Chapter 467 (1/2)

Chapter 467: You’re Irreplaceable

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After the illusion disappeared, the lobby fell into an eerily silence.

After a while, Scroll finally sighed and said, “No wonder your sister fell over in shock. That’s quite… terrifying indeed.”

“The ability to place an entire group under an illusion is very rare, but not new…” Agatha said slowly. “When I was in the Union, I knew at least two witches with similar powers, one of which was a Senior Witch from Starfall City.”

“How many times can you use this ability every day?” asked Wendy. “Can you control the specific time period that the illusion shows?” According to His Highness’ usual practices, there should be a comprehensive test of her ability that sought to understand its characteristics, efficacy and usage.

“About… two or three times,” whispered Summer, “and what do you mean by time period? Are you asking how recent the things I show are?” Seeing Wendy nod, Summer stroked her own head in embarrassment. “I’ve never tested it, but I think earlier things take more effort…”

Wendy couldn’t help but laugh. “It doesn’t take effort, but the magic power inside your body.”

“Magic power?”

“You should be able to feel it flowing inside you like water, or floating inside you like fog. Using your ability requires magic power,” explained Scroll. “There’re so many things to learn about magic power, and I’ll teach them all to you in the future.”

“Uh-huh.” Summer nodded.

Then, Wendy instructed Summer to use all her powers to display an illusion. This time, the illusion was from a day and a half ago, when the lights were shining in the lobby, and the sisters of the Witch Union were having dinner at a long table. Afterwards, Summer completely exhausted her magic power and lowered her arms, panting, with beads of sweat emerging on her forehead.

Wendy recorded the results of the two tests on a notebook, but she couldn’t think of a single use for Summer’s ability. “Her illusions can only show the past but can’t predict the future, so we’ll have to wait for His Highness Roland to return and judge.” At this thought, she couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated. His Highness once told her that he wanted to make the Witch Union a self-governing organization and to appoint her as the director. However, she wasn’t as nearly knowledgeable as His Highness, so she couldn’t think of all the uses for her sisters’ abilities as well as he could.

After collecting her emotions, Wendy was about to say a few words of encouragement to Summer, when Scroll made a gesture towards her.

The two witches stepped aside, and Wendy asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Were you planning on telling Summer that she could stay here if she didn’t want to go home?” Scroll asked with a frown. “Did you forget that witches need to be verified before joining the Witch Union?”

Wendy obviously knew that witches needed to answer ten questions about their identity and background under the supervision of Nightingale before being accepted. “But Summer probably didn’t lie… Her identification was made by Soraya, and her background matches up. Not to mention that she just awakened and is a non-combat type witch, so even the church won’t be able to predict something like this.”

“Magic power isn’t the only thing that can harm someone. A dagger or a pack of poison can have the same effect, if not better.”

“No, how could she possibly…”

“But you can’t rule out this possibility.” Scroll interrupted. “The City Hall is in charge of resident verification and won’t inspect every household, so a sudden awakening is actually the best way of getting into the castle…” She paused. “I know that this possibility is very small, but don’t forget that we can’t afford to lose His Highness Roland. Lady Tilly is also living in the witch building right now, so if something happens to her, the relationship between Border Town and Sleeping Island will completely splinter, and all of His Highness’ work will be for nothing. It’s too high of a risk.”

“…” Wendy was silent. She knew that Scroll’s concerns were reasonable and weren’t targeting Summer, but she still found them hard to accept. As the first witch to be awakened in the town under the rule of Roland, Summer was treated as a potential enemy spy, which was simply heartbreaking. After a long time, Wendy said, “I understand. I’ll send her back.”

“I’ll go with you.” Scroll sighed.

…

After they left the castle, Summer instantly became much more energetic and began holding Wendy’s hand and asking about the witches and the lord.