Chapter 216: We Girls Should Stick Together
Ahspid arched his eyebrows in confusion. He indeed knew who these witches were and that was precisely why he was surprised that the sisterhood of the Crimson Witches had made a decision to join this fight.
Having noticed the mage’s uneasy face, Khala laughed and tried to explain,
"Your eyebrows are going to jump off your face if you keep looking at me like this. There is nothing surprising about their desire to be involved. The traveling bandits have been growing tired of the complicated political games Anathaen dared to play with the continent so we have been expecting the conflict to emerge for quite some time. The witches, on the other hand, have their own score to settle with the Holy Church so once they learned about their plans, they expressed their desire to join forces with us. As you all know, war brings many opportunities to those with hidden agendas."
Aideen looked at Ahspid with curious eyes, her face completely lost in questions.
"I thought most of the witches had been either forced to cooperate with the Holy Church or executed for going against it."
The mage ran his gloved hand through the long white locks of his flowing hair and released a somewhat heavy sigh.
"The Sisterhood of Crimson Witches is a well-known covenant amongst the witches who are still trying to fight against the Holy Church’s attempt to rid the world of the "devilish forces" which, according to them, is witchcraft. It is an organization of women who possess similar abilities because they inherit them from their mothers who are historically linked through their bloodline. This makes them a lot stronger than other witches. They lead a nomad life, wandering around the continent while keeping their powers and identities in secret and only offering their help to those who truly need it."
"And right now," Khala nodded at the princess, "you fall under that very category, My Lady."
Aideen shot the woman a rather cold glare. The memories of their past encounter were still fresh in her head. Khala sighed, unimpressed by the princess’ animosity, and said, imitating a friendly vice,