As she walked through her home with Selena behind her, Beatrice was waiting, waiting for the woman behind her to speak on her real goal.
But even after over thirty minutes had passed, Selena was still very silent, and did not about her true goal in the slightest, causing Beatrice to begin feeling a little bit worried.
...
As she looked at Beatrice, who had just finished showing her the underground home that she had built, Selena slightly clapped, for just a few moments.
"Very well done, this place is quite impressive," said Selena as she suddenly sped up and began walking side by side with Beatrice, causing the latter to smile.
"Thanks for the compliment, sister Selena..." said Beatrice, aware of the personality of the witch next to her.
"It's nothing, It's just that I'm quite impressed with your ability, and I need some help on some things," said Selena as she lightly chuckled at Beatrice's use of the word 'Sister'.
As soon as Beatrice heard Selena's words, she immediately felt a chill in the bottom of her heart, as she instinctually knew that refusing to help Selena would be a very bad idea.
In fact, Beatrice even felt as though she might die if she refused to help the older witch, causing her to suddenly respond.
"Sister Selena, we're relatives after all, it's only normal for me to come to young help," said Beatrice as she slightly gulped.
Although Selena did not hear Beatrice gulp, she still felt the slight amount of fear that was currently permeating the room, causing her to smile.
"Yea, I shouldn't have doubted you in the first place, let's go somewhere else to discuss some other details..." said Selena as she stretched out her hand and patted Beatrice on her shoulder, causing all the pressure the girl was feeling to suddenly disappear.
In fact, if someone who did not know the true circumstances of what was happening saw this scene, they would probably think that this was an interaction between two 'sister's'.
Of course, Beatrice wasn't dumb enough to believe that Selena had lowered her guard against her, in fact, the older witch was probably even more wary of her than before, or so thought Beatrice.
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Some minutes later, on the Fifth Floor.
"Beatrice, have you been on the Magic Continent?" asked Selena as she looked at Beatrice, causing the younger witch to nod.
"This will make things much easier, I simply need you to 'eliminate', a certain mage from the magic continent, and as long as you do that, this will be yours, do we have ourselves a deal?" asked Selena as she took out a thick notebook from her robes and began playing with it.
As she stared at the notebook that Selena was currently toying with in her hands, Beatrice suddenly bit her lips.
Although Beatrice did not know what the contents of the notebook in front of her were, she immediately knew two things.
One, this was not a notebook that her teacher had given to her in her previous life.
Two, Beatrice could feel a thick aura of darkness coming from the notebook, one which clearly indicated there was something quite interested hidden within it.
Seeing that Beatrice was deep in thought, Selena once again spoke up.
"This is the notebook in which I've recorded some of my early insights into Darkness, as well as some of my insights into reaching the Soul Transformation Stage," said Selena, causing a look of desire to immediately appear on Beatrice's face.
"Sister Selena, are you sure that I can kill that mage?" asked Beatrice, who could not resist the notebook in front of her.
"It's true that the mage you are about to target is guarded by another mage a bit more powerful than you, but you don't have to worry, what you have to do is simply get close to him and activate this," said Selena as she took out a small orb and placed it on the table in front of her.
"If I not for the fact that my identity is a bit 'special', and I cannot get close to her, I would have long since killed that mage, that's why I needed you to help me," finished Selena.
At first glance, Beatrice could not detect anything remarkable about the orb, but as she stretched out her hand and touched the unremarkable orb, Beatrice froze for a brief moment.
If Beatrice simply injected a bit of her mana into the orb in front of her, both she, and her entire huge home would be instantly annihilated from existence.
After taking another look at Selena, as well as at the notebook she was holding, Beatrice immediately became certain of what she had to do.
"I understand sister Selena, who do I have to kill?" asked Beatrice as she looked at the Witch in front of her, causing Selena to smile and take out a piece of paper from her robe.
As she stared at the face that was plastered onto that piece of paper, Beatrice couldn't help but smile.
"Don't worry sister, I will kill her as soon as I can meet her, the only thing that might take some time is getting to the continent," said Beatrice with a faint smile on her face, seemingly satisfied with her target.
Hearing that, Selena couldn't help but faintly smile.
"You don't have to worry about that," said Selena with a smile on her face, causing Beatrice to suddenly lose consciousness.
...
As soon as Beatrice lost consciousness, Selena immediately grabbed her and began flying away without doing anything else.
In just a few moments, Selena exited Beatrice's underground hideout, before flying off Golwall Island in just a few minutes.
After around five minutes of flying through the air, Selena finally reached her destination, a tiny rocky island near Stoughlodge Island, the home of the Rose Guild, only around a hundred meters in size.
...
The moment Beatrice regained consciousness, she suddenly opened her eyes, revealing the face of Selena, who was standing right above her.
'Just ten minutes have passed, thought Beatrice, as she immediately became aware of her surroundings, as well as the fact that she had somehow reached the Magic Continent.