Chapter 2056: Chapter 1042: Alice’s Past
"Greetings to the Eternal Sage, and to Lord Bai Wuchang."
Dorothy politely greeted the two individuals before her.
If it were only her Good Sister, she might be more at ease, casually calling her sister. However, this was not just the two sisters’ situation.
Even with the current magical prowess of Lady Witch of the Forest, she still found it unimaginable how her Good Sister could transform the Witch’s Night, which should have been just a trial in a dream, into reality, turning it into a segment of true history.
This kind of divine skill was too inconceivable, surpassing her imagination, far more unbelievable than the time travel orchestrated by that Demon King fellow.
It was due to this lack of understanding that Dorothy truly lacked the awareness of "I am also one of the original founders of the Witch World," and she really didn’t feel much like the "first Prime Minister."
Therefore, in front of this Eternal Sage, she showed utmost respect, even though Joan was, in fact, her subordinate during the Witch’s Night.
The Homebody Witch understood that for a top sage like the Eternal Sage, even the great power of time could not fully affect her. Even though Good Sister had inconceivably altered history with her authority, it should be difficult to deceive a great figure like Miss Joan’s perception.
Hence, in her view, it was better not to pretend to be some significant figure as the "Prime Minister in the dream." Truly treating someone like a subordinate, as in the Witch’s Night, and giving arbitrary commands would be seeking death.
Though she had Good Sister’s protection, ensuring no harm would befall her, she thought it best not to take reckless actions unnecessarily.
However, in response to Dorothy’s greeting, Denisha accepted it calmly, as she was indeed the True Sister, while the White-haired Sage beside her stepped to the side.
"Lady Dorothy, you should treat me as you always have; you are our true redemption."
Joan looked respectfully at the Prime Minister before her, then spoke thus.
In reality, very few witches could retain their memories of the original timeline under His Majesty the King of God’s authority. Only the few most ancient first-generation sages like her could achieve this.
Even though sages possessed the authority of "once certified, eternally certified," the authority of ordinary sages could at most trace back to protect the time after their birth, unable to impact the distant past before their birth.
Therefore, most relatively young sages born after the "Witch’s Night" were unable to detect the authority of God King, only the likes of Joan or Black Sheep Sage Koreya, who were among the oldest sages, could vaguely perceive it.
But after perceiving it, should one really "be the only one awake when all the world is drunk"?
As far as Joan was concerned, she had no desire to awaken.
In the original timeline, it was not a beautiful past—not really. Everyone had lost everything and was forced to walk the path of vengeance as mere zombies.
Even if they eventually succeeded in their vengeance and gained great strength, what did it matter?
The things they truly wished to protect had long been lost, unreachable.
At that moment, if a second chance appeared before you to rectify past regrets, and it were not some devil’s trick, but a real miracle—redemption that only a "God" could bestow—would you refuse it?
Of course, you might ask what the cost is.
The cost is merely to nod and acknowledge this deity’s existence.
Would anyone really refuse such a gift from the divine?
In any case, Joan herself could not refuse it, and she knew her few old friends could not refuse it either.
After all, who could refuse a young "True God" extending a hand of redemption to you?
After all, that is the Omniscient and Omnipotent True God.
Moreover, Joan was among the more rational of the first-generation sages. Even though she once walked the path of vengeance with His Majesty the King of Gods, she did not lose direction on that path, as many of her former companions did.
She was well aware that after successfully counterattacking heaven, defeating the Calamity Race Angels that nearly annihilated the Witch World, the Witch Clan had become the new calamity.
The former avengers had become the new persecutors.
That was clearly incorrect.
But what was correct?
Unfortunately, even as a sage, Joan still did not know the answer to this question.
She also lacked the ability to restrain her witch comrades who had been lost in the pursuit of strength, so she simply withdrew into the Underworld to shut herself away, thinking that perhaps only the Omniscient and Omnipotent god knew the answer to that question.
Thus, the deity truly descended.
Within that beautiful illusion-like second "True God Redemption," Joan seemed to find the answer she had always sought in her heart.
Therefore, she acknowledged the existence of the deity not just because the "True God" had redeemed her; she wholeheartedly accepted the path of redemption bestowed by that great future True God.
In any case, this respect and admiration were undoubtedly genuine.
Dorothy: "...."
The Homebody Witch was also taken aback by the respectful attitude of the renowned Eternal Sage, who "regarded her as a god." For a moment, she was at a loss.
Have I done anything worthy of such respect from others?
The Homebody Witch pondered this, then genuinely felt somewhat undeserving.
After all, even within the "Witch’s Night" trial, she hadn’t managed to achieve the most perfect ending, still leaving behind so many regrets.
