The movement of the world followed established laws.
The Goddess of Fate had planned everything for the future—the birth of the Witch, and the transformation of the world.
The Goddess of Fate acted as the referee for this game.
She knew the ending of the game from the very beginning.
If it were just that, the stakes placed by the gods would be a bit too boring.
To make the game uncertain…
Fate could not be defined by the Goddess alone.
Someone who walked the path of fate and mastered its flow stole the Goddess’s authority, becoming the first person in this world who could not be defined—the Witch of Fate.
“Someone other than me has broken the monopoly on fate. This is truly a terrible development…”
“Did the Goddess of Fate make a move? Or was it another deity?”
Fate was originally an unobservable existence.
If fate were influenced on a large scale, the Witch of Fate could think of no other reason besides the Goddess of Fate trying to find her.
She should have been sleeping in this place after stealing the authority, but she was startled awake by a deviation in fate.
This made the Witch of Fate, who had a bit of a temper after waking up, feel an instant surge of irritation.
If the Goddess of Fate were making a move, it would be nothing more than wanting to take back the authority she had stolen.
However, she had only stolen a tiny sliver; the Goddess should have been completely indifferent to it.
“I need to see exactly who is causing me trouble…”
The Witch of Fate reached out and grabbed the first broken Red String of Fate, intending to trace its source within the established rules.
Scenes of a fate that had deviated instantly appeared in her mind.
The Ice Frost Witch, who should have turned into a Witch amidst total despair, was still currently a Half-Witch.
Not only had she not escaped the constraints of the Holy See, but she was even staying obediently within it.
Furthermore, the city that should have been destroyed overnight had experienced a tiny deviation, causing the master of the Land of Desire to change their mind about attacking immediately.
These were clearly just two very small deviations, but like a butterfly effect, they continuously influenced the fate following them.
Everything originally based on those two events was now unable to proceed.
“Did an error occur because of these two? No, that’s not right. There is an existence influencing both of them…”
The Witch gripped the Red Threads in her hand tightly, a hint of coldness appearing in her eyes.
However, when her gaze traced back even further, the Witch of Fate froze in place.
The time prior to that was tangled like a ball of black thread—an existence she could not spy upon was standing within the Ice Frost Witch’s memories.
“!!!”
The Witch of Fate had only caught a glimpse of the other party’s fate when the pitch-black, abyss-like threads instantly emitted a bone-chilling cold.
A Witch who had stolen the Authority of Fate naturally knew how that felt.
“He! What is He?”
[SHH, NO PEEKING~]
The Witch of Fate only caught a brief glimpse before that ink-black figure slowly turned around.
After placing a finger to its lips in a shushing gesture, the Red String of Fate in the Witch of Fate’s hand instantly snapped into two pieces.
Suddenly, the fate of the entire space also became like a tangled mess, completely entwined.
Countless Bells fell to the ground, and the events that were originally destined to happen could no longer develop.
“No, that’s not human. That… that thing…”
The Witch of Fate stood dazed, a hint of fear leaking from her eyes.
That was an existence she could not face.
The Authority of Fate in her hands could not encompass the other party within fate at all.
That person was like a variable on a chessboard.
“Why… why would the gods allow such an existence to enter this bet? You’ve got to be kidding me. This must be fake…”
‘Maybe I saw it wrong. Maybe…’
With a complicated expression, the Witch of Fate lowered the threads in her hand.
She originally wanted to organize her thoughts, but as soon as she looked down, she discovered a Red String of Fate had already been tied around her finger.
Upon seeing the Red String of Fate on her finger, the Witch of Fate was stunned at first.
Then, with a face full of disbelief, she tried to remove it, but she found that despite being the Witch of Fate, she could not touch this particular Red String of Fate.
“This! What is this? I clearly removed myself from fate already, so why?!”
For the first time since becoming the Witch of Fate, a hint of panic appeared in the young woman’s eyes, along with a trace of terror.
As long as she was within the plans of fate, she could be observed by the Goddess.
She had stolen the Goddess’s authority.
If the Goddess of Fate detected her presence again — despite her only stealing a sliver — defiling divine authority was a serious matter.
The Witch who controlled fate did not dare to hope for any mercy.
Moreover, she had only peeked at that existence once, yet it was able to leave a thread of fate on her body.
“It looks like I can’t escape it. I’ve already been entangled in fate…”
She had felt a bone-deep fear just now.
Even as the Witch of Fate, she could still feel that the shadow-like figure shrouded in black mist possessed an unspeakable charm.
It made one want to turn into a moth and fly toward it, even knowing it was a candle flame.
“I have to figure this out…”
***
[Ding!]
[GAZE OF THE WITCH OF FATE]
[YOUR EXISTENCE HAS ATTRACTED POWERFUL ATTENTION. THE GODDESS HAS BEGUN TO PLACE BETS ON YOU]
Zhou Qingqing was still thinking about how to leave this den of trouble when the System’s voice suddenly appeared.
It was another Witch she had never heard of; the Witch of Fate was an existence that only served as background lore in the game.
Now that she had appeared directly in the System’s notifications, Zhou Qingqing was stunned for a moment, not quite reacting yet.
‘The Witch of Fate? A character from the background lore?’
‘Wasn’t that person said to be sealed? Why did she suddenly start peeking at me?’
Zhou Qingqing had no idea what she had done.
One Desire Witch was already enough of a headache, yet now a character even more powerful than the Desire Witch had appeared.
“In this Frontier Church, I don’t even know when I’ll die. How could I have time to pay attention to other Witches!”
Zhou Qingqing waved her hand irritably and swiped open her System Panel.
Although she didn’t know where the problem was, she hadn’t even been here for a full day before another Witch came looking for her.
‘This really isn’t the game. How is the plot moving in so many directions at once?’
In the game, it was one Witch per chapter, playing straight through to the end.
During that time, many characters could be used.
Now she only had one identity—a minor character who was a Central Nun.
Let alone surviving, even if she wanted to woo them, if her “stepping on multiple boats” act were exposed, she would surely be tortured to death by those hyper-possessive Witches.
‘Maybe I should just find a reason to go back to headquarters. Anyway, I have the identity of a Central Nun. A steady job with a government paycheck should…’
[IN THE FACE OF THE IMMINENT INVASION BY THE LAND OF DESIRE, YOUR CHOICE IS…]
[OPTION ONE: FIND AN EXCUSE AND ESCAPE ALONE…]
(Because of your cowardice, others have caught onto your weakness, giving the Saintess who covets you an opportunity.)
[THE SAINTESS’S FLESH PRISON]
[OPTION TWO: RESIST TO THE DEATH]
(As a weakling, your resistance has no meaning.)
[THE SUCCUBUS’S SEEDBED]
[OPTION THREE: MAKE A DEAL WITH THE WITCH]
(With no way out, you choose to play with fire, but you underestimated your own charm.)
[THE WITCH’S TOY]
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