic power and endangering the servant's life. Your furnace core has no restrictions in these two aspects."

"..."

"The furnace core cannot be replaced, so I have a bold idea—"

Coppelia lays out her plan.

"...That's my plan. Of course, I have to say something in advance. I'm not completely sure. I need to see the Golden Dawn people again to know for sure."

Anna nodded thoughtfully.

When it comes to puppet making, Coppelia is the world's leading puppeteer, and her eternity is achieved by constantly replacing her body and transplanting her spirit.

"I understand. Anna will make her own decision. Besides... Anna has a question. Is Anna considered a magician?"

"Not really. The puppets don't belong to the magician."

Coppelia explained.

The fact that puppets use magic does not mean that they have a place in the sequence. Puppets retrieve instructions from their master's magic database and materialize them, but in essence, puppets cannot be considered magicians.

As Angelica's familiar, Anna can theoretically perform all the sequence magic that Angelica can use. However, Anna will not occupy a seat in any sequence. Even if she reproduces the magic of Sequence 2, the only four seats will not include the puppets.

"That's it..."

"Okay, that's all I have to say. I'll leave first! Ange, here I come!"

“Eh?! Lady Coppelia, how could you sneak away—”