Chapter 505

Happy times are always short-lived.

After a simple wash, the painful time for work was also about to arrive.

Dorothy took Adi out and hurried to the research institute. As for E-Mola, the little fat dragon naturally remained in the church to watch the house. However, to prevent this lazybones from running off to sleep again, the Home Witch very considerately left the little one some homework.

The difficulty wasn't high; it was nothing more than practicing punches one hundred times. If she were a little serious, she could finish it in about three or four hours.

After all, for a young dragon like the little fat dragon that was truly in the stage of growing its body, sufficient sleep was indeed still necessary, so Dorothy didn't dare to go too far.

Moreover, she had stated it bluntly: whether or not to do this homework was entirely voluntary, and it was absolutely not forced. If E-Mola did it, then she could have an extra meal in the evening; if she didn't, there was no punishment, and the normal portion of dinner would still be there.

However, even though she said that, the Home Witch had seen a certain resolve in the little fat dragon's eyes before leaving, which made her unable to stop laughing.

Hehe, the little foodie is really easy to handle; she's quite cute.

This kind of life raising a child is just like this: most of the time it looks quite annoying, but occasionally one feels it's actually quite fun.

On the way to the research institute, the Home Witch saw through the Eye of Investigation left in the church that E-Mola looked very unhappy, but was still drooling while practicing that Long Wang Martial Art she had created through her own magical modifications over and over again, and couldn't help but feel it was a bit funny.

So it turns out that even the noble and supreme Witch King of later generations was no different from an ordinary person when she was still young and weak.

Only

"All of this is just a dream after all. If only real history could be this beautiful."

Sitting in the floating special vehicle that came to pick her up at the research institute, Dorothy turned her head to look at the prosperous and magnificent city scenery below.

This was a city she had once built with her own hands.

But very soon, the flames of war might spread to the entire world. By then, even this Pandora City would probably find it hard to escape unscathed.

"Sigh, if only there were no war in this world, and everyone could get along and work together for development, I really hope to let everyone obtain the happiness they deserve."

The Home Witch sighed, feeling this way.

Although she hadn't personally met the Three Witch Kings in reality, she had seen many statues and paintings of the Three Kings in the past. Among those works, Lord God King was mostly majestic and ruthless, Lord Long Wang was always brave and tyrannical, and Lord Demon King was forever cunning and insidious. This was completely different from Dinisha, E-Mola, and Adi, whom she knew now in this Witch's Night.

Oh, no, never mind Adi; this evil little girl is indeed a little bad seed, and she is quite insidious and cunning now.

It must be said that the images of the Three Kings are really not very "great, glorious, and correct." If the Western Universe were a game, then the Three Witch Kings would definitely be the final bosses, belonging to the type of big villains destined to be eliminated and defeated by the great, glorious, and correct hero protagonist.

Of course, such an image would not damage the status of the Three Kings in the hearts of witches. After all, the witch race was not a righteous race to begin with; as a war race, they looked like the evil minions doing all kinds of evil under the villain bosses.

You must know that in the Western Universe, witches are one of the natural disasters.

Anyway, in the witch's value system, attributes like ruthless, tyrannical, cunning, insidious, etc., were never derogatory terms. On the contrary, these were advantages, because these attributes were originally a symbol of power.

Power is not that narrow, inconvenient thing that can only be "great, glorious, and correct." What witches pursue is power itself, not any specific kind of power.

Therefore, if justice could give them power, then they would be righteous; if embracing evil could make them stronger, then most witches would embrace evil without hesitation.

In the witch world, if you are guilty, then there is only one greatest original sin, and that is being weak.

Because, if you are weak, you will be bullied by others.

Being able to use any means to become stronger is the true nature of most witches, but because of this nature, it leads to the witch world actually being far less peaceful and safe than it looks on the surface.

Dorothy's past life had always been very harmonious, and everything she came into contact with looked very friendly, but that was actually because she hadn't really gone out much.

The Haiyue Territory where the Home Witch once lived was originally the territory of her stepmother's best friend. Her family belonged to the high-class "people above people" of the Haiyue Territory, so naturally, they wouldn't encounter too much darkness in their daily lives.

But even so, when Dorothy and the others first arrived and others didn't know them very well, that period of time wasn't considered peaceful.

Back when Adam and Annie had just gotten married and the family had just moved to the Haiyue Territory, there was one time when Dorothy was strolling with Alice and encountered a sudden attack by a witch who had lost control on the path of pursuing power.

The reason Alice is so clingy to her now is because in that attack, Dorothy saved this stupid sister once. At that time, the rebellious little witch was simply like a honey badger; she really didn't fear anyone. Seeing that witch who had lost control, she even dared to overestimate her own abilities and wanted to charge straight in to be a hero. If the Home Witch hadn't been clever enough, this stupid sister would probably have been gone.

Well, not necessarily gone; after all, the Blood Clan hospital was her family's, and resurrection wasn't difficult. But that encounter with danger still left a not-so-small psychological shadow on the little witch, scaring her so much that for several nights afterward, Dorothy had to accompany her to sleep so she wouldn't have nightmares.

But in fact, that encounter with danger didn't just affect Alice alone; it also gave Dorothy a new understanding of the dangers of the entire witch world.

She had thought that the mortal world on the ground was already chaotic enough, and that the floating islands in the sky where the witches, the ruling race, lived should be peaceful and safe. As a result, she had only just gone up to the sky and hadn't been there for a few days when she encountered a lunatic while strolling on the road. What kind of broken public security is this?

Since then, the Home Witch didn't trust the public security issues of the witch world very much. She simply didn't go out unless necessary, prepared to stay at home as a shut-in to the end.

Think about it, in the Freedom Country of her past life, just because of the proliferation of guns, it already made people feel very insecure, and a ghost place like the witch world has superhumans everywhere.

Bearing sharp weapons, the heart to kill arises on its own.

It would be a real miracle if this public security situation could be truly harmonious, not to mention that witches are all war maniacs, accustomed to using violence to solve problems. This extremely martial social atmosphere destined that public security problems in the witch world would be very frequent.

Running around in the witch world is really very dangerous. In the past, Dorothy had always hidden her beauty and didn't dare to see people. That was because before she had the power to protect herself, beauty would really bring disaster upon herself. It was really possible that you could be walking on the road perfectly fine and suddenly be snatched away to be a sex slave.

Who told the witch world to still be under the old lord system? This is not a society ruled by law with sound legislation. If you are bullied, it's not certain that someone will uphold justice for you. If you really want revenge, you can only do it yourself after you become stronger.

Of course, after all, above the lords there is the Sage Council, and above the Sage Council, the Three Kings are pressing down. Therefore, the overall pattern of the witch world is still very stable; at least there won't be any particularly large internal strife.

After all, the Tribunal isn't just eating for free. If you really make too much of a scene, naturally there will be inquisitors coming to suppress and liquidate you.

Therefore, the vast majority of witch lords don't dare to really go too far. If they accidentally really provoke the inquisitors, then it wouldn't be very good.

You must know that the most common method of those unscrupulous executioners is to punish both sides equally. By then, they will help you catch the troublemaking criminals, but the local lord will also be held accountable for poor management, endangering social safety, and causing bad influence. Even if you encounter an inquisitor who truly has a sense of justice, and she happens to be in a good mood and wants to uphold justice, then you are completely finished.

Therefore, most witch lords still keep a tight grip on local public security. After all, everyone is equal among witches; this is one of the very few rules that apply to the entire witch world.

So, if you are an ordinary witch who is not very strong and want to live a stable and peaceful life, how to choose a suitable witch territory to work and settle down in is also a very important matter.

Although the vast majority of witch lords are generally inclined toward the order faction, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. Even emperors have muddleheaded and tyrannical rulers, let alone witch lords. If you are unlucky and follow a chaotic and silly lord, then it won't be very safe.

In this regard, the Haiyue Territory actually belongs to the type with very good public security. This point can be seen from the fact that the Haiyue Territory even set up an anti-air barrier in the city center area, which usually only large witch territories can afford. It's just a pity that an anti-magic barrier similar to the Witch Academy is really too expensive and not something that small and medium-sized witch territories like the Haiyue Territory can play with. Otherwise, that attack incident back then wouldn't have happened.

Although afterward, that Aunt Haiyue was also furious that the child of her best friend almost had an accident on her own turf, and she launched several large-scale purges of the entire territory, rooting out quite a few guys who violated the territory's rules, and then banished them all.

But that incident also caused indelible damage to the Home Witch's young heart.

After all, she was only six years old that year; she was really still a child, okay? And at that time, she really wasn't good at fighting. She hadn't even started playing Mana Web duels yet; she had only learned some self-protection methods against mortals from Adam in the lower world. She really had no experience in fighting with witches.

It was fortunate that the witch who lost control was a newbie, not even an elite witch; she was just a common, ordinary witch.

So, Dorothy, who was a bit overly nervous at the time and eager to save her sister, opened her ultimate move at the start and directly punched that guy into a headless knight. It was really scary.

Anyway, the Home Witch was also terrified afterward. After all, she was lucky this time to encounter a newbie; what would she do if she were unlucky next time and encountered a big shot who lost control? Anyway, the outside world is really scary; only staying at home with peace of mind can bring her a sense of security.

It was from that time on that Dorothy, who had never liked fighting, began to seriously study combat magic.

After all, having it but not using it is two different concepts from wanting to use it but not having it.

There are some things she can choose not to use, but she really cannot not have them.

It's just that if you look at it from a long-term perspective and have a bigger picture, you will find that the root cause of the current "power is supreme" racial atmosphere in the witch world is the Three Kings. It is the Three Kings who tacitly approved all of this, which is why the situation where people use any means for power and end up losing control directly happens.

But can this kind of thing be blamed on the Three Kings?

Obviously not, because this is really the fault of the world—no, it should be said, the fault of the universe. Who told the witch world to be the one being targeted in the past?

The God King had just finished fighting the angels, and the dragons were making trouble on the other side. The Long Wang had just finished fighting the dragons, and the demons were unhappy with you again, so the Demon King had no choice but to go fight the demons.

Those old-school Three Natural Disasters really didn't talk about martial virtue, taking turns bullying the newcomer, the witches. Forced into a corner, the witches had no choice but to fight three against one and then counter-kill all three, which was how they obtained their hard-won peace.

The characteristic of the witch race as a war race also comes from this, because from the beginning of their race's birth to the present, they have either been in war or on the way to war.

If they can't become stronger, they will be bullied by others.

It's just that now that they have finally won against those three annoying natural disasters and become the overlords of the Western Universe, the witches can no longer turn back. Or rather, they don't know how to turn back at all. For a race that was born in blood and fire, asking them to put down their butcher knives and not fight anymore—how could that be so easy?

A big ship is hard to turn around; the witches can no longer stop, and they dare not stop.

They are truly scared of being bullied. Rather than being bullied because they are weak, it's better to step by step become the highest and strongest race, becoming the head of the natural disasters that no one dares to bully anymore.

For this reason, the martial family style cannot be changed, and the heart pursuing power cannot be shaken.

As for the public security problems and the safety problems of weak witches caused by this, this really can only be done as much as possible. After all, the Three Kings are not yet omniscient and omnipotent; even they cannot make everything perfect.

Although one really wants to say "I want it all," reality is actually more about not being able to have both fish and bear's paw.

As for whether such a method is correct?

If everything in this world could be solved by "correct or not," that would be great.

If someone thinks it's not okay, then go find a way where "I'm good, you're good, everyone is good." By then, the Three Kings would actually be very happy to abdicate and let such talent become the Fourth King.

It's just

Speaking of the Fourth King, Dorothy raised her head, looked at the Senior Hat on top of her head, and then sighed.

Forget it, the fated Fourth King has already gone crazy; who knows which day she will destroy the world. Although in a sense, this can also be considered solving the problem.

"Qian-bao, why are you staring at me? I always feel like you're thinking about something rude."

The Starry Eyes opened on the brim of Senior Hat's star hat. She looked at her master suspiciously and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Nothing, I'm praising you for being amazing."

The Home Witch casually brushed off this shameful senior and then pondered.

Although she is humble and has no say in reality and cannot change anything, in this dream, can she try to work hard to change something?

Power is certainly important, but if there is only power, then power without restraint will only harm others and oneself in the end.

The heart has a fierce tiger, sniffing the rose.

She should perhaps try to add a wreath of roses to that fierce tiger, hoping it will never be swallowed by that endless tyranny.

"Hehe, you're dreaming. This world has always been like this. Human nature is inherently evil. As long as people are still here, then it's impossible for there to be no strife. How old are you, why are you still having this dream of wanting everyone to be happy? Be realistic, okay?"

Opposite her, Adi heard the Home Witch's sigh just now. She sneered disdainfully and then looked with contempt at this bad woman who actually wasn't that bad.

Hmph, no one understands the evil of human nature better than her, the evil seed.

Then

Then Adi was sanctioned by justice.

"So painful..."

After being flicked on the forehead by the Home Witch, the little girl hugged her head and crouched in defense.

"Everyone knows this is impractical, okay? But some things always need someone to do them. Even if it can't be that perfect, doing it is definitely much better than not doing it."

Being lectured by such a child, Dorothy also said with annoyance.

"Can you stop being so violent? Violence cannot solve problems. You yourself said you hope to reduce strife."

Adi was trembling with anger. She tried to use the other party's routine to refute the other party.

"Hehe, you don't understand this, do you? I call this 'seeking peace through struggle, then peace exists.' Little one, you're still a bit green."

Dorothy also smiled and said triumphantly.

The two of them were staring at each other with big eyes.

(End of chapter)