So I became a witch

"Huh? What did you just say?"

"No, nothing." I honestly picked up the burger with my hands and took a light bite.Both the patties and vegetables are grilled just right, coupled with the sweet and sour taste brought by the seasoning, it is a rare good burger.

"After all, we are going on a secret trip this time, so we can't carry too much stuff, so we had to go to a hamburger restaurant in the town to buy dinner temporarily. Please forgive me." The driver Adam apologized honestly.

It turned out that I bought it from the Golden Arches!

"Although it took a long time, our harvest today is not zero."

"No, it's exactly 0, okay..."

Arisia ignored my words and continued: "At least I can be sure that my great-grandmother does indeed hide some unknown secrets."

"how you said that?"

"Don't you think it's strange? We rummaged through so many things today. Although it looks disorganized on the surface, as long as you look closely, you will find that after removing the top layer, the items underneath have been carefully cleaned up. Organized."

"You mean...the current messy appearance was actually deliberately messed up?" I immediately understood what she meant.

"That's right, that's why there is a strange situation where the upper floor is chaotic and the lower floor is orderly. As for the person who disrupted these, it is probably my great-grandmother. I am afraid she has a premonition of her own death. And I don’t want certain things to be discovered by others, so I deliberately made the basement such a mess.”

"If it's really something you don't want to be discovered, you just need to burn it directly. Why bother?"

"...Probably because of her contradictory psychology. She doesn't want to be discovered, but also wants someone to share her torment. That's why she left such a mess. Let's stop here today, I want Going to rest, you should go to bed early, after all, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow." Arisia swallowed all the hamburgers in front of her, and after a while, her face turned pale. It turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's so hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!"

"Wait, this is..." The driver Adam's complexion changed suddenly, he quickly took the packaging bag in front of Arisia and glanced, "Ah, this is the ultimate enhanced giant version that I specially asked the clerk to add ingredients to." The Wuba Spicy Burger, so it was accidentally taken by the eldest lady, no wonder I always feel that it is not tasty enough..."

"Shui Shui Shui Shui!" Arisia held her throat and spat out each word in pain.Adam quickly took the cup and rushed to the cafeteria. After turning on the faucet, the only response to him was the sound of spitting.

"...By the way, after the previous head of the family passed away, I remember that the power has been shut down here. Moreover, it was signed by you yourself, Miss."

"...!!!"

Ah, no, this guy is completely speechless.

Chapter No.17 Nightmare

After gulping down all the remaining carbonated drinks, Adam went out overnight and bought a lot of water, and finally saved Arisia's throat.In other words, how terrifying it is to be able to make Arisia, a demon hunter of at least the sixth level of the mortal world, feel pain.For a while, I feel like trying it out.However, given my current physical condition, it is better not to commit suicide.

In this way, we spent the first night in this historic castle.Ariel and I shared a double bed in a hallway room on the third floor, while Adam and Arisia lived on the second and first floors, respectively.Although this ancient house seems to have had many deaths (?) in history, there are neither ghosts nor evil spirits.However, considering that the original owner here was once a powerful demon hunter, I am afraid that even if there are some abnormal creatures, he would not dare to be presumptuous here.

Compared to these, my body, which has not rested since yesterday, has reached its limit, so shortly after going to bed, my consciousness sank into sleep.

--abyss.

In a world deeper than pitch black, where there is nothing, a girl walks on the ground.

Looking at the past, the corpses of enemies and relatives and friends are everywhere.The blood has long since dried up, leaving only cold, forgotten memories.

Why can't I also join the fight?Why leave me alone?

Whenever she thinks back to the scene before she fell asleep, she will always remember the kindness and helplessness of her mother when she looked at her.

One day, you will understand.

In order to be able to send hope into the future, I have to do this.

I'm sorry. Please forgive me.

After all, how much time has passed?

At any time, all that remains before the eyes is darkness and wreckage all over the place.No matter how long it has passed, I have never seen the "light" that my mother said.During that long time, enough to last a lifetime in the universe, the girl's heart gradually collapsed.

Now that I think about it, I should be hating him.

Hate this static world, hate the mother who left her alone in this world, hate the "hope" that never came to save her.

So, she couldn't help but think so.

If only all of this could disappear——

"Hmm!" I opened my eyes abruptly, and the first thing I saw was a watch with a spirit on it on the bedside table.

"4:57—" I whispered the number.

Is it because you went to bed too early?That's why I woke up at this time.I just felt a little urge to urinate, and I planned to get up all night and then go back to sleep, but found that my arm was tightly hugged by someone.

It's Ariel.

I don't know when, she actually ran out of her quilt and got into my quilt.

"..."

Could it be that the dream just now came from Ariel?

Fearing the loneliness of being left alone, my heart gradually collapsed during the long and countless years.He hated the mother who left him behind, hated this static world, and prayed for the shattering of everything.

As a result, the Four Witches came to life.

In fact, the breaking of the seal had nothing to do with her, it was purely because the witch's power was too strong, even the Emperor's Weapon could not completely suppress it.But Ariel took all of this as her own responsibility, blaming herself all the time.Especially after recovering his own memory, this trend became even more obvious.

Simply, it was as if he was deliberately trying to atone for his sins.Even a machine has a human heart.If it continues like this, one day she will collapse because of it.

I gently touched her head, and Ariel's eyes that were tightly wrinkled in sleep gradually relaxed, as if thinking of something, the corners of her mouth raised slightly.Taking advantage of this opportunity, I quietly untied Ariel, and slipped to the bathroom not far outside the house.

Having said that, this place is really quiet and scary.Although it is in the suburbs, it is too weird that I can't even hear a sound except for my footsteps.However, considering that it is the early morning of late winter, it is acceptable.Because I felt a little cold, I ran to the room quickly after going to the toilet.

"..." Strange, is this corridor so long?

"..." I always feel that it has been almost 10 minutes since I left.

"..." Already, a little too cold.

No matter how big it was, I felt something was wrong.

Could it be that I was attacked by someone unknowingly?But now I don't have any way to contact other people on my body, even if I yell, it will only alert the attacker.

I took a deep breath and tried to inject the remaining power into the eyes of Xu, but no matter how hard I tried, the corridor in front of me remained unchanged.

It seems that there is some trouble.No, it was too much trouble.

There are only three paths in front of me: 1. Turn around and walk back to the bathroom. 2. Stay where you are. 3. Keep going.However, no matter which method is used, the actual result is the same. With my current strength, the only hope I can make is for others to quickly notice the anomaly and come to my rescue.

"..." In the end, we had to move on.

Although I don't know what the attacker's purpose is, but since the other party has never shown up, then I can only follow his will and continue to negotiate until he is willing to show up.

In this way, more than ten minutes passed, and I, who was only wearing a pajamas, was already a little bit cold, and my physical fitness had reached its limit. As expected, a child's body, especially a girl's body, is not convenient enough.I resolutely lay on my back on the floor, as if I gave up struggling and lay flat and let myself be fucked.

"Boom, boom, boom..." After a while, someone's footsteps suddenly appeared on the floor.Although it is very weak, it does seem to be gradually strengthening.I regained my energy immediately, pricked up my ears decisively, and identified the source of the sound.

It seemed that it came from the darkness ahead.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." The voice gradually became louder. I swallowed, turned over on the floor, and stared at the front.

Finally, I saw a figure coming out of the darkness.

"...Huh?" It was a figure whose whole body seemed to be wrapped in some unknown black substance, holding a pitch-black sword in his hand.From the appearance point of view, it looks like a star-printed sword, with irregular ruler marks on the surface and blade.However, in some places, there are fundamental differences.It was dark, cold, and deep, as if it was a black hole that contained all the evils in the world, exuding a terrifying aura.

Chapter 18 Malicious

"You are..." The moment the words blurted out, the black shadow moved violently, and when I came back to my senses, my body was completely pierced by the pitch-black sword.

"……Hey?"

is that a lie?

The pierced wound seemed to recover after a while. The bright red blood gushed out of the torn muscle mouth like a spring. My body fell back weakly, feeling the coldness and tingling pain at the same time. into the brain.

Why?I ran this question over and over again in my mind, but even this remaining thought quickly fell into darkness.

Before my consciousness faded, I caught one last glimpse of the face of my assailant beneath that inky mantle.

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"!!!!" I sat up suddenly from the bed, and subconsciously touched my chest.

"...No." I muttered to myself. The place where a big hole should have been pierced, let alone a wound, didn't even leave a trace. It is as smooth as a hard-boiled egg, even to the point of being a little disgusting.

"...I wanted to wake you up, but it seems that you woke up earlier than I thought?" Arisia stood at the door with her arms folded, and yawned, looking a little hypoglycemic look.Today, she put on another gothic loli outfit based on white, giving people a rather light and ethereal feeling.

"Are you awake?" I froze for a moment.

"Hurry up and tidy up, we still have a lot of things to do today. I have already asked Adam to buy breakfast, and I should be back soon." After finishing all this, Arisia left without looking back After leaving the room, Ariel didn't know when she had already left. In the huge space, I was the only one sitting on the head of the bed blankly.

Could it be, just a dream?I frowned.But regardless of the coldness and pain, it was too real.But if it wasn't a dream, with my current body, it is absolutely impossible for me to fully recover the next day after receiving such a fatal injury.

"..." No, I don't understand what's going on at all.Since when have I been in a dream?Was it when he woke up in the early morning, or when he saw that dark figure, or earlier, before the dream about Ariel?

I shook my head and put these questions behind me.Although I always feel that this must imply something, but now is not the time to think about it, after all, there are more important things in front of me.

"There is still two-thirds of the amount, and try to solve it within today." Arisia said while drinking coffee milk.

"Well... there is something I want to ask." After hesitating for a while, I decided to tell what happened this morning.

"Well, what's the matter?" Arisia said casually, stirring the coffee in the cup with a spoon.

"Is this house... haunted?"

"……what?"

"I mean, like, one of those black guys who follow you to the toilet in the middle of the night?"

"...Where are you talking about, at least in my impression, I have never heard such strange rumors. For demon hunters, even if ghosts really exist, they are just rare and ordinary things Bar."

"That's right, well, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"However, it is not impossible."

"……what?"

"I seem to have heard that within more than a year of my great-grandmother's death, someone once witnessed the lights in this room suddenly turn on in the middle of the night, and a figure flashed by, and the outline of the figure seemed to be Some are like my deceased great-grandmother." Arisia said nonchalantly.

"Wait, this is not something to laugh about!" I yelled.

"Hmph, it's probably because some thieves who are not afraid of death sneaked in here and were discovered by others unintentionally."

"..." Really, is that all?

All in all, after breakfast, we started another day of work.Because of yesterday's experience, today's speed is much faster. By the time of evening, there are not many items left in the basement.

"By the way, your great-grandmother is really a person who likes to travel." I casually put a strange doll with a strange shape, and I don't know which African tribe it belonged to, and put it on the pile of items, and said casually.

"Ah, after all, she is a person who can't take time off. Until more than ten years before her death, she was still traveling around, and she didn't know what she was doing... But, after a certain day, her temperament suddenly changed. Changed, as if he had changed himself, regardless of the opposition of his family, he moved to the house here by himself until his death.”

"Did you come here because you wanted to find out the reason?"

"Half and half. After all, I only saw her once or twice when I was a child, and my impression has long been blurred. However, I always feel that if I just leave her alone like this, I will be a bit unwilling, hehe." A Rui Thea easily carried a pile of boxes that were the same height as her out of the basement, and put them all the way into the back garden outside the house.

"How will these things be dealt with then?"

"Well, it must have been thrown away or treated as waste."

"Uh, is this okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Although there are many antiques among them, they are no longer usable. Instead of piling up here to waste space, it's better to dispose of them as soon as possible. And there are quite a few of them, all of which are boarded here by other people." Things, if you haven’t come to claim them after so many years, you probably have forgotten that there is such a thing.”

"...Well." Forget it, I don't care about my affairs anyway.Moreover, the information about these items has been completely stored by the spirit, so even if you suddenly think of something useful, you won't be afraid to find it, "Hey, this is it?"

My attention was suddenly drawn to a necklace stacked on top of a pile of cardboard boxes.It was a sterling silver necklace, and the surface of the necklace had become dull due to the age.Perhaps it was for this reason that it was overlooked just now.The other end of the necklace is connected to a red gemstone. The surface of the gemstone is like a pendant, and an opening is artificially made, probably for storing photos or other things.

I opened the opening of the gem curiously, but there was nothing inside except a square gap.Although it seemed to have let something go, but now it is empty. I don't know if it fell somewhere during the previous handling process.

Chapter 19 Battlefields of the Past

"What are you doing? There are still some things that are coming to an end, so hurry up and help me." Arisia, who had already returned to the house, kept urging me.

"Ah no, look at this?" I naturally held up the necklace to show her, "Is this also your great-grandmother's?"

Arisia frowned, and said with some doubts: "It seems... I have some impressions. I remember that my great-grandmother used to wear this necklace, and she seemed to cherish it, but when she was buried, she didn't. Didn’t see it, didn’t expect it to be hidden here? Forget it, it’s just an old necklace anyway, just dispose of it directly.”

"Hmm..." I hesitated for a while, and instead of throwing it away as she said, I subconsciously thought of something.

I always feel that where I am, I seem to have seen a similar shape of the gap in the necklace.

After all, where is it?

"Hey, how long are you going to hang around! Adam seems to have found something incredible!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'll be right over!" I put the necklace in my pocket without any hassle, and rushed back to the castle from the backyard door.