I have lived with a witch almost all my live. It was hard live but I managed to stay happy as her witch´s apprentice. I´m in my deathbed. No one except real witch can cheat death but even they can´t save people around them. I wasn´t talented with magic. Put it bluntly I can´t do any magic. You might ask why I´m witch´s apprentice. Reasoning being I was meant to be a lab rat. Somehow I managed to stay alive until the witch as an apprentice found me imprisoned. I was important witness so I could talk with her and we became friends. This friendship lasted my whole live to this day. Of course we had fights and disagreements so we had some breakups. We still stayed together.

Not all things were good because of this. I stayed virgin my whole live. That is one big regret for me. Even witch apprentice Rota could loss his virginity. Just you know even crows try to escape from him because of his looks and smell. Even if he is going to die (before he become a witch) some day, no worm is going to approach his corpse. I think even the ”time” has escaped far from him. He looks same as I first met him.

”Maybe I should write something good in this diary. Rota is going to read this for sure.” I said with small voice. I haven´t held back my voice ever since from that big explosion. It destroyed my voice before anyone could heal it. Those days no one wanted to help me. These days I have access to all help available but no one can return my voice back. It goes against laws of magic. Since my wound have healed from long time ago, it can´t be healed. Magic can only return things into their natural place. My body has accepted this throat as it´s original state. No one can reverse that.

There is still one possible way to heal it and it is time magic. Maybe for this reason why she specialized on it. Thanks to it she rose to third rank among the witches. There is only 144 alive today. Since witches are eternal being, this amount is correct for sure. This doesn´t mean they can´t die. There has been 34 witch wars to this day. At least that is the amount which is heard from surviving witches. It is highly likely this is incorrect knowledge. The first witch Gaelo might not be even the first witch.

Well that doesn´t matter since even her can´t find the truth. She might someday look into past and look into the truth or even return to that past. She has enough time for it but not for finding anything which could save me. Reason why I can´t do any magic based on this damage to my throat. My body was damaged so badly that magic won´t be able to go through my body without resistance. Not all was bad because of it. I would have surely died from some test back when I was lab rat.

For this reason I have high resistance to magic. There is even people how purposely damage their bodies to gain this very same resistance. Of course there is more to it than that. Body damage is only a trigger to start gainig this resistance. More important point for it is how that injury effects to that persons mentality. More specifically my mind stops any magic around me although I´m capable of using magic artifacts. There hasn´t been as extreme case as I was. Maybe no one took any effort against us because of it. No one wouldn´t be willing to go up against time witch and anti-magic apprentice at same time.

Even if my body is old my knowledge is threat to everyone, I highly doubt anyone would strike at her. I only hope she can live peaceful live after I´m gone. That reminds me. I should write my will and testament.

”Don´t use my body for any experiment no matter how small it is. Knowing their understanding of word small, I should state no kind is allowed. Cremation would keep everyone else away too.”

”What are you doing?” Next to me Rota was looking and asked why was I writing a will. I haven´t told anyone both of my kidneys have stoped working. No operation can save me when my body is like this. I have accepted this long time ago. I have been pushing my will for long time. They would see it as soon they step in this room. This doesn´t mean there isn´t things in my room. They all can see changes in my room thanks to their magic. Truly unfair.

”Exactly as you can see. I´m going to die today.” I need to hold an artifact to talk with everyone else. They couldn´t hear anything otherwise.

”I see. You hardly were trying to hide it. Everyone could tell you were going to die soon. Those pesky witches have started to visit more often than before. Anyone can tell what is in their minds when thay come here.”

”Don´t say that. Some of them have come here for honest reasons.”

”Of course I meant only those pesky ones.”

”To my understanding they all are pesky ones to you.”

”---”

””Hahaha!””

Thanks I- no we needed that. I know I didn´t do great job by hiding it. Well, I have been near death state over a year. Of course I have noticed everyone´s unrest. I can´t blame them. I have suffered plenty of losses in my live like everyone else. My sister, step brother and best friend at that order. There was many other but these were lost way too soon. Regretting does no good. Even if given another change to do everything again, I wouldn´t save them. Harsh words I know. I just can´t suffer over things that have passed and can´t be done anything about.

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I should talk to Rota about my past and how my live was.

”So. Everything is going to end for you today. Can I assume you are going to sleep at bed with mindset of dying?” Rota finally asked me after I told about the most of my live.

”You are save to assume so.”

”You know. I don´t think so. Do you have any ideas why she hasn´t come here today?”

”It is because of your smell. Even if your magic can hide it, it can´t be avoided by real witch.”

”Oh boy. Those were some harsh words. Don´t you think?”

”You can take it. It is truth after all.”

”You should learn to use that artifact properly. I think you said something after ”You can take it.””

I would be with huge troll face if I wasn´t in so much pain. I have perfect control over this artifact. When I start talking it doesn´t even matter what I´m saying. I have got a habit to think aloud. Fortunately it hasn´t caused any problems.

”You were just imagining it. Well I can assume she is going to test one of her dangerous time magic tests on me.”

”Yes. I think she hasn´t done her redo time magic at all today.”

”That is strange indeed. Normally she would just test them over and over again. It isn´t miracle she gained third rank from apprentice in out lifetime. I can´t believe she is even younger than I´m.”

”What!?”

”---”

”You mean that snake is in fact… No That can´t be. I was sure she was at least…”

”What are you talking about?”

So said snake suddenly appeared behind Rota. Reason why I stayed quiet was because she came in while he shouted. I´m sorry. I couldn´t save you.

”Good day master. How has day gone by to you?”

She was very tired which means she is even easier to anger than normally. I can´t spent my last moments fighting against her. Sorry Rota. You are on your own. To no suprise Rota suddenly vanished.

”Where did you sent him?”

”He is apologizing in time loop while suffering damages against icejetis claws and bites. He wanted so of their blood essence a while back.”

I knew it. It was right choice to leave him alone. She is definitely angry. Normally she would just sent him into time loop where he is whipped over and over again. Maybe that isn´t much a difference.

”Do you have reason being here?”

”I´m planning to return you back in time before you lost your voice.” I had a feeling this was the case. It´s still to much. It isn´t going to work. It might not work on me and everyone forgets everything about this timeline. Wait a minute. Maybe that is very reason why it might work. My mind might be uneffected by the change then it might be possible. Wait. That isn´t a problem.

”You will loss your existence. Not just you but everyone.”

She is going to destroy the whole world. Well, it wouldn´t be first or last time such thing have happened. How dare you ask why people are afraid of witches? This is the very reason behind it. Unending curiosity and knowledge of unknown. I´m suprised I haven´t changed because of them.

Difference between apprentice and witch is huge. One top class apprentice could fight and won against thousands of normal people even still they are people. Witches are different. Arrows going through their heads doesn´t top them. They are way closer to god than human. There has been cases of apprentices how had killed witch. In spite of that words ”only witch can fight against other witch” is correct. Magic power infinity is too powerful. That kind of change changes people.

”I know. Listen to me. There isn´t permission for this. I´m doing this alone. There is no need to worry. If I fail, I can make it only you would suffer and no one else.  In addition it would be useful if you find out how demons arrived here. Don´t you think you are perfect person for the job.”

”Stop joking around. I´m not going to meet that demon princes again. One time was more than enough. I´m not going to kill her again. Why are you smiling?”

”Huh. Oh sorry. Since that artifacts noise doesn´t change tone of the noise, it only feels like robot language to me. It is just funny.”

”What is wrong with you? Does this feel like a joke to you?”

”Hahaha! Stop it! I can´t breath! Hahaha! Please stop!”

How dare you laugh at me like that? If your magic does succeed then I will make you suffer. Just you wait and just maybe I tell you the truth someday.

She suddenly stopped laughing. What is wrong?

”Are you planning on something?”

”No. What do you mean?”

Her instict haven´t rusted even lightest.

”Alright. Sign this paper.”

She then brought one contract to me. That is a lot of paper. I don´t think I have enough time to read then through. Strange. In the past there wasn´t anything else but time.

”What is this and why haven´t you used time magic today at all?”

Just you know time loop where Rota is isn´t considered as time magic. It is space where everything returns to its original place after a while. It is meant to training and imprisonment uses. Rota is capable of escaping but he is afraid punishment is even harsher afterwards.

”It is contract to let me do this bullyin-... sorry experiment without punishment if I make some unfortunate mistakes. If you disappear, die or some other reasons harmt then no punishment is targeted to here. You just need to sign. As for time magic. It is just for guarantee to keep everything under control if something happens.”

Well I was going to ask cremation for my final wish. There is no harm to sign this contract. I´m going to die today eitherway. (Unfortunately that contract possess all time magic that is left of her. She won´t be able to use time magic ever again after today. For this reason this contract WILL effect to his next live.)

I signed and no further ado everything started to change around me.