Her Majesty the Witch is about to return

As Philly chanted in a low voice, trying to exchange for more magic essence, Su Ran, who was in Noda Forest, felt a pull and looked up in her direction.

“Your Highness, what is it? Is something the matter?”

Seeing Her Highness Su Ran suddenly raise her head beside her, Isa, with her own little thoughts, quietly drew closer, her heart fluttering with uncertainty.

Isa both hoped that Her Highness Su Ran could stay with her a little longer, yet felt she shouldn’t interfere with Her Highness’s important affairs.

Faced with Isa’s question, Su Ran shook his head. “It’s nothing.”

As long as no pop-up notification appeared from the system, there was nothing Su Ran needed to pay special attention to.

After completing the third task of the Witch’s Revenge, the Witch Game did not immediately present a fourth one for Su Ran to undertake.

‘Perhaps missions require specific conditions to be triggered.’

But more than completing missions, or even leaving the game, Su Ran wished he could stay here a little longer.

Although his body was just a mass of mist, his hands and feet restored to sensation only through the system’s simulation, it allowed Su Ran to experience the long-lost joy of walking again.

From Isa’s perspective, she saw Her Highness Su Ran weaving back and forth through the woods in front of the house, as if dancing with abandon among the trees.

“Her Highness’s dancing is so beautiful.”

Seeing the dancing form of Her Highness Su Ran, Isa, who was in the kitchen tidying up the Earth Dragon meat, had a face full of deep emotion.

At the same time, she grew curious about the world Her Highness Su Ran came from. Why could Her Highness play so freely in an ordinary forest? What was Her Highness’s world like?

Even though the stories described the Primal Witch’s world as one filled with calamity, Isa still wanted to see and understand Her Highness Su Ran’s world for herself.

Su Ran reluctantly stopped his steps; the time in the upper right corner reminded him that he had to leave.

He could, of course, continue to stay, but doing so would only maintain a false pretense; he, lying on his bed, would not regain the ability to walk because of it.

The brief return of sensation to his legs made Su Ran’s desire to walk again even stronger, making him eager to complete the next mission as soon as possible.

But before that, he still needed to keep working hard to earn money.

Four Sequence Four scrolls, used up in less than half a day after acquiring them. Su Ran felt that the speed at which he was earning money couldn’t quite keep up with the speed at which he was spending it.

With this strange feeling, Su Ran returned to the house. Seeing Isa bring him a cup of water, he asked, “What are your plans now?”

Faced with the question from Her Highness Su Ran, Isa gave it careful thought.

“I plan to go to Laita City to check on the situation. Since knights have found their way here one after another, it means I shouldn’t stay any longer, and…”

Her words paused there, as if she were organizing her thoughts.

“I heard from that knight just now that the villagers from my former village will also be escorted for judgment. I want to see it with my own eyes.”

“I want to know what they were thinking then. Was my help to them truly not enough to overcome the fear brought by the two words, ‘witch’?”

Su Ran saw a myriad of complex emotions flash through Isa’s eyes as she gazed at him, but in the end, they all resolved into a single, firm determination.

Despite the betrayal of the villagers and being hunted by the Church, the pure essence of Isa’s heart remained unstained.

She wanted to go back and find the former villagers, to learn their thoughts from their own mouths.

Su Ran understood her decision, but couldn’t help but offer a reminder, “The truth may be very cruel. Are you truly prepared for that?”

Isa nodded heavily, her eyes looking at Su Ran with adoration. “With Your Highness by my side, even a cruel reality means nothing to me.”

“But I have to leave soon.”

Su Ran told Isa the news of his imminent departure.

Her hands stopped mid-motion, and the smile Isa managed to show looked a bit forced. “Your Highness is leaving so soon?”

“This is not my true body. It cannot be maintained at all times. It only appears at specific moments.”

His real body was currently lying on a bed. If it weren’t for a special mission, Su Ran didn’t know when he would appear next.

Seeing Isa become as lonely and helpless as a child who had lost her mother, Su Ran continued to console her, “Just as I’ve said before, I am always watching over you. Even if I leave, my gaze will always be upon you.”

Isa asked slowly, cautiously, “Really?”

“Yes, it’s true.” Su Ran nodded gently in affirmation, then added, “And do you remember the paper slips? I can still communicate with you through them. Although my avatar isn’t here, I am still with you at all times.”

Only then did Isa remember the two slips of paper she had put away. So this was the method of communication Her Highness Su Ran preferred.

To comfort the still-dazed Isa, he pulled her directly into his arms, gently stroking her smooth, silky back.

Inhaling the faint, fragrant scent emanating from Her Highness Su Ran’s body, Isa closed her eyes, determined to sear this very moment into her mind.

Even though Her Highness Su Ran was leaving, the courage she had given her had not diminished in the slightest.

Gradually, Her Highness Su Ran’s body dissolved into specks of light, dissipating within Isa’s embrace.

“I look forward to our next meeting.”

Hearing the words Her Highness Su Ran left behind, Isa whispered, “Her Highness Su Ran, we will meet again!”

After bidding farewell to Her Highness Su Ran, Isa tidied up the ingredients in the kitchen and prepared a few more different types of potions.

Since she had decided to leave this place in a few days, the Earth Dragon meat had to be prepared as an offering to Her Highness Su Ran as soon as possible. Isa remembered that Her Highness had said she liked to eat it.

Furthermore, before leaving, Her Highness Su Ran had set up a magic array for her to enhance the concentration of magic essence.

After consecutively encountering two Earth Dragons and two knights, Isa felt a pressing urgency to increase her strength.

The magic essence she currently controlled within her body had broken through to one hundred and thirty points due to the successive battles.

When faced with a crisis, people indeed found it easy to tap into their own potential.

In just a single day, Isa’s magic essence had increased by eleven points, an efficiency she could never achieve by sitting still and meditating.

Of course, if not for Her Highness Su Ran’s protection, Isa knew she would have died when facing that Sequence Five knight.

Therefore, Isa’s greatest hope for herself was that one day, she could stand by Her Highness’s side without needing her protection, and perhaps even be able to protect Her Highness in return.

However, with Her Highness Su Ran being so powerful, Isa feared that this small wish of hers would be very difficult to realize.