Chapter 698

Yoshiwara Flower District, top floor of the Mirage Pavilion.

Audrey was actually a bit panicked. She looked at the filth rolling endlessly in the clan's hearts and watched these fragments turn into demonic shadows under the analysis of her talent, and she couldn't help but get goosebumps.

However, at least the protagonist in these fragments this time wasn't herself, but the General puppet she was manipulating, so she felt slightly better.

But even so, the various ways these nobles played that exceeded the bottom line were enough to greatly shock the "well-informed" little fox.

Hiss, it's actually possible to play like this?

Wow, how perverted, how could anyone like that kind of place?

No way, this kind of place can actually be used?

In the side hall, Audrey's face was flushed red. She covered her face with her hands to shield her eyes, but those fragments continued to play in her mind. This made the little fox involuntarily wrap herself tightly in her fluffy big tail, her whole body shivering in this fox-tail quilt.

Hmm, when it comes to perversion, you witches of the East Island really know how to play.

In short, useless knowledge has increased again. Her material library as a "theoretical king" has been expanded by a large margin once more.

However, panicked as she was, afraid as she was, Audrey didn't shrink back or escape as she usually did this time. Instead, she took the initiative to activate her talent of the Source.

This terrifying power from the Source of the Seven Deadly Sins spread along the fate puppet strings in her hand to the General puppet in the main hall next door, and the already charming and enchanting General suddenly became even more soul-stirring.

At this moment, she was like a mirror, reflecting everything of the nobles who saw her.

Every noble who saw her would be shocked to realize that this was the "her" they had dreamed of, the perfect "her" that could perfectly match their desires.

All living beings have desires, and once they have desires, it is difficult to escape the influence of the Source.

The little fox flicked her fingers again, manipulating the actions of the General puppet, making every move of this puppet seem to be plucking at people's heartstrings, always with the implication of "Is she hinting at me?" or "Is she giving me a chance?"

This was not random movement; every action integrated the essence of the Nine-Tailed Fox's secret art, the Heavenly Demon Dance.

Legend has it that one dance of the Heavenly Demon can make the entire world sink into her charm, willingly offering up everything they have, even if they perish themselves, without any regrets.

Audrey naturally hadn't reached that legendary realm yet, but as the perfect successor her two mothers dreamed of, her dancing talent was also decent. Charming the world might not be possible for now, but charming all living beings was not a difficult task.

Oh, well, except for Senior Sister; she really can't be charmed.

However, these nobles clearly didn't have the strong, eternal, and unchanging heart of her Senior Sister, which was like the sun. These guys, whose hearts had long been corroded and decayed, could not be said to be unable to withstand a single blow under the power of the Heavenly Demon Dance; they could only be said to have no resistance and voluntarily sank.

Even if there were actually quite a few strong people among this group of nobles, they all had the strength of top-tier Grand Witches. If they really fought, Audrey would not be their opponent.

But except for her sister who had gone astray, Succubi and Demon Foxes were not races that relied on their own strength to dominate.

The strong control the world, and they control the strong.

Beauty and charm were their most proud weapons.

And in these two aspects, Audrey won by too much over these nobles; the two were simply not on the same level.

The heartstrings of these nobles were completely undefended in the eyes of the little fox; she could pluck and manipulate them at will, relying entirely on her own preferences.

Of course, this was actually a bit dangerous.

If one only had beauty but no strength to protect this beauty, then it was very easy to be bullied by the strong. If one was not careful and played too much, causing the other party to tear off the mask, turn into a beast, and then lose oneself, such things were not uncommon among the Succubus and Demon Fox clans.

Walking by the river often, how can one not get their shoes wet?

How to grasp the degree of teasing, always accurately stepping on that line of being close yet distant, giving people a false hope that they could get what they wanted if they just tried a little harder—this was the key.

Audrey, being socially anxious, was naturally not good at this, but it didn't matter; her mothers were very good at it.

She hadn't eaten dragon meat, but she had always seen dragons fly.

Having been influenced by them since she was young, even though this was the little fox's first time actively toying with others, she was already able to get started easily.

As long as she entered her familiar performance mode, as long as she acted with the thought of "I want to play my mothers," treating everything as a performance, and thinking in the play about how her mothers would handle this situation, then the rest was very simple.

Audrey easily played this group of nobles, who had been teased to the point of losing their minds, in the palm of her hand.

She might even have done it better than her mothers.

In the end, there was only one key point to this kind of thing: if you want to walk through ten thousand flowers without a single leaf sticking to you, you have to pay attention to checks and balances. You need to use dogs to control dogs, and then let these nobles fight among themselves.

Only in this way could she be considered safe. Even if someone really went crazy and wanted to mess around, she wouldn't even need to say anything; others would swarm up and voluntarily subdue the madman, just to win her favor.

It's quite simple.

Especially in this play, she came with her own bodyguards. The Konoe clan and the Kujo clan, the two representatives of military force on the East Island, were already her people. With the coordinated performance of these two clans, the other nobles had absolutely no suspicion. Their brains were now so confused that only rolling filth remained.

Hmm, that's right. In this process, the little fox discovered with mixed feelings that she was unexpectedly very talented in this field.

At first, she still needed to use her mothers' methods to perform, but after performing just a few times, her mothers' experience had already been successfully absorbed by her.

After that, no reference was needed anymore; everything just followed her instincts.

She stood on the shoulders of giants, having the experience of her mothers who were proficient in this way to learn from, and at the same time, she also had other talents that her mothers did not possess.

For example, these Dominating Demon Eyes.

Her mothers actually still followed the old path of charm and the Nine-Tailed Fox; their various means were actually just "foxes borrowing the tiger's might."

They could become demon concubines who brought disaster to the country, they could become glamorous queens who dominated the world, but they could not become the Emperor who controlled everything and dominated everything.

This path could only go so far.

Audrey recalled her own family, which was considered the uncrowned king in Venus City. In the past, she had been proud of this, naively thinking that all this glory was achieved by her mothers themselves.

Nine-Tailed Songstress, Heart-Bewitching Dancer—these were the hottest stars in Venus, and great artists who were household names throughout the Witch World.

But now, after performing for her mothers a few times, entering into her mothers' identities, and deeply understanding her mothers' thoughts, the little fox's once naive idea was shattered.

Her family's status in Venus City had absolutely nothing to do with her mothers' artistic achievements.

Well, maybe a little, but it was definitely not the main reason.

There was only one reason for her family's transcendent status: because there was someone behind her family, and it was the person who truly controlled the world.

The current Witch King—the Demon King—this was her family's backer, the "tiger" in "foxes borrowing the tiger's might."

Her family's Succubus bloodline was originally a descendant of the Demon King. Although it was a collateral branch from who knows how many generations later, and not the direct orthodox line like her second aunt Noah Rose, it was still considered authentic enough.

And the Demon King loved art. Her mothers entered the Demon King's sight through their artistic attainments, and because of this background, they became the Demon King's white gloves, becoming the helmsmen of the intelligence department located in Venus City that monitored the world for the Demon King.

This authority, this favor from the Demon King, was the true confidence that no one dared to provoke her family.

And Audrey, who had figured this out, was really a bit disappointed, even having a feeling that her once-held faith was about to collapse.

The city of art she had imagined shouldn't be like this.

Shouldn't everyone compete based on their own abilities? Shouldn't the outcome be decided by acting skills and artistic attainments?

How did art end up being linked to power and influence in the end?

Can art that is attached to power and bound by the rules of the superiors still be considered art?

The little fox had been thinking about these questions for many days and hadn't figured out the answer.

However, there was one point she had figured out, and that was that she didn't want to follow her mothers' old path.

Demon concubines and glamorous queens were not what she wanted.

Why must I be a concubine or a queen? Can't I become the Emperor who dominates everything?

My art should not be bound by anything; I only want to walk my own path.

Therefore...

Not acting anymore, I'm showing my cards; I'm actually not your General at all.

On the main seat of the high platform in the hall, behind the charming and enchanting General, nine fluffy fox tails stretched out and then stretched freely.

And this scene was also seen by the many nobles under the stage.

At first, they were a bit surprised and couldn't help but frown. Some people even began to struggle, wanting to break free from that demonic charm.

But, you're already in the trap, and you still want to run?

The nine-tailed General smiled, a smile that was bright yet evil. The smile that had broken free from acting appeared exceptionally beautiful, and the power of the Heavenly Demon Dance within that smile was even more invisible and terrifying.

The Heavenly Demon Dance was originally an imitation of the power of the Heavenly Demon, and the Heavenly Demon in the legends of the Eastern Universe was the demon among demons. She didn't need to perform, but every move was a performance; it was the most beautiful dance in the world.

The world is like a play, and everyone is in the play, so what is there to say about whether it's a performance or not? Reveal your true nature and live your own life well; that is the best performance in the play of your life.

They say a good role for an actor allows the actor's acting skills to be best displayed, but is there any role in the world more suitable for you to perform than yourself?

Not acting—that is the best performance.

"Lord Yagyu! You're really okay, that's great. May Amaterasu bless you."

This gentle witch was also very excited when she saw Yagyu Jubei. She covered her face and thanked the gods for their protection.

Immediately, she pulled the two little witches forward and let her two daughters meet their benefactor.

"Kana, Eda, come and meet Lord Yagyu quickly."

In short, the family was very enthusiastic.

And this also made the sword-master miss somewhat moved.

She didn't expect that after not seeing each other for decades, this family could still recognize her as soon as they met. These were true friends; what were those before?

However, moved was moved, she also scanned the furnishings in this house and judged at a glance that this was a family that was the same inside and out.

This house wasn't much better than it looked from the outside. The furniture and objects were visibly old. It could be seen that this family's life was really not very affluent.

The sword-master miss was directly conflicted. In this situation, how could she have the nerve to open her mouth to borrow money?

However, she didn't have the nerve, but someone else did.

Dorothy saw that this family was really enthusiastically starting to prepare a meal, so she hurriedly interrupted. Now was not the time to eat; there were still many of Yagyu's friends' houses to run to later, so...

"Yagyu has fallen out with her family, is now penniless, and still owes a huge debt to a very terrifying existence. If she doesn't pay it back, she will die. So she is here to borrow money. Are you lending it or not? If you have no money to lend, then we have to go to the next house to ask."

The Home Witch went straight to the point without emotion.

"You..."

The sword-master miss glared at her, but had no way to vent, after all, Battousai miss was telling the truth.

"Sorry, it was I who disturbed you. We'll go now and ask elsewhere. Don't listen to her nonsense; actually, it's not that serious. I still have many rich friends. This time I just happened to pass by your house, so I just stopped by to see."

Yagyu Jubei's fair face turned red directly. She looked at this family that had suddenly fallen silent and hurriedly tried to act tough.

And the delicate witch and the gentle witch looked at each other, also conflicted and hesitant.

Just when the sword-master miss had pushed Dorothy and Wenwen to the door, preparing to forcibly drag the two away, the delicate witch spoke.

"Wait, Lord Yagyu, please take these."

She chased after them, then took out a bulging money bag from her bosom and handed it to Yagyu Jubei.

The sword-master miss hadn't had time to decline, and the money bag had already been taken by Dorothy.

The Home Witch opened the money bag and found that it was actually all copper and silver coins. It looked like a lot, but actually, it only added up to about a hundred gold yuan.

However, this wasn't a small amount of money, especially considering that this family's living conditions were so poor and they still had such savings. It was truly surprising.

"Mother, that's the tuition for sister to learn sword art."

One of the two little witches on the side, the younger one, saw her mother's action and hurriedly became anxious. She shouted loudly.

But before she finished shouting, she was covered by her sister beside her.

This older little witch said shyly.

"Actually, my talent isn't good either, I don't need this. Lord Yagyu, you need this more than I do. After all, if it weren't for you, neither my sister nor I would have been born."

Although this little witch was young, she was sensible to the point of making people's hearts ache.

Dorothy's magic power flashed in her eyes, and she found that this little fellow seemed to be a little genius. At the age of seven or eight, she already had magic power on the same level as her.

Ah, this...

The Home Witch silently put away the money bag, then turned and left.

"Stop, you have the nerve to take this money. Won't your conscience hurt?"

Yagyu Jubei was anxious. She hurriedly blocked Dorothy and tried to attack her chest to grab the money.

And at this, the Home Witch dodged with a flash and looked at her speechlessly.

"Aren't you a sword master? Don't you know how to teach people sword art?"

She looked at this fellow like she was looking at a fool.

And the sword-master miss was stunned, then suddenly realized.

"Ten minutes for you. Ten minutes later, next house."

She said.