Mage Manual-Chapter 236 - 204 Witch and Princess

Chapter 236: Chapter 204 Witch and Princess

Chapter 236: Chapter 204 Witch and Princess

At that moment, the young housekeeper invited them to follow him, with Liss obediently trailing behind, looking like a little brother and little sister.

Igula walked over, and instantly the scene transformed into a beautiful young woman with two angelic children.

Ash unconsciously kept some distance from them, so as not to drag down their average level of attractiveness.

Banjee led them to tour the other rooms on this level, but Ash was thinking about what Igula had said earlier.

Since the escape from the Blood Moon plan was conceived and executed by everyone together, even after encountering a series of events through the passage, Igula and Harvey still displayed the high level of criminal expertise befitting death row inmates, so Ash didn’t think they would panic due to being strangers in a strange land.

But on second thought, even during Ash’s most rebellious times, when he desperately wanted to flee his family, he still felt cramped and scared when he went to college in a foreign place alone. Their escape from the Blood Moon meant they could likely never return within their lifetimes, and from now on, they would have to survive in this foreign land with different cultures and political systems.

Perhaps they would soon adapt to the new life, but during that adaptation period, they would need to battle their own nostalgia, their regrets, and their loneliness.

The reason Ash was not bothered by any of this was that this was already his second time crossing dimensions. His last time was directly switching universe servers, this time it was just a different regional district—how could Ash possibly feel nervous?

Most importantly, Ash was different from Harvey and Igula.

He was no longer alone.

So, the proper treatment for Igula and Harvey should be…

“Igula,” Ash approached and patted the Swindler’s shoulder, speaking with concern, “You are not getting any younger, maybe it’s time to think about dating someone, finding a partner?”

Igula gave Ash a look as if he was staring at a piece of shit.

The young housekeeper showed them around and said, “You can enjoy food and drinks at will, but please watch your weight, and avoid dieting or binge eating; if you need anything, just call me, I’m usually in my room; I personally recommend you first watch the documentary ‘Gospel Book’, which will give you a basic understanding of the composition of the Kingdom of Gospel… Any more questions?”

“Brother Banjee, Brother Banjee!” Liss looked up at the young housekeeper, “How old are you this year?”

Great question! Igula and Ash exclaimed silently—they had already hazarded a guess about Banjee’s age far exceeding his appearance in their earlier interactions, or rather, Banjee hadn’t really tried to hide it.

While they were still thinking about how to subtly bring the topic around, Liss boldly asked outright. That’s the advantage of being a child; even if she hit a sore spot for Banjee, she could still act cute and muddle through, while if it were Igula and Ash, the atmosphere could easily become very awkward.

Banjee glanced at them, tied up his light blue long hair with a hair band, tilted his head, and said, “I am 61 years old this year.”

61 years old!?

Are you sure you don’t mean 16?

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However, Igula’s eyes sparkled, “You being 61, that means the last Weaving Festival…”

“Do you know why the missy is willing to pave the way for you at all costs?” Banjee smiled, “I actually am someone from the Exotic Realm. I used to be.”

“So… you were the Resonator of the last session?”

Banjee nodded, poking his own cheeks’ dimples with his fingers, “This is my Echo reward.”

Seeing this, Liss also poked her own cheeks with her fingers, displaying an innocent and adorable expression. Ash looked back and forth and shook his head, “Liss, you lost.”

“…I didn’t ask dad.”

“No more questions, then free time. Lunch begins at twelve noon, I will notify you,” said Banjee, waving his hand as he left.

“I am going to watch the documentary ‘Gospel Book,'” Igula decided to follow Banjee’s suggestion.

“I want to check out the virtual games in the simulation game room here,” Ash was excited.

The two vicious adult criminals looked at the little girl, and Liss raised her hand, “I’m going to the library to read! I can take care of myself! Daddy Ash, Auntie Bokin, you do your own stuff!”

“Ash, let me discipline your daughter—”

“Wait, I have a Contract with her, I need to protect her, you have to get past my dead body if you want to spank her!”

“There’s such a good deal?”

…

…

Liss ignored these two adults who acted like children and dashed to the library here, shutting the big door behind her.

She found the library’s mirror and said to the beautiful white-haired little girl in it,

“Princess Diya, are you there?”

“Little witch Liss, I am here.”

When Liss blinked, she had already turned into Diya.

Diya spun around where she stood, twisted her neck, and hopped twice, secretly complaining that this body was indeed too inconvenient; she would rather have the Bronze Dragon turn her into an old crone than to remain in a form that relied solely on looking cute to survive…

But now, she finally had some free time!

She set up a ladder, fetched several reference books from the library including “How to Manually Induce a Void Realm Storm,” “100 Essential Social Interaction Laws,” “An Introduction to Void Realm Creatures,” “A Brief Analysis of Magic Factions,” “Essentials of Close-Quarter Mage Combat,” and “Surviving the Wild with Just a Dog from the Start.”

To prevent anyone from barging in suddenly, she took out several cute picture books and spread them out beside her, then she concentrated on reading those complex, voluminous books.

Perhaps someone could see the clues from this book list—Diya had actually never attended school, nor had she received formal Mage education.

She knew how to read, sing, play musical instruments, understood rhythms, was proficient in painting—simply put, she was versed in all the elegant arts unrelated to daily living, but she had virtually no mastery of knowledge related to magic factions or survival skills.

At present, her knowledge of magic factions, survival skills, and even interpersonal communication techniques all came from reading the Mage’s Handbook and consuming Experience Treasure Orbs in the Void Realm.

Had it not been for acquiring knowledge in the Void Realm, she would still be a princess in a tower, looking at a sky cut into squares by the window, showing a foolishly innocent smile, and contentedly accepting her fate.

After leaving the tower with the power of the Bronze Dragon, one of Diya’s set goals was to quickly fill in her knowledge gaps in order to perfect her mage knowledge system and learn various survival skills to prepare for her future life in exile.

Initially, Diya also wanted to cultivate the Time Faction, but since Banjee said it would be best not to, she decided not to defy this command.

Because she was genuinely interested in joining the “Blasphemous Gospel” plan!

Though she first traveled to the territory of the Four Pillars God Sect, was captured by the cultists, and then caught the eye of Hanna, forcing her to become a pawn of the Purple Moth, this series of events actually fit perfectly with Diya’s needs!

Diya had meticulously chosen this timing to trigger the favor of the Bronze Dragon to erase her past and participate in the Weaving Festival as a blank slate, becoming a Resonator to seize the Divine Lord’s wish!

Becoming Hanna’s pawn was for Diya not just a danger but also the opportunity she had long dreamed of!

Diya only knew that to exploit the loopholes in the Weaving Festival, she must erase her “past” through the Bronze Dragon, but exactly how to exploit these was still unclear to her.

That’s when Hanna appeared.

It was like a knight starving to death encountering a greedy dragon—either the knight would kill the dragon to fill his belly, or the dragon would fatten up the knight to satisfy its hunger. Either way, one of them was sure to achieve their objective!

Without a doubt, the meeting between Hanna and Diya was arranged by the Bronze Dragon!

As one of the rarest mechanisms of the Void Realm on the Time Continent, “The Favor of the Bronze Dragon,” Diya received not just a curse but also a mischievously bestowed Blessing from the Bronze Dragon.

And the situation was exactly as described in the Mage’s Handbook. “The Favor of the Bronze Dragon,” while giving trials, also tried to help the trialist fulfill their wish as much as possible, but the process was often as romantic as a fairy tale—in short, the Bronze Dragon constantly messed things up, always playing tricks on the trialist.

Like Diya wandering and becoming displaced, only to join Hanna’s firm by chance, essentially fast-tracking her quest to seize the Divine Lord’s wish. This arrangement of fate was clearly the Bronze Dragon making a mess.

If it weren’t for this string of coincidences, Diya would never have met someone like Hanna, who shared her objectives as a blasphemer; but it was also these unforeseen events that forced Diya to act cute to survive and indirectly come under Hanna’s control.

Complain, sure, the mess made by the Bronze Dragon was indeed quite a spectacle; but be grateful, well, the Bronze Dragon’s meddling was a bit ruinous.

It really made one grind their teeth in annoyance yet unable to truly get mad.

However, fortunately, the new “little sister” persona ‘Little Witch’ crafted by Diya was smart enough to avoid directly contracting with Hanna and chose instead to form a Contract with the seemingly foolish Ash, not only leaving room for resistance but also gaining an additional pawn to utilize.

The only problem was that this pawn did not seem very practical… Had Liss chosen Igula as her dad then, it would have been better, but since Liss did not do so, it indicates that Igula was very cautious and highly resistant to the charm of acting cute, not belonging to the low-quality humans easily beguiled.

But, if Liss called Ash ‘Daddy’ and Igula ‘Mommy,’ was there a chance to drag Igula down as well?

Diya recalled Hanna’s mannerisms, feeling that this fearsome woman would definitely not mind adding another shackle to herself, and couldn’t help but sigh—Liss was still too cautious, otherwise they would now have two servants.