What Witch? A Deadly

【TheIsekaiVersionofBreakingBad】Aftertransmigratingtothisworldandscrapingbyformanyyears,Leonfinallyrealizedthatsomepaths,oncetaken,offernowayback.Thestairwaypavedwithcountlesswhitebonesleadsonlytoathrone—ortoagrave.BecausetheImperialChurchexplicitlyforbadeit,theproductionandsmugglingofmanaextractedfrommagicalbeastsbecameatradethatwasbothperilousandimmenselyprofitable.Thus,startingasanobscurenobody,hetrainedthewitcheswantedbytheChurchintohisownmonsterhandlersandapothecaries,andbuiltasmugglingempirethatspannedthecontinent.Today,heisViscountArend—oneofthemostpowerfullordsoftheEmpire,anewlyappointedcardinaloftheChurch,theGrandInquisitoroftheInquisition,andakeysupporterofthenewemperor.Atthesametime,intheshadows,thenameFenrirresoundsthroughouttheunderworld.HeistheEmpire’smosthighlybountiedfugitive,themostinfamousblasphemer,andthemostfearsomedangerspokenofinwhispers—countlesswitchessinginghisnameinthedark.Yethestillremembersthemomentwhenthegearsoffatefirstbegantoturn.Backthen,hewasmerelyLeon·Set,alow-levelinquisitormuddlingalongatthebottomoftheChurch.Thatday,heencounteredatruewitchforthefirsttime.Whenheraisedhisgunandaimeditatherhead,everythingbeganwithasinglesentencethatwouldalterthecourseoftheirlives:“MissWitch…wouldyoubeinterestedinmakingadealwithme?”