Reincarnated as a Holy Nun, I Refuse to Lose! v3c21

Volume 3: Angel Sanctuary Arc

Chapter 21: Safe Retreat

The Time Witch looked around at the empty battlefield, the high concentration of magic power still lingering in the air, a testament to the divine arts that had been used.

“The Church’s high-level healing divine art, Goddess’s Lament…”

The Time Witch, a former top-tier powerhouse of the Church, the Pure White Saintess, recognized the traces of magic. She knew all the divine arts, their strengths and weaknesses.

“Witches and the Church working together? Then maybe I too…?”

She looked at her hands, remembering her fall, her teacher’s angry face, her juniors’ fearful gazes. She had been forced to fight her own people, to break the necks of those who had cared for her, all in a desperate attempt to survive.

“The Church is not wrong, the Goddess is not wrong. Only witches cannot be trusted. That is the only truth, and it will always be so…”

She looked at her witch’s power, then remembered the pink-haired figure who had brought that power into the Church. Her eyes, worn by time, cleared.

“The Church’s rules cannot change. If they do, I’ll just rewind time…”

She looked at Ruo Li’s body on the ground, then reached out to touch her, but her hand passed right through.

“The soul… is gone…”

The succubus’s body reverted to its original form. The Time Witch tossed it aside.

“Did she escape the moment I came out? Interesting. To have the strength to separate her soul after such stimulation…”

Meanwhile, in the ruins of the Witch Kingdom’s castle, Ruo Li’s soul hid within a self-portrait of the Pride Witch, watching the white demon from afar.

“How pathetic. Hiding in a painting, waiting for time to erase me…”

Ruo Li had lost all hope. Without a body, she couldn’t even expand her domain. She chuckled self-deprecatingly. Perhaps being pierced by the silver spear would have been a more elegant end.

“So cold… can a soul feel the cold…?”

“There you are…”

Ruo Li’s heart skipped a beat. She looked at the white figure in the distance, still searching, and relaxed. It wasn’t her.

“Transferred your soul to a painting? Why not something smaller…?”

Ruo Li looked at the white-haired girl, at her golden eyes, and felt a strange sense of peace.

Xia had seen the Time Witch searching the ruins and had also spotted Ruo Li hiding in the painting. She had used a divine art to conceal her presence and sneak over.

“You’ve been through a lot. Even as a witch, no one should die…”

Xia looked at the self-portrait of the Pride Witch, but inside was the soul of the Lust Witch. Before the Time Witch could notice, she used a teleportation divine art.

The Time Witch felt a shift in the magic power and turned to see Xia holding the self-portrait. Their eyes met, and the Time Witch knew it contained Ruo Li’s soul, but she didn’t stop her.

“I should have stopped her…”

A golden light flashed, and Xia was gone. The Time Witch stood there, a sense of emptiness washing over her.

“I don’t want to be a witch… but why was I the one who became one…?”

She sat on the ground, the sky now drizzling, the rain falling on her, as if mirroring her own despair.

“The Pure White Saintess, that’s what my teacher called me…”

“Hello, miss, are you alone in the rain? Can you tell me how to get to the Far South~?”

A cheerful voice startled her. She turned and saw a familiar pink-haired figure and felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

“Luo Yuxi?!”

“Hmm? You’ve met my mom? Wait, miss, why are you covered in dust?”

The Time Witch’s body moved on its own, a primal instinct taking over, and she attacked.

[Unique Magic: Time Turbulence]

“Eh?!!”

A rift in time, created by the collision of different timelines, appeared in an instant, striking Luo Yuxi.

A sound of something shattering echoed through the rain. The pink-haired figure was torn to shreds. The Time Witch was stunned.

“Huh? No, I have to rewind time…!”

“Really, you shouldn’t use such dangerous skills on people.”

The familiar voice came from behind her. Luo Yuxi stood there, unharmed.

“You got the wrong person. My mother is Luo Yuxi, I’m Luo Miaomiao~”

(See Volume 2, Chapter 67 for details)

Luo Miaomiao looked at the girl’s white hair and silver eyes, a sense of familiarity stirring within her. Just then, Yun Keke and Yu Keke arrived.

“Hey, why did you run off so fast?!”

“Yes, Miaomiao, we were supposed to go to the Church, why did you suddenly go south…?”

Yun Keke looked at the white-haired girl, a sense of familiarity also stirring within her. Ling Shuang, the Frost Witch, followed, dragging the bound Amelie, the Sloth Witch.

“No, no, no, I haven’t slept for 18 hours yet! I’m so tired, I don’t want to go~!!”

Amelie wailed, rolling on the ground. Ling Shuang, annoyed, couldn’t do anything. Who would have thought a Deadly Sin Witch would act like a spoiled child? The Time Witch looked at the strange group.

“The Twin Witches, the Frost Witch, the Sloth Witch, and an unknown one…”

The Time Witch wondered when witches had started traveling in groups. Yun Keke, ignoring her, walked up to Luo Miaomiao and kicked her on the butt.

“Oh, Little Mommy, what was that for~?! I just ran a little fast~”

“You brat, I told you to slow down! And you changed direction! And you got lost!”

“Oh, don’t say that. That’s why I came to ask this young lady for directions~”

“Young lady??”

Yun Keke finally noticed the white-haired girl. This place, which looked like it had been hit by a meteor shower, shouldn’t have any survivors.

“Is there a girl here? Could she be a witch…?”

Yun Keke approached the Time Witch, her silver hair and eyes striking. She looked familiar, but she couldn’t place her.

“We’ve met before…”

“Met?”

“It was before I met her…”

The Time Witch glanced at Luo Miaomiao, who pointed at herself, confused.

“Before you met Miaomiao…”

Yun Keke thought for a moment, and a face she didn’t want to remember appeared in her mind. She looked at the girl’s height, her silver hair, her gray eyes.

“Ah… uh… what a coincidence, you look a lot like that Time Witch…”

“What a coincidence, they all call me the Time Witch…”

As the Time Witch spoke, a chilling aura enveloped her, freezing her in a block of ice. Yun Keke and Yu Keke stood on either side, their domains expanding.

The Time Witch felt her consciousness fading, her body and senses detaching from the world.

[Unique Magic: Domain Expansion – Submersion]
[Unique Magic: Domain Expansion – Decay]

“How did she find us here?!”

“Little Yun, I’ll slow down her senses with Submersion, you take Miaomiao and the others and run…!”

Before Yu Keke could finish, the world turned black and white. The ice around the Time Witch shattered, and she emerged, her domain easily overpowering theirs.

[Domain Expansion: Eternal Space]

“I didn’t expect to meet you here. Should I kill you?”

The Time Witch walked through the frozen space, looking at the two motionless girls. She stood before Yun Keke, her hand on her neck. A slight pressure would be enough to break it. But she hesitated. She didn’t know what it would mean.

“I’ll just kill one…”

“Mommy will be angry if you two fight~ Little Mommy~”

“!!!!”

The Time Witch looked at Luo Miaomiao, who was moving freely within her domain, and felt a strong sense of danger.

“This girl is strong…“