The warden who guards the witches

A few days later, at a coffee shop near the Rose Iron Prison, Aiden was flipping through the latest issue of "Explorer".

"...This ancient curse cast by the witch bound Daisy. She felt weak, and death became her shadow. Although it was just following her now, she could no longer get rid of it.

She turned to Geno, the Hound Man, and found that there was only seriousness on his face, without unnecessary sympathy or sadness - this made her somewhat relieved. This was her own choice, and she did not want to end in a sad atmosphere. .

'Mr. Hound, can you dance the Northern round dance? ’ she shouted loudly, trying to raise her voice, waving to the other party.

‘Yes. ’ Geno replied calmly, ‘I can hum the tune from beginning to end. ’

‘Then, dance a song with me. ’

…

The dance reached its climax, and a black mist appeared in front of Daisy's eyes. She was distracted and tripped over herself. Fortunately, her dance partner held her tightly and guided her through this stage.

She worked hard to get through the most difficult part, turned around twice, and then she was pleasantly surprised to find that her body became lighter, as if the curse had disappeared.

Her steps became lighter and she even began to dominate the dance steps. Geno and she both knew that this was just a flashback, but they were both tacitly immersed in the dance.

…

The dance music that Geno hummed quickly came to an end, and Daisy finally felt the fear of approaching death. She hoped that this dance would never end.

But the moment she met Jeno's eyes again, she tried hard to regain her eyesight. This is her end, and she will leave the way she chooses. As she said in the past, she will leave with a smile.

…

The dance ended, and the sunset that illuminated them finally set, turning the western sky blood red.

Daisy felt the cold. She knew that the chill of the night was still far away, and it was her body that was cold.

At the last moment, she saluted Geno: 'Thank you, sir. Let’s dance together next time. ’

'That's my pleasure. ’ Geno returned the greeting, and then reached out to catch Daisy, because she suddenly fell down like a doll with its strings broken.

He felt that Daisy was very light, as if she were made of foam and could disappear into the sunset at any time..."

Seeing this, Aiden closed the book.

In this issue of "Explorers", "Hound Man", which had been suspended for two issues, suddenly added several chapters, directly bringing Daisy's story to an end.

Daisy in the story is set as a tool used by a crazy witch to resurrect the ancient evil god. An evil spirit with the ability to transform separates from her soul and obtains a physical body. She goes around killing people to sacrifice to the evil god. This evil spirit then He is a doppelganger killer, and Daisy, who inherited the ancient blood, is the vessel for the evil god's final resurrection.

To stop this ritual, the evil spirit must be killed, but since the evil spirit and Daisy's souls are bound to each other, if the evil spirit dies, Daisy will die as well.

At the end of the story, the doppelgänger murderer takes a victim hostage. After Daisy hesitated, she finally chose to kill half of herself, which brought her life to an end.

It seems that this is the ending that "Fantasy" prepared for Deborah.

Even if Aiden changed the ending of this story, in the end the "Dreamer" still wrote it according to his own idea.

"Mr. Aiden." A call made Aiden raise his head, and Deborah sat down in front of him. "I'm sorry for being late. It took me a while to pack my luggage."

"What time does the train leave?" Aiden asked.

"At one o'clock, in half an hour, the luggage carriage will be outside. I will go to the Empire first to clear up the work at the theater, and then go to the North Shore to take the ferry." Deborah said.

"Have you all thought about it?"

"Well, I want to talk to my mother. Also, I still have many conflicting thoughts, so I plan to go back, re-investigate my past, and then think about the future. Maybe... we will have some time I can’t see you anymore.”

Today is Deborah's day to say goodbye.

Just yesterday, Deborah finally received a reply from her adoptive mother Liv from the Northern Continent.

Liv did not answer Deborah's question directly. She only responded: "If you are still alive, please give me a chance. I want to talk to you."

Obviously, Phantom Thief Liv does know the ending arranged for Deborah by the "Imaginener". Deborah finally decided to go back to the Northern Continent to see her. The dominant half of her spirit still had certain feelings for her adoptive mother.

"That's it." That's all Aiden said.

"To be honest, I really miss you." Deborah smiled, "But I think as long as we are alive, we will have the opportunity to see you again in the future, so you don't have to send me away."

"How is your mental state recently?" Aiden asked.

"It's not particularly good. I still have nightmares occasionally. I dream about memories of killing people. I feel a little uncomfortable every time I wake up." Deborah shook her head gently, "But, that's it."

At least he would be repulsed by the memory of his own murder, which shows that the righteous half still dominates. Aiden used the "Code" to conduct several inquiries on Deborah these days, and finally determined that she no longer had the antisocial tendencies of the doppelgänger.

But after merging with the doppelganger killer, Deborah also lost her dedication to justice. The memory of the murderer's doppelgänger's personal crime restrained her, preventing her from doing heroic acts with her head held high like before. Doing good deeds became more like an act of atonement for her.

She also lost her lofty ambition to recreate the legend of her adoptive father in the Southern Continent. She no longer had much nostalgia for this land. The only thing she had was probably a little admiration for Aiden, but compared to the life she planned to explore. , which is not enough to keep her.

Deborah, the justice messenger who was eager for justice and loved justice, changed, or perhaps only left a part of herself in this world.

“Bon voyage then,” Aiden said.

"I will write to you as soon as possible." Deborah stood up with a smile and stretched out her hand, "Don't worry, I won't attack you this time."

Aiden stood up and kissed the tip of the other person's hand.

"Goodbye," Aiden said.

"Goodbye." Deborah turned around, "And, thank you."

After saying that, she walked out of the store under Aiden's gaze.

When she walked out of the store, she almost bumped into a man who was about to enter the store.

"Sorry, sir." Deborah apologized politely.

"I am." The man nodded, and then suddenly laughed, "Oh, it's my first time to see a beautiful girl like you. Can I have a drink with you?"

"No, I'm in a hurry. Besides, I have someone I like." Deborah waved her hand and got into the hired carriage.

She did not see that the moment the carriage left, the man suddenly took off his hat and saluted in the direction in which the carriage left.

"Bon voyage, my little mermaid." The man said softly, pushing the door open and entering the store.

He walked straight to Aiden's seat.