Chapter 345 (1/2)

Chapter 345: Bygones (Part II)

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Elsa was perplexed by the immense changes. She told herself not to believe them, but their stories sounded so real that she thought no witch could have made it up out of blue.

Putting herself in their shoes, she could never imagine she was slaved, hunted or even slaughtered.

Even ordinary people with the lowest status in the Holy City were treated by witches as human beings instead of animals.

She started to feel extremely exhausted. Wendy sensed it and brought her a cup of hot milk and tried to console her, “Oh, dear, drink this milk, and you’ll feel better.”

Though the lady with reddish brown hair didn’t have the godlike power and strength, she affected Elsa with her good temperament and manner…. Elsa drank the milk in one gulp. A warm and sweet current flew into her gut, which helped her recover a little. Elsa rested for a long period before she continued their conversation.

Although she couldn’t understand why these witches were wary of her, she knew that she must win their trust first, or they wouldn’t help take the fetters off.

As for the credibility of what the prince and Wendy said, she had to find out by her own eyes.

She wouldn’t believe the words that the holy Union had vanished before she saw the cramped and underdeveloped Barbarian Land with her own eyes.

“As I said, my name is Elsa, and I was a member of Taquila Quest Society. In the 30th year of the Battle of Divine Will, Taquila, the last Holy City, fell down in the war. Most people went into exile, while I went to the Misty Forest to fetch things we left there. ”

“Wait. Were you fighting against the demons?” asked the Prince.

“Who else could be fighting against them other than us?” Elsa frowned. “Should we rely on vulnerable humans like you?”

“Were you a witch raised by the Church?”

“I never heard of anything about the Church. What’s it?” she said impatiently. “Taquila… no, all the Holy Cities which hosted tens of thousands of people were created by witches. Apart from witches, most of the citizens were ordinary people… like you. They were responsible for reproducing and raising children until their magic power was awakened. And then these young witches would be handed over to another special department to receive education and training. Of course, the witches who were good at fighting would join the Union and participate in battles with demons.”

The prince pondered for a moment, and then took out a book and asked, “Can you read it?”

Elsa skimmed several lines and was attracted by the content at once. “This is a diary from a witch.”

“Did you also write in this way?” a witch with light gray hair asked.

“This writing system was created by the Union and exclusive to witches. In this way, the ordinary human beings would be prevented from participating in important affairs at upper level. But in my opinion, I didn’t think this sort of exclusion was a good idea.”

“How could you prevent ordinary people?” she asked with a great curiosity. “Even if witches created another language system, ordinary people could also grasp it through learning, right?”

“It takes magic power to read it,” explained Elsa. “It isn’t very difficult. I can teach you since you’re a witch.”

“Language is a tool for communication.” The prince commented. “The more popular it is the better. So what the Union did was very stupid. The exclusion of ordinary people would only limit the resources available to you. In fact, after training and education, ordinary people are capable of many jobs. Except that they cannot use magic power, they are as good as witches.”

Although Elsa agreed with him, yet she could hardly accept that an ordinary person criticized the Union. She would collaborate with them when necessary, but she couldn’t tolerate their finger pointing.