These people are witches, Tsa did not lie, the ashes can feel the magic in their body, but also to roughly distinguish the strength of the leader in front of the leader is particularly so, her magic is like a sharp knife, just focus to feel the hidden tingling.

"My name is Ashes, and I am glad to see you, sisters of the Association."She put the sword aside and hugged the four witches one by one... No, she thought, it must have been five.Ash raised her head and looked at the black dots circling in the sky, “Isn’t she coming down?”

“She’s showing us the way,” the leader laughed, “I’m the Nightingale,” and then she pointed to the other three witches, “the books, the leaves, and the echoes.”At last Nunu mouthed to heaven, "That little girl is a lightning bolt."

When the ashes looked at the scroll, the magic feeling in the other party was very weak, like a cloud all over the body, which surprised her, "superior?"

The Nightingale’s expression also looked a little surprised, “Can you see the magic?”

“It’s not about seeing, it’s about feeling,” Ash explains, “that the transcendent can perceive the form and flow of magic, because every part of the body has been transformed by it, and I think the sister must feel the same way as I do.”

The book said with a smile, "Indeed, it has allowed me to find many companions in the vast sea of people."

“Are the extraordinary few?”The Nightingale asked.

The other party is first concerned about the number, not the extraordinary what is... Ashes secretly think, have you heard of the existence of extraordinary witches?This is a secret of the strict ban of the church, because the power of the transcendent witch acts directly on itself, not subject to the stone of divine punishment, and any exposed transcendent is the first enemy of the church.

"There will be a transcendent among the thousands of witches," thought in her heart, as the look on her face remained as usual, "so far I have seen, and there are only three of my compatriots, plus books."Ash paused for a moment, “Yes, I remember the leader of the conference seemed to be called Hakala, how is she?”

"She is dead," the Nightingale shook her head, "and died on the way to the holy mountain."

“It’s sad news,” Ash said in a low voice, but what worried her was that the other party didn’t show much sadness when she talked about it, “Who is your new leader now?”

"Let's go back to the border town and talk slowly," she smiled, "and you'll see him soon."

...

After the group entered the town, the ash found something wrong.The co-fascination witches even raised torches and walked in the streets.And even after the night, the town is not a dead silence, many household paper windows reveal the faint fire, listen carefully, and the children's array of reading.

Candles can't say how expensive this kind of thing is, but the savings of civilians are limited and they will never be easily used when necessary.The town at night when so many residents lit candles, is already an incredible sight, plus a word of reading sound, are they teaching children to learn to read?

But the other person did not mention it, and she did not bother to ask.Anyway, this is not a place to live for a long time, all she has to do is to take everyone away as soon as possible.

Across the streets, a line of people grew closer to the castle area, and the ash had seen the dark walls of night and the guards standing guard.“Where are we going?”She couldn’t stop speaking.

"The castle is coming."The answer was the nightingale.

"Wait," she could not help but slow down, "that's where the lords live."

"It's also the house of the witches."

“Have you made a deal with the Lord?”The ashes frowned.Even if the joint help is stronger in the local area, it is difficult to compete head-on with the lords and the church who have the stone of divine punishment, so the only possibility is to cooperate, which is one of the survival options explored by some witches.Unfortunately, in the face of the weak witch group, most of the lords are not willing to sit down to talk about the conditions fairly, but endlessly squeezed and demanded, so the road was quickly blocked.

“It is worth it,” said the Nightingale, with little reluctance, but rather of pleasure, “at least we have signed a contract with His Highness.”

Ashes could not be happy for them, and the contract, written in pen and paper, was unfettered, and when the lord was tired of paying or wanted to suspend the equality, he only had to throw it into the fireplace.No one will fight for witches, and their status is like a leaf in the sea, and there is a danger of overturning at any time.

Fortunately, she came, she thought, and took them out of here and went to the other side of the sea.There are homes built by witches themselves that can be kept away from the threats of the church and the world.

Through the castle gate, the guards were accustomed to the appearance of the witch and greeted each other.

The castle of the lords here is undoubtedly much smaller and darker than the palace of the king.The wall of the aisle was only hung with a few solitary torches, and the swaying light could not cover the entire slate floor, and walking in it was a bit depressing.Until entering the living room, the fire suddenly brightened.

In the hall, the ashes saw more witches, who seemed to have waited here for a long time, and when they saw themselves appear, they applauded and welcomed.The Nightingale took the first two steps, and was preparing for a brief introduction, a witch suddenly rushed over.

“Wendy!”Someone shouted.

Ash noticed the other party's actions, but did not take any countermeasures, she could feel the other's surprise and joy, but there was no hostility.Soon, a warm body hugged her.

"You survived," the other voice was full of excitement, "thank you for saving me."

The ash fainted, “You are...”

"My name is Wendy," she said, loosening her hands and looking straight into the ashes, "the little girl of the choir."Do you remember me?”

...

In the bedroom on the second floor, there were only ashes and Wendy.

She didn’t expect to meet her convent’s friends here.

It was also a little reluctant to say that partner, if it had not been for that night, she would not have had an intersection with Wendy at all, in fact, she did not pay attention to the room buried in the ground, and there was an unfortunate man who, like herself, was forcibly twisted into.In the end, they became witches.

“After I escaped from the monastery, I settled in Sea Breeze County.”Wendy was silent for a long time before she said, "The news was later heard that the monastery seemed to be on fire that day, and the children inside were also missing."

“The fire?”The ashes shook his head, “That’s what the church itself did, to cover up the scandal.”I killed some of the administrators and tried to stop my judgment until... the church’s God-sin-law army arrived.The scars on my eyes were the ones they had left, and had it not been for the immediate choice to flee, and I would have died there if the subsequent divine chasing army arrived.”

“God punishes the army...” Wendy repeated with her eyes wide, “what is that?”(Not yet completed.If you like this work, you are welcome to start the project, and your support is my biggest motivation.Mobile phone users please read.)