Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Catherine was born into a noble family.

Moreover, she was the only daughter of that nobleman. After giving birth to Catherine, her mother was injured and unable to have children. Her father was an exceptionally devoted man, and therefore, Catherine was the sole heir of the family.

And she lived up to expectations, displaying exceptionally strong magical talent at a very young age.

Before she was even three years old, she could fly with a broom. Because of her exceptional magical talent, she went abroad at a young age to study under a witch and received all of the witch's teachings.

When Catherine returned after completing her apprenticeship, she discovered that her original family had disappeared, and a new group of nobles had moved into the family mansion.

She inquired everywhere, but all she could find was that all her family members had been exiled to the battlefield because of crimes.

The nobleman who reported her family is also the same nobleman who now lives in her former mansion.

The crime her family committed was corruption.

Having just become a witch, Catherine naturally couldn't believe her father would do such a thing, so she gathered evidence everywhere in an attempt to exonerate him.

This is hardly a difficult thing for a witch.

After all, ordinary people simply cannot withstand her magic, such as the Truth-Revealing Magic and the Research Magic...

The final conclusion was that a group of nobles conspired to ostracize her father, deliberately fabricating charges of embezzlement to exile her father's entire family, while she escaped this calamity because she was studying abroad.

Young Catherine thought that with so much solid evidence, she could easily exonerate her father.

But the truth is that the king, who had received benefits from the nobles, blatantly lied to Catherine's irrefutable evidence and was reluctant to overturn his original judgment.

Just then, bad news came from the distant battlefield.

Catherine's biological father died on the battlefield, at the hands of a vengeful ghost.

After that, Catherine disappeared for a long time.

When she reappeared, she called herself the Witch of Death and promoted the soul magic she had developed. It was precisely this magic that led to remarkable victories in the war against vengeful spirits.

“But such magic cannot come without a price.” Miss Death toyed with the gold coin in her hand, then tossed it into the air. “Everything is just an exchange of equal value.”

The price of soul magic is that the soul is irreversibly weakened every time a spell is cast.

Catherine could not forgive the country that had killed her father, and this was the first step in her quest for revenge.

After the entire war against the vengeful spirits was completed, almost all the magicians' souls were weakened to a pitiful degree, which is why they were easily enslaved by Catherine.

“The soul magic comes from me,” Mo chuckled. “She saw me when she was very young. You know, usually, people can’t see Death unless I show myself. She’s special; she’s very sensitive to death.”

“During the years she disappeared after learning of her father’s tragic death, she found me again and signed a contract with me,” Mo said.

"She will escalate the war between kingdoms, providing me with plenty of souls as payment, while all I need to do is give her samples of soul magic."

Therefore, after the war with the vengeful spirits ended, every subsequent war between major powers was instigated by Catherine in secret.

She claimed to be living in seclusion, but in reality, she was the mastermind behind the entire kingdom.

She wanted to destroy the kingdom to truly avenge the king and his nobles.

The result was that the various kingdoms fought fiercely, leaving corpses strewn across the land, before Catherine intervened to unify them.

The purpose of establishing the Death Bell was not to prevent the resurrection of vengeful spirits. Rather, it was to periodically guide the souls of the dead to converge on Sperado, the Land of Death, so that Death could easily collect a large number of souls in exchange for His protection.

This is the truth behind the founding of the entire Kingdom of Sperado in the Land of Death.

"History is always written by the victors," Meryl Streep concluded. The witch who had actually committed countless evil deeds had become a revered hero.

While her contributions to the war against vengeful spirits are undeniable, she also caused many more innocent people to be drawn into the vortex of war.

"So, tell me what the point of this story is?" Elena couldn't understand.

"It's nothing, I just felt a pang of nostalgia seeing how much you and Xiao Yezi look alike," Mo said with a smile. "Back to the previous question, would you consider staying to become a goddess?"

"Just because I look a lot like that Ekaterina?" Elena tilted her head and asked.

"Isn't that reason enough? After all, I've been pretty bored for the past few thousand years since Little Leaf died. Haa—" Mo said with a yawn.

"Then what are you going to do with those two witches?" Elena retorted.

“Who says a goddess can’t have three?” Mo said.

That makes a lot of sense.

Since there are already two goddesses, having another one doesn't seem unacceptable.

"Besides, you've already passed the test," Mo said.

assessment?

……

When Elena and Qin first entered the city.

"Is that the person that Nishiki has his eye on?" Ichinosegawa pointed to Elena, who had just entered the city.

The Grim Reaper beside her carefully examined Elena, who was looking around. She looked... too much like her, almost identical, just as cute as Little Leaf.

"Your Highness, stop drooling." Ichinose Tsubasa picked up a tissue and carefully wiped the drool from his master's mouth.

“Ahem—she is the candidate for goddess,” Mo said.

How hasty! But since it was ordered by Ni.

No, that won't work either. Goddesses and such need to be assessed.

As the goddess of Spera, the land of death, she must possess a kind soul, so she must be put to a good test. Until then, her heart must be won over.

"Who's that person next to her? Is he her boyfriend?" Ichinosegawa said with a sharp eye. "He smells awful."

“No, I just used my mind-reading ability to confirm. They seem to be just travel companions,” Ichinose Tsubasa said. “Oh no, such a keen sense. He’s looking at us.”

Under the spell of silence, their figures should have been invisible, but in fact, Jean glanced in their direction, giving the feeling that she had been seen through.

As expected of a demon's retinue!

To travel with the demon's retinue, this person cannot have a kind soul.

Ichinose Tsubasa was the first to object!

“No, she must be a candidate for Goddess,” Mo said.

Okay, then I won't object.

She may have a noble soul; we cannot judge a person by their friendship.

Ichinose Tsubasa is the first to have reservations!

At the goddess's behest, Elena received full government subsidies for her food, clothing, and shelter.

After that, the two sisters gradually discovered Elena's temperament and her keen interest in gold coins. They came up with a clever way to win Elena over.

We must first lure Elena over with sweet words and then test her.

then……

"500 gold coins," Ichinosegawa quoted a hefty price.

She had assumed that the money-grubbing Elena would agree without hesitation; that was a full five hundred gold coins, enough to buy several houses.

But the fact is, the sheer amount of money aroused Elena's suspicion.

After all, the amount is too high.

In response, Ichinose Tsubasa could only try to cover up the mess her somewhat rash sister had made by threatening Elaina with mind-reading, so that she would know that she had no chance of winning if Elaina did not agree.

They teamed up with their sister, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop.

This was the plan that the sisters had tacitly agreed upon.

When asked what is worth five hundred...

Ichinosegawa must provide a sufficient reason for this. He can't just say, "I gave you 500 to test you," because then how would the test proceed?

So they made up a story about a vengeful spirit king that needed to be suppressed... and the two sisters couldn't be separated because they needed to carry out a mission.

That's all nonsense, of course. How could they not be separated?

All of this was to get Elena to agree, and then give them the opportunity and time to be tested.

But Elena eventually asked whether she could refuse.

This made the two sisters very embarrassed. They couldn't really fight with Elena, could they? Elena was someone that Ni Xia had taken a liking to. Wouldn't it be impolite to fight with her?

Moreover, fighting a witch would definitely cause the entire surrounding area to become victims.

They are the goddesses of Sperado, the land of death, and it is their duty to protect their people.

Fortunately, Mo arrived with an extremely strong sense of oppression to save the day, and thank goodness Elena yielded.

The so-called sacrificial ceremony was actually one of the tests left for Elena.

In fact, there were two tests for Elena. One was to accompany Death to observe the process of collecting souls and to see how the other party reacted to it.

She couldn't show too much rejection, nor could she appear too indifferent.

This is the proper attitude towards death. Without a doubt, Elena's behavior perfectly aligned with the wishes of Mo and the two goddesses; conversely, that demon's follower was nothing short of a cold-blooded monster.

The second test was their ability to withstand pressure. Knowing that the sacrificial ceremony would be difficult to get through (in reality, it was just a formality, but the two sisters described it as terrifying, involving the suppression of a vengeful spirit king or something), they still managed to complete the highly challenging alchemy.

It's obvious that she's responsible and capable. She's very suitable to be a goddess.