Chapter 337
Chapter 337 Agatha the Witch
Snowlotus was hesitant to make contact with Agatha the Witch if it wasn’t necessary.
She had always felt that Agatha was too mysterious and sinister. It always seemed as if the old hag was up to some unknown scheme in her little hut. Unfortunately, Agatha also happened to have the most accurate divinations of all the Witches of Deceit.
Her eccentricity and ugly looks made her unpopular amongst her kind. It was why she always stayed in her own little, haunted house in Muttering Forest to the west of the city.
Muttering Forest was the heartland of the Witches of Deceit’s territory. Usually, this meant that no powerful monsters or creatures appeared here. However, the existence of Agatha and her haunted hut had turned the Muttering Forest into a forbidden land for all mortals. The faces of all the peasants would sour when you even mentioned Agatha’s name.
Even an ordinary witch was reluctant to step foot in here!
Thus, even Snowlotus hesitated for a moment when she landed before the entrance of the Muttering Forest. She descended from her flying broom and took a moment to steel her heart before stepping foot into the forest.
Agatha’s haunted cottage was approximately four kilometers away from the entrance to the forest. That said, Snowlotus hadn’t descended from the sky prematurely out of respect for the old witch. Instead, it was due to the sinister nature of the Muttering Forest. You couldn’t see through the silent trees and perpetual mists when you looked down from the skies above.
“Perhaps the opponent hadn’t used an ordinary divination art?”
Witch Agatha took a step forward and sniffed Snowlotus.
“Mm… this is very odd indeed! Why do I smell a trace of fate?” Agatha lifted her head and looked at Snowlotus in shock, “I heard you awakened the bloodline of the Witch of Fate. Usually, this meant that you would have become one blessed by fate. But why do I smell fate’s curse upon you?”
Snowlotus hesitated again before speaking.
“Grandma Angelina was worried that I would be unable to pass the Battle of Fate successfully. She has already sent people after the candidates awakening all over the continent.”
“Foolish!” Agatha’s walking stick knocked against the ground repeatedly, “She is the leader of the Witches of Deceit and a powerful Fourth Grade witch, and yet she still does something so foolish!”
Agatha was pained and upset at this moment.
“Did she forget the rules left behind by the Witch Queen? How dare she interfere in the internal affairs of the Fate Witches? The Fate Witches have lost their legacies for nearly a thousand years. Now is precisely the time for them to rise once again. It is an important matter that all Northern Witches have to pay attention to. Yet the leader interferes in this selection in such an obvious manner? Is she not worried about being cursed by fate? Is she not worried she would bring disaster upon the Witches of Deceit?”
Snowlotus lowered her head. Dejectedness appeared on her bright, snow white face.
Agatha couldn’t help but stomp her feet and sigh when she saw Snowlotus’ expression, “Cough. It seems even a powerful witch would make a mistake when it concerns her blood relative. This too is fate!”
“Lady Agatha, the backlash can’t be that bad, can it? After all, the Fate Witches have already lost their legacies for such a long time.”
“Hmph! What does a little brat like you know? It is specifically because of how long they have been extinct that their return is all the more important. With the accords between the ancient witches and the planar laws still in place, would you ever expect the commotion of the return of the Fate Witches to be small? This is a lost legacy returning after accumulating a thousand years of strength! Don’t forget. The awakening of the Witch of Fate this time encompasses the entire Continent. You would even hear of candidates awakening at the most southern parts of the Continent. Is this not enough to prove the weight of the situation?”
“Lady Agatha, then I… “
“Cough, I understand!” Witch Agatha sighed once more, “The more your grandmother does for you, the deeper the laws of fate will place the curse on you. No wonder you would be troubled by divination! Very well. I can’t let you return with your hands empty now that you have come. Given that we are both Witches of Deceit, I’ll help you find out which ignorant fellow it is that has been spying on you!”
“Follow me.”