Age of Adepts

"Alice, did you just make a very serious accusation?"

Krsuna stared at her with a grim face.

"You are accusing Chief Cersei of interfering and interfering in the affairs of your clan of Fate Witches! Do you adhere to that view or would you like to withdraw your statement?"

Alice smiled miserably, and her soft, beautiful face was full of pathos.

"What's there to hide from? Can't you sisters see the bullying that the Dark Witch clan has been doing to us? Or is it that what you call in your hearts witch unity means that the weak endure? The fight between Misa and me, win or lose, is an internal matter within our Destiny Witch clan. But ask yourself, how many of you here and now are not involved in it, who have not suppressed me Alice, either explicitly or implicitly?"

"Is this the independence of the witch faction and the neutrality you claim to have?"

Listening to Alice Cuckoo's blood-curdling accusations, several witch chiefs, although they all looked uncomfortable, but no one stood up to refute her.

Everyone was neither blind nor deaf. We all knew what each other had done in secret, but still maintained the unity in plain sight.

At this point, being exposed by Alice using this witch meeting to reveal everything, everyone's faces were very ugly, but there was no arguing.

"Every witch faction has its rise and fall, and no one can guarantee that their faction will be long-lived. Our Fate lineage, due to that Misa Grand Witch's constant theft of the Witch World's Fate power, only then did we suffer from the reversal of the bit consciousness and thus our inheritance was severed."

"And this time, due to the rebound of the bit consciousness, I unexpectedly won the identity of the Fate Witch Leader. The next, naturally, was a contest between me, Alice, and that Misa Grand Witch, which had nothing to do with all of you."

"But during the time that I recovered a little bit, I was subjected to ferocious suppression by the sisters of the witches. You may have good reasons, but ask yourselves, how would you feel if one day in the future, your faction is also newly born and is attacked and suppressed by your peers?"

"Our Destiny One department was never good at fighting, and we needed the help of our sisters to get going. But now that the sisters within have become the accomplices of my enemies, what else can I do but look for help on the outside?"

Inside the rest of the witch factions, the Fraudulent Witch, the False Witch, and the Winter Witch had all intervened in the battle of fate between the two Fate Witch leaders to a greater or lesser extent. Therefore, hearing Alice's questioning, they were all a bit embarrassed.

However, the dark witch leader, Cersei, who was the most deeply involved among the few and could almost be said to be bare-chested, was even more livid at this point. If this wasn't the Witch Council, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been able to resist taking Alice down.

Krsuna, who was originally still full of anger, suddenly sighed long and hard and finally spoke again.

"The right and wrong of the past was indeed an oversight on our part. That Misa Grand Witch is also really good at lending her strength to drag us all in. Alice, you've suffered during this time!"

Hearing the always fierce and cold Krsuna suddenly so gentle and soothing, Alice's eyes turned red and almost tears rolled down her face.

"The unity of witches cannot be tarnished!" Krsuna stood up to her stance, her cold, stern pupils sweeping the circle of witches in the house, "The fight between Alice and the Misa Grand Witch is an internal affair of the Destiny Witch line, all witches from other factions are not allowed to intervene in it anymore. I don't care if you have some behind-the-scenes dealings with that Misa Grand Witch, or if you have complied with the assignments of the Grand Witches of your own faction, from now on, no witch is allowed to intervene in the Fate fight anymore."

"If you break your oath, you are against all the witches of my death line!"

"Don't blame me, Krsuna, when the time comes..."

With that, Krsuna stared hard at Cersei and was the first to lead the way out of the Witch Council.

The rest of the several witch chiefs looked at me and me at you, all of them left with a deep frown on their faces.

When only Cersei and Alice were left in the council hall, their eyes were tightly twined together and they didn't speak for a long time.

"Why? Is that Grim so important to you that you'll fight to defend him at the risk of a troublesome witch split?" Suddenly, Cersei spoke, but the words were endlessly depressing and sad.

"Because he's been helping me! Both before I became chief witch and after I became chief, he was doing his best to help me, righteously! And, as I've already said, he's going to be my husband! So, if you dare to deal with him, I dare to openly and completely split the Northland Witches."

After a slight pause, Alice continued, "You can by all means join hands and kill our Fate Witch line. That way, you can also show the other witch organizations how united our Northland witches are and how they oppress and bully their own sisters..."

Grim is Alice's helper...dealing with Grim is dealing with Alice...and dealing with Alice will trigger Krsuna's wrath...but if you don't deal with Grim, how can you help Shani take revenge and get back the Jewel of Shadows?

Cersei's entire form was hidden in the dark, inky shadow substance, and her dark, deep pupils were glowing green, simply a little insane.

"Alice, we... the Dark One's original treasure, the Shadow Jewel... may have lost it in that Grim's hands. You... you just have to get him to hand over the jewel, and I... I promise... from now on, the Dark Witch line will no longer be involved in the fight between you and Misa's fate! "

I could tell that Cersei's mental struggle was also extremely intense when she said something like that.

"Grim is a guy who likes to pick up strange things everywhere, and I don't know if the Shadow Jewel is in his possession. But I can ask for you sometime! But..." hearing that Cersei finally softened, a smile finally appeared on Alice's face as well, "The Shadow Jewel is a Tier 5 treasure, something that can't just be picked up casually. So..."

"I understand. There's a definite price to pay for getting back the Jewel of Shadows, so just make your offer!"

"What I need is..." said Alice with a faint smile, her voice words trailing off.

The two women's whispering voices rang out in the council hall.

...........

Throne of Fire.

Grim and the distant Alice ducked into the chamber and began to whisper.

After briefly recounting everything that happened at the Witch Council, Alice grabbed Grim's right hand, gazed into his eyes, and said, "I agreed to that Cersei without your consent. You don't blame me for that, do you?"

Grim laughed and pulled back, tugging Alice into his arms, his own wide lips blocking her subsequent words.

It was a long time before Grim released Alice with that ambition and smiled, "This is punishment for saying the wrong thing yet again."

Alice, flushed with shame, rested her forehead against his shoulder blade and lay down on his chest and gently devoured him.

Grim lifted his head, his hard face full of emotion.

"Alice, you can pat yourself on the back and say that the only two people I trust in this world are you and Mary. As long as you two don't have any conflicts, I have nothing to fear!"

"I asked you about the jewel, why are you pulling this? Is that a side warning?" Alice's crafty pupils flashed in a 'I don't get it' frame of mind.

"Haha, ever since I got that Shadow Jewel, I knew that I couldn't have it for long. It is, after all, the original witchcraft of the Dark Sorceress lineage, and the other party would just fight to the death to get it back. So, it's not surprising that such an ending occurred. Besides, with a shrewd housekeeper like you scheming behind me, the price the other party will pay will definitely not be small..."

"Count on you to know better!" Alice got Grim's compliment and immediately became beaming.

"However, I can do without everything else, but that Cersei must take out something that can replenish your life force. Otherwise, I will never trade with her!" Grim took Alice in his arms, straightening her torso and gazing deeply into her nose to nose, eye to eye.

"You...you...know all about it?" Alice was expectant.

"What type of fate blessing did you put on me anyway? How did it devour nearly 80% of your life force?" Grim pursued the question.

"It's not as much as you say it is..." said Alice becoming afraid to look directly at Grim, "Only... only seventy percent! "

"Alice, I hope you understand. We're not just using each other together, but we have real feelings within. I'm used to having you and Mary by my side, you are my family, my loved ones, and I don't want either of you to be in danger, do you hear me?"

Hearing Grim's heartfelt voice from the bottom of her heart, Alice's shyness faded from her face and looked squarely at the other, her eyes drenched in intense love.

"Heard it and felt it! I'll never do anything 'stupid' like that again!" With that said, Alice gave Grim a quick peck on the lips before leaning in to whisper in his ear, "Don't worry, the item that blackmailed Cerci this time contains items to replenish her life force. Together with that biton you brought back from the Otherworld, I'm sure I can raise it to 4th rank in the shortest possible time..."

"Really?" Grim's eyes glazed over in surprise.

"I'd like to get to level 4 sooner too!" Alice leaned into Grim's arms and sighed, "The Fate Witch can only have some offensive abilities if she reaches 4th level. Before that, it's just a 'trash' that needs to be protected. I've had enough of this, it's time for you to see the Fate Witch's might!"

At Alice's lofty words, Grim laughed and covered his wide lips once again.