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As a long-lived race, the Witches' concept of time is naturally different from that of humans. For a Demoness, not contacting someone for twenty or thirty years is no different from humans not seeing each other for a year or two.
If ordinary Witches are like this, not to mention those existences above the Great Witch rank who can almost live forever, twenty or thirty years might just be the time it takes for them to nap. It is said that the older the Demoness, the more she likes to sleep.
And even if we don't count the eternal powerhouses above the Great Witch rank, just looking at ordinary Witches, the age stages of this race are actually quite magical.
Witches still retain some human characteristics, such as taking about sixteen years to grow from an infant to near adulthood, similar to ordinary humans. This 1-16 age stage is also called the infancy by the Witches.
However, after infancy, the difference between Witches and humans becomes prominent.
The adolescence of a Demoness is generally 16-200 years old, followed by the youth period of 200-350 years, and then the prime period of 350-650 years. If a Demoness has not grown into a Great Witch and gained eternal life before 650 years old, she will enter a gradually weakening old age.
Among them, infancy and adolescence are the most important periods in a Demoness's life, because these two stages are the Demoness's rapid growth stages, where the Demoness's various attributes grow the fastest.
Infancy is mainly about physical growth, and after infancy, when the body is almost fully developed, adolescence is the explosive period for the Demoness's magic power growth.
Generally speaking, 70% of an ordinary Demoness's magic power in her lifetime grows during adolescence.
And once the Demoness enters her youth and prime, although due to racial characteristics, the Demoness's magic power growth never stops, the growth rate is greatly slowed down.
Even the growth rate of Witches after old age is not enough to compensate for the consumption of daily life, just like an enterprise that cannot make ends meet, and eventually can only perish.
However, because the lifespan of a Demoness is greatly extended after reaching the Great Witch rank, and with a longer lifespan, the time limit corresponding to the original age ranges at each stage will also be extended.
Just like a human whose lifespan is only 100 years has only a few years of adolescence, a Demoness with a lifespan of 1000 years has more than a hundred years of adolescence.
Therefore, theoretically, as long as your speed of becoming stronger is fast enough, and the speed of lifespan growth exceeds your age growth speed, then you will always be in adolescence, and your magic power growth rate will always be maximized.
In the history of Witches, there are also records of many late-blooming Witches who were mediocre in the first half of their lives, but suddenly started to exert themselves in the second half due to some fortuitous encounter. Some even had a breakthrough at the brink of death when they were almost perishing in late old age, rejuvenating overnight and finally reaching the Peak of their lives.
Well, these legends are more or less exaggerated. In fact, a breakthrough at the brink of death cannot directly return one to adolescence, because the lifespan gained at the Great Witch stage is not given to you all at once, but in installments.
Achieving the Great Witch rank and completing the first truly significant qualitative change in magic power will only double the Demoness's lifespan. After that, every bit of strength you gain can extend a certain amount of lifespan.
The so-called eternal life of a Great Witch is actually just because, normally, the lifespan growth of a Great Witch will exceed natural attrition.
Also, because the infancy of Witches is too short, truly only a dozen years, even if they eventually rejuvenate, they can at most revert to adolescence. Infancy is truly gone forever. It is normally impossible for a mature woman to reverse age into a loli overnight.
Unless it's a special spell effect, such as the time-based Forbidden Spell 'Life Reversal,' that thing can not only reverse age but also instantly send you back to your mother's womb, or even further, directly erase your existence.
"So, Dorothy, Audrey, you two have just entered adolescence, so you must work hard to achieve Great Witch or even Peak during adolescence. Only then will you have the hope of reaching the Sage Realm."
Noe Rose said to her two disciples in front of her with earnest words.
Dorothy: "..."
Audrey: "..."
The two senior and junior sisters looked at each other, and both saw bewilderment in each other's eyes.
So, what exactly happened? Why did Spider Witch suddenly close her spellbook and then ramble on to them about such common knowledge that even a Little Witch knows? Is she testing their Demoness physiology class grades?
"This teacher was probably stimulated by something just now."
Dorothy conveyed this message to her junior sister with her eyes.
"Just get used to it, Senior Sister. Second Aunt often has these episodes, especially during annual family gatherings. She always emphasizes that she is still a young girl."
The little fox quickly changed her expression from bewilderment to realization. She blinked her charming fox eyes and replied to her senior sister.
Dorothy: "..."
Alright, I get it. It's the last stubbornness of an older, single, leftover woman.
The Zhai Mo Nv looked at Spider Witch with a bit of pity, who was turning her grief into appetite, frantically stuffing snacks into her mouth. She thoughtfully took out a pile of spare snacks from her magic bag to replenish them.
Alas, poor teacher. She might have just received a wedding invitation from an old classmate or good friend, which stimulated her.
Connecting it to the scene where Spider Witch was chatting with someone using her spellbook, Dorothy made a reasonable guess.
To this, the Little Witch was slightly disdainful.
Heh, this teacher is really overthinking things. Are games not fun enough, or is magic not interesting enough? Why is she so eager to get married and fall in love? Being alone is so good, just like me, my body is the companion of my soul, so blissful.
Dorothy thought to herself with a strong sense of superiority.
Hmm, when she reaches the teacher's age in the future, she will definitely still be a happy single noble. She will never become as pathetic as the teacher.
The Zhai Mo Nv firmly believed this in her heart.
On the other side, Noe Rose felt much better after venting a bit to her two students and turning some of her grief and indignation into appetite. She felt that she should now be able to calmly view the fact that the Dragon Mom, who was supposed to be destined to be single, actually had a child.
Hmph, so what if she has a child? What's so great about it? My disciples are super amazing! Your child is definitely not as good as my disciples, Senior Sister.
The Spider Witch comforted herself in her heart.
Then she continued to pull out her spellbook.
"I'll live with puppets for the rest of my life: There is indeed something I want to ask Senior Sister for help with. If you have time, I'll come find you after the opening ceremony."
"Youfeiliya.: Opening ceremony? Are you at Witch Academy now? When did you return from the front line?"
The Dragon Mom on the other side still replied instantly, but her tone was a bit puzzled, sending several bewildered dragon emojis.
Noe Rose felt a pang of sadness at this. Senior Sister, you don't even know that I retired from the front line to be a visiting teacher at the academy? It's only been twenty-something years since we last contacted each other. Has our friendship faded to this extent?
Tsk, as expected, once she had a family, she forgot about her junior sister. We clearly agreed to go to the front line together to expand our territory, but how did it turn out like this in a blink of an eye? What were you doing, Senior Sister, in those years I was fighting on the front line?
At that moment, feeling a bit sour, she was about to explain, but the spellbook in her hand quickly vibrated again, as if Senior Sister had sent another message.
"Youfeiliya.: I'm also at Witch Academy. I just entered the auditorium. Send me your box number, and I'll come find you."
Noe Rose: "???"
Goodness, as expected of you, Senior Sister. Your efficiency is so high, and it seems you still have me, your junior sister, in your heart. You actually arrived so quickly.
The Spider Witch immediately sent her major name.
"I'll live with puppets for the rest of my life: Okay, Senior Sister, waiting for you. The box is Brewster Academy Automatic Mechanized Civil Engineering."
And then...
"Youfeiliya.: ?"
"Youfeiliya.: ??"
"Youfeiliya.: ???"
Noe Rose looked at her spellbook, which was vibrating wildly, and then at Senior Sister's dozens of bewildered dragon emojis. She was a bit confused.
Ah, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong just now?
"I'll live with puppets for the rest of my life: Senior Sister? What's wrong?"
She asked cautiously.
However, there was no response from the other side this time, but she soon received a prompt from the auditorium.
"Someone wants to enter your private box. Do you agree?"
Does this even need to be asked? Of course, agree!
The young Spider Witch, who still didn't know what would happen in the future, clicked confirm without hesitation, then happily waited for the arrival of her long-unseen Senior Sister.
Dragon Mom is rubbing her fists and teleporting.
Wuwuwu, Spider Witch, keep it up, don't die. Damn it, I really have a blind date tonight. Ugh, so annoying. As soon as I return to my hometown, I get set up. I'm still a child! Is 27 really that old? Why do I need to find a girlfriend? Damn it!