The Warden of The Witches

Tracking

That night, Aiden set off from the Rose Prison, and heading towards the Inquisition bureau.

After confirming that the "Rebecca" he had been in contact with was actually Priscilla, he began to understand many things.

The "Great Witch's Token" was most likely swallowed by Rebecca, who was forced to switch bodies before her memories were sealed, in order to deliver crucial evidence to the Inquisition bureau.

In a way, this act also saved Rebecca's life. After sealing Rebecca's memories and swapping bodies, Priscilla could have simply killed the Rebecca trapped in her body to end it all.

However, after Rebecca swallowed the token, Priscilla's options became limited. At that time, there was a whole team surrounding Priscilla. If she killed Rebecca and her body fell into the hands of the Inquisition, once dissected, the token would end up with them.

From then on, Priscilla could only hope that Rebecca's original body would be sent to the hospital due to complications from ingesting a foreign object, allowing her to use psychic spells to steal the token in transit to the hospital—something impossible to achieve at the heavily guarded Inquisition bureau.

Yet, yesterday, the Inquisition dashed her hopes when they promptly sent this hot potato to the Rose Prison as soon as her symptoms appeared.

Upon learning this, Priscilla could only rely on the Rose Prison to transfer her to the hospital. She might have even monitored the prison for this purpose—Dailey familiar monitoring spell from before is also a psychic spell. If Dailey could use it, there was no reason why Priscilla, who excelled in psychic spells, couldn't.

However, in the end, the Rose Prison also disappointed her expectations by showing no intention of sending her to a hospital. Overwhelmed, she had to personally visit the Rose Prison to inquire.

She could hardly have imagined that the prison had a treatment plan more professional than a surgical hospital, to directly removing the token. She even suspected that the prison might be aiming to let troublesome inmates perish.

It's no wonder she was so impatient last night, not even caring about her acting... Especially since it was the night of the full moon, the day when Abigail summoned other Great Witches. She probably wanted to use that opportunity to contact other witches for help.

Furthermore, her reasons for wanting to transfer to work at the Rose Prison could also be fully explained, with two points that Aiden could think of.

First, to escape from the Inquisition, her archenemy. She couldn't perfectly impersonate Rebecca, and to make matters worse, Rebecca was a left-handed person, making it difficult for her to adapt to the body. Perhaps the initial choice to swap bodies with Rebecca was due to circumstances — this can be seen from the fact that she couldn't stop Rebecca from swallowing the token, Thus, she had to use amnesia as an excuse to cover herself, but Harold still became suspicious.

The second point was to seize the opportunity to rescue Dailey, who was captured several years ago. She did have a certain relationship with Dailey, and she had always advocated for the witches at the witches' gatherings to unite against the Inquisition. Not only that, rescuing Dailey could help her break free from her current situation.

After confirming the truth of Priscilla and Rebecca swapping bodies, Aiden immediately decided to inform the Inquisition and discuss the plan to capture Priscilla... which is now "Rebecca's".

While sending another guard out with a letter could relay the message, he had no tangible evidence to provide.

Swapping bodies using psychic spells was a form of dark magic not documented in the Inquisition records. This was likely an original magic developed by Priscilla. Besides, at this late hour, Director Harold might not even be at the office. Whether to have the staff on duty notify Harold immediately or to persuade Harold to believe his deductions and mobilize forces, it seemed he would have to handle it personally in the end.

At this moment, he once again felt the inconvenience of living in a world without smartphones. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to make a special trip out so late at night...

No..., to mention smartphones seems a bit too much to ask for. Even telephones are not widely used here; remote communication primarily relies on letters and telegrams.

Capturing a Great Witch ranked as an S-class fugitive, such a dangerous task would naturally be best left to the professional at the Inquisition.

Although the current Priscilla, due to various constraints, might find it difficult to reach S-class in terms of danger.

Unlike Dailey's spells, psychic magic is not particularly suited for direct confrontation. Previously, Priscilla was considered an S-class fugitive mainly because she could control dangerous magical beasts with psychic magic as her pets to guard her residence.

But Now that she was trapped in Rebecca's body and forced to impersonate her, inside the Silver City, her overall strength is likely significantly diminished compared to when Rebecca led the team to besiege her.

If they could capture Priscilla, and seal her magic, there would be an opportunity to use hypnotism or even the dream infiltration abilities of Succubi, to confirm the fact that she had swapped bodies with Rebecca.

Of course, if she has not yet realized that her body swap has been exposed, perhaps they could deceive her into going to places like the Rose Prison or the Inquisition, A locations with magical sealing barriers... or maybe, in her role as Rebecca, she might even head to the Inquisition herself, at which point they could catch her off guard.

If only it could be resolved so easily...

Just as he was thinking about this, Aiden suddenly felt a chill down his back halfway through his journey.

He turned slightly, the dimly lit street empty under the streetlights.

But just now, a shadow did flash under a streetlight about thirty meters away; someone was indeed following him.

Wait, it's not just one person, but two—one about fifty meters away.

What was going on?

Was it a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?

But he quickly figured out what was happening.

The one following him was likely Priscilla.

So, the other person should be the one Harold assigned to monitor Rebecca.

There wasn't much distance from the Rose Prison to the Inquisition, just a fifteen-minute walk, crossing two blocks.

Most likely, they had been watching him since he left the Rose Prison or waiting somewhere along the route.

In other words, Priscilla had her eyes on him.

Had she realized he had caught on to the truth? No, even if that wasn't the case, Priscilla must have her reasons for targeting him.

Desperate to transfer to the Rose Prison, Priscilla might consider going after him directly as the warden.

For example... she might aim to seize his body this time and then directly rescue Dailey.

Thinking about this possibility, Aiden calmed his mind.

Fortunately... he had kept a card up his sleeve.