"I am Dream Witch Selena Kritone, make an oath. I will telling the truth about what happened to them and what i do to them and protect them to their home. May, God's Will bless who seek, God's Swords judge the subject, God's Eyes know the truth, and God's Hand keeps this oath."
In the way of mages, one must hold dear their words especially an oaths. Because words is a trigger for magic to happen, so they believe a word is a prayer that connects someone with the world. So if you disgrace an oath, you disgrace the Endera itself.
"There. Satisfied?"
Hiiro nodded and silently took a deep breath and become relaxed. Actually, not like what Liliya said, it's a dangerous situation in his opinion. They only playing a treasure hunting in the city but suddenly he noticed something different and it turns out that the world is fake and actually a witch are putting magic on them. They don't know what happen and where they are. Are they got kidnapped? What will happen to them? the unknown is dangerous.
Then they sit down in the living room and begin to recount everything that had happened while certain someone just dozing off.
So, Selena is curious and suspicious when two kids stepping on her yard even though it's covered with an illusion. Just someone who knows her house can get in but some kids just showed up without notice. So Selena use her magic to know their purpose.
"Because I'm an efficient and decisive witch after all!"
"…"
Her magic makes her target have a dream about their life 'forward' while actually what they are experiencing has happened in real life, while Selena read their dream 'backwards'. It's very effective because the target can't notice something amiss because, to them, it didn't happened yet. Selena put her pride a lot into it.
The only limit is just mana consumption that is vary for each person under some conditions, but it was very easy for her to read all of the 8 year old kids memory… it was been. Unfortunately or fortunately, the twins is not ordinary kids.
"So you mean, your brother is not the same in the dream?"
"Yes! Umm, he's the same but not really… like his eyes, wait, not literally but you know, oh brother is not bright like in the dream!"
"Hmm… so it's probably something with the soul, that is the only subject I don't really verse and the bottleneck of my magic. Boy, your soul maybe different from anyone else. And the same goes to the girl right?"
"We have a name! Mine is Liliya Pureheart and my twin brother is Hiiro Pureheart"
Selena guess is correct. Their souls didn't belong to this world, and thus cannot be replicated with Selena's magic. So they noticed the difference and broke through the reality.
'But how about the illusion? Although they were geniuses for them to saw through the natural cover, I put a REAL magic illusion in the yard. Is it really because their special soul?'
Selena mumbled with uncertainty. For that, their creator that is the Author can answer with straight face. 'Of course a mere illusion can't stop them, they are the MC! They will encounter and solve the darkest mystery that no one knows! And ruining the secret schemes that will endanger the world while they are just a KIDS. And don't forget they will get the powerful ancient TREASURES that no one ever find even though they didn't search for it!'
So the recounting time comes to an end, they become relaxed for real. Eventually the conversation turn on a casual way and they learn more about each other.
The one that just dozed off awake and join the chat, she's curious about the twins because they are in the same age. Her name is Celyn, she is a commoner that Selena pick up and train when she's 5. Because they are in the same age, the three of them immediately became a friends.
Selena that looks like a 10 years old girl, actually is 18 years old. She got cursed at the time she was a student in the academy and become stuck in that appearance. The only thing that keeps her sane is her cuteness surpasses other girls in that age.
*
Time passes, it's time for the twins to get back home. Selena has contacted their father when the trio is playing, so they will go back with a teleportation magic. Teleportation scroll is scarce thus very expensive, but Selena actually is a rare spatial magic user.
The twins didn't really familiar with the power levels of the world, Selena is someone not just rare. She is a super genius that has make her own origin magic in her eighteenth before even becoming an archmage. This is a great achievement that no one ever achieve throughout the history.
The reason not many knows her name is because the world are in peace for almost a century already. The heroes is laying in their home, the villains still making preparations for their evil schemes, and the bard didn't have a story to make a song. The higher standing peoples know it's a calm before the storm. But now, the kids that will hold the impending future have to say their goodbyes for their new friends.
"I'm gonna miss you, Celyn"
Liliya's face a little teary
"Un. I still hope we can play again. Liliya"
"It's time to go…" (Hiiro)
"…why are you so dramatic for? You can come here anytime you still in the capital…" (Selena)
"Really!?" (Liliya)
Selena holding her forehead for the kids antics, Liliya is spirited when heard Selena's words, and the two other become stupefied seeing Liliya's excited and happy face 'Is she really didn't think of that? I thought we are just acting!' Said their face
"Okay let's go. Lyn, there are food in the kitchen. You can go eat and sleep first, i have something to do, bye"
"Oke, bye-bye, master"
The three of them step into the magic circle then Selena activate it with a chant
"
-swish
The lights from the magic circle envelopes them and when they opened their eyes, view of a study room greet them. It's the first time they experienced a teleportation so their face is full of awe
"Welcome home"
A deep voice greet them, the words is warm, or it must be warm, but with this guy saying it and some context, it's very cold. Their face became whiter in real time, the awe transform into terrified. It's father's voice. And they know they will got scolding pretty hard.
(H-Hey, w-what do we d-do?)
(U-umm, ah, Selena! Maybe if it's her)
The shaking twins looking at Selena with pleading eyes like calling for help.
'Cute' Selena likes cute things
'Maybe I should help a bit, after all I have something important to discuss with that bastard'
"Oy bastard, give your guest a time please"
The twins awed at Selena. She can act like that in front of that devil look-alike father
"Haa, Liliya, Hiiro. Go eat and sleep immediately. Tomorrow is an important day, don't forget it"
"Okay! Thanks Selena"
"Mmhn"
With gratitude towards their saviour, they exit the room with hurried steps. Count Pureheart sighed while wondering how his childrens have so much energy even though they had been through a lot for a day.
"You knows it didn't you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ah drop the act already, i saw your people eyeing my yard. You want to give some experience to your kids, right?"
Selena checked it after she knows that the kids are pureheart, that's also how she contacted the count to ask permission for teleporting. But she didn't sure about his purpose. It's different from the guy she remembered
"You don't sound so sure"
Count Pureheart smiled a little. Actually in reality is just his lip are lifted a little, more like a smirk. But Selena shocked, he's confirming her point, he's changed. The bastard that have a 'devil' in his title, the one that look at others like seeing an ant, that guy!. She needs a time to processed what the hell happened to the guy she known of.
Looking at his ex disciple shocked expression, he pull a mirror with telekinesis and showed it in front of her and say
"You look like a goldfish"
"Pfft! DO YOU WANNA DIE!!!!"
*
Count Vito Pureheart, emotionless face guy with a black hair and dark gold eyes. He's the embodiment of Principality, Righteousness, and Selflessness. Terrible at jokes. His motto is 'Doing the best all time for the world'. That is before he sacrificed his family
After that, the one who knows him will says he is the embodiment of Selfishness and called him cold hearted devil that can sacrifice everything for his own 'Righteousness'
But his childrens changed him, mostly by Liliya. At a time, Liliya is makings many ruckus and his aide recommended him to keep an eyes on her saying 'because she wants an attention that her attitude is like that, maybe you should give her some attention like a father you are'. There's no way a noble with Pureheart's blood is like that, but he need some holiday anyway so he checked.
After talking to her, he knows that she have her reasons for doing those things. She said it's for her brother, but I know there's more than that. So I started silently observing her myself.
Her intelligence is far more than childrens on her age, while the brother is very strange. She really did many things to her brother, but the boy didn't even responded. Somehow it's irked him, maybe because he dissatisfied to his son's depressed nature.
Then day after day, he left his teacher job and stay in his territory to observe the duo. Eventually he learned his daughter efforts to make her brother happier. He didn't like it, the effort his daughter put is useless in life and his son looks like he will suicide if no one sees. They are a disgrace to Pureheart bloodline.
After a few months, he have seen many his daughter feat. The 'therapy' she gives to his brother is working. And her efforts to become a perfect little sister just intensified.
Looking at her, he think deeply. Her efforts is no joke. Many times she got hurt but still showing her smile to her brother. Many times he sees her crying alone broke by the pressure. She wants to give up but cannot. It's…
that selflessness act, that overwhelming efforts, and that will to sacrifice everything else for her purpose. Isn't it the same with mine? The only differences between us is that, she's doing it for her brother, while I'm doing it for the world… Then something within me change.
"I cannot changed the past, but, can i change myself for the future…?"
No one can answer him. But his heart has already decided itself.