Surviving as a Witch in a World that Hunts Heretics Chapter 53 : Chapter 53

Volu 2, Chapter 22: Nightfall

The sky had already turned dark.

One could see the stars shining high in the do of heaven, as well as the bright moon half-hidden behind the clouds. Leticia sat deep within a dark, lightless alley, looking up at the clear night sky.

According to the Church's declaration, those starlights and the white moon were the god's rcy. The one and only heavenly god pitied the people suffering pain and helplessness in the darkness and dotted divine power across the night curtain, turning it into the stars and moon.

At least, that was what the text said...

But as for how it truly was, who could know?

According to Leticia's common sense, those things were nothing more than the light, or reflected light, of other celestial bodies located beyond this land.

However, although it had only happened once, when Priest Marshall judged that naless Witch, flas had indeed appeared in his hand, right?

Those flas were a different color from ordinary fire, leaning toward platinum-white, and had directly appeared from his hand. No matter how one looked at such a phenonon, it could not be called normal, right?

Then one could make a preliminary judgnt that this world did possess supernatural power.

But what exactly was the reason for such power's existence?

Naturally, the priest could not possibly explain the mysteries within to a re commoner like her. Moreover, Leticia herself understood propriety and would never ask Priest Marshall such life-threatening questions.

As for her later conversations with Lady in Black Yemi Ai... Although it was indeed much more unrestrained than speaking with Priest Marshall and lacked many restrictions, that lady herself was no kind person either. In certain aspects, her danger level was even greater than Priest Marshall's, so the information Leticia could obtain was still pitifully little.

"Good grief..."

Leticia sighed softly, covered her forehead, and cald the dizziness constantly echoing deep in her mind. "No matter how you put it, this really is a ssy world."

Whether it was other people or herself, everything was already a ss.

Speaking of which, she rembered that back then, when she had watched the Witch's execution with Uncle John, she did not seem to have such frighteningly excellent eyesight, right?

The connection with Stano was the sa. At that ti, she had been completely unable to imagine it.

Then, exactly when had she started to possess such incredible power?

When had she, Leticia, beco what she was now?

When did everything beco abnormal?

The more she thought about it, the less she understood...

But right now, there clearly was no free ti for her to think about these things.

"Ilo? Ilo? Wake up."

The sky had already turned completely dark. At this ti, it had long passed the ti by which Lady in Black Yemi Ai had required her to return. She did not know what sort of outco she would face, but before that...

"Ilo!"

"Mm... What is it?"

Rubbing her eyes, Ilo raised her head, the haze and confusion in her eyes not yet fully faded.

However, that innocent little expression, like that of a young child, soon vanished completely, as if it had never existed.

This made Leticia sowhat curious about Ilo's matters. She sowhat wanted to know what had happened in her past to turn a child who should have been laughing in the pri of girlhood into this.

"Nothing..."

Leticia said faintly, "It's already dark. Don't you plan to go back?"

"Ah!"

Only then did Ilo notice the sky. She could not help feeling sowhat surprised and sowhat troubled. "Oh my, this really is unexpected..."

She truly had not expected that the rest after they had finally escaped would take so much ti. The sky had already turned dark.

Miscalculation, miscalculation~

"Still, since it is already this late, there is nothing to be done."

Ilo sighed softly. "Rather, you, Stano. You really scared . We had barely run any distance before your whole body wilted like you were about to die, and then you even passed out on afterward. Even if you're very light, running while carrying you is still not easy, you know!"

That Leticia would faint midway was indeed outside Ilo's expectations, but fortunately—

"I really am sorry about that."

Leticia's tone carried a little self-abandonnt. "My being weak enough to be blown over by the wind has really embarrassed you... Here, take this. It's still a little cold right now."

"Oh my."

Ilo smiled as she took the piece of cloth Leticia handed over. "Thanks. You even specially covered with this piece of cloth."

"It was only proper."

Leticia turned her head away. "You're a girl, so it's only right to take a little more care of you."

"..."

Hearing this, Ilo could not help raising her brows.

She hesitated for a short while before laughing. "Aren't we both?"

"..."

Tsk. Sure enough, she had still been found out.

Leticia knew that, although her current appearance had basically nothing to do with a normal girl—whether in hairstyle, clothes, or voice, which had not changed much because of her age—as for her face...

To be honest, she could only sigh.

Well, that was her situation. But if she insisted on claiming that she was male, as long as there was a period of close contact, or even physical contact, exposure would only be a matter of ti.

The careful and careless physical contact along the way, and that life-threatening run just now, had undoubtedly exposed her.

"Still, this really was unexpected."

Ilo said cheerfully, "Stano is actually a girl like . Mm, actually, even the na Stano is fake, right? But it doesn't matter. I won't ask too much. Only, could I ask you to help with one extra little favor?"

A little favor?

"What are you trying to do now?"

Leticia looked at her warily. "Don't tell so weird request again. Just now, because of you, half my life was nearly ruined. If sothing else happens this ti, I don't want to play along with you."

"Ay, how heartless..."

Ilo looked at Leticia with a faintly resentful expression. "Do you want to kick away so badly? We are already companions together."

"Cut it out. Who is your companion?"

"Hmph, I'm going to get angry!"

Though she said that, one could see the mischievous smile on Ilo's face. "All right, listen to . My final request is... to send back. Is that okay?"

Send her back?

"That's all?"

Leticia clearly had not expected that the final thing Ilo requested would actually be this.

"Mhm?"

There was a strange smile in Ilo's eyes. "You don't want to?"