Seeing that Gehrman Sparrow didn't say a word, Tracy's heart sank slowly, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Looking at the " Vice Admiral Ailment " whose expression revealed a hint of despair, Klein took out a notepad from his pocket, flicked his wrist, and sent it flying forward like a playing card.
With a whoosh, the note, as if made of metal, severed a small amount of invisible spider silk, sliced through the translucent ice crystals, and grazed Tracy's left upper arm, leaving a trail of blooming blood.
The paper quickly turned bright red, flew past the Witch who was imprisoned in place, and spun back into Klein's palm.
"..." Tracy had expected the note to be aimed at her throat, but it only went towards her Gehrman Sparrow folded the note and put it into a metal cigarette case. Then she suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "Your real purpose is to find Katarina?"
Klein casually put the metal cigarette case back into his pocket, didn't answer, and calmly asked:
"Are you her descendant?"
Upon hearing this, Tracy, still bound and unable to move by the ice crystals and spider silk, suddenly chuckled softly:
"Not just a descendant, I am her child."
Child... daughter... Klein was relieved that he hadn't rashly killed her, causing the " White Witch " Katarina to sense something, while subconsciously analyzing whether Katarina was the mother or father of the " Disease Maiden " Tracy:
If Katarina was once a man, it's indeed possible she could be Tracy's father. However, the problem is that by the " Pale Disaster " at the end of the Fourth Age, she was already Sequence 4 Demigod, while the " Assassin " pathway changes from male to female in the Sequence 7 " Witch " stage...
In other words, for Katarina to be Tracy's father, Tracy would have to be at least 1,300 years old, which is impossible for Sequence 5 Beyonder, and even most Sequence 4 and Sequence 3 Saint cannot do it!
There's only one answer: Tracy was born to Katarina herself, and it happened in the last few decades... a woman over a thousand years old giving birth... Klein nodded slightly, confirming the question without any change in expression:
"She's your mother?"
Tracy's expression suddenly became somewhat strange:
"No, Mother."
Klein was about to ask what the difference was between this and his mother—essentially just that one was more formal and the other more colloquial—when Tracy chuckled to herself:
"My mother is someone else; she used to be my father."
... Your Witch family is so chaotic... but that's no excuse for spreading disaster to the outside world... Klein used his " Clown " ability to control the muscles in his face, continuing to stare expressionlessly at the " Disease Maiden."
Already in dire straits, Tracy was now somewhat resigned Gehrman Sparrow could respond, she sighed and gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"Perhaps I was a Error from birth."
"Abnormal parents, abnormal family relationships, and abnormal religious members both shaped me and hurt me. When I was eight years old, I discovered that my father, whom I had always secretly admired as a role model, had suddenly turned into a woman, becoming more and more delicate and adept at using her charm every day. Later, she even found a male friend and gave birth to my younger brother. Can you imagine what that felt like?"
"After I ran away from home and came to the sea, and after years of hard work, I finally regained my normal self and social awareness, and understood what I truly wanted. A Potion turned me into a woman, ah, a woman..."
Klein listened quietly, then spoke at the same pace:
"You have a good talent for instigating."
"..." Tracy opened her mouth, but in the end she just sighed and smiled with a complicated expression, "I admit, I was trying to evoke your sympathy just now. Everyone wants to live, isn't that right? However, I didn't tell a single lie; it's all from my life experiences."
She stopped emphasizing her pain and sorrow, paused for a moment, and then said:
"Before you kill me, I want to ask a question, one that won't put you in a difficult position."
"What?" Klein asked, looking at the Witch opposite him.
Tracy hesitated for a moment before finally asking:
"Did Elaine know about this before you tried to assassinate me last time?"
Klein paused for a moment and then said:
She had no idea what was going to happen.
A radiant glow immediately appeared on Tracy's face:
"Real?"
Before Gehrman Sparrow could respond, she said with a very complicated expression:
"Before I die, may I ask you for one more thing? If you can see Elaine again, tell her that I feel guilty about what happened in the past, but I don't regret it."
At this point, Tracy tried to shake her head, but was restricted by the translucent ice crystals and invisible spider silk, and was unable to succeed.
She could only laugh it off:
"Forget it, there's no need to tell her. Let's just leave it at that."
"You can start now."
After saying that, Tracy closed her eyes.
After a few seconds, she didn't feel the expected pain Gehrman Sparrow's deep voice say:
"Tell me, no one should bother me."
Tracy was surprised and puzzled, her expression becoming quite confused.
However, since she was already facing death, such a trivial matter was not worth worrying about. Without thinking much, she opened her mouth and said:
"Don't bother me, everyone."
As soon as she finished speaking, the same voice echoed on the Black Death, even louder than before.
The pirates had no doubts whatsoever, as if following some strange pattern, instinctively avoiding the captain's cabin and continuing with their own business.
The captain said not to disturb her, so they naturally won't be looking for her for the time being!
At the same time, Tracy saw Gehrman Sparrow remove his top hat, place it on his chest, and bow slightly to her, as if to say goodbye.
Then, she felt isolated from the whole world; all around was quiet, and even the mad adventurer was gone.
She got the "undisturbed" environment she wanted.
The "magnification" and " Distortion " of the " Lawyer " route!
The ice on Tracy's body began to melt, but the invisible spider silk still bound her tightly, preventing her from making any movements, not even shifting her center of gravity.
So she could only stand there, like a lifelike wax figure.
"He didn't kill me..." Tracy stared blankly ahead, momentarily unable to believe it.
She didn't think Gehrman Sparrow. This mad adventurer had killed countless pirates without ever showing mercy. While Tracy didn't consider herself a normal Witch and hadn't done many things that could be called Witch, how could a pirate not do bad things? Whether it was selling slaves or plundering ships, she was experienced.
Similarly, Tracy didn't believe that Gehrman Sparrow was attracted to her beauty and experiences or was coveting her, because his gaze was as cold as if he were looking at a dead person.
"There must be other factors..." Tracy's mind raced, drawing connections between her own experiences and her own circumstances, and she quickly came to a conclusion. "It's probably because my blood relation with my mother is too close, and Witch are skilled at curses. If I die, my mother will immediately sense it, realize something is wrong, and take preventative measures, making it impossible for Gehrman Sparrow to find a target for his subsequent actions. That's why he kept me alive, but prevented me from contacting anyone... So it seems that regardless of whether his actions against my mother succeed or fail, he might come back to kill me... And if I want to survive, I must save myself before that happens."
In Tracy's heart, she didn't actually have a very deep affection for her mother, Katarina. This " Demoness of Unaging " had lived long enough, and most of the time she maintained a youthful mindset by interacting with young people. She would be enthusiastic for a while about the children she occasionally had the interest to have, but indifferent most of the time.
However, as she got older, Tracy was described by Katarina as becoming more and more like her former self, and thus received more affection and help.
However, Tracy did not want this kind of attention, which caused her to lose her original gender and fall into inescapable pain.
"Hmph... Although I hate her and resent her, I still unconsciously rely on her and long for her to respect my opinions more... I hope, I hope she can escape Gehrman Sparrow's pursuit..." Tracy began to struggle again, trying to break free from her restraints.
She was doing this partly to save herself, and partly to quickly inform her mother to be very careful of Gehrman Sparrow!
Of course, Tracy had some doubts about whether Gehrman Sparrow had only recently been promoted to Sequence 4, could pose a threat to her mother, a so-called " Unaging " Witch who had survived from the Fourth Epoch. However, she didn't take any chances, because Gehrman Sparrow had an accomplice: the " Death Consul," whom even her mother feared!
thump!
Tracy finally collapsed onto the floor and tried to roll toward the desk, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move her body.
She was not fighting against anyone else, but against her own " Distortion " and magnified self!
Above the Gray Fog, Klein had already taken his seat in the " The Fool's " high-backed chair and placed the paper stained with the blood of " Vice Admiral Ailment " Tracy on the mottled long table.
Immediately afterwards, he conjured paper and pen and wrote down the Divination statement:
"The current location of ' Vice Admiral Ailment ' Tracy's mother, Katarina."
Klein put down his pen, picked up the two sheets of paper, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and whispered the words he had just written.
After repeating it seven times, he Dream Divination and saw a towering Gothic clock tower standing out in the gray world.
Around the clock tower, Katarina, dressed in a pristine white robe, stood in the shadows of several houses, her expression slightly grave as she surveyed her surroundings, as if searching for something. The crimson moon hung high in the sky, in the exact same position that Klein had seen before entering the Gray Fog.
This indicates that " White Witch " Katarina is still in Backlund, specifically in the West Borough, pursuing and searching for a certain goal.