Otaku Witch

Chapter 2065 - 1046: Miracle of Redemption

On the second day, when the sun was already high in the sky, Dorothy once again opened the Gates of the Underworld and returned to reality.

After asking her questions, she naturally couldn’t just leave. It was rare to meet Denisha, so she naturally wanted to spend more time with this long-lonely sister.

The two of them wandered around the garden of the Holy Palace, chatted about daily life, and exchanged their understanding of magic, feeling quite happy with each other.

The only thing that somewhat annoyed Denisha was Joan, who usually had good sense, suddenly acted oblivious today. Although their business regarding the Underworld was already concluded, he still found various excuses to stay, preferring to serve tea and water to the sisters rather than leave, insisting on being a third wheel.

Miss Shepherdess understood that this old subordinate of hers had probably set his sights on her sister.

But this was normal. After all, ever since history had been altered, such things were bound to happen sooner or later.

As a Shepherdess, Denisha understood too well the preferences of the "flock" she tended. If these who had lost everything were given a chance to start over, they would surely do everything possible to get closer, just like moths to a flame.

Even as the Shepherdess, she could not prevent this situation. If she forcibly tried to stop it, the once docile flock might bare their fangs at her.

However, it didn’t matter to her, as this was what Denisha wanted. After all, she was never interested in having authority over the "flock." Since the "flock" voluntarily revered her sister as their leader, she, as the elder sister, would only feel happy.

The current Shepherdess no longer needed the flock’s power to assert herself, but her still-weak sister very much needed the flock’s protection.

Therefore, although Denisha was annoyed, she eventually acquiesced to Joan’s persistence.

She knew, although this Eternal Sage could remain clear-headed under her Authority, the bewildering feeling of suddenly having additional memories in one’s mind made things seem like a dream. Joan just wanted to see more of her sister to confirm that this "savior of dreams" was real and not imaginary, thus making the fairytale-like second round feel tangible.

Besides, Witch’s Night’s influence wasn’t limited to memories alone. It was a power that could truly impact reality.

For example, the souls of Joan’s long-dead family members appeared as vividly real in the Underworld.

Yes, theoretically, in the ancient times before the establishment of the Underworld, once people died, they were truly gone. Back then, without the Underworld’s protection, dead souls’ fates were only to dissipate, unlike now, with opportunities for resurrection.

But as one of the founders of the Underworld, Joan’s long-dead family didn’t live to see the day the Underworld was built. The Underworld sheltered countless later souls but never protected the souls she most wished to save.

This is the regret of the first round.

Even Denisha felt heartache over this, as the three people she cared most about all died before the Underworld existed.

However, she was slightly luckier than Joan. After all, her family was different.

Mr. Adam’s terrifying soul could withstand the initial crude process of reincarnation without the Underworld’s protection. Emora, though a bit inferior, still retained most of her soul thanks to the resilience of the Dragon Soul, avoiding being transformed into an entirely different soul.

Only Dorothy’s soul was without a trace, seemingly vanished, which once was a pain Denisha didn’t want to recall, but now it’s a source of happiness for all.

But clearly, not everyone is as special as her family.

Joan, Koreya, and others are now Venerable Sages, but their long-gone family were mere mortals, whose souls couldn’t withstand the original Styx River’s cleansing. They had been crushed and rearranged countless times.

That’s a past that even the Power of the Sage cannot retrieve. Even though the sages can reverse time, they cannot retrieve the souls of deceased family members from the river of time.

After all, soul shards that had already turned to dust had long scattered into countless new soul bodies in countless reincarnations, just as you can’t retrieve a cup of water you poured into the ocean a year ago, nor can you perfectly salvage a past soul from the river of time.

Unless you’re an Omniscient and Omnipotent deity.

Even Denisha, the Great Sage closest to the deities, once felt deep guilt over being unable to completely salvage Emora’s soul. Every time she looked at Nidhogg, whose personality had drastically changed after reincarnation, she felt like slapping herself, berating herself as despicable.

She had truly thought Nidhogg and Emora were just two similar flowers; the Dragon King was ultimately not her memory of the lazy Little Fatty Dragon sister.

As for now....

The Divine King wished to truly split that seemingly straightforward but cunning disciple in two.

However.....

"Was Nidhogg always just acting, or did she also regain herself due to the influence of the second round?"

Denisha suddenly recalled this, and for a moment, she was also somewhat uncertain.