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* FreindToAllLivingThings: Animals hate demons just as much as humans do, seeing them as corrupted members of their own kind. While the demons are primarily trying to wipe out humanity, they often do so by poisoning and wrecking the land itself, leaving fewer resources for ordinary animals too. The animals of this world have some form of collective communication, so when Ellize [[spoiler:puts an end to the witch and most of demon kind, they know]]. Additionally, Ellize's mastery over magic reaches the point of making her TheEmpath, and the animals can tell that she is somehow making them healthier with her HealingHands, so it becomes common for them to flock and surround her like a fairy tale maiden.


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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals hate demons just as much as humans do, seeing them as corrupted members of their own kind. While the demons are primarily trying to wipe out humanity, they often do so by poisoning and wrecking the land itself, leaving fewer resources for ordinary animals too. The animals of this world have some form of collective communication, so when Ellize [[spoiler:puts an end to the witch and most of demon kind, they know]]. Additionally, Ellize's mastery over magic reaches the point of making her TheEmpath, and the animals can tell that she is somehow making them healthier with her HealingHands, so it becomes common for them to flock and surround her like a fairy tale maiden.
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* FreindToAllLivingThings: Animals hate demons just as much as humans do, seeing them as corrupted members of their own kind. While the demons are primarily trying to wipe out humanity, they often do so by poisoning and wrecking the land itself, leaving fewer resources for ordinary animals too. The animals of this world have some form of collective communication, so when Ellize [[spoiler:puts an end to the witch and most of demon kind, they know]]. Additionally, Ellize's mastery over magic reaches the point of making her TheEmpath, and the animals can tell that she is somehow making them healthier with her HealingHands, so it becomes common for them to flock and surround her like a fairy tale maiden.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Normally, the Dark Power, the Witch's corrupted mana, also imbued with the space element, will kill any non-saint it goes into due to their bodies not being compatible with it. Despite this, Verner is somehow able to host a fragment of Alexia's power without burning away his LifeEnergy. Ellize muses that the original game hinted that he had inherited an atavism from a witch ancestor.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler: While it is true that Alexia had been dealt a very bad hand. Being forced to fight against the strongest witch in history because her predecessor failed, while being saddled with the unreasonable expectations of the people, and then being betrayed by the human kings, it is no excuse for the horrors she has caused. The group, even Elize intially felt sorry for her, until she starts going on a rant, about how she's done nothing wrong in causing unleashing all those untold horrors, and that since the world never treated her well, she has every right to inflict the same suffering onto them. The moment she goes on a MotiveRant, is the moment everyone loses any form of sympathy for her and no longer cares if she dies.]]

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* DemotedToExtra: Eterna gets this treatment InUniverse. She is the default main heroine, and yet she dies on every single route aside from Ellize's, where her importance drops significantly.
* DestructiveTeleportation: A power only the witch can use without dying, and even she would experience an equivalent to a LevelDrain.


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* DestructiveTeleportation: A power only the witch can use without dying, and even she would experience an equivalent to a LevelDrain.
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* DemotedToExtra: Eterna gets this treatment InUniverse. She is the default main heroine, and yet she dies on every single route aside from Ellize's, where her importance drops significantly.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Fairy tales speak of dragons capable of human speech and intellect far surpassing humans. There is a type of demon referred to as a dragon, but none of them are confirmed as living up to the legend.
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* GenderRestrictedAbility: The GeniusLoci only ever picks females as Saint. Verner is the closest thing there is to a male witch, due to likely having a witch ancestor and being possessed by a fragment of one.
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* PowersViaPossession: Verner has access to the Dark Power due to [[spoiler:a fragment of Alexia's soul that she split off when she was still resisting the curse. The Dark Power would be incompatible with most people and kill them, but Verner can somehow bear it, possibly due to descent from a previous witch.]]
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* CartesianKarma: The fact that a demon puppeteered Fara into an assassination attempt on the saint would not have protected her from a death sentence if Ellize hadn't argued on her behalf.
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* BrilliantButLazy: The body of Ellize is ridiculously talented. She is an InstantExpert, she gains physical strength easily, and her FictionalDisability gives her WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. The Ellize of the original timeline (who has a completely different soul from Niito) was unmotivated, lazy, and ignored all her training, yet was still strong enough to be considered a boss fight inside of the game derived from the original timeline, with her remarked on as a character who wasted her god given talents. In the second timeline, Niito is able to put the talents of his new body to good use and become the WorldsStrongestWoman by orders of magnitude.

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* BrilliantButLazy: The body of Ellize is ridiculously talented. She has a PhotographicMemory, is an InstantExpert, she gains physical strength easily, and her FictionalDisability gives her WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. The Ellize of the original timeline (who has a completely different soul from Niito) was unmotivated, lazy, and ignored all her training, yet was still strong enough to be considered a boss fight inside of the game derived from the original timeline, with her remarked on as a character who wasted her god given talents. In the second timeline, Niito is able to put the talents of his new body to good use and become the WorldsStrongestWoman by orders of magnitude.
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* DestructiveTeleportation: A power only the witch can use without dying, and even she would experience an equivalent to a LevelDrain.

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* TheChosenOne: The first witch, and her successors, the saints. Every generation, the [[GeniusLoci World]] chooses a pure hearted human female infant to be its primary representative and protector. That infant is blessed with enhanced magical ability, the unique element of {{Space|Master}} reserved only for them, MysticalWhiteHair, and a constitution that does not physically age (Though they still have normal human lifespans). When, as far as the World can tell, the current generation's saint has either died or been corrupted into a witch, it picks a new one. [[spoiler:Alfrea, the First Saint, was sealed into suspended animation by the First Witch, which was close enough to death to cause a loophole, meaning there were always technically two saints after her. The question of whether the GeniusLoci will establish two lines of saints, wait for the more recent of the two to die, or dispense with the saint system as no longer necessary from now on is brought up, but remains to be seen.]]

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* TheChosenOne: The first witch, and her successors, the saints. Every generation, the [[GeniusLoci World]] chooses a pure hearted human female infant to be its primary representative and protector. That infant is blessed with enhanced magical ability, the unique element of {{Space|Master}} reserved only for them, MysticalWhiteHair, and a constitution that does not physically age (Though they still have normal human lifespans). When, as far as the World can tell, the current generation's saint has either died or been corrupted into a witch, it picks a new one. [[spoiler:Alfrea, the First Saint, was sealed into suspended animation by the First Witch, which was close enough to death to cause a loophole, meaning there were always technically two saints after her. The question of whether the GeniusLoci will establish two or even three lines of saints, wait for the more most recent of the two saints to die, or dispense with the saint system as no longer necessary from now on is brought up, but remains to be seen.]]


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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler:With Alexia OnlyMostlyDead and free from the witch curse, Ellize decides she may as well resuscitate her and free her from stasis. But even if Alexia was herself a victim, the fact remains that she killed hundreds during her reign as witch leaving some very bad feelings, so she is sentenced to life in house arrest.]]
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* CosmicPlaything: Witch Alexia continually complains that it feels like the world itself hates her. During her days as Saint, she was placed under intense pressure to defeat the Witch, who had a lot more subordinates than normal due to the failure of the previous saint. When she ''did'' manage to kill the Witch, she became the next witch and was betrayed. Then, she couldn't even get any satisfaction from embracing her position as the new witch since the next saint to hunt her down was the strongest in all history, hundreds of times stronger than her predecessors. And on top of that, two more saints show up when there is supposed to only be one at a time. Even her final fate as a witch is the most gruesome out of all witches, [[spoiler:to become a SealedEvilInACan trapped in an AndIMustScream situation, a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Ellize is an InstantExpert, grows strong quickly, and has a FictionalDisability that causes WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. Combined with her InsanityImmunity, she can use a training method 24/7 that would drive normal people insane. Due to this, she has hundreds of times as much mana as any single witch. Where your average Saint can kill a greater demon in a single blow, Ellize fights on a completely different scale, levelling armies.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: The story notes that it's hardly a rule, and there were probably plenty of witches that kept their old look after their corruption, but certainly, in Alexia's case, she switched from a white saint outfit to black robes.
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** Several of the princess lust after Ellize and attempt to rape her, despite knowing full well that as humanity's ultimate defense, even princes like themselves would receive a PublicExecution for harming her.

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** Several Two of the princess princes lust after Ellize and attempt to rape her, despite knowing full well that as humanity's ultimate defense, even princes like themselves would receive a PublicExecution for harming her.
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* JustBeforeTheEnd: The witches are {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s who have been driven by madness and despair to destroy the world. The witches cause more damage than the saints can heal, and they are slowly but surely winning. The story takes place during the era of Witch Alexia and Saint Eterna, which, one way or another, will be the final iteration of the cycle. Humanity has lost 90% of the world to demons. If they don't stop the witch now, she will finish them off. The first timeline was a DownerEnding, [[spoiler:and even after the second Ellize's intervention, a BittersweetEnding]], with the witch ending civilization and killing almost everyone. In the second timeline, Fake Saint Ellize is the WorldsStrongestWoman and a OneWomanArmy, completely turning the tables. Even without the ability to kill the witch, she is able to wipe out armies of demons and heal the land single-handedly.
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* BodyguardingABadass: The Saint is tremendously gifted in magic, but the Witch has more experience and demons to protect her, and as such, the Saint needs sacrificial elite knights to make up the difference. Ellize is the WorldsStrongestWoman and doesn't need her knights for protection at all, but they still feel compelled to at least try and fulfill their duty.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Verner’s muscle training lets him bust out of being tied up in rope, as well as other feats of heroism.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Verner’s muscle training lets him bust out of being tied up in rope, as well as other feats of heroism. The first timeline's Verner has reached the real life equivalent of level 99, allowing him to perform superhuman feats that stun even Ellize.


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* JokeEnding: Overdoing Verner's muscle training inside the game tends to result in him either saying he doesn't need women or accepting a confession from a man. Ellize isn't sure if this was entirely a joke on the game creator's part or if Verner is genuinely bi, but as a Verner&Eterna shipper, she decides not to take the chance.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re specifically normal animals mutated by the Witches BlackMagic. They become stronger and gain abilities deprived from what type of animal they used to be. When a bunch of demons kill one another, the survivor has a chance of evolving into a greater demon, giving it human level intelligence. Demons are imbued with small amounts of the Witch's SpaceMaster magic, just enough to reduce the damage they take. Demons stop physically aging, but actually have slightly ''reduced'' lifespans and lose the ability to reproduce. While there have been attempts to turn humans into demons, it has never worked, with the victims simply dying. Attempts to turn plants into demons has also been regarded as a failure since the results didn't live long enough and weren't strong enough to make them cost effective.

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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re specifically normal animals mutated by the Witches BlackMagic. They become stronger and gain abilities deprived derived from what type of animal they used to be. When a bunch of demons kill one another, the survivor has a chance of evolving into a greater demon, giving it human level intelligence. Demons are imbued with small amounts of the Witch's SpaceMaster magic, just enough to reduce the damage they take. Demons stop physically aging, but actually have slightly ''reduced'' lifespans and lose the ability to reproduce. While there have been attempts to turn humans into demons, it has never worked, with the victims simply dying. Attempts to turn plants into demons has also been regarded as a failure since the results didn't live long enough and weren't strong enough to make them cost effective.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re specifically normal animals mutated by the Witches BlackMagic.

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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re specifically normal animals mutated by the Witches BlackMagic. They become stronger and gain abilities deprived from what type of animal they used to be. When a bunch of demons kill one another, the survivor has a chance of evolving into a greater demon, giving it human level intelligence. Demons are imbued with small amounts of the Witch's SpaceMaster magic, just enough to reduce the damage they take. Demons stop physically aging, but actually have slightly ''reduced'' lifespans and lose the ability to reproduce. While there have been attempts to turn humans into demons, it has never worked, with the victims simply dying. Attempts to turn plants into demons has also been regarded as a failure since the results didn't live long enough and weren't strong enough to make them cost effective.
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* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Deconstructed. The past saints were originally pure of heart. ''Because'' of this, they cannot tolerate being exposed to malice, which harms them more than it would a regular person. [[spoiler:Hence why every single saint exposed to the Witch curse ultimately gave in and became a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]]

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* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Deconstructed. The past saints were originally pure of heart. heart, but did ''not'' have the quality of IncorruptiblePurePureness. ''Because'' they were pure of this, heart, they cannot tolerate being exposed to malice, which harms them more than it would a regular person. [[spoiler:Hence why every single saint exposed to the Witch curse ultimately gave in and became a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]]
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* TheChosenOne: The first witch, and her successors, the saints. Every generation, the [[GeniusLoci World]] chooses a pure hearted human female infant to be its primary representative and protector. That infant is blessed with enhanced magical ability, the unique element of {{Space|Master}} reserved only for them, MysticalWhiteHair, and a constitution that does not physically age (Though they still have normal human lifespans). When, as far as the World can tell, the current generation's saint has either died or been corrupted into a witch, it picks a new one. [[spoiler:Alfrea, the First Saint, was sealed into suspended animation by the First Witch, which was close enough to death to cause a loophole, meaning there were always technically two saints after her. The question of whether the GeniusLoci will establish two lines of saints, wait for the more recent of the two to die, or dispense with the saint system as no longer necessary from now on is brought up, but remains to be seen.]]
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* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:What happened to the world of the first timeline. Witch Alexia was killed, and Eterna was DrivenToSuicide rather than become the new witch. As a result, the true form of the witch curse was partially unleashed and spread devastation to the world. As TheHeartless, a PureMagicBeing made of corrupted {{Mana}}, the Witch curse was invincible. The Witch curse completely annihilated civilization and killed plants and wildlife, until there was nothing left but isolated despairing villages in a wasteland. After Ellize saves the second timeline, the GeniusLoci of the first timeline begs the GeniusLoci of the second timeline for her help. Ellize saves the Verner of this timeline from death, uses her obsession for a happy ending as a substitute in a world where ThePowerOfLove is almost dead, resuscitates the OnlyMostlyDead Eterna, and revitalizes the land as best as she can before she is summoned back to the second timeline.]]

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* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:What happened to the world of the first timeline. Witch Alexia was killed, and Eterna was DrivenToSuicide rather than become the new witch. As a result, the true form of the witch curse was partially unleashed and spread devastation to the world. As TheHeartless, a PureMagicBeing made of corrupted {{Mana}}, the Witch curse was invincible. The Witch curse completely annihilated civilization and killed plants and wildlife, until there was nothing left but isolated despairing villages in a wasteland. After Ellize saves the second timeline, the GeniusLoci of the first timeline begs the GeniusLoci of the second timeline for her help. By the time of her arrival, everyone is either dead or dying, and the world clearly only has a few years left until it is completely beyond recovery. Ellize saves the Verner of this timeline from death, uses her obsession for a happy ending as a substitute in a world where ThePowerOfLove is almost dead, dead to purify the Witch curse, resuscitates the OnlyMostlyDead Eterna, and revitalizes the land as best as she can before she is summoned back to the second timeline.]]
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* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:What happened to the world of the first timeline. Witch Alexia was killed, and Eterna was DrivenToSuicide rather than become the new witch. As a result, the true form of the witch curse was partially unleashed and spread devastation to the world. As TheHeartless, a PureMagicBeing made of corrupted {{Mana}}, the Witch curse was invincible. The Witch curse completely annihilated civilization and killed plants and wildlife, until there was nothing left but isolated despairing villages in a wasteland. After Ellize saves the second timeline, the GeniusLoci of the first timeline begs the GeniusLoci of the second timeline for her help. Ellize saves the Verner of this timeline from death, uses her obsession for a happy ending as a substitute in a world where ThePowerOfLove is almost dead, resuscitates the OnlyMostlyDead Eterna, and revitalizes the land as best as she can before she is summoned back to the second timeline.]]
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* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Alfrea offers to use the same technique her mother used against her against the current witch, placing her in suspended animation. That way, the Witch curse will not transfer to a new host. Ellize wonders why this was never tried before, and then realizes that the saint is the only one who ''can'' try it due to it requiring a SpaceMaster, a power reserved for the Saint. Previous saints usually weren't told where the Witch came from since it created a risk of the Saint rebelling against her duty. Ellize feels uneasy since this risks creating trouble for future generations if something ever goes wrong with the seal. It ends up as a moot point since Witch Alexia becomes the first witch to successfully commit suicide rather than face a FateWorseThanDeath, using Verner as a proxy. To ensure Verner doesn't become the next host, Ellize deals a mortal injury to Alexia the instant before the manipulated Verner can.]]

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