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Chapter 179: The White Witches
Chapter 179: The White Witches
"Pleased to meet you. I am Abby Black, the fifth and last child of Desmond Black. My father named me with this name because I was the last child he wished to have."
When the red-haired woman introduced herself as Abby, James stood where he was for a few seconds, puzzled, and then bowed his head and said, "Pleased to meet you, my name is James Arthur Black, and it is a great honour to meet you." and fell silent.
All the Titans and Chaos-Borns who watched Abby's gaze from James' eyes were astonished.
The love in Abby's eyes was enormous, the old woman gently approached James stroked his cheek and said, "You have no idea how much you look like my father, I feel like I'm looking at him, it's been so long since I've seen his face."
James could recognise the happiness in the old woman's words, but he could also see the sadness in every word she spoke.
"Well, thank you, I guess?" James said and then smiled and asked, "Master Vlad represents the sword and the aura, and what do you represent, my lady?"
Abby smiled at this question bowed gently to James and then said, "I represent ethics and knowledge of the races. I was taught almost every spell my father Desmond encountered in the tower, the basic ways to get rid of them, the languages of the races, and many more. In short, I am the main knowledge."
James looked at Vlad when he heard those words and then turned back to Abby saying, "See, that's how you introduce yourself."
Vlad's gaze dropped and then James' voice was heard again:
"So, my lady, what you're trying to tell me is that I'm going to be taught by you as if I were officially in school?"
Abby nodded her head after James's questions and gently said, "I will help you teach each of them whenever you want, however, it took me a long time to learn everything, but your intelligence status must be at a high score, if so, you can learn even if you are in the war, you just need to listen."
James nodded and twisted his lips as if he realised what he was saying and then said, "All right, that's understandable." then he put the necklace in his inventory and said, "Then welcome to your new home." and showed the ring to Abby.
Abby smiled and then entered the ring, Vlad and Emily followed the old woman, James took a deep breath and said, "I have found the soul of the first and last child, Lady Nyx, three to go."
[I didn't expect it to be so easy, who would have thought that one of Slyvia's siblings would have ties to Desmond. We should do a background check on that girl, maybe she'll turn up someone who can be of use to you.]
James saw the message from Nyx after his words and shook his head after reading it and added, "It's not unreasonable, although I won't be able to send the little girl to you, after all, she's not a monster like Elise."
After these words, the messages stopped and silence prevailed. What James said was true, it was quite easy to take a monster above the 75th floor when it wanted to, but according to the agreement, even if Nyx had the power to go down, she would not take anyone above the 75th floor except monsters and spirits.
Nyx may have been one of the holiest and most powerful goddesses, but she could not break the pact, for it was sealed by Chaos himself.
"I suspect the little girl is a descendant of the White Witch," Gaia suddenly said, and the Titans' brows furrowed as they heard this, each of them annoyed.
"The bastards who almost killed Hyperion?" Theia suddenly asked, and Gaia nodded in agreement.
"Why do you think that?" asked Hyperion, not angry, just curious.
"The pupils. The girl's pupils were stellar. It was born as a curse after the White Witches confused black magic with white magic. In short, it stuck to their bloodline as a result of being cursed by the two laws of the tower, black magic energy and white magic energy. They cannot use anything other than these two laws."
When the Titans heard these words, they tried to remember the pupils of the little girl's eyes, and each of them was suddenly surprised.
"Won't that put James in danger, Mum?" Moros suddenly asked, and Gaia jumped into the conversation:
"No. The White Witches were bound to Desmond like the forest witches in the forests on the 20th floor. Every one of them was either half-human or directly human, which was the only reason Desmond accepted them, even though he was an incredibly racist man, even if we considered him our brother.
Desmond had sent them to the other side as spies, that's when the lineage of the White Witches was cursed when they got involved in black magic."
At Gaia's words, all Chaos-Borns were confused. If the lineage of the White Witches was on such a sacred mission, why had they tried to kill Hyperion, or had black magic possessed them?
"I can see the questions on your minds, children. It happened exactly as you thought. There were many of the White Witches on Desmond's side, but they were wiped out because of the traitors among them, and the remaining ones collaborated with them on the enemy front. Hyperion didn't know this and was ambushed, and almost killed.
After all black magic can make a person go mad if used wrong and the Fallen Gods knew how to make people believe in them."
Eyes turned to Hyperion after Gaia's words.
"I'm not angry with them, lads. Desmond wasn't the only one who sent the White Witches there. This order was given to them by me, Erebus and Desmond. It is ridiculous to see them as demons, I am officially one of the three biggest reasons why they have become like this." Hyperion said it was impossible not to feel the sadness in these words.
Nevertheless, what was done was done, and now it was up to the person who would be sent to find out where this little girl's lineage lay. Everyone knew who would be the best person for the job. All eyes turned to Moros.