"There's something wrong with you."
Gladys looked at Laura and said:
"Come to think of it, if you hadn't run so fast and reached the thorn gate in no time, I wouldn't have been able to chase you in."
"We are not saying that we must enter the holy land."
She looked thoughtful and said in a deep voice, "I can see that you deliberately ran behind the thorn gate to lure me to follow you."
Laura raised an eyebrow. The gentleness in his golden eyes faded, a hint of darkness appeared. His tone suddenly became a little lazy. "So?"
Gladys began to analyze: "You must think that I will be stopped by the ghost guarding the gate..."
Laura: Not really.
"You think I can never catch up with you," said Gladys.
Laura: I was just testing whether you would catch up with me.
Gladys: "But you never imagined that I, the Wicked Witch, would tenaciously survive the two ghosts guarding the gate and persevere in catching up with you."
Laura: “…Hmm?”
Gladys said sharply, "I find your familiarity with the Holy Land quite remarkable."
"Do you think I wasn't paying attention because I was scared? But I was actually watching you secretly."
"You look very strange." Gladys smiled.
"As we walked through the black rose bushes, the path ahead stretched endlessly, with almost identical scenery. How did you know when to stop? How did you know if we had reached the Holy Land instead of being on our way there?"
"Even when the way back disappeared, you weren't surprised at all. It was like you had expected this to happen."
Gladys suddenly grabbed Laura's arm, looking like she was being caught. "Lola, I know your secret."
Laura: "Have you already..."
"There is only one truth! That is, you entered the Blood Gate before me, so you have already been to the Holy Land, and this is your second time here." Gladys's eyes lit up.
"You deliberately led me to the Thorn Gate because you knew two ghosts were guarding it. You envied my wings, so you planned to kill me by borrowing my knife and asking the two ghosts guarding the gate to pluck out my wings... However, because I am an evil witch, and both the ghosts and I are creatures of darkness, they will not harm me, so this plan failed."
"Then, seeing that I wasn't stopped by the ghost guarding the gate, you devised another plan. You lured me to the Holy Land, hoping to get me lost in this haunted place or to make me, the evil witch, a resident of the Holy Land. This way, you could escape from me and get out of my control."
"As for why you also came to the Holy Land, you didn't panic even when you saw your retreat disappear. Because you've been to the Holy Land before, you know how to leave, so you're not panicking at all."
Laura's eyelids twitched.
this......
There is actually such an explanation?
"Am I right?" Gladys squeezed Laura's arm tightly.
Laura paused, pursed his crimson lips, and said quietly, "Your Excellency the Witch's analysis is brilliant, very organized, and logically clear."
But it's all wrong...
For a moment, Laura didn't know how to tactfully tell Gladys that her brilliant analysis had nothing to do with the truth.
He frowned his pretty eyebrows.
Gladys saw the beautiful little Princess Lola looking troubled...
Gladys paused and said, "But what I just said is just my guess."
"I believe that you, little Princess Lola, are kind-hearted and would not come up with so many vicious plans."
After saying this, Gladys suddenly remembered why she, an evil witch, praised him for his kindness in front of Laura.
Gladys quickly lowered her voice, "But your behavior is very strange. I can't help but suspect that you are looking for an opportunity to escape from me."
"My servant, what's wrong with you? If I'm not careful, you'll run away from me. You're causing me so much trouble."
Laura: “…” You also make me worry.
Laura had mixed feelings.
It seemed that she really didn't realize His identity.
Not only did he not notice, but...
Gladys held out her hand to Laura and said, "Lola, hold out your hand."
Laura looked at her deeply.
"My slave, please reach out quickly. I suddenly have a good idea." Gladys urged.
Then, Laura extended her hand.
He placed his hand before Gladys' eyes.
Gladys's expression changed. "Oh! My slave, why are you raising your hands so high? Are you trying to show off your model height in front of me, or are you trying to gouge my eyes out with your bony knuckles?"
Gladys grabbed Laura's wrist and pulled it down, then her fingertips clenched the little princess's hand.
"I want to hold your hand." Gladys said confidently.
"From now on, you must hold my hand and walk with me. You must go wherever I go. I won't allow you to run around anymore."
Gladys held her hand. Laura asked in an unpredictable tone, "Mister Witch, do you really want to hold my hand? Are you sure?"
Gladys subconsciously thought, "Can't I, the evil witch, hold the little princess's hand? I've already kissed her!"
Gladys frowned and said, "Can't I hold your hand? Why? Is it because your hands are as fragile as peas and it hurts when you touch them?"
"Oh! Or is it because you are a little princess with a noble status that ordinary people cannot get close to you? Only after marrying a princess like you can they hold your hand?"
Laura: "...It's not about getting married."
Laura could see that Gladys firmly believed in the fact that he was the little princess of the kingdom.
Gladys, the evil witch, is dedicated to torturing the little princess.
He really couldn't bear to spoil her happiness.
At this moment, Gladys was thinking, she said she wanted to hold Laura's hand and not let go of Laura, but Laura showed hesitation, what does this mean?
This means that Laura must be secretly trying to escape...
Look, Princess Lola’s escape plan was discovered by her!
As expected of her, the evil witch...
Gladys's expression suddenly froze.
Laura suddenly grabbed Gladys's hand and interlocked their fingers.
Gladys: "Why... are you holding hands? Oh, it seems, it seems that there is nothing wrong with this..."
Laura lowered her eyelashes and looked at her face, saying nothing, but just laughing softly.
Gladys' ears suddenly turned red.
Gladys felt that the current atmosphere was not right.
She was clearly just monitoring Lola and preventing her from escaping.
However... Supervisor Laura didn't let him escape, was she asking Laura to hold her hand and walk under the night sky?
Gladys felt a tingling sensation rising from between their fingers and spreading quietly to her back. She fluttered her eyelashes and began to look around.
She found the surrounding scenery very complicated and she couldn't tell the direction at all.
"My slave, wait a minute, why are you leading me?"
"Do you know the way?" Gladys tilted her head.
"According to the witch's guess, this is my second time entering the holy land, so I know the way." Lola said with a smile. The light from the black sky fell into his golden eyes, as if reflecting the entire dark world.
Hearing this, Gladys thought for a moment.
"Wait wait wait wait, my slave, stop first." She stopped suddenly and grabbed Laura.
Gladys looked at Laura and asked suspiciously, "If you know the way, where are you taking me now? Are you taking me to some strange place?"
Laura thought, what a coincidence, the place I took you to is indeed a bit strange, I plan to take you to see myself.
At this point, we have to mention what exactly is going on in the holy land where Lola and Gladys are currently...
All this happened because Gladys had Laura use that strange key—[The key to an unmentionable place.]
The dark key that Gladys opened was actually the "Random Key to Darkness" that the former Laura threw into this world. There are nine of them in total.
The nine keys were circulated in different places. One was sealed and kept by the church, one was held by the strongest demon hunter, one was buried in the abyss and melted, two were kept by the guardian beasts in the demon forest, three had long been opened and used by dark creatures, and the last one... was lost in time and space.
Laura pondered.
Gladys was with Him all day, so she probably didn't have time to go to the church or snatch the key from the witcher.
It is even more impossible for the little witch Gladys to take out the key from the guardian beast's belly by killing it, so the key in her hand is most likely the key that He threw in time and space.
Because the laws of time and space are ever-changing, it's not surprising that they would be attracted by His presence, appear near Him, and fall into Gladys's hands...
The "Any Key to Darkness" allows the user to open a portal.
Behind the door is the abyss.
Nine keys correspond to nine gates, nine mirrored abysses. Each abyss has a dark lord who separates out unnecessary soul fragments.
He did not strictly restrict the changes of these soul fragments, so the personality of the Lord of Darkness corresponding to each mirror abyss is different.
As for why Laura made these nine keys...
He originally wanted to observe what kind of ending the abyss would have under his different personalities, and to record the nine possibilities of the abyss's development.
Of course, this is the superficial reason.
In fact, this is a work from Lola's middle school years. During this period, his incarnation appeared in the abyss, was placed on the throne and was called the Lord of Darkness...
He came to the world in person. The protection of the Lord of Darkness made the dark creatures act like they had received a buff. They went crazy and caused chaos in the world. Evil and darkness spread. The God of All Things came to the door angrily and asked Laura to take responsibility for the trouble caused by the naughty dark creatures.
The source of all dark creations comes from His power...In human terms, He is the Father of Darkness.
How could a father kill his own child with his own hands?
Not to mention that as an evil god, he secretly hopes that the rule of darkness will return to its ancient glory...
Therefore, He refused the God of All Things' request to destroy all dark creations and have them all remade.
In exchange, He chose to fall asleep, and His body was sealed deep in the abyss.
“…”
As His body was sealed, the nine experimental field abysses were also sealed.
When Gladys took out the "Any Key to Darkness" and asked Laura to use it, Laura's mind was in turmoil. For a moment, she wondered if this little witch knew his identity and wanted to seal his awakened consciousness again.
Because the nine experimental field abysses are sealed, the gate opened by the key is invalid. After entering the gate, Laura will be directly teleported to the sealed place...
However, to Laura's surprise, he and Gladys successfully entered the abyss of the experimental field.
Was this also part of Gladys's calculations?
Thinking of this, Laura subconsciously looked at Gladys.
"My servant, you look so strange. What kind of conspiracy are you thinking of?" Gladys saw Laura's look and immediately became alert. "Are you thinking about how to escape from me again? I tell you, I won't allow it."
She is fierce.
Laura: Who wants to bother with a little witch?
Gladys truly and innocently treated Him as a little princess, without any other bad intentions.
"Your Excellency the Witch is holding my hand, so I naturally can't escape." Laura said.
"...Oh?" Gladys paused, "Are you taking me out now?"
Laura: “No.”
"You..." Gladys' expression changed slightly.
Laura said innocently, "I just want to take Her Excellency the Witch to the castle ahead. I think from the top of the castle, we can see the entire holy land clearly. If we stand on the castle and observe the surrounding scenery, maybe we can figure out how to leave here."
Hearing this, Gladys felt suffocated.
The castle? Isn't that the Dark Lord's territory?
As outsiders who broke into the holy land, she and Lola went directly to see the Lord of Darkness. Isn't this just walking into a trap?
Gladys suddenly felt that this was not Laura's second time entering the holy land, otherwise, how could the little princess do such a stupid thing as walking into a trap!
"My slave, don't move." Gladys quickly stood still and grabbed Laura's hand, asking him to stay where he was.
Laura didn't mind standing there and waiting with Gladys.
He had been sleeping for a long time, his body unable to move, and his consciousness had long been accustomed to the long wait.
However...Gladys stopped, not intending to stand there and wait for a miracle to happen, she had other plans.
Gladys began to carefully observe and ponder the surrounding scene.
"My servant, look, do the branches and leaves on the ground look familiar?" said Gladys.
Laura followed her gaze and saw that Gladys was pointing at fallen black branches and leaves.
His body will undergo renewal, giving birth to new branches and leaves, and the old branches and leaves will naturally fall off and remain in various places in the abyss.
The fragments of His soul in the Mirror Abyss should also retain this habit, so many broken black branches and leaves are scattered on the road to the holy land.
Gladys squatted down, picked up a branch, and examined it. "It's strange, a little withered... like it's burnt."
Laura was originally nonchalant, but when he heard Gladys's words, he was suddenly startled and a little thoughtful, with a glimmer of thought in his beautiful golden eyes.
Grabbing Laura's hand, Gladys began to walk, lowering her waist to look at the black branches and leaves scattered on the ground.
She looked thoughtful.
Laura: "Did your Excellency the Witch discover anything?"
Gladys, however, seemed to be interrupted and said, "Lola, talk to me later. I want to ask about the wand first."
Laura immediately felt strange.
Gladys didn't notice the little princess's expression. Even if she had, she would have thought the delicate little princess was being ignored and therefore unhappy...
Gladys held Laura's hand with her left hand and took off her witch's wide hat with her right hand.
Then, Gladys looked at the witch's wide hat and felt torn.
If I had known I wouldn't have put my wand away...
"Lola, please loosen your grip on the wand a little now. Don't take this opportunity to slip away from under my nose again." Gladys said to Laura.
Gladys' tone was extremely worried.
"I won't leave," Laura said.
Gladys bit her lip. "Promise?"
"ensure."
"Then swear on your beauty that if you run away from me again, it will be equivalent to you admitting that I am the most beautiful woman in the world."
Laura: "...Okay."
Gladys thought, if she guessed correctly, the black branches and leaves on the ground were the same black branches and leaves she used to make wands, but they were not very lively.
Just now, she casually used her identification skill on the branches and leaves, and the result was [Part of that adult's clone has lost his life, died miserably, and is telling you about his sad past.]
Gladys was curious about this description of the identification, and she planned to take out her wand and ask the magic wand.
Since they all have black branches and leaves and are of the same clan, they should know what happened, right?
However, just as she let go of Laura's hand and was about to take out the wand from the witch's wide hat, a pitch-black object rushed out first and hit Gladys directly on the forehead.
Gladys: "Fuck!"
Gladys was knocked backwards. Laura paused, then raised her hand to support Gladys' arm to prevent her from falling to the ground.
Gladys covered her aching forehead and looked angrily at the thing that rushed out of her witch's wide hat.
It's a pitch-black box.
After emerging from the witch's wide hat, the box floated in mid-air.
At this time, the lid of the box automatically opens, revealing the water surface and golden pointer inside.
"Isn't this my compass?" Gladys frowned.
Previously in the tower, the golden needle on the compass in the box was motionless and could not be moved even if it was hit... Now the compass was like it was drunk, the golden needle spun rapidly, and the calm water surface in the box was covered with swirling waves.
Gladys stared at the box compass and shifted in Lola's arms. "Wait, move a little. You're pressing on my wings."
Laura's breath fell on Gladys' wings. Gladys's fingertips trembled, and she hurriedly urged: "Move quickly."
"Okay, Your Majesty the Witch." Laura raised her eyebrows.
Laura adjusted her posture.
Gladys ignored the frantic Box Compass and continued to pull her wand out of her witch's wide hat.
However...seeing that Gladys ignored it, the box compass seemed unhappy and rushed towards Gladys again.
At the critical moment, Gladys took out the magic wand from the witch's wide hat, blocked the compass, and scored a beautiful home run.
The mad box compass was knocked to the ground by the magic wand.
"Magic wand, good job!" Gladys touched the golden orb on the wand.
Then, Gladys placed her wand on the lifeless black branches scattered on the ground and said, "Wand, look at these black branches. Do you know what's going on with them?"
The golden orb on the wand reflected the black branches and leaves, and Gladys waited for the wand's response...
The wand made no movement.
Gladys was silent.
She coughed and said, "It's okay if you don't respond now. When I go to bed next time and look for you, remember to tell me what happened."
Laura looked at Gladys silently.
After speaking to the wand, Gladys looked at the box compass on the ground.
Even though it fell to the ground, the compass needle in the box continued to turn...
Most of the props produced by the system have consciousness. When the system is not there and there is no notification from the system, the props can no longer hold back and will speak for themselves.
Small magical words began to appear on the compass in the box.
[My Lord, it would be most helpful for you to talk to me now rather than to that little goblin with the wand.]
Gladys: “…”
"Oh? Really?" She hugged her wand even tighter.
【As you can see, I am a compass.】
Gladys: "I know, and then what?"
[Due to some irresistible force during the time-space transport, I have undergone a transformation. I now have the ability to guide you to meet the great, unspeakable Him.]
Gladys frowned upon hearing this. "But how would meeting that... uh... unmentionable "He" help me?"
[This was one of His territories, but He abandoned it. It is now under the control of an independent soul fragment in His name.]
[Master, don't you want to leave now? You can only leave after seeing His soul fragments and obtaining the permission to leave.]
[This compass of mine can guide you to meet Him, and naturally it can also lead you to meet His soul fragments.]
Gladys believed in the props produced by the system, so she thought about it and said, "Okay, then you can show the way now."
After receiving the master's order, the box compass began to move, and the pointer turned rapidly, first clockwise and then counterclockwise. The whole operation looked very mysterious, which made Gladys nervous as she watched the compass needle turn. Then, Gladys saw with her own eyes that the compass needle pointed to Gladys...the man behind her.
The compass in the dark box was stunned... There is no need to look for soul fragments, the soul itself is right beside you!
Gladys looked up at Laura, then at the box compass.
Laura blinked innocently at Gladys, "Ms. Witch, did you get the result?"
Then Gladys thought for a moment.
"Luo Pan, do you mean I should go behind me?" Gladys asked.
Box Compass: This... this...
[Uh, well, Master, you should know that if you want to leave here, you should go find His soul fragments.]
[As a machine, I'm a bit dull, I hope, I hope the owner doesn't mind.]
【I feel like I need a rest, I'll go back first. 】
The pitch-black box suddenly slammed shut, and it rushed back into the witch's hat as if threatened.
Gladys: “…”
"There seems to be something wrong with this box compass. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Gladys turned her head and gave Laura a fake smile.
"It doesn't matter, at least we already know how to leave here, right?" Laura said gently.
Gladys began to think about the information she had just received.
His territory...
Need permission to leave...
This territory is a holy land, and its owner is the Lord of Darkness.
Could it be that if I wanted to leave, I really had to go to the castle to look for the Lord of Darkness?
It turned out that what Lola did before was correct.
Gladys's expression changed. It felt like when Laura did a math problem and she said Laura did it wrong, but when she looked at the answer, she realized that Laura's solution was correct.
After a moment of hesitation, Gladys put on her witch's wide hat again. With her snow-white fingertips, she pulled it down to cover her face. She muttered to Laura, "In that case, let's go to the castle."
Not long after, Gladys and Lola mixed in with a group of monsters.
The gate of the castle where the great Lord of Darkness of the Holy Land resides was opened. There was a long road in front of the gate, and ghosts and monsters lined up to enter the castle.
Gladys felt that the current scene was quite similar to the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
She and Lola were walking among the group of ghosts. She subconsciously hugged Lola's arm tightly, with a hesitant expression.
Laura lowered her cold eyelids.
Laura: "Ms. Witch, is there any inconvenience?"
Gladys whispered, "I feel like they're looking at my wings."
A white feathered creature mixed in with the group of ghosts is indeed a bit eye-catching.
Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, Gladys rarely showed any social anxiety...
Laura pondered for a moment, "Then, Madam Witch, are you going to use your wand to fold up your wings?"
His fingertips gently rested on Gladys's back, and he was about to urge the light elf to retract its wings...
Gladys was reluctant, and she really didn't want to put away her wings, her new toy. "But then I thought, why should I give up my fairy wings for these ghosts?"
When Gladys returns to the tower, she will fold her wings for convenience, but now, she wants to experience it for a while longer.
Hearing Gladys' words, Laura smiled.
He put his arm around Gladys's waist and suddenly pulled her toward him.
Gladys was confused. How could she, the evil witch, be hugged by the little princess like this?
"My slave, why are you hugging me again?" Gladys whispered, and Laura's wide robe embraced her.
Laura thought about it, then suddenly picked her up and blocked her wings.
Her white wings are so coveted...
"There are so many people here. If Your Excellency the Witch is targeted by someone with bad intentions, it will be troublesome." Laura curled her eyelashes and said, "I will block Your Excellency the Witch's wings for now, and then let go of Your Excellency the Witch when there are fewer people. How about that?"
Hearing this, Gladys thought to herself, that makes sense, that's great.
By the way, Laura can get close to her wings, but she can only look at them but not use them, so that Laura will continue to be jealous of her evil witch for having a pair of wings!
Gladys tugged at Laura's robe, covering herself up like a curtain.
As expected of a wizard robe produced by the system, it is extremely loose and seems to be able to automatically adjust its size. She can squeeze her whole body inside without being deformed. It is very magical.
It's just... Gladys felt a little itchy, as if something rustling was touching her.
Is the fabric of the clothes a bit prickly?
Laura held the petite red-haired girl in her arms like a cat and continued walking forward.
Gladys saw a very strange creature, about three meters tall. At first glance, it seemed to be a giant... But she had shining white hair, snow-white skin, a slim figure, and butterfly-like wings. She was much more beautiful than the average giant.
This doesn't seem to be a giant, but it doesn't look like a miniature fairy woman transformed from an insect either.
Gladys subconsciously asked, "What is that?"
"The giant fairies are a mutant race born from the union of giants and fairies. Because they are too different, they were expelled and classified as dark creatures." Lola answered fluently.
Gladys: "Oh, it's a giant goblin."
Then Gladys was silent for a moment.
"Wait, how do you, a little princess, know that it's a giant goblin when even I, the evil witch, don't know?"
"My Lady Witch, I have read some racial atlas materials in the kingdom's library." Laura explained naturally.
Gladys raised an eyebrow. The little princess in the original book loved studying and often visited the library in her spare time. This was also why the blond, handsome elf librarian took a liking to Princess Lola, believing her to be a beautiful girl with deep thoughts...
Gladys did not doubt Laura's explanation.
Because the giant goblin was so tall, its voice was also very loud, as if it were amplified. Gladys clearly heard the giant goblin say to the ghosts beside him: "The Lord of Darkness is very tall and has skin as tough as a dragon. If I serve the Lord of Darkness, I will definitely have the upper hand."
The ghost beside the giant goblin replied to her, and the giant goblin continued, "Also, the Dark Lord requires that those who serve him must be beautiful women. I am so beautiful, so of course I meet the Dark Lord's requirements for choosing a concubine."
Choosing a concubine?
Beautiful woman?
Gladys thought for a moment, then she turned her vicious gaze to Laura's face.
After hearing what the giant fairy said, Laura felt that this was really outrageous.
Just as he frowned, the corner of his sleeve was quietly tugged.
"What's wrong?" Laura lowered her head and looked at the little witch.
"My servant, I have a bold idea." Gladys said confidently.
"How about you dress up as a woman to seduce the Lord of Darkness?"
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