[SALEM]
The pocket dinsion was created by Ambrosia in order to accommodate the witches and hide them from the persecution of the outside world.
Salem.
The haven of all witches in a certain way.
Salem was under the control of four great departnts.
The Hunters, also known as the Executioners, whose job was to eliminate all witches that had gone astray from their destined path. They were under the direct control of Kali, the witch of Destruction.
The Judges, whose role was, as the na implied, to judge criminals or civil cases, and also decide if a witch had committed a sin great enough to be put on the hunting list. This departnt was controlled by none other than Persephone, the witch of Life…
The Finance Departnt had complete power over the funds of the council and decided how to attribute them to witches who needed them for their projects. Those funds were given to promising but poor witches and would be taken away if the witches showed no results. This place was controlled by Freya, the witch of Space…
Finally, the council of wise won also known as the Council of Walpurgisnacht, convened regularly to establish the different regulations and take care of the everyday life of the witches. Which was technically under the control of dea, the witch of Ti. [1]
Sadly, because of dea's prolonged absence, she had lost a great part of the control she once held.
It didn’t help that because of her past decisions, the witches had to face so hard tis which many judged to have been a waste of their ti and energy and more importantly… life.
Because of all the above reasons, when dea appeared after a few centuries of absence and asked that the gate of Salem may open to the mortal world once again, the council had been understandably upset.
In this matter, Ambrosia had decided to act as a neutral party and did not help dea in any way in convincing them. She was going to completely leave it to her daughter for the ti being…
Thanks to that, the discussion had been ongoing for hours and days without any signs of ending any ti soon, but dea didn't intend on giving up. They had dismissed her demand at first and put the discussion on hold.
But as ti passed, dea was able to slowly bring so of the witches to her side.
After all, at the end of the day, dea was still a legendary witch. She still had a great appeal to the young witches who very much admired her for her amazing feats and equally amazing power and the position she held as a Cardinal Witch.
But… This wasn’t enough.
dea needed at least ⅔ of the assembly to accept her motion, but it wasn’t going well in the slightest…
This was mainly because dea's case lacked one determining point.
Benefits.
What benefits would opening the gate for her give them?
Salem was a self-sustaining dinsion. It could even be referred to as a world of its own.
Not only were the witches present here, but there also existed a great number of natural or artificial spirits who served to take care of the realm.
The witches who specialized on earth would take care of farming and the likes. So witches worked on manipulating the weather.
So others worked on water and so on energy resources and distribution.
In a way, despite their low numbers, Salem was akin to a super nation and only the Angels and perhaps the Dwarves had higher technology than them.
If it wasn’t enough, witches could travel to and from the Astral realm at will and many witches explored different worlds and planets there and brought strange resources to continue sustaining the realm.
In short, should Salem open their gates, the ones to benefit would only be Lustburg, the nation of humanity.
dea still had an ace left with her… Sol Dragona Luxuria, her lover, the reason for her existence…
But she did not want to use that ace.
No matter how small the loss of lifeforce was, it didn’t change that having an intimate relationship with witches did drain him off a little of his life.
Whenever this happened, dea could not stop herself from feeling guilty and sad. She simply could not accept using Sol as a bargaining ship without his consent.
‘Perhaps I should give up.’
Standing in the midst of another heated reunion, dea couldn’t help but smile bitterly and in defeat.
In the end, she decided to not use her ace. She simply could not do sothing like this in good conscience.
But it was then,
“I just received so important news!”
One of the witches who had been absent until now, #10, as we may refer to her as, barged into the room. Even though she was entirely clad in a black cloak from head to toe, like all the ten non-permanent mbers of the council, it wasn't hard to discern the shock in her voice.
"#10, Not only are you late, once again, but you are creating a ruckus and undermining the authority of the council. Hold yourself properly."
The one who spoke was #1. The number did not an a ranking of power but simply a ti of arrival in the council.
#10 was not at all cowed by the harsh voice.
For one they were all equal and the only leaders were dea and Ambrosia. Secondly, she had been one of the first to join dea's side.
After all, she wanted to visit the mortal world once again and the news she just heard might really help.
"Hahaha don't mind this."
Taking her place, she imdiately opened her operator and shared the information she had received.
A blue screen appeared above them with an article scrolling down.
At first, most of the witches looked with simple curiosity but the more they read the more baffled they beca.
Term like, "Blessed", "War", "Order vs Chaos", "Dragon Emperor" and more importantly, "Sol Dragona Luxuria" kept appearing, making them wonder if they were put into an illusion.
The one who was the most shocked was none other than dea herself, as she was left completely speechless.
In the end, she clenched her fist.
'You are truly a wonder, dear.'
Initially, she didn't want to use Sol as an ace for the simple reason that all he could offer was his body.
For the Witches, this was the extent of Sol's usefulness.
But this was only about the Sol of the past.
If this information was to be believed, then her beloved had gone through great changes.
She worried if he would still be the sa man she loved but now…what she had to do was simple.
"My dear sisters, I believe it's ti for new votes."
Sol had given her a golden opportunity and she would not miss this chance.
[1]: Read the Special chapter, the witches’ council to rember.
(AN: In my note, this chapter should have been a special chapter coming just after the end of Book 2. But I totally forgot about it. Which makes this placent a little awkward. But well. Better now than never.)
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