Magical Journey: The Other Shore Blooms on the Other Shore

Wait...the person was just here a moment ago, what happened?

The hooded magical doll looked around, trying to find the person who was still following it.

When they followed the man to the entrance of a deserted alley, the man completely disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"You've been following me for so long, and now you're looking for me?"

The faint sound of a zither came from behind the doll, and at the same time, the doll felt something sharp metal pressing against its back.

“My name is Diana, and I mean no harm,” Diana said calmly. “I just want to ask for help.”

Kafka is still waiting for her... Diana, calm down, you can do it.

“You seem to be the only humanoid magical doll around here,” Jean said, withdrawing her sword.

How could he recognize me as a magical doll at a glance? Even though I was completely covered up except for my face, how did he manage to tell me so easily?

He didn't use any reconnaissance magic. The only difference between me and a normal human girl is the joint connections...

But now is not the time to dwell on this issue. Diana removed her hood and pleaded, "Please, save Kafka."

……

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Elena."

The meeting finally came to an end after half an hour, with the draft bill to "abolish humanoid magical dolls" passing with a vote of 11 to 7.

The decisive factor that led to the passage of this bill was that the chief and third seat of the Garden Council agreed to the bill's policy, and the strong opposition from the remaining witches was to no avail.

After the meeting, Hailey looked visibly tired and worried, clearly concerned about the future of the kingdom.

The draft bill passed by the Senate is about to be implemented, and there is no room for compromise. The draft bill to "abolish humanoid magical dolls" is not a recent proposal; since the birth of high-performance magical dolls, witches have been constantly proposing this draft bill.

However, the Horberley riots have further agitated some conservative witches, driving them to the radical camp.

Previously, many regulations restricting humanoid magical dolls had been implemented. Now, this law has been officially passed, and the restriction has been completely upgraded to a ban.

The entire garden, from the elegant and sophisticated to the radical ocean, is now completely transformed.

"Black tea or coffee?" Hailey asked.

"Coffee, please, with extra sugar." Elena was a little hesitant to speak, as anyone could sense Hailey's tense atmosphere; she seemed ready to explode at any moment.

In particular, she had recently heard from Morissa about how Hayley had punished her.

Never mess with her.

Instant coffee was already laid out on the table, but Hailey stared at it silently.

She just stared at the coffee without drinking it, as if she were tearing it to shreds with her eyes. This made Elena too afraid to even touch it.

How terrifying... Morissa, help...

Yes, Morissa was there too, sitting awkwardly with Hailey, just as embarrassed as Elena, equally hesitant to touch her coffee. She exchanged a glance with Elena, then looked back at her coffee.

“I told you she was terrifying,” Morissa said with her eyes.

“Irena,” Hayley spoke, breaking the silence.

"Yes, I'm here." Elena shuddered in fright; her tone sounded like she wanted to punch me.

"Do you think humanoid magical dolls should be banned?" Hayley asked. "Say whatever you want, whatever your opinion is, the outcome is already irreversible."

Then why are you asking me?

It has nothing to do with me.

"I don't know enough to comment," Elena cleverly passed the buck.

Yes, that's right, Elena, you're a genius.

“Yes, that’s true.” Hailey nodded.

Yes, that's right.

“Then let me tell you the whole story. You can sleep here tonight; I’ll arrange the best room for you,” Hailey said.

Huh? Why do you insist on listening to my opinion? And why don't you tell me what kind of help you need?

Oh well, I'll just treat it as a story and use it as material to build up my diary.

The history of the entire garden, Daimyo Elegance, can be roughly divided into three periods.

The old era, the old era of magical dolls, and now the new era of magical dolls.

The old era was the reign of the Garden of Demiée, thousands of years ago, and historical records are incomplete and unclear. The landmark event that marked the Garden of Demiée's transition from the old era to the old era of magical dolls was the overthrow of the royal rule by the Flower Witch, who, together with a group of witches, led an army of magical dolls.

After the disappearance of the monarchy, the Flower Witch joined forces with other witches to establish the Garden Council, which is the prototype of the current Round Table Council.

The garden, this iconic building, also originated in that era.

It is made of various magical materials, automatically absorbs the kingdom's magic to power its own magic, and then transports the absorbed magic to supply the machinery in various parts of the city that require magic.

At the same time, anyone in the garden, whether a magician or not, will automatically be monitored for any attempts to undermine the kingdom. If such an attempt is discovered, the person may be killed by magic released by the garden itself; there are historical precedents for this.

When the magical dolls were first developed, they could not automatically absorb external magic power and were extremely dependent on the magic power supply from the central building, the garden.

Therefore, in the old era of magical dolls, although magical dolls were already widely used in people's daily lives, they were still not very convenient. All of this changed until magical doll technology made another epoch-making breakthrough.

The ability of magical dolls to absorb and operate with external magical energy marks the transition of Garden of Demiémie from the old era of magical dolls to the new era of magical dolls.

Thanks to the birth of this great technology, the previous drawback of magical dolls being "charged for two hours and used for five minutes" has been completely changed, and magical dolls have begun to enter the field of vision of the people of Garden of Demi-Europe.

They can help with many, many things, and they are very good at both intellectual and mental tasks.

To make them more relatable, the designers of those magical dolls made them look more and more like real people. Eventually, if you didn't look closely at the joints of the magical doll, you would think it was a real person.

Since then, some people have treated the magical dolls as family members. Although these magical dolls have no feelings and only follow people's orders, this does not prevent some people from developing feelings for them.

This led to a decline in the fertility and marriage rates of the Garden of Beauty and Elegance.

Compared to people who constantly nag and make all sorts of demands, the residents of Garden of Demi-Europe seem to prefer magical dolls that unconditionally obey them as their other half.

This was the catalyst for "abolishing humanoid magical dolls".

Those in power knew that if things continued this way, the Garden of Demiéville would be doomed. The puppets were merely tools, but the real people couldn't see that.

As a result, a large number of high-performance headless magic dolls were put into use.

Compared to humanoid magic dolls, they are more efficient, and this effectively reduces the probability of people empathizing with them as human beings.

The clash between headless magical puppets and humanoid magical puppets began ten years ago.

There will be differences of opinion among the people. Those merchants, in pursuit of efficiency, greatly admire headless magic dolls, while those who regard magic dolls as their own children are particularly disgusted by them.

There were also disagreements among the witches of the Witch Council, and these disagreements continued until tonight's meeting.

Now, this war without gunpowder has come to an end, with the side of the headless magical puppets emerging victorious.