Beatrice's Loneliness and Despair, Over Four Hundred Years of Waiting

At the Witch Tea Party, Echidna was somewhat disappointed by Bai Xuan's refusal.

Fortunately, this was one of the possibilities she had considered.

If Rem weren't there, she certainly wouldn't be so indifferent right now, because as the embodiment of curiosity, she absolutely couldn't accept the reality of seeing the unknown but not being able to possess it.

I can endure darkness if I have never seen the Radiance.

Echidna could have continued living her life as it was originally planned, but the appearance of Bai Xuan and his two companions made her discover a future far broader than this world.

If she hadn't seized this opportunity, she might never have forgotten it for the rest of her life.

So thankfully, before the [Book of Wisdom] could no longer observe, the changes that occurred to Rem were clearly recorded.

Bai Xuan and the others also appeared in this world because of her.

Echidna was curious about how they had managed to contact each other, but there was no record of it in the Book of Wisdom. The only way to find out the answer was to rely on Rem.

It's not just this answer, but also the Otherworld behind the three of them, and some of her previous speculations.

Gaining the trust of Rem, who Spite towards witches along with the Witch because of the Witch Cult, is no easy task.

Of course, Echidna wasn't worried about that.

Unlike other Witch, she truly had no connection whatsoever with the Witch Cult.

As for why, even with Rem as an option, he still so desperately wants the approval of Bai Xuan and the others, hoping to become one with them and know all their unknowns?

Echidna's yearning for the unknown made her eager to see what the Otherworld was like, rather than continuing to spend time gaining Rem's approval and learning information about the three of them from her.

Only then can we gradually explore more of the unknown.

It's obvious that gaining their trust directly is much faster.

Now that the answer has been obtained, there is no reason for this Witch Tea Party to continue.

After consulting with the three individuals, the tea party came to an end.

Bai Xuan, Su Yunqing, and Kurumi Tokisaki also reappeared in the Forbidden Library.

What came into their view were two pairs of fervent eyes.

"I think you can calm down."

Su Yunqing looked at Beatrice and Roswaal in front of her and said with a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth.

And Roswaal, aren't you still pretending to be someone else in front of Beatrice?

Why are you being so eager?

Are you afraid Beatrice won't recognize you as Roswaal from back then?!

"Calm?!"

"How can Betty calm down right now?!"

Beatrice's star-like eyes were filled with excitement.

"Mother!"

"I've finally seen my mother again."

"Did Mother say anything to you? Why did she let Betty leave as soon as she saw Betty?"

Betty still has so much to say to her mother.

"But why didn't Mother let Betty say a single word?"

"Is it because Betty didn't complete Mother's task?"

"Betty didn't want this either. Betty has been waiting for the person her mother mentioned to arrive, but so much time has passed and he still hasn't come."

"Betty Betty didn't want this either."

As she spoke, Beatrice couldn't help but shed tears, her face filled with helplessness.

She attributed Echidna's indifference to her appearance to her failure to complete Echidna's task, but she truly remained there, waiting for the person Echidna had mentioned to arrive.

Over the years, one person after another has come here, but none of them have been the one Echidna chose.

Seeing this, Su Yunqing couldn't help but sigh.

How pathetic.

There is no such thing as someone chosen by Echidna, not even Natsuki Subaru.

This was just an experiment.

Echidna simply wanted to see if the great Elf would become lonely and isolated due to the long wait, and ultimately break the contract in despair.

Beatrice doesn't need to wait for anyone, and she can't wait for anyone anyway.

Despite knowing this fact, Su Yunqing hesitated several times but still chose not to reveal this hopeless answer.

Let Natsuki Subaru handle this kind of thing.

Su Yunqing sighed, while Beatrice suddenly seemed to remember something, her face lighting up with excitement as she produced a mysterious and ancient book from who-knows-where.

Then she kept flipping through the pages, but as she went further and further down the page, a look of despair once again appeared on Beatrice's face.

No. Still no.

"If even those of you who let me see my mother again aren't the ones Betty is waiting for, then who should Betty wait for?"

"Mother, Betty really can't hold on much longer."

"Betty is useless, Mother, Betty is really useless."

Beatrice sat on the floor, lost in thought, and the Gospel fell from her hands.

Normally, Beatrice would never have let the Gospel her mother had left her fall to the ground like that; but now, she was almost losing the will to wait any longer.

If Beatrice hadn't met Echidna, and hadn't witnessed Echidna's indifference towards her, Beatrice could have continued to endure; it's just a pity...

Just then, a hand picked up the Gospel that Beatrice had dropped on the ground.

Beatrice followed the direction of the hand upwards, but quickly lowered her head again.

There was nothing inside.

The Gospel possess powerful abilities; they even contain the future of this world. The Witch Cultist follows the instructions in the books, and Roswaal also acts according to Gospel contents.

Beatrice, however, has a blank space in her Gospel.

"At the very beginning... at the very beginning, there were words in the book telling Betty to wait, to wait and wait."

"Waiting for the person destined for Betty, the one chosen by her mother."

"But as time went on, after ten or twenty years, no new content appeared in this book anymore."

"Betty Betty doesn't know who she's waiting for, Betty doesn't know, Betty really doesn't know!"

Betty wished that everyone who entered the library was the one Betty was waiting for, but none of them were.

"Betty thought that you were the ones who would allow Betty to see her mother again, but you weren't the ones Betty was waiting for."

"Betty Betty doesn't want to wait any longer."

"Please, Mother, if you're still watching over Betty, please tell Betty who she's waiting for!!!"

Beatrice's tone gradually shifted from confiding to venting.

She wanted to know, she really wanted to know, who was the person her mother wanted her to wait for!

Year after year of waiting, disappointment after disappointment.

Loneliness, solitude, despair.

Betty didn't want to wait any longer.

I stopped waiting a long time ago.