Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Led by the knight, the two arrived at the royal palace.

As a witch, Elaina was often summoned by the king to solve the kingdom's problems. After all, most kingdoms didn't have witches.

If so, the witch usually wouldn't reside permanently in this country, since the kingdom typically can't meet her needs. Those expensive magical materials can only be found by venturing out.

In this kingdom, which is neither too big nor too small, there are actually quite a few magicians.

Whether there are witches or not is unknown, but there certainly aren't many.

In other circumstances, Elena wouldn't be so nervous going to the palace, since it wasn't her first time visiting another country's palace.

But things are different now; after all, she did do something rather unpleasant.

To be fair, she hadn't done anything wrong. She had simply pointed them in the right direction for their future and, incidentally, accepted some gifts as a token of their gratitude.

But she can't control what others think.

After leading the two to the king's meeting room, the knight took his leave.

Elena stood nervously in front of the conference room door, unsure whether to push it open or not.

"Don't be nervous, at worst I'll go to jail with you," Qin said nonchalantly.

"Going to jail? That's a really harsh way of putting it—at most, it's just a fine. It's all money I worked so hard to earn..."

"So this is what you were most worried about."

Elena mustered her courage and pushed open the door, only to see a weathered-looking man sitting in front of piles of official documents, wearing an old crown on his head.

That must be the king.

"Oh—Miss fortune teller, you've arrived." The king greeted Elena with great enthusiasm.

Wait—could I have misunderstood something? You don't seem to be here to fine me.

"Ahem—I am Elena, the Gray Witch, and my secondary profession is a fortune teller." At this point, I have to put on a brave face and pretend I am one, even if I'm not.

She revealed her identity as a witch to increase credibility.

"Oh, she's a witch, that's wonderful—" the king seemed very pleased.

During the time Elena worked as a fortune teller, she removed her witch brooch. After all... it would be too degrading for a witch to be so poor that she had to rely on fortune telling to make money.

In the current situation, it's better to make her identity as a witch public.

Looking at the now righteous and awe-inspiring Elena, Qin would have been fooled by her if he hadn't just noticed her somewhat guilty expression.

"Could you please, Miss Witch, divine the fate of my kingdom?" the king said.

Ok……

Haha... Divining the fate of a nation? Do you think witches are omnipotent? Of course, that's impossible.

“Of course, no problem—Your Majesty,” Elena replied without hesitation.

Who was I just thinking about? Could it be me? Impossible.

"That's wonderful." The king was overjoyed to hear Elena's affirmative reply.

The king then recounted the story of his relationship with his trusted advisor. The economic policies of recent years had all been formulated by this confidant, and the king believed that the distributed money was genuine, not counterfeit. However, the country's economy continued to deteriorate, leaving him at a loss.

Therefore, he wanted to test the nation's fortune to see if there was a problem with its destiny.

Just then, Elena appeared, and the king immediately sent his guards to invite this legendary fortune teller.

The moment the king saw the witch's brooch, he became certain that the gray-haired girl before him was a gift sent by heaven to this kingdom.

After listening to the king's description, Elena pondered for a moment.

“However, I have conditions,” Elena said seriously.

Of course, you have to pay something to get a witch to do something, even if you're the ruler of a country.

This is common sense in this world. Witches are human too. Unless the relationship is very close, you will have to pay some expenses to ask a witch to help you.

The most famous Magical Union Association is an organization that charges fees to dispatch witches from within the association to do things.

But Elena thought going to work was too much trouble, so she didn't apply to join.

“First, arrange a nice room for me,” Elena said.

"nature."

"Secondly—of course, it's about the price. Let's talk about that after I finish this job," Elena said. "Don't worry, it won't be too difficult."

The two sides got along well, and soon a knight led Elena and Qin to a room that had been prepared for them.

Elena had been worried about the cost of the inn, given the high inflation here; a room cost three silver coins. Now that problem is solved.

However, before taking a break...

I should perhaps divine the fate of this kingdom, or perhaps I should skip this step altogether—I'll just improve the country's fortune.

However, it must be said that the fact that this kingdom has not yet fallen is truly a miracle.

……

"Dad, how's the plan going?" a young man asked an older man in a room.

"The plan is going very smoothly. That old man should lose power soon," said an older man, who was the trusted regent who had done everything to seize power. "That old man trusted me a lot."

He issued a large amount of counterfeit money, plunging the entire kingdom into desperate inflation. The old king still believed that the currency he issued was genuine.

That's ridiculous; there aren't that many real gold coins in this kingdom.

"When exactly is 'soon'?" the young man asked impatiently.

"It's probably a future we can never reach," a woman's voice said, sounding out of place.

who is it?

The two looked toward the source of the sound at the same time, only to find that they were surrounded by vines and their feet were firmly bound.

A gray-haired girl came into view.

"Damn it—" The older man recognized the brooch on Elena's chest, a witch.

When did that old guy find such a powerful outside help? Could it be that his plan was exposed a long time ago?

It's not over yet! So what if she's a witch?

He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Elena.

"Use this to deal with a witch? Really?" Elena asked jokingly.

The people in this country have probably never witnessed the terror of witches.

Before the man could even pull the trigger, the gun was knocked away by a sword. If he hadn't pulled his hand back quickly, his palm would have been sliced ​​off.

In fact, even if he pulled the trigger, the gun would only fire a single burst of light.

Technology is far too backward compared to magic.

At least that's the case in this kingdom.

There was someone else? He slowly turned around and saw that his son was already bound hand and foot by vines, while a strange man stood aside holding a sword and looking at him expressionlessly.

He knew the situation was hopeless, so he let the vines around him entangle him.

So much happened that night.

But the result was that both of them who plotted against the country were brought to justice. The conversation had been recorded, the evidence was conclusive, and the two were sentenced to death and beheaded in the square by the king.

To compensate for the harm caused by inflation, the king ordered the collection of all counterfeit currency and distributed all the gold coins in the national treasury to the public as compensation.

Of course, at Elena's second request, the king exchanged all the counterfeit money in Elena's possession for real money and also gave her a considerable amount of gold coins as a bonus.

After all this was done, everyone was happy.

It should be said that, apart from the two who were executed, the only one who was injured was the king.

After all, the person he trusted most had treated him this way. If the regent had just discussed it with him, the throne might have been given to him directly. However, these were not things that the two travelers should be concerned about.

After doing all this, the two left the country.

After a long absence, I hop on my broom and head to the next unknown land to continue my traveler's journey.