"A Xia, is it... don't worry," Wendy stepped forward and took her hand, "The Witch Union is not what your family thinks, and you don't have to stay in the castle."

"Really?" she asked in a low voice.

"Of course, it's true," Wendy smiled, "We live in the castle because we have nowhere else to go... Before His Highness took us in, all the witches lived like wandering orphans, with families either broken or treating sisters as strangers. So, you already have a family of your own, which makes you lucky." She paused, "Let's go, it's windy here."

"... Okay," the girl lowered her head and obediently followed her into the castle.

"Is this the newly awakened witch?" Scroll was already waiting at the door, "What's her name?"

"A Xia." Wendy looked at the guard, "Could you please notify Agatha and ask her to return to the castle? Tell her a new witch has appeared in the town. She should be in the chemistry lab by the river."

"It's my pleasure," the guard saluted and turned to leave.

"Indeed, with Nightingale and Sylvie both gone, only Agatha can identify magic types and levels," Scroll nodded, "What is her ability?"

"We don't know yet," Wendy stroked her head, "How old are you this year?"

"Ten... ten years old." Perhaps seeing several strangers, she became nervous again.

"Ten years old?" Speer said in surprise, "Isn't that already adulthood?"

"When did you discover you had awakened as a witch?" Scroll asked, "Tell us the process in detail."

"Just... three days ago, on the night of my adulthood," A Xia replied softly, "My brother caught a fish from the river to give me, but my second sister snatched it away, leaving me with only half a tail. I cried into my quilt all night, and dreamed that the fish returned to the bowl. When I woke up, I found the fish was really there, and I had another sister."

"Another sister... what do you mean?" Wendy asked in surprise.

"One second sister was sitting at the table eating fish, and the other second sister was paralyzed with fear on the ground, but soon the fish and the second sister disappeared..." A Xia recalled, "I could feel... the things that appeared were related to me. But when I told them, Dad beat me hard, saying I shouldn't scare my second sister. I didn't mean to scare her, who knew that a dream would become real."

"That wasn't a dream," Wendy affirmed, "It was the call of awakening."

When magic gathers within a witch, it is the so-called awakening day. During this process, the witch not only feels the strange changes in her body, but because most people cannot suppress the unfamiliar magic, it also leads to spontaneous ability use. Therefore, the main reasons for witch losses in the past, besides the extremely difficult adulthood day, the second was the awakening day – unconsciously demonstrating the strange effects of magic in public, everyone knew what would happen.

However, the fact that the awakening day and adulthood day happened to be on the same day was something Wendy had never seen before. Of course, it wasn't impossible, because adulthood day itself was a relatively special awakening day.

"Later, my second sister said I was a witch and couldn't stay at home anymore. My brother said what does it matter if I’m a witch, there are so many witches in town. My family argued about it..." As she spoke, A Xia's voice became lower and lower, "In the end, they decided to send me here."

It seemed that even the newcomers to the Southern Territory had begun to be influenced by the town's propaganda. Fortunately, she wouldn't be tied up and handed over to the church like many sisters. Unfortunately, her family still couldn't fully accept a witch. But Wendy believed that things would slowly change with time... the local townspeople were the best example.

After she continued to ask some detailed questions, Agatha walked into the hall, covered in dust.

"Is this the new witch who appeared in town?"

Wendy nodded and briefly recounted the other party's identity and awakening experience, "How does the Union test a witch's abilities?"

"Generally, it's divided into two parts," Agatha said after listening, taking out a magic stone from her pocket, "One is to observe the specific form of the ability, and the other is to use the Balancing Magic Stone to measure the overall level of magic." Then she looked at A Xia, "Close your eyes and feel the magic flowing in your body."

"Does she need to cooperate?" Wendy asked worriedly, "She only became a witch three days ago, I'm afraid she doesn't know anything about magic."

"No need," Agatha laughed softly, "I'm just worried she'll be scared."

As she spoke, the stone filled with magic bloomed with a faint green light, enveloping A Xia. A cloud of mist gradually appeared on her chest, with a light yellow center, looking like it could dissipate at any moment.

"She didn't lie," Agatha interrupted the operation of the magic stone after observing for a moment, "Indeed, it has the characteristics that only occur when the awakening day and adulthood day occur on the same day. The ability type is Magical Energy... which is what you are familiar with, a summoning type. The magic level... is extremely low."

"Extremely low?" Wendy was stunned, "Has such a coincidence ever happened in Taquila?"

"The Union has witnessed the awakening of thousands of witches, and such a thing is not uncommon," Agatha said with a hint of pride, "For witches who awaken at the end of adulthood, it's equivalent to not having an adulthood day."

"What?"

"Their magic cannot form its vortex and remains in the pre-adult form. Naturally, there will be no branch abilities or stable amplification unique to adulthood. I don't know if such witches can produce high-level awakenings, but if they cannot go any further, magic problems will plague them for life." She paused, "Let's see A Xia's ability first, after all, the amount of magic is only one aspect, and the ability itself is what determines a witch's value."

"Agatha!" Wendy frowned. Any witch should be a sister of one heart and soul, not use abilities to measure each other's value.

"That's how it is in Holy City," Agatha was unmoved, "Of course... I also believe in His Highness's statement that any ability has its unique uses, but they still have high and low distinctions."

"What... are you arguing about?" A Xia opened her eyes, looking confused.

"It's nothing," Wendy forced a smile and comforted her, "Try to show everyone your ability."

"Okay..." The little girl held her breath and slowly stretched out her hands. Soon, the four saw the change – Wendy, Scroll, and Speer reappeared beside the coffee table in the hall. Although the latter two were talking about something, they couldn't hear any sound. And White Paper, who had already left the hall, reappeared next to Wendy and slowly crawled into her arms, revealing a sweet smile.

Wendy subconsciously reached out to the other self, but her fingers passed through the figure, as if nothing was there.