A Mystery: Little Witch Won't Accept Giving Up

[Mystery · Fantasy · BL]

No, seriously, I have absolutely nothing to do with the Witch Cult.

Yes, I’m on the Assassin pathway, and yes, I used to be a man, but I really didn’t mean to drink the "witch" potion—no, wait, nobody forced me to drink it, and I didn’t want to change either. I snatched the potion from a Witch Cult member’s mouth; how was I supposed to know the "Instigator" advancement would have this effect?

Colonel, please believe me. I’ve lived upright and honest my whole life; money, status, honor… which of those didn’t I earn with my own hands? Who doesn’t know I’ve made merits for the kingdom? Let me see the king! His Majesty George III himself once bestowed a medal upon me—

No, wait, that’s prejudice. I didn’t bewitch the king, and there was no trading power for sex. That’s what witches do. I’m a perfectly proper female knight—

Huh?!

What do you mean, "If you’re willing to be my personal maid, I’ll let you go"?

Go to hell!

I’d rather send you to the Kingdom of Storms to reunite with your mother!

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Mistakenly drinking the "witch" potion and turning into a tiny loli? A bit of hardship like that is not enough to extinguish Chloe’s ambition to make achievements and rise in class.

But in the torrent of this era, full of hidden currents and whirlpools, how could that be easy?

The Eighth Bureau, the Steam Church, royal conspiracies—factions intertwine in a tangled mess; ancient gods awaken, the Industrial Revolution arrives, and world war looms, leaving the road ahead difficult at every step. Amid the steel forest, steam and fog mingle together; only a blade in hand can break the web of fate and write a glory that will be sung for generations.

Crusade of the Lord of Mysteries fan work, gender-bender, no romance or ambiguous feelings, native protagonist, not a transmigration-in-a-book story.