The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"Poor?" Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

"That's right." Lilith nodded.

"After the second round of witch hunting, both the Vatican's wizards and sorcerers were hit hard by the brutal war. Compared to the first war, which caused them to suffer heavy losses, this time they were almost completely destroyed."

"It was at this time that the Church took advantage of the situation and ordinary people took over the high-level positions of the mages. The mages who lost their power lost their financial support. Without money, they could not purchase the magic materials they needed. Without materials, they could not use magic conveniently. This is an inevitable defect of being a half-blood."

"After the Church was usurped, they joined forces with the capitalist aristocracy and quickly grew stronger. After the social structure of the coexistence of divine power and royal power stabilized, they quickly launched a third round of 'witch hunts' in order to maintain their position."

"Yes, this witch hunt was initiated by ordinary people. They began to suppress wizards on a large scale, including the original Vatican wizards. In the end, a large number of innocent ordinary people died because of their persecution."

"This is also the 'witch hunt' that is widely known in human history."

The little fish opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Lilith saw her shock but didn't care. She continued, "Although the witch-hunting carnival was crazy, the wizards were not extinct. Even if we don't talk about the red magic factions that went into seclusion early, there are still many traditional pure-blood wizard families who chose to stay away from human society from the beginning. However, these families are often powerful and mysterious, and their bases have various magic arrays to prevent being disturbed by the outside world, so it is difficult to find their traces."

Xiaoyu recalled that Lilith had just said that this magician was from the Red Magic lineage, and asked in confusion, "So what is the difference between Red Magic, White Magic, and Black Magic?"

"Red Magic is mainly based on alchemy. In addition, it also involves various types of magic, such as weather, soul, divination, and summoning. However, when it comes to Red Magic, the first thing that comes to mind is alchemy. After all, Master Merlin of the Fister family is the founder of alchemy."

“So powerful?” Xiaoyu’s eyes widened.

"If you're interested, I'll take you to visit when I have the chance. Maybe I can let you learn from him."

Lilith chuckled, and then continued, "White magic is naturally not as specialized as red magic in alchemy, but it has also made great achievements, and has taken a different approach. Compared with the complex structures that red magic likes, they are simpler, imprinting the blessing and blessing magic they are good at on the alchemical objects to achieve a similar 'halo' effect."

"That's why their magic system is more suitable for war."

"Then why did they fight the wizards and both sides suffered heavy losses?"

Hearing Xiaoyu's question, Lilith started talking about black magic again.

"Then we have to talk about black magic. Although it is not recognized by orthodox magic, I think black magic is also a very mature and successful inheritance."

"Wizards are not passed down through families like Red Magic, nor are they a pyramid-structured group like the Church. They often pass on knowledge through master-apprentice teaching, with old wizards teaching young wizards."

"Moreover, the connections between them are very weak, and most of them travel as lone rangers. However, in different cities, there are basically mobile black markets formed by wizards to exchange materials or knowledge. This is very interesting. I have met many interesting wizards when I was traveling in human society. I will tell you about them when I have time."

The little fish's eyes lit up and he nodded expectantly, like a chick pecking at rice.

"In such an environment, if black magic wants to develop to the same level as the other two systems, the vitality it contains is beyond their imagination. Black magic has strong attack power and is of various types. It is not systematic like the other two. Instead, it is like weeds growing randomly, randomly but never ending. It is hard to imagine that you can see forbidden magic for controlling souls on the first page of the same magic book, and magic for removing acne on the next page."

"This is the living environment of wizards, so they are much more free and easy than the other two sects. They have no fixed place to live and no taboos."

"They manipulate corpses, play with souls, summon demons, and suck life. They do all the evil things you can imagine, but they are not the dark and hateful villains in the story. They just think it's nothing."

"They manipulate corpses for moving, because ordinary people don't dare to accept their commissions. They awaken the souls of the dead to ask for information, because the dead don't lie. They are too lazy to beat around the bush with the living. They summon demons and use the demons' own contracts to trick them into going around in circles, and then turn them into precious magic materials. They absorb life and transfer the life energy of the parasites to valuable herbs, and then sell them on the black market for a good price."

“This is their life, not a storybook conspiracy.”

"It is precisely because of this living environment that the image of wizards is often cautious and mysterious, just like the assassins who act at will. This is true. Wizards who are proficient in black magic have very strong individual combat capabilities and can move freely. Although they cannot confront the Vatican's magic team head-on, they are difficult to be surrounded and killed. Moreover, they are proficient in curses and words, and can easily carry out decapitation operations, which makes the Vatican's magicians very wary."

"It is worth mentioning that due to the influence of the two witch hunts, most of the mobile black markets at that time flourished and developed. A large number of wizards communicated with each other, which greatly improved the overall quality of the wizarding community."

"So that's how it is." Xiaoyu understood.

Lilith returned to the topic and looked down at the mirror she had grabbed halfway across the world: "I have strayed off topic. Let's take a look at this descendant of red magic. Oh...it looks like she is a witch lady."

On the other side, Koizumi Hongzi was looking at the situation on the other side of the magic mirror in panic. When she heard her words, her mind went blank.

She heard everything Lilith had just said, whether it was the discussion on the nature of magic or the history of the development of human magic. Although she knew a little bit about it from the books recorded at home, she had never understood it in such detail.

Coupled with the fact that Lilith had just casually waved her hand and released weather magic that was enough to cover the entire city, all of this made the still somewhat immature Red Witch realize a fact -

At this moment, on the other side of the magic mirror, there is undoubtedly a powerful pure-blood wizard!

She had heard about the deeds of the hermit wizards. They were aloof, arrogant, mysterious, and could not be offended...

Just as old-school nobles play the role of stubborn and arrogant villains in many fairy tales and fables, pure-blood wizards play this role in the storybooks of half-blood wizards.

Koizumi Hongzi is very panicked now.

However, the other party didn't seem to give her a chance to panic.

"Want to come over and talk?"

Lilith spoke gently with a gentle smile on her face.

Koizumi Hongzi silently said "no" in her heart, but did not dare to say it out loud. She looked at the pair of purple eyes emitting soft light, and finally nodded slightly.

Don't get me wrong, she's not afraid of power, Miss Witch isn't afraid!

She just felt that the man's eyes gave her a warm feeling and seemed to have no ill intentions.

The moment she nodded her head, the noisy classroom around her became quiet.

A lavender magic circle invisible to ordinary people rose from under her feet and slowly rotated. Then, her eyes blurred and the familiar classroom turned into a street full of religious atmosphere. The sky also changed from a bright sunny day to a rainy night.

Vatican.

Lilith held her staff and drew a magic circle in front of her. She turned around and introduced it to Xiaoyu: "The magic of fetching objects. I used to use this magic to transport luggage."

Koizumi Hongzi, who had just been teleported here, was confused for a moment. What kind of fetching magic is this? !

Can you tell me whose magic of fetching objects can transport living things?

Across half the globe?

Come on, come on, tell me who can do this?!

what?

Can you?

That's fine.

She had already overestimated the magician in front of her as much as possible, but when she really stood in front of her, Koizumi Hongzi still felt that she had been careless.

She was a rare genius witch in the Koizumi family, and was more sensitive to the flow of magic power than other witches of the same generation. When she faced Lilith and felt the boundless magic power like the ocean, she was stunned.

Is this the magical power that humans can possess? !

As she looked at Lilith in shock, Lilith also saw her and saw her pair of red eyes that were as crystal clear as wine. She was slightly stunned.

Seeing that both of them were stunned, Xiaoyu felt a little confused. Then he followed their example, opened his mouth, and let his mind go blank.

Lilith was the first to come to her senses, and couldn't help but speak: "Are you Koizumi Hisaie's child? No...it's been more than three hundred years, so you should be a descendant."

Seeing that she tried to establish a relationship with him right away, Koizumi Hongzi became more alert.

Seeing her like this, Lilith chuckled.

With a wave of her hand, she let the dark cloud that was hovering over the Vatican dissipate, and she said, "Did you know that your eyes are very special?"

Koizumi Hongzi didn't understand what she was talking about, and alarm bells were ringing in her heart.

You won’t encounter any perverts, will you?

All the pure-blood wizards in storybooks are like this...

Lilith seemed to realize that Koizumi Hongzi didn't understand, so she felt helpless and had to explain in more detail.

"Like not being able to cry or something?"

Koizumi Hongzi's pupils dilated for a moment.

She had been taught since childhood that witches cannot shed tears, because once they shed tears, their magic power would dissipate.

But as she grew older, she learned a lot of knowledge and knew that everything in the world has magic, and that magic cannot dissipate. She also saw other witches cry, and nothing happened.

But she was the only one who was not allowed to shed tears.

She didn't know why, but she still obeyed this rule obediently.

Lilith noticed her emotional fluctuations, walked up to her, held up her face and looked at it carefully, just like every mother looking at a child who only comes home once in a long time.

"I once visited the Koizumi family and learned their advanced alchemy knowledge. I imitated Master Merlin's Philosopher's Stone and made an alchemical object."

"I gave it the most beautiful red color in the world and gave it unparalleled charm. I combined my most proficient life magic with the pinnacle of human alchemy to create this unique gem. On every full moon night, if you place it under the moonlight, it will condense the essence of life. It is a precious magical material that has the effect of prolonging life."

"Although it is not a miracle like Merlin's Philosopher's Stone, it should also be a relatively high-level alchemical object. I name it... Pandora."

When she heard the name, Koizumi Hongzi's eyes widened, and she seemed a little bit unbelievable.

and many more......

The Pandora Kaito is looking for...is it her eyes?

"I gave Pandora to the Koizumi family as a gift to allow me to learn alchemy."

"Now it seems that they use this gem as the eyes of every witch heir."

Lilith whispered softly: "What a wonderful idea, they have perfectly solved Pandora's flaws. This way, there is no need to wait for the full moon. Every tear you shed will be Pandora's tear!"

Is this the truth behind Witches Can't Cry?

Koizumi Hongzi felt a little dazed.

"I must go visit the Koizumi family again. Whose genius idea is this?"

However, Koizumi Hongzi lowered her head and her voice was a little dull.

"Probably...my mother."

"Then let's go see your mother now." Lilith waved her staff impatiently, as if she was about to start drawing a magic circle.

But Koizumi Hongzi turned her head away and spoke in a voice as quiet as a mosquito.

Xiaoyu vaguely heard some sadness in her voice.

"I can't see you anymore."

"Because she's dead."

"They are already dead."

Hearing this, Lilith froze in place.

In a few seconds, she guessed what this meant. She didn't say anything else, but walked forward, took Koizumi Hongzi in her arms and hugged her.

Koizumi Hongzi felt a lump in her throat and was about to hold back her tears as usual when a soft whisper suddenly sounded in her ears.

"You don't have to endure it anymore."

"You don't have to be so strong."

Tears completely burst out, and the gem hidden deep in her eyes brought the mysterious Pandora's Tears into this world for the first time in more than ten years.

However, no one cared about this precious Pandora's Tears, allowing it to fall to the ground at will, break into pieces, and then turn into the most primitive magic power and return to nature.

The magic mirror sandwiched between the two people moved restlessly, seeming a little nervous.

Lilith looked down at the magic mirror and said softly, "It looks like you are in some trouble."

Koizumi Hongzi's eyes were still a little red. She raised her head from her arms, looking pitiful.

Lilith picked up the magic mirror and displayed the previous scenes. She held the staff in her hand and quickly drew a small magic circle, which she engraved on the magic mirror.

In the image that appeared, the full moon was obscured by the sudden gathering of dark clouds. A thick bolt of lightning struck straight down, violently destroying the hideous mechanical spider and completely destroying the intricate silver threads crisscrossing the woods.

However, it did not hurt Kaito Kidd and Hakuba Tan at all.

Koizumi Hongzi opened her eyes wide.

She only knew that the future shown by the magic mirror could be avoided by making choices, but she never expected that someone could directly change the future itself!

A major crisis facing Miss Witch was resolved.