Chapter 533 ·The Witch Sect
Chapter 533: The Witch Sect
Aside from her public identity, Sophina–Silvermoon held another secret one — she was the 【Silvermoon Witch】 of the 【Witch Sect】, and also Janna’s introducer.
However, after such a long time had passed, Janna had only ever received a copy of 《Pharmacist’s Notebook》. Other than that, she had never gotten anything else related to the 【Witch Sect】.
She hadn’t even received a single message about the 【Witch Sect】 since then.
“Could it be that the 【Witch Sect】 has sent a new notice?”
With that question lingering in her mind, Janna quickly unsealed the letter from Sophina–Silvermoon.
【Dear Miss Janna–Roland,
Greetings. Please forgive me for my hasty departure last time. It has been a while since we last met, and I have missed you dearly.
On the first dark night of June, when the Silver Moon hangs high in the sky, the 【Witch Sect】 will convene the 【Dream Conference】.
To participate in the meeting, please prepare a round mirror in advance and hold a Dream Demon Flower in your hand. At the stroke of midnight, recite the incantation. I hope Miss Janna can attend as scheduled.
—Sophina–Silvermoon & the Witch Sect】
“Dream Conference?”
Reading the contents of the letter, Janna slightly furrowed her brows.
“So, it’s a mystic ritual guided by a chant... could it be that the one presiding over this meeting is a Third-Tier Wizard comparable to a god?”
Sophina–Silvermoon had mentioned before that she would send Janna detailed information about the 【Witch Sect】, yet that “empty promise” had still not been fulfilled. Because of that, even until now, Janna knew nothing about the inner structure of the organization.
“Forget it. I’ll find out when the time comes.”
No longer dwelling on it, Janna carefully put away the letter from Sophina–Silvermoon, then continued reading the other letters sent by her old friends.
【Dear Janna, long time no see.
First of all, congratulations on being admitted to the White Tower, although I know that wasn’t much of a challenge for you—】
“So this is what Soro’s handwriting looks like?”
Looking at the letters that twisted like crawling worms, Janna couldn’t help but chuckle.
Next, she opened the second letter. As expected, Hugh–Stone’s handwriting was just as crooked and hard to decipher.
“As I thought, the best handwriting among them still belongs to Bell–Moonshadow and Maro–Heigel.”
Compared to Soro–Flare and Hugh–Stone’s “dog-scratch handwriting,” the penmanship of Bell–Moonshadow and Maro–Heigel was far more pleasant to look at.
“Unknowingly, it’s already been almost half a year since I left Turin—”
After a long day of exhaustion, reading these letters from her distant friends brought Janna a warm, inexplicable comfort.
Even her heart seemed to fill with a gentle warmth — a feeling of belonging for this foreign soul living in another world.
“It’s just a pity that among all these letters, there’s still none from Vivian——”
Though slightly disappointed, when Janna took out the 【Calamity Crystal】 from the 【Thorn Bracelet】, the one Vivian had gifted her, its golden hue instantly soothed her heart.
The 【Calamity Crystal】 was a magical tool capable of warning its owner of danger. Before its holder encountered any “threatening event,” it would turn an ominous shade of blood-red.
The deeper the level of danger, the darker the crystal’s hue became, until it glowed like fresh blood.
“Well, since the 【Calamity Crystal】 hasn’t turned red, it means Vivian is safe—”
After fiddling with the crystal for a while, Janna placed it back into her 【Thorn Bracelet】, then neatly tucked every letter back into its envelope and stored them all together.
“I remember I should still have some stationery I bought before—”
After finishing reading, Janna didn’t immediately go to wash up. Instead, she found the new stationery she had purchased earlier, laid a sheet on her desk, and began writing her replies.
【Dear Vivian,
Hello. The tulips in Dordogne have already bloomed—has the ice and snow in Turin melted yet?
I haven’t received any of your replies for months, so I suppose you’re still in seclusion somewhere in the extreme cold.】
As the sound of her pen tip brushed against the paper, Janna found that though she had many things she wanted to say, once she began writing, her words became brief and restrained. After a while, she finally finished the first letter.
“I really am not cut out to be a pen pal.”
Looking at the dry, short sentences on the page, Janna couldn’t help but laugh softly. Still, she placed the letter into an envelope decorated with lilies of the valley and carefully sealed it.
“Next, I should write replies for the others.”
Placing the lily-of-the-valley envelope at the side of her desk, Janna took out another sheet of paper.
Compared to her hesitation with the first letter, her hand now flowed smoothly. Before long, Janna had finished writing replies to all her friends with impressive efficiency.
“It’s already this late?”
After arranging all the envelopes neatly, Janna looked up at the clock on the wall—it read 12:10 a.m.
Seeing that, she gave up on the idea of taking a bath. After quickly removing her wizard robe, she took a simple shower and changed into her nightclothes. Sitting back on her bed, she prepared to begin her meditation.
“Before that, there’s still one more thing I need to do——”
With that, Janna closed her eyes, guiding her consciousness through the sea of spirit until she reached the Witch Tree deep within her soul.
“The flower buds have finally borne fruit.”
Looking at the four radiant fruits glowing on the Witch Tree, Janna felt a sense of “sweet reward after bitter effort.”
Aside from her usual fruit-shaped talents — 【Spirit Traverse】, 【Natural Affinity】, and the 【Fragment of the Law of Growth】 — the previously budding 【Fragment of the Law of Beauty】 and 【Fragment of the Law of Purification】 had also matured into fruits.
Among them, the 【Fragment of the Law of Beauty】 had grown the largest, surpassing the rest.
“It’s just a pity that the progress of the 【Fragment of the Law of Withering】 still hasn’t advanced much———”
Among all her 【Law Fragments】, the 【Fragment of the Law of Withering】 remained the least developed and the only one still in its budding form on the Witch Tree.
It wasn’t that Janna hadn’t tried—she simply felt that something essential was missing in her comprehension of the 【Authority of Withering】.
“Since coming to the White Tower, at least the leaves of the Witch Tree have grown much lusher—”