Although she was well aware that such a dreamlike and beautiful world hardly existed in reality, it wasn't quite appropriate to discuss this with a child. Those matters could wait until she grew up to understand them by herself; for now, it was better to let her cherish a wonderful illusion.
"So there actually exists such a wonderful world? I like this, I really like it."
Upon hearing such a reply, the Black Sheep girl's eyes, which had been slightly squinted in joy, instantly opened wide as she spoke with happiness.
Perhaps it was because she harbored beautiful fantasies, but even the girl's sinister blood-red sheep eyes seed clear and innocent at that mont.
Which child could resist the temptation to join the "Salvation Organization," dreaming that they might grow up to be a great hero who saves the world?
Although the young Koreya didn't really understand the significance of the words "saving the world" or how to save it, the world described by Sister Nun—the one free from hunger, cold, and bullying, where everyone could live equally and happily—struck right at the Black Sheep girl's heart.
After all, that was the life she had always wished for and the most beautiful way of living she could imagine.
"Then I believe you, Sister Nun. We will definitely succeed. I'll work hard towards this goal in the future."
The naïve girl said so to White Dove with a silly smile.
The girl was probably just speaking casually, for children often unconditionally believe the words of adults they like, even if those words are lies. But such a light-hearted statent, when it reached Dorothy's ears, quieted the lively White Dove.
Dorothy stood as if struck by lightning for several seconds, feeling as though sothing heavy pressed against her heart. Words that she had ant to utter nonchalantly to placate the girl suddenly beca hard to say.
She had originally just wanted to find a few pawns, but now that she had the best pawn in her grasp, Dorothy found she couldn't relax at all.
Her heart, usually broad and unconcerned about many things, suddenly felt a touch of pressure before the pure and innocent smile of this little girl from the dreamlike past—a Phantom.
That was the pressure of responsibility.
Despite her pretty words earlier, she had never truly taken Witch's Night seriously in her heart. After all, who would care much for things within their dreams?
It was just a ga anyway, and her previous evangelizing was conducted with a gaming mindset.
However, the girl's naïvely joyful smile, filled with longing for that ideal world, was sowhat unbearable now, and even the detached heart of a gar was beginning to crumble.
Of course, she shouldn't have felt any pressure, since the world she had promised was already a reality.
Within Witch World, witches no longer had to endure hunger and cold or be bullied. Indeed, all witches were now equal, and theoretically, every witch could do whatever they wanted.
The world of Koreya's dreams had already been realized by the God King.
Except....
White Dove turned her head to look at White Eagle, who had been silent all this while.
She had always adhered to the philosophy that there would always be taller people to handle the sky if it fell, but now, within this dream of Witch's Night, the tall person she used to rely on had their legs broken by her and was no longer tall. And looking around, she seed to have beco the tallest one.
As a player, she could still tread carelessly and play around, for if things went wrong, it would only an waking up from the dream without any loss. But for these NPCs in the dream, it would probably be the end of their world.
The Black Sheep Sage, Koreya, surely had the God King to save her, but who would save this Black Sheep girl Koreya within the dream?
"Maybe it's ti to get serious. Even if it's a ga, I should strive for a perfect ending instead of settling for a bad one. I hate tragedies the most," murmured White Dove to herself.
"Yes, it will co true."
Finally, after a mont of silence, White Dove rely nodded and said so.
Then, she flew out the window with a flap of her wings.
Since Koreya's safety was assured, there was no ti to keep wasting here. It was ti to go back and seriously think about how to reach that perfect ending now that the Divine King was no longer around.
"Dorothy, oh Dorothy, it's ti to be confident for once. You've seen Denisha. Her Talent was just decent. So if she could do it back then, why can't you do it now? Not to ntion you have the advantage of the Prophet's foresight, and the ga is not as difficult as it used to be. Under these circumstances, you should do even better than she did."
The pure white dove soared through the night sky, its eyes gleaming with a gradually firming resolve.
"Although my real-life ideal is still to be a happy civil engineering witch, since I'm currently dreaming anyway, why not be a little more audacious? If Sister Denisha could sit in the position of Witch King, why can't I, her sister Dorothy, do the sa?"
"Well, let's set a small goal for now—it's up to to save this dream world. It's not the first ti after all. In gas, which hobody hasn't been a savior several tis or saved a few worlds?"
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