Could all of these women actually be alive?

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How on earth am I supposed to write this?
After returning home, Ron sat in front of his computer screen, staring at the text before him and falling into deep thought.
The heroine casts a charm spell and ends up charming a mage tower—no matter how one looks at it, that is simply too absurd.
If Ron were a reader, seeing such a plot would probably prompt him to make the "metro-old-man-looking-at-phone" meme face, followed by a profound suspicion of the mental state the author must have been in to write something so bizarre.
Yet, all of this truly happened right before Ron's eyes; it was an indisputable reality.
Ron had writer's block.
It was a rare case of writer's block since the book's inception.
When other creators get writer's block, it's because their protagonists fail to drive the plot forward.
As for Ron's writer's block, he simply had no idea how to translate such abstract behavior into a novel.
While Ron was racking his brains, Vivian, still in the spirit realm, was watching the city of Pallavi descend into chaos.
Following the collapse of the Pallavi Magic Association's mage tower, her assessment was forced to an abrupt halt.
Trevor with a dark expression was directing his subordinates to salvage items from within the mage tower.
Temporarily, no one came to bother Vivian.
After all, no one would suspect that Vivian was the ultimate culprit—except for the two high-level mages present.
[Wiglafite did not answer Vivian's question, but merely gazed silently at Vivian.]
[Although there was no evidence, her intuition as a high-level mage told her that Vivian was most likely the instigator of this accident.]
[Vivian clearly lacked this self-awareness and kept blindly emphasizing: "Their mage tower was definitely built with cut corners!"]
[Dylan shared the same skeptical attitude toward Vivian.]
[Dylan's expression could hardly be called pleasant.]
[“I’m afraid Pallavi will face trouble ahead,” he said, looking at Wiglafite.]
[Wiglafite said with a gloomy face, “That was brought about by you people.”]
[As an independent mage, Wiglafite almost never needed to pay attention to the Magic Association, which was why she chose to become an independent mage in the first place.]
[In fact, if not for the sake of her students, Wiglafite wouldn't need to care about any imperial decrees at all.]
[By then, the worst she could do was find some remote wilderness and live in seclusion.]
[As Wiglafite spoke, she had already stepped forward to shield Vivian behind her.]
[“You’re still the same as before, stepping up to protect others,” you jumped onto Wiglafite's shoulder and said leisurely.]
This was Ron's probe directed at Wiglafite.
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Back then, before he had developed the so-called "Holy Deprivation," he was utterly helpless against Melia when she entered a state of total defense.
Yet, in the end, he managed to "taste" Melia without breaking her defenses, and he achieved it by using Melia's kindness.
"You wouldn't want the entire city's people to be submerged, would you?"
Come to think of it, I was truly despicable back then.
Before inventing "Holy Deprivation," this trick worked every single time.
Of course, after finding a way to breach Melia's defenses, Ron couldn't be bothered to use such methods anymore.
However, years later, Ron finally came to his senses.
Although Ron was a bit vicious back then, most of that viciousness was directed toward fulfilling biological reproduction duties; he didn't actually engage in large-scale sacrifices or massacres.
Perhaps Melia had known all along that he wouldn't actually do anything to innocent people, yet she still accepted Ron's threat...
Damn it! Could it be that I was the one being fished all along?
[Hearing your words, Wiglafite's body trembled slightly, and she glared fiercely at you.]
Ron snapped back to reality, understanding dawning in his heart.
Even if Wiglafite was not the real Melia, she was bound to be inextricably linked to her.
Destiny... truly is miraculous.
Perhaps it could not even be called destiny.
From the very moment Wiglafite chose to absorb his remnant soul, she was destined to be brought before him, sooner or later.
Dylan ultimately agreed to Wiglafite's conditions.
As a condition of the exchange, until the mage tower of the Pallavi Magic Association was rebuilt, Wiglafite must coordinate and protect the safety of Pallavi City.
The mage tower of the Magic Association actually played a pivotal role in the Empire's defense system.
The teleportation array inside it allowed the Empire's army to reach the frontline of a war instantly.
The moment Pallavi City's mage tower self-destructed, Pallavi City had effectively fallen outside the coverage of the Empire's military might.
This was extremely dangerous; this was a border city constantly watched by the barbarians.
This was why Dylan said "Pallavi City will have subsequent trouble."
For this reason, Dylan had no choice but to agree to Wiglafite's terms, temporarily drafting this powerful mage to protect Pallavi City's safety.
All of Wiglafite's students could freely choose their magic academy, except for Vivian.
[“Are you not going to give Vivian a recommendation letter?” You stood on Wiglafite's shoulder, looking at Vivian walking ahead.]
[Wiglafite's voice was steady and as icy as before: “Haven't you already arranged a more important responsibility for her?”]
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[Listening to Wiglafite's voice, you clicked your tongue and said, “You still speak so coldly. Back then, I even thought your mouth was cold too, but it turned out to be rather warm...”]
[Before you could finish speaking, your entire body flew up, directly thrown away by Wiglafite.]
[Fortunately, Wiglafite did not exert much force, and you landed steadily right into Vivian's arms.]
[You looked up at Wiglafite; the blush on her face had already faded, and she said very seriously to Vivian, “I just told Mage Dylan, you are now a tier-one mage.”]
[With that, Wiglafite took out a Brave Badge and tossed it to Vivian: “This is the Brave Badge. From now on, in official documents, you are a recognized brave.”]
[This was also one of the conditions for Wiglafite's agreement to garrison Pallavi.]
[Having said that, Wiglafite teleported away without looking back.]
[“What's wrong with the teacher?” Vivian was so overwhelmed by Wiglafite's flurry of words that she didn't react in time.]
[“This is how she gets when she's shy; she always slips away in silence right after getting things done,” you said lazily and smugly, yawning.]
[Vivian looked at you in astonishment: “Eh? What are you talking about? Why would the teacher be shy?”]
[You did not answer Vivian's question, silently pondering in your heart what kind of state Melia was actually in right now.]
[How did she manage to span five thousand years and survive until today?]
[The most crucial thing is... whether your awakening has anything to do with her.]
This resonance of Ron's had resulted in him waking up right in Vivian's arms.
And that necklace of Vivian's had been a gift from Wiglafite.
No matter how one thought about it, it was hard to rule out Wiglafite's connection to this matter.
His resonance disorder relapsing was very likely deliberately triggered by Wiglafite.
Since Melia could survive to this day through some method, what about the other women?
Thinking of this, Ron didn't harbor many fantasies; instead, he felt a bit terrified.
Putting aside whether they would drain him dry, these women—rather than loving him—might very well hate him even more.
Therefore, Ron felt extremely fortunate regarding Wiglafite's reaction toward him.
Given what he had done to Melia back then, her cutting him into a thousand pieces would still be considered an excessive display of the Virgin Mary's benevolence.
No! Even just for his own personal safety, he needed to hurry up and collect those remnant souls.
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