"Take my real name as your guide, invisible darkness from the bottom of the world, eat the food I have prepared for you, and serve me forever."


    Twenty six years ago, the witches who had just arrived in this remote kingdom had no place full of magic traps and magical blessings, so it was just a shabby house in a slum. And after its last owner finally died of poverty and disease, the dilapidated shelter has two new owners.


    A huge soup pot large enough to hold two adults is the only furniture in the hut. Besides, there is not even a chair or bed for people to rest on. Now, with the things in the soup pot rolling and bubbling under the heat of the fire, the two figures are also stretched by the flame.


    "Are you sure you want to, mother? I mean, do we really have the conditions to support a wizard''s shadow in such a place? " On the surface and now similar, but a little less calm emia said to another person. Perhaps it was because she had just escaped here that the witch only wore a patched coarse cloth dress.


    "Don''t worry, honey." Grine, who threw some strange materials into the soup pot, answered her daughter in a calm voice, "you have to believe that the future is full of hope. Don''t worry about things you can''t be sure about now. "


    "But the others won''t let us go! They will never tolerate defectors She cried hysterically. If it wasn''t for the sound barrier in this room, I''m afraid her voice would have been enough to wake people from their dreams in the neighborhood.


    "But we have escaped, haven''t we? They say no one can leave the sorceress alive, but we are here, too. Now we have to increase our strength to prepare for their pursuit. " Gelin''s face is still very calm. As an old witch, she has experienced too many life and death situations, so she can still live a quiet life even in the face of threats that she does not know when to kill.


    Her mother''s words calmed Amy down, knowing that the extra tension now would only serve as a beacon of bad luck. The young witch bowed her head and remained silent for a long time.


    "It''s all my fault. If it wasn''t for me, you wouldn''t have to leave the sorceress. If they come after I will turn myself in. Please make sure you don''t summon such a dangerous thing. I''m not worth it... "


    Greene looked at her tearful daughter and laughed.


    "There''s never been anything worth it, dear. You are too close to the mortals to let their values affect you. Remember, even if we are not the same kind of witch in the world, we should be deprived of our own life


    The fire under the soup pot is getting bigger and bigger. At a certain moment, the red fire light like an eruption volcano suddenly rises, swallowing a whole pot.


    "Well, here it comes. It seems that my old bone has at least the right mantra Greene looked at the huge fireball in front of her and said with a smile.


    Only light can give birth to darkness, and the brighter the light source will cast the deeper shadow in the corner. Under the red light from the fireball, Gelin''s shadow grew longer and bigger. At the same time, the outline of its edge no longer coincides with the witch''s shape. First, two hands, then feet, reflected in the shadow on the wall, began to appear the body that did not belong to its master.


    As the flame that swallowed the soup pot faded away, the shadow of Gelin gradually returned to its original state. But when the witch''s shadow becomes smaller, a complete human shadow remains on the wall. It seems that because of the separation of her shadow, a line of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and her face was much paler than before.


    Emia quickly helped her mother, but she was gently pushed away by the old witch. She was not weak enough to be supported. Grine turned and looked at the shadow on the wall that didn''t belong to anyone.


    "You were born in my shadow, so you must obey me. Carry out my orders, protect my safety, strangle my enemies, and I will feed you and keep you in this world. "


    "I, obey." The shadow on the wall points its head. Then its whole head came out of the wall, and there was a crack in its faceless face, which could be called a mouth, and a hollow voice came from it.


    Twenty days ago, in the witch''s house,


    Greene was lying in a wide armchair, watching the flames in the fireplace devouring firewood and making a crackling sound.


    “…… The above is the state of the Wangdu families recently. " Jason, who stands respectfully behind the witch, stops after routine intelligence reporting.


    But unlike usual, the witch didn''t let Jason leave after hearing the report. She tapped the armrest of the rocking chair with her index finger of her left hand and made a regular voice.


    "Jason, how long have you been called out by me?"


    "Twenty six years to morrow, master."


    "Yes Has it been so long? That''s right, too. Corinthian is so old. " Greene seemed shocked by the passage of time, but then relieved, she continued, "so Jason, tell me, do you like the world?""I don''t know what you mean. What do you mean by" like " Although he knew that the witch could not see the action, he had a lot of physical habits after living in human society for a long time.


    "All this, my shadow. I mean like it all, the sky, the land, the rocks, the water, the city, and the people. "


    "It''s more than where I came from It''s colorful. " After a while, Jason replied.


    "Oh, my Jason, ha ha..." Hearing the other party''s reply, Gelin seemed to have heard some funny joke, her laughing shoulders were shaking. Just as Jason thought he had answered a wrong answer, the witch''s laughter stopped.


    "Of course, where you come from is only black."


    With these words, the two people fell into a long silence, the old witch looked at the fire, and without the master''s command, Jason did not dare to leave first. They seemed to freeze, holding a position for a long time.


    "Are you afraid to go back? Jason, go back to where you came from. " Suddenly said Greene.


    "If that''s your wish." Said the shadow.


    "No, don''t worry. It''s not the time. It''s not the time. " The witch''s voice gradually subsided, and soon the quiet breath indicated that geline was asleep.


    Jason looked at his master''s figure in the couch. No one knows what he thought when Greene asked him if he was afraid to go back to where he had been called. It''s just like most people don''t think wizard shadow has an independent personality. They just think that the shadows called from the unknown darkness are simply imitating what they see.


    Jason was no longer there when the sun shone on the king''s house and clandy pushed open the door of her grandmother''s.


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