Chapter 11: The witch (1/2)

Sol couldn't help but feel a little weak in the legs as he walked down toward the private zone reserved for his teacher.

Edea Asmodeus, the witch of time, also known as the witch of the west. In Lustburg, there were three women who were known to stand at the top above everyone else and hold so much authority that anyone of them could plunge the kingdom into a dark age if they so wished.

Lilith Luxuria, the regent queen of the kingdom as well as the sword saint of this generation.

Camelia Castitas, the supreme daughter of Castitas.

Edea Asmodeus, the current leader of the witches cult.

Edea was his teacher in magic study, even though he couldn't use mana until his awakening, and even then, he wouldn't really need to learn witchcraft, he was still happy to have such a renowned teacher.

Finally, after turning in a halfway, he stopped in front of a wall before slowly knocking on it three times in rhythm.

The moment he did so, a weak light seemingly scanned him from head to toe before the part of the wall he stood in front of changed into a black door on which a scarlet snake was eating his own tail.

'Ouroboros, the snake representing the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. One of the fourteen divine beasts.'

”How long do you plan to stand like a dunce?”

A voice filled with the age of time entered his ear from behind the door. This voice brought him back from the trance he always entered in whenever he saw that picture.

Mustering the brightest smile he could, he pushed open the door and entered

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The moment he opened the door, what greeted him wasn't the interior of a room, but an entire different world.

'Everytime I see it I can't help but marvel.'

The other side of the door was a large green pasture. The wind stirred gently, the sun shined high in the sky, and a little far away, seated a young girl on a white table, sipping tea from a teacup.If one had to choose two words to describe her, it would be white and black.

Even from here, the view felt like he was in a fairy tail. The first thing anyone would remark was how young she was.

At first view, she didn't seem older than a young teen, but this impression would immediately vanish the moment they sharpened their senses. Even someone still unawakened like him could feel it. A deep primal fear was growing inside his gut as it screamed at him to run far aways as fast as possible without turning back. What stood in front of him wasn't a young woman, but a monster.

A being as old as the very kingdom he was the heir of.

A being so powerful, she was classed as a kingdom class threat.

A being so beautiful, no words could do justice to her beauty.

She was Edea West Asmodeus. The witch of time. One of the five directions of sabbat, the witches cult.

She was also his master.

”Boya, are you still going to gawk at your master?”

The moment she raised her head, Sol was startled awake by her gaze. If people were asked what her most striking feature was, some people would answer her jet black dress that seemed to be made out of darkness itself as it sucked the light around it. Some would answer, her long white hair that reached her feet and seemed to reflect all light.

But for Sol, what stood out the most for him was her eyes. Heterochromia it is called. One of her eyes was as red as a sea of blood, while her left eye was shining gold, reminiscing of the sun.

As he walked slowly toward her, he slowly genuflected and took her outstretched hand in his as he gave a kiss to her finger.

”Of course master. You know well how legendary your beauty is.”

A small enigmatic smile formed on her face as she said,

”You are such a flirt, you really remind me of your ancestor. It was also how he tricked me in this tower.”

Sol let out a bitter smile at this accusation. He knew that even though she seemed dissatisfied, she didn't hold any animosity against him. He didn't understand why. After all, in her place he would have most likely gone crazy, if his loved one betrayed him after promising him everything.

”Fufufu~!! Don't make such a face. You know very well, that I do not see Jupiter's actions as a slight against me. I have never regretted giving everything I had to him.”

”But-”

”Enough about that. The weather is pleasing today, why don't you have some tea?”