Isabel looked teary at her daughter but nodded and took out a wooden box from her ring.

  When she opened it, Adele saw a sigil, the sigil of the Holle family and five cards.

  The currency of the spiritual world ranged from copper to silver and gold coins, then to red cards and purple cards. They are formed by the spiritual world and any godhood can condense these, they converge spiritual power and law power, their uses are wide and if one has enough of them, one can even use powers on the level of godhood.

  The five cards in the box were purple.

  “Please don’t reject these. Although I know you have savings, these will help you in difficult times. They are the inheritance of our family line and you would have earned them regardless. This sigil not only shows you identity, it also includes a list of all powers that owe our family a favour of fate. With this as identification, you can request this favour.”

  Adele was also teary and took it into her hand, then it disappeared into her purple necklace, the only colour on her body.

  Her father on the same was the same, he also took a wooden box, but this time it only had a dark sigil, not with the inscription of the Trugbild family.

  He smiled at her and explained “This is the membership of Shadow Gate, the highest information agency in the spiritual world. Don’t be too shocked, the Trugbild family is one of the founders in our world and certain rights.

  As a manager, I have the right to give you the highest level of membership in our world. You can access our lower records without fees, you have the right to ask for higher records and any service you ask for will have a discount. Additionally, the identity of the highest membership is hidden and only the manager that gave it out knows, not even the administrator has the right to access, so regardless of what you do, you don’t have to fear being spied on.”

  Adele also accepted it, then she couldn’t hold on anymore and jumped into her parents’ arms, although she didn’t cry, she was very saddened, but she was also happy her parents helped her greatly with this.

  Then, when her grandfather came back, she also jumped into his arms and hugged him.

  Although he didn’t know what they talked about, he also felt saddened when he looked at the suitcase. Finally, he looked at her “Your mother already told me that you might leave. Take this, you will be able to access all trains of the empire with this card, it’s nothing special, but it will help you somewhat.”

  Naturally her gaining the inheritance and sigil were also under his knowledge. Finally, she walked out and saw servants outside waiting for her.

  All these servants were her closest ones that carried her eye mark, so she naturally knew where they were, always. She walked to them and hugged them one by one, taking her eyes back.

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  Her parents knew there were still some eyes in the mansion, she wouldn’t be able to access them when she was too far, but at least it was an insurance that she lived.

  Finally, she entered the prepared carriage and looked at her parents from outside. Her empty suitcase in her hand, she was ready for the greater world.

  …

  The moment she left her family, her mood stabilised, and her facial expression froze, it was like she had become a true puppet. She liked the eerie vibe it created, although she knew it was somewhat of a defensive mechanism she created on her own to mask the indifference towards life that came with her being a witch, it helped her. At least she didn’t create chaos with a human face but with the face of an eerie monster.

  In fact, over the years, there were many that saw her, but she didn’t worry about being exposed. At that time, she always changed her facial structure and everything to look more humane and also hid herself with fate, even if people saw her, they wouldn’t be able to combine both faces, and this would only be strengthened as she grew stronger.

  When she became a third level, she knew that there was no one that could identify her without having enough fate with her, and the only ones that could do this currently were her parents and her grandfather, no one else.

  Looking back, she was satisfied with her three seals. The first ensured her immortality, the second strengthened any ritual of a higher level that required her true name and the third gave her a companion that would follow her eternally, it was a great foundation. In fact, the third, Mut, was currently in the form of her silk gloves, he didn’t want to be in the mark on the hand, in this state he was like semi-conscious and could only see the world, but not experience it firsthand.

  The carriage moved and she soon arrived at the train station. The capital city was huge but for Adele, she still couldn’t believe the capital was called ‘Kaiserheim’, which means ‘emperor’s home’. Even when reading records, she was stunned.

  It must be said that everything considered, she had her fun. Reading the name and hearing other people talk about the names as if they are ancient words that are difficult to understand for common people… this knowledge didn’t even require one to go to school, as long as one knew these two names, one would be able to guess the meaning back then.

  There were several train stations and this one was a luxurious train station that only served the nobles, so naturally the train mainly had large cabins for up to four people. Adele took her suitcase and sent her maids back.

  She came down and looked at the side, it was quiet even at this place, people were walking slowly and chatting, children were playing. It would seem extremely peaceful if it wasn’t for the fact that everyone here had a strong aura and a condescending attitude towards the enemies they were talking about. If it wasn’t for this place, Adele could’ve sworn they would spit as they said the name ‘Kholodny’ aloud.

  This was weird to her coming from a modern country. People were less condescending of the people of other countries and only hated the government, it was widely accepted that the common people weren’t at fault and even if it was that case, it was most likely because the government influenced them to be like that.

  She felt weird hearing the words they spoke. It wasn’t that she felt disgusted by their talk of murder, no, she was indifferent towards this, it was rather the weirdness that came with indifference.

  Like when one bragged about imprisoning a few Kholodny swine’s and pulling them around their forsaken frozen country and letting them enjoy the freezing cold all around their body… she only thought about how this man over thirty hadn’t joined in the past five years of the war, looked like he was enjoying life in the capital to the fullest and didn’t even know the dangers of war.