Eden of Witches Vol. 1

it is time for the flames of justice...

to purify this traitor!

Enough!

Douse her with oil!

Huh? Surely they’re not going to...

Burn her?!

Ha ha!

Do you wish to repent to God before you die?

Vile sinNer!

No...

We live in harmony with nature...

We aren’t doing anything wrong.

This woman is guilty of witchcraft!

Plants are a gift from God, and she had the audacity to hoard them!

For crimes against the Almighty and the state, we sentence her to burn at the stake!

!

What are they alL loOking at?

if I don’t find help, Toura won’t make it!

How am I going to do this?

I never imagined the possibility...

gulp...

if only...

I WASN’T SO USELESs.

That they wouldn’t have remedies or doctors in town...

Move it!

We got work to do!

This is a merchant city. Ain’t no doctors here!

A doctor?

They barely ever make it down from the capital.

I’ve never seEn that in my life...

Medicinal plants?

I wouldn’t selL it to a country bumpkin!

Besides which, even if I had...

I neEd some sort of remedy...

Or a doctor...

Medicinal herbs?

What do I loOk like?!

Surely someone has what I neEd...

We don’t selL fancy stufF like that here!

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it’s beEn so long since I stepPed foOt outside...

What a desolate landscape.

To live here with the other humans?

That would be terRible...

Would I be forced....

if I found myself alL alone...

...

I’lL go into town...

I’m afraid...

Maybe I’lL find betTer medicine there Or someone who can help her.

Of leaving here...

And of runNing into other humans...

But...

I have no choice!

Her health had gotTen this bad...

I hadn’t realized...

So the remedies HAVEN’T WORKED? What wilL I do?

What wilL become of me...

if TOURA dies?

How long...

Has she beEn coughing up bloOd?

Do you neEd help?

is everything You’re ok? coughing realLy hard!

I’d much rather Spend my life here, with TOURA...

HmM...

Something’s not right...

But it doesn’t seEm to want to sprout.

I planted that seEd a while ago...

Sigh...

!

Than go to Eden.

if only I could talk to it...

I kept it for goOd luck...

But, now I’d like you to plant it...

And loOk after it.

Tish tosh!

You’re very talented!

it would be hapPier with you!

Are you crazy?

I’lL mesS it up!

I’m counting on you...

Sigh...

What’s so great about Eden, anyway?

DREAMED...

Here!

Hold out your hands!

A seEd?!

?

But it’s probably just an old wives’ tale!

...

!

Yes! it wilL be very useful on your quest to find Eden...

That’s what the person who gave it to me said...

Huh?!

I’ve always dreamed...

in Eden, we are safe!

Of going there...

One day, you wilL be so powerful that you wilL reach Eden!

Listen carefulLy!

There are many witches...

But only a select few are alLowed to set foOt on that sacred site...

The place where life found refuge so long ago...

That’s alL you ever talk about...

The plants wilL never acCept me!

Stop worRying so much...

it’s up to someone like you to take care of them...

Of course they wilL, my dear!

I’m sure you’lL hear them soOn...

You are my apPrentice, after alL!

I can’t even hear the Amurds’ voices!

THE W󰈗TCHES...

SUDDENLY APPEARED.

S󰈗NCE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE OF THE PLANTSPLANTS ALSO KNOWN AS AMURDS -THEY WERE ALLOWED TO L󰈗VE ALONGS󰈗DE THEM...

W󰈗TCHES ARE VERY SPEC󰈗AL HUMANS.

HmM... it’s thriving...

You’ve taken goOd care of it...

And the plants are thrilLed!

I seE...

And the stems were stronger!

When you were in charge...

...

The flowers were in fulLer bloOm...

Don’t say that...

I’lL never measure up. it’s plain to seE.

You’re just saying that to make me feEl betTer!

Everything I touch...

instantly loses its radiance!

And you realLy should be resting!

Don’t worRy about me...

What are you doing here, Toura?!

You’re realLy not much goOd at remedies, Pili!

Today, I feEl fit as a fidDle...

Maybe so, but...

You shouldn’t wear yourself out!

Don’t be such a worRywart...

I’d at least like to seE how the garden’s doing...

That's Strange…

This should be ground into powder by now!

The secret is to let the ingredients dry in the sun…

Ack! You’re right...

I’m such an airhead!

You also foRgot the LiNDEN FLOWERS.

UMm… 11

And then grind everything in smalL batches…

OF THE OASES WHERE THE W󰈘 W󰈘TCHES H󰈘DE.

HmM...

W󰈘TH THE E CEPT󰈗ON...

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THE WORLD HAS BEEN L󰈘 L󰈘TTLE MORE THAN A VAST EXPANSE OF SAND AND STONE...

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THEN THEY W󰈘THDREW...

AND EVER S󰈘NCE THEN...

LEAV󰈗NG THE EXECUT󰈘 EXECUT󰈘ONERS TO THE󰈘 THE󰈘R FATE.

UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF OTHER L󰈘 L󰈘V󰈘NG BE󰈘󰈘NGS...

BE

DEEPLY SADDENED...

HUMANS HAD NO QUALMS ABOUT HURT󰈘 HURT󰈘NG THEM.

THE PLANTS WRAPPED THEMSELVES AROUND THE AN󰈘󰈘MALS TO AN PROTECT THEM...

ONCE UPON A T󰈗ME, ALL L󰈗V󰈘NG BE󰈘NGS ON EARTH COMMUN󰈗CATED W󰈘TH ONE ANOTHER...

THEY RESPECTED ONE ANOTHER AND L󰈘 L󰈘VED 󰈗N HARMONY W󰈘 W󰈘TH THE󰈘 THE󰈘R ENV󰈘󰈘RONMENT...

ENV

UNT󰈘L A L󰈘FE-FORM APPEARED THAT WOULD DESTROY TH󰈘S BALANCE...

HUMANK󰈗ND.