Chapter 41: Wanting to be just like you

[In the seventh year of the simulation, you’re 21 years old, and you’re getting further and further along the path of an elite mage, with both mental and magical power, and your hidden strength is breathtaking]

The first day of the new year arrives, and you realize that the witch is a bit more “human” than usual.

[You’re relieved and sorry at the same time]

[It is comforting to know that there is still the possibility of repairing the witch’s crippled and broken heart]

[Unfortunately, the difficulty of fixing it is hellish, and your efforts to patch it up for two months have only made the Witch a little more volatile]

[It’s a good thing that the witch’s body, which was on the verge of breaking down, has been saved by you.]

[After your treatment and two months of nutritional supplements, the witch’s weak body gradually returned to its normal state, no longer the skin and bones it was at the beginning]

[Spring leaves emerge and the earth recovers]

[Spring has arrived in the new year]

[You live a three-pointed life, cycling between meditating on spirituality – delving into new magic – teaching Krysia]

[Only on rare occasions do you head to the Wizard’s Guild in the center of town, to buy some transcendental materials and listen to the intelligence of others, and you hear the well-deserved news that the foreigners on the border have been repelled by the Church of the Divine]

[You go home and continue to study magic]

[You begin to explore and think about how to go further in nurturing the witch so that she can survive in the world peacefully even after she leaves you]

Winter snow melts and spring bursts forth.

The snow that once flooded the city of Allentown has completely disappeared.

The bright spring light pours freely, and the brilliant sunshine falls from the sky, falling on all the people and things in need of sunshine, including the withered trees in the corners of the courtyard, also sprouting new shoots in a silent way.

The Xu system sat at the entrance to the courtyard.

The gate bridge overhead creates just the right amount of natural shelter.

Blocking the sunlight for the Xu system and casting a cool shadow.

“The first step in training Krysia was to help her have the ability to defend herself, and now that goal is about to be accomplished, in another six months, Krysia will be able to advance to a full-fledged mage.”

“Formal mages are able to learn level 1-3 magic, and unless a higher level mage makes a move, Krysia’s talent makes her almost invincible at the same level.”

“There’s even less to say about ordinary people, even the current Krysia can handle it with ease.”

“Then it’s time to prepare for step two.”

In the shadows under the Gate Bridge.

Xu System held a thick magic book in his hands, his eyes slightly closed in contemplation.

If you want Kryssa to have an independent and autonomous personality, and to be able to live alone and strong after the end of your own simulation, no longer to be hostile and hunted by others, you have to prepare for it in advance.

There are some issues that need to be addressed before it’s too late.

For example, the issue of Krisha’s demonic bloodline.

Objectively speaking, Kryssa is well-behaved and obedient, never wanting to hurt anyone, and feeling uneasy about even being near a stranger, let alone inflicting harm.

But.

The world is unreasonable.

The gods rule the earth and the church is His eyes and ears.

In a world where all people believed in the gods and regarded the Demons as enemies, as long as one had the slightest connection with the Demons, one would be recognized as an enemy.

Kryssa’s attempt to integrate into human society is a near impossible task.

Unless–

“Strong enough to quell any disobedience, or to make the others think that Krysia has no connection to the Demons.”

The Xu system muttered to itself.

The former was too difficult to achieve, and even if this life went smoothly, System Xu wasn’t sure that he could cultivate into a god, let alone power over all the gods.

As for the latter, a certain degree of feasibility exists.

“This world has an unexpectedly primitive and rudimentary way of identifying demons.”

“At first, I thought there would be searches and identifications for souls, for bloodlines, and even for concepts.”

“But from what I’ve looked through in the meantime, whether it’s the Wizard’s Guild or the Church of Divinity, the way they identify Demons is by their appearance.”

“In other words, as long as I can conceal Krysia’s demonic traits, I’ll be able to make her appear brightly.”

“And, there’s never been an instance of a Demon taking control of magic before.”

“Even if she’s suspected, Krysia can use her magic to clear herself.”

The Xu system mused.

Think it’s quite feasible.

Of course, he wasn’t foolish enough to think that such a cover-up could be hidden from the world.

Even if it could be hidden from humans, it certainly could not be hidden from the gods on high.

But the Hsu system is not too demanding.

He just wanted Krysia to be able to walk around in the outside world, to be exposed to more people and things, so that that fragile and sensitive heart wouldn’t become unassertive if it left him for a little while.

Therefore, by limiting the range of Krysia’s activities, the possibility of being discovered can be reduced.

“Ask the boy what he thinks.”

……

[Simulation Year 7, Spring]

[The witch is getting stronger and stronger, and in order to solve the possibility of the witch being discovered, you begin to think about how to hide the characteristics of the witch’s bloodline]

[You ask Krysia for her opinion, and if she insists on not hiding it, you respect her choice, but the answer she gives surprises you]

[“Wants, wants, wants to be just like his mentor.”]

[It’s not that you want to become a human being yourself, but because you are a human being, the witch wants to become a human being too.]

[Summer, 7th year of simulation]

[Krysia’s realm got a breakthrough, raising her mental power in constant meditation, arriving at the standard line of a full-fledged mage]

[Your witch is promoted to full mage.]

[Seventh year of simulation, fall]

[You have self-reasoned a method to effectively hide your demonic traits through uninterrupted study of ancient texts, as well as self-taught life attribute magic]

[You called the witch into the meditation room, and in this place where there were only the two of you, began the unknown surgery to hide the demonic traits]

Kryssa doesn’t have many demonic traits.

Neither broad wings nor a slender tail.

From that point on.

The Hsu system is lucky.

Because it meant that he only had to deal with the horns on top of Kryssa’s head, as well as the surface scales of some of her skin, and when it was over, Kryssa would have a normal human stance.

“I hope everything goes well.”

The slightly dimmed meditation room was cool and silent, claustrophobic and soundless, like the places of some cult rituals.

“Click.”

The Xu system turned off the underpowered vapor lamps and instead manipulated the magic itself, gathering light sources to illuminate the space.

Not far from him.

It was Kryssa who lay calmly on the slab.

“Krysia, this might hurt a little next.”

“I trust the mentor.”

Pale golden pupils, there was no fluctuation about any emotion, but through that hollow layer, the presence of trust could be felt.

The operation has begun.

[You use wind magic, coalescing into a cutting wind blade that meticulously abrades the stump of the girl’s head, leaving only the root, which is connected to the nerves, hidden in the hair]

[You used level 3 magic – Earth Shaping]

[You used level 4 magic – Water Isolation]

[You used level 4 magic – Fire Isolation]

[You used a level 5 spell – Life Mimicry]

[You redeem high quality shapeshifter slime from the Wizard’s Guild, mold them to the color of human skin, and slowly apply them to the scales on the Witch’s body, hiding them with subtlety]

[And, you’ve imbued the shapeshifter slime with water and fire resistance and life-giving properties so that they don’t easily fall off and are more like human skin.]

“Your disguise experiment was a success.

[From the outside, Krysia no longer has any demonic features]