[LuckySovietStar]

Spoiler for to above:

And about Battler denying any witch-involvement such that the games start taking place, perhaps belief is a huge factor with whatever is going on? (on the game board, that is.)

From EP1 tea party. Still, its not patched to the last version, so it might be a little different now ^^'. Also, Beatrice after this says, that he is understanding laws of magic well.