The Warden of The Witches

Chapter 181:

Chapter 181 - Emotional Deception

When Aiden saw the first line, he was very happy; it was indeed the familiar text. Finally, it was confirmed that the unnamed witch from two hundred years ago was indeed his predecessor as transmigrator.

Although he hadn't seen the person herself, just looking at the characters written by others, the familiar square characters, made Aiden feel a bit nostalgic.

He continued reading:

"I was deceived.@@novelbin@@

I finally found Melindel's bones, and within her bones was a message left by the Reaper.

The wisp of soul left by the Reaper mocked me fiercely, and telling me the truth.

In that instant, I suddenly woke up.

My love for Melindel, my admiration for her, it was all fake, fabricated by her power...

The Reaper killed her, and suffered heavy injuries himself...

The Reaper, he will never forgive my betrayal.

Whether it's the god of love or the god of death, they are all just using me."

In the end, I'm just a pawn manipulated and toyed with by the dominators.

But I really don't understand.

I can comprehend why the Reaper would want to use me to gain the authority of 'procreation', but why would Melindel do this?

If Melindel also desired authority, what necessity did she have to harm both me and the Reaper?

This is the content on the first page.

After reading it, Aiden began to distill the information. This is a diary, and the owner of the diary is the unnamed witch who serves as his predecessor as A transmigrator.

From the content of the diary, it seems that this predecessor experienced... an emotional deception?

Firstly, the one who summoned this predecessor to this world was the "Reaper".

From this title, it seems to refer to the ruler of the realm under the Throne of Life, the dominator of the authority of "death".

Aiden had long suspected whether, besides Mephilia, the ruler of the "wisdom" authority, there were other rulers capable of summoning travelers from other worlds.

Now it seems there are indeed others, and these rulers... seem to enjoy capturing travelers to this world to use as their pawns.

From the diary's description, it seems the Reaper once wanted to use the summoned traveler to obtain the sole authority of "procreation". When two adjacent divine words and authority are combined in one individual, their power will greatly increase. The authority adjacent to the Reaper under the Throne of Life is "procreation", so it's not unreasonable for the Reaper to desire the authority of "procreation".

According to Abigail, at that time, the Hatching Egg should have been in the hands of the royal family of the old Reiss Kingdom...

Although it's unclear why the Reaper didn't personally snatch it from the hands of mortals, judging from the content of the diary, from the Flying Spaghetti Monster uprising to the assassination attempt on the Queen of the old Reiss Kingdom, it seems that the Reaper was behind it all.

Thinking about this, Aiden suddenly realized something.

Could it be... that the sudden outbreak of plague and famine in the old Reiss Kingdom was also caused by the Reaper's mischief?

Although he didn't yet fully understand the specifics of the authority of "death", even just imagining it slightly should make it clear that it's definitely not as simple as killing people.

The ability to claim the lives of thousands upon thousands of people through large-scale disasters, such as plagues and famines... perhaps this is also the authority of the Reaper.

The Reaper orchestrated the downfall of the old Reiss Kingdom, while the unnamed witch was merely a pawn used by the Reaper to seize the sole authority of "procreation".

In the end, the unnamed witch successfully completed the task, but ultimately chose to betray the Reaper due to the manipulation of another ruler.

The ruler of the "desire" authority, Melindar, played the role of a deceiver in this short diary entry. She used the power of her authority to make the unnamed witch fall in love with her and even worship her—"desire" is the intermediate authority of the spiritual throne, sandwiched between "wisdom" and "hatred", so it's not surprising that it can achieve this.

However, after deceiving the unnamed witch into betraying the Reaper, this "god of love" did not directly snatch the Hatching Egg from the witch's hands, but instead ended up being injured along with the "Reaper" who came knocking at the door.

It seems that the predecessor's experience was indeed quite rich, and unexpectedly getting involved with two rulers at once.

Aiden instinctively reached out to flip through the diary, but his fingers passed through the notebook.

It was only then that Aiden suddenly realized that this diary and everything happening before him were just illusions projected by Abigail's magical artifact, with no substance.

As he raised his head, he saw Abigail carefully observing him, with only her eyes shining ominously under the thin mist, as if trying to see directly into his heart.

"It's evident that you do recognize this script," Abigail said slowly. "Could you help me translate it?"

It seems that without helping Abigail translate the content of the first page, there's no way to see what comes next.

"Let me ask first, what happened to the first few pages of the notebook?" Aiden pointed to the notebook and asked.

"When I received this notebook from my mother, it was already missing pages," Abigail replied. "It seems she received it in the same condition. Is there a problem?"

"No..." Aiden thought for a moment. It seemed that whoever tore off the front part of the diary was likely the author of the diary.

What could be hidden in the front of the diary that couldn't be known? This possibility seemed unlikely, as hardly anyone in this world recognized this script, so the encryption's security was quite reliable.

Maybe the author of the diary himself denied the content in the front of the diary, similar to deleting old embarrassing posts from one's own social media... That was possible. After discovering being deceived emotionally, if there were any emotional-related content in the front of the diary, perhaps the author would remove it.

After analyzing it in his mind, Aiden began to truthfully recount the content of the diary to Abigail. There was nothing particularly relevant to him in the diary, so there was no need to lie for now.

He deliberately concealed some details related to the transmigration, such as the fact that the unnamed witch was actually summoned by the Reaper from another world.

Abigail remained silent for a moment after listening, seemingly digesting the information.

Then, wordlessly, she raised her hand and tapped the table twice with her fingers.

The notebook in front of Aiden suddenly turned a page on its own.

Aiden continued reading, and the subsequent entries in the diary were mostly mundane, detailing the owner's decision to hide to evade the Reaper's future pursuit.

She chose the Misty Forest, now known as the Sabbath Forest, as her hiding place. She summoned animals to scout the routes in and out of the forest and secluded herself there, and beginning her study of the divine words.

Aiden continued selectively translating the contents of the notebook to Abigail, who controlled the diary to turn the pages. The later entries sporadically documented the owner's life and research during her seclusion.

However, as Aiden progressed, he noticed that the entries in the diary seemed to become increasingly sloppy, with more alterations.

Then Aiden saw the content of a certain day:

"Lately, I've noticed that I'm forgetting things more and more frequently. I'm starting to fear that there might be something wrong with my body, but there's no reason... With the authority of 'life' within me, I shouldn't get sick."