“What did you say?”
Xia De was astonished by the meaning in the girl’s words and was about to say something when he saw the girl close her eyes.
“So this is what I’ve been confused about all along. The power of wisdom is our greatest strength.”
Wind entwined around her, fire danced at her feet, water concealed her figure, and the earth provided her with strength.
Light seeped from beneath her skin, and then she was entirely enveloped by it. That gentle light carried a hint of coldness, and within that halo of light, the girl floated into the air, her blurred figure growing taller, and her short hair rapidly lengthening.
A cacophony of whispers overlapped, murmuring ceaselessly in the ear. All these voices were women’s, intertwined as if blessing, yet also like cursing.
Two Boys hid shivering among the toy shelves, while Xia De and the Saint both watched the moment. The same scene was reflected in their eyes. At the peak of that light, Xia De saw a blurred female figure embracing the girl within the light from behind.
The light gradually extinguished, and the surroundings returned to quiet. A girl who looked several years older emerged from the light. Her eyes seemed to carry light, her face was cold and beautiful, and her temperament was extraordinary. Aside from her face shape, it was impossible to tell that she had just been a little girl.
“A Witch’s awakening is equivalent to her growing up in the moment. While her way of thinking leaps forward, she transforms from an ordinary person into an individual possessing extraordinary power. This is the mortal extraordinary system belonging to this epoch.”
The Saint introduced this to Xia De.
“God~”
The girl bowed to the Saint behind the counter, then looked at Xia De and did something unexpected.
She grabbed Xia De’s wrist, then surprisingly withdrew her hand, looked at her palm, and shook her head slightly, appearing as if she had encountered something incredible:
“How is this possible?”
She looked up at Xia De, a certain expression that could be called “madness” appearing in her eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
Xia De was puzzled. The girl, who now looked about fifteen, suddenly spread her arms as if to embrace him. Xia De instinctively dodged to the side, and the Saint behind the counter chuckled, pointing at the girl.
Subsequently, the grown-up girl and the two little Boys appeared at the entrance of the toy store. Although the three children had been on good terms just now, at this moment, the little Boys stood terrified at the furthest distance from the girl, and the girl looked at them with disgust.
“Sir, are you really a man?”
The girl ignored the Boys and instead asked Xia De, who was by the counter.
Xia De was startled, realizing some answers just from that question.
He raised an eyebrow:
“Absolutely genuine. God said I am a man.”
“No, that’s impossible.”
She wanted to rush in from the door to touch Xia De, but her wish was fulfilled, and God did not want them to stay there any longer.
“Bid farewell to this gentleman in order, then you may all return. Outside the door is where you came from.”
The Saint said.
All three children showed aggrieved expressions. God seemed somewhat unsatisfactory, but they could not refute it.
The smallest Boy waved at Xia De:
“Sir, I will become the best fairy tale Writer! I want to write the kind of story you brought me!”
He was the happiest of the three children.
“Sir, your potion is the worst-tasting thing I’ve ever drunk!”
The Boy with the toy knife said, but this was just a complaint, not resentment towards Xia De.
Xia De smiled and waved at the two children, then looked at the grown-up girl, who also looked at him:
“Sir, Witches are not strictly speaking human. We gain power, but are also cursed because of it. This is both a price and a Balance. We cannot reproduce, and men in our eyes are as disgusting as street excrement. Direct contact causes us extreme psychological discomfort. This is a curse, a curse upon Witches, a curse brought by this power.”
She looked at Xia De. The intelligent girl understood what Xia De wanted to know.
This answer immediately resolved the questions about the makeup box and the potion. Miss Jialinna was testing Xia De’s true gender.
In other words, she also suspected that Xia De was not male, because she did not feel the Witch’s disgust towards males from him.
In fact, this made Xia De understand even more:
“The Witch Council truly inherited the power of Witches. Miss Louisa said they were the ‘Handkerchief Enthusiasts Association,’ not because they truly had special hobbies, but because they inherited the curse along with the power… Wait, if that’s the case, then the thirteen Great Witches, could they not be inheritors of power, but true Witches? Are they Witches who lived in the sixth epoch?”
His heart was filled with a tumultuous wave of surprise, but he still remembered to bid farewell to the three children. They left the toy store’s main door one by one, and this would be the last time they saw the two “people” who bid them farewell inside the store.
The store door slowly closed, leaving only Xia De and God.
“Will they remember this memory?”
“The smallest Boy will remember your story, the older Boy will remember the price of growth, and the girl will not remember anything, but her true awakening was obtained, and your Knowledge prompted her to master the power.”
These were all their wishes, so traces remained. But this also meant that what Xia De said to the girl about steam would not have any impact on the past.
He shifted his gaze from the store door to God behind the counter:
“So, did I successfully witness your final wish?”
Xia De asked again. Returning to the past three times was for this.
“Yes, you not only witnessed the wish but also fulfilled it. Child from the future, I am truly very satisfied with all of this. As per our agreement, I will give you a gift. However…”
Xia De also smiled. This method of action was indeed characteristic of this God.
“However, you and I are not in the same time point. The great Father of Infinite Trees will not allow you to bring any item to your epoch. An ordinary story is not enough to express my gratitude. What I will give you, you will absolutely be satisfied with. Incredibly precious, incredibly rare, incredibly valuable, and incredibly needed by you.”
He showed Xia De a meaningful expression. The Outsider was startled, then thought of the incredible answer:
“Are you saying God…”
“Cannot be said, cannot be said.”
The Saint raised a finger to his lips, then slowly said:
“I cannot directly give it to you in this epoch. But I will place that gift into my final work. When you find my work, the gift will naturally be yours.”
As he spoke, Xia De noticed that the colors inside the originally bright toy store were gradually fading. The toy store and the Saint behind the counter both became somewhat blurred.
But this was not because he was about to leave. There were still about three minutes left until the ten-minute limit.
“I am about to depart.”
He said.
