Helen Hilbert's ascension to kingship had taken place just one day earlier.
The commotion had been enormous.
The celestial phenomenon formed by her ascension had even spread beyond the swamp.
Even the nearby Enchanting Forest and Celephis City could clearly observe a flower-like plant surpassing the theoretical height of dreams, along with Skull Petals drifting across the sky.
It had even drawn moon beasts unaffiliated with the witches to kneel in worship.
No such celestial phenomenon had appeared in nearly a thousand years, naturally drawing the attention of the "Queen."
A Honey Gathering Ritual covering the entire swamp had been activated directly for Helen. Every witch in the swamp would participate, using it to stabilize her Special Body and royal domain.
The ritual was expected to last forty-eight hours.
Helen had initially found the soak quite comfortable.
But after soaking for an entire day, her body had more or less been replenished, and she was starting to feel a little bored.
Then, all of a sudden.
A peculiar liquid mixed into the waterfall and flowed down with it... Though it carried a strange smell, it contained an unusual energy she had never encountered before.
It could nourish vitality.
It also seemed to promote her "inner self" to a certain extent.
At the same time, she vaguely sensed a familiar aura in the liquid... but Helen could not immediately remember who that familiarity came from.
"How strange. Did some Black Witch inject her own essence, or some special liquid collected from outside?"
This sudden change swept away Helen's boredom.
She looked upward, intending to properly thank the other party afterward.
However.
What entered her sight was a male who should not have been here, yet was extremely familiar.
Moreover, the expression on his face as he lay at the waterfall's edge