Chapter 727: The Fox Returns Home

After passing through security, the White Dragon warship finally set sail again, entering Haiyuecheng.

As soon as they entered the city, the bustling atmosphere of a major metropolis rushed toward them. Everywhere they looked were high-rise buildings and luxurious floating islands. Elegant warships navigated the aerial lanes, guided by neon-colored magical lights below. Looking left and right, the variety of private vehicles—rare sights elsewhere—was dizzying.

However, the atmosphere inside the White Dragon warship's cabin was a bit stifling.

Others were sizing up Dorothy and Lu Ma Mian, while the Home Witch's gaze was fixed on the Fallen Angel.

"What the hell? Is there something wrong with this Angel Ring you gave me?"

Although Dorothy was still a bit confused, her inspiration and intuition told her that there was definitely something fishy about the Angel Ring Lu Ma Mian had given her earlier; otherwise, why would everyone react so strongly the moment she revealed it?

"What's the point of asking me? A mere avatar like me doesn't have the ability to split a Vow Ring. The main body insisted on giving you the best one and wouldn't let me say anything more."

To this, Lu Ma Mian shrugged, signaling her innocence.

She was just a weak, pitiful, and helpless avatar; she absolutely refused to take the blame.

Besides, she had actually opposed the main body giving away the Vow Ring in the first place, but since the main body insisted on giving it away for free, she could only cooperate.

Although, looking at it now, the main body's decisive all-in move had paid off handsomely—she had already won big.

"Vow Ring?"

It was only now that Dorothy learned the name of her angel halo. She silently recited this name, which sounded very special, and a vague guess formed in her mind.

Afterward, she decisively pulled out her magic book, logged onto the Mana Web, entered the Mana Web Library, and searched for the keyword "Vow Ring."

After scanning the brief entry that popped up, the Home Witch's expression turned strange.

"Ah, this..."

Good grief, a betrothal token? Did I just get engaged for no reason?

Dorothy was speechless, though she felt a sense of relief afterward.

"What the hell? You scared me. I thought it was something that would harm you. It's just sharing faith and divine offices? That's fine then. Anyway, it's impossible for me to let you down."

She patted her chest and said this to Lu Ma Mian.

As for the engagement, if she had known the meaning of the Vow Ring earlier, she would have decisively refused when the Fallen Angel gave it to her. But now that the rice was already cooked, what could she do? She might as well just lie flat and give up.

Besides, the two of them already had an engagement. Back on the carriage to the academy, if she had just nodded, one of them might be heavily pregnant right now.

"Uh..."

Seeing the Young Lady's reaction, Lu Ma Mian didn't know whether to be moved by this concern or annoyed that there was no fun left to watch.

She had been looking forward to the Young Lady's reaction upon learning the truth, wondering if she would be furious or give her the cold shoulder. She never expected the Young Lady's primary concern to be whether the Vow Ring would harm her or the main body.

For a moment, the Fallen Angel's feelings were very complicated.

For her, the feeling of being genuinely cared for was hard to handle. After all, in her timeline, she had used every means possible just to survive and then fought desperately to climb upward.

Being cared for? That didn't exist; only betrayal and slaughter had accompanied her.

Damn it, she had wanted to take this opportunity to flirt with the Young Lady, but what was this sudden counter-strategy?

The high-attack, low-defense Fallen Angel Miss had no choice but to turn her head away, pretending to be looking at the scenery outside.

As for Senior Sister Senior Miya and Ma Ma Xier, the two of them exchanged a glance, then tacitly reached a strategic alliance.

Damn it, the President had already left, yet she had still left behind such a move. The enemy was cunning, so they had no choice but to set aside their disputes, join forces, and face the enemy together.

And above the Home Witch's head, Senior Sister Hat was enjoying the show to the fullest.

She loved watching Qian Bao's Shura fields the most, but it was a pity that they didn't end up fighting; it wasn't exciting enough.

Only Audrey felt out of place with everyone else. Having long had a crush on someone, she truly only viewed her Senior Sister as a Senior Sister, so she didn't have any psychological burden.

And the little fox, noticing the somewhat subtle atmosphere in the cabin, simply slipped to her Senior Sister's side, then manipulated her own fox puppet to start introducing the scenery outside the window to her Senior Sister.

Although this Haiyuecheng was her hometown, because of her autism and social anxiety, she actually hadn't left the house many times since she was a child, so she wasn't very familiar with the city scenery outside the window herself.

But that didn't matter; their family was in the business of information gathering, after all. Besides, what era was it now? Netizens didn't go out, but they knew everything under the sun, right?

Relying on the various gossip information she had heard while surfing the internet intensely in the past, she could now even say a few anecdotes about what had happened in the past whenever she saw a building.

And Dorothy, listening to the little Junior Sister's explanation, kept her gaze fixed on the colorful, fantastical scenery outside the window.

This Haiyuecheng was clearly nicknamed the City of Night, but in the Home Witch's view, the name "City That Never Sleeps" might suit it even better.

It was already night at this time; the sun had set, and the silver moon, transformed from the world's consciousness, slowly rose, casting down soft moonlight.

It was just that, where in this city was there any need for moonlight to provide illumination?

The iridescent magic marking the sky's flight paths, the neon lights of various colors lingering on the edges of the buildings, the giant screens on top of the skyscrapers playing videos of popular stars, the light shows in the sky above the city transforming into the shapes of various magical beasts to perform, the bustling traffic constructed by the continuous streetlights and car lights on the sidewalk below, the reflection of various lights on the opposite bank of the river in the city...

All kinds of lights directly dispelled the darkness, making this city seem to be constantly bathed in radiance, shining extraordinarily.

Hmm, in contrast to these bright lights, the moonlight in the sky actually seemed a bit lonely and redundant.

"This really lives up to its name; it truly is a beautiful city."

Dorothy's eyes also reflected these thousands of lights, and she sighed with emotion in her heart.

Venus, the meaning of this word in the Witch language was love and beauty.

The City of Love and Beauty—whether it was loved or not was hard to say now, but it was truly beautiful.

"Hey, Audrey, the business of plastic surgery and beauty in this city must be very profitable, right?"

The little fox was introducing all kinds of delicious and fun things in the city to her Senior Sister when, suddenly, she heard such a question from her Senior Sister.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Witch was stunned for a moment.

Ah, this, this really touched upon her knowledge blind spot.

After all, she already looked like this; where would she need any plastic surgery or beauty treatments?

However, after thinking about the super high expenses her mothers spent on appearance and body maintenance every day, she still nodded.

"It should indeed be very profitable; I see many people in the city doing this line of work."

Audrey said somewhat uncertainly.

And to this, Dorothy nodded.

She had only taken a rough look along the way just now, and she had discovered that the average appearance in this Haiyuecheng was truly high; almost everyone was a great beauty, and even the different races walking on the street below were all handsome men and beautiful women, with ridiculously high looks.

But it was just that most of them were beautiful in a somewhat cookie-cutter way, making people a bit face-blind.

Even though it was the real world, it gave the Home Witch a feeling similar to scrolling through short videos in her past life.

Also, people in the technological world of her past life could use all kinds of technology for beauty, so why couldn't people in the magical world use all kinds of magic for beauty?

Tsk, no wonder the Witch's Four Great Evil Arts were so popular; their sales volume among the various magics she developed was only second to Gourmet Magic.

This was truly "food and sex are human nature."

Dorothy smelled a new business opportunity.

However, now was not the time to think about these things.

The White Dragon Battleship was flying at high speed along the sky lane, and the portal on the outer ring was already in sight, so the Home Witch hurriedly cast a Space Control buff on herself.

Although she had developed her space talent to a certain extent after Aunt Zi's training, her old problem of getting dizzy from teleportation had improved, but it was only for short-distance teleportation that she didn't get dizzy; long-distance teleportation still made her uncomfortable for a while.

And this Haiyuecheng was too big; going from the outer ring to the inner ring where Audrey and the others lived was a quite long distance.

However, the outermost ring of this Haiyuecheng was already so prosperous; what would the inner city area look like?

The Home Witch was very curious.

And as she closed and opened her eyes, the White Dragon Battleship had already passed through the portal and arrived at a brand-new area.

Dorothy immediately looked around, only to find that compared to the hustle and bustle outside, this inner city area was much quieter and more serious.

There were no light-polluting lights of all kinds; looking into her eyes, there was a large area of green vegetation, all kinds of luxurious private floating islands were one more beautiful than the other, and the public areas were also filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, with all kinds of ornamental magical beasts playing in the gardens that were as beautiful as a dream.

Hmm, elegant, truly too elegant.

It was just that this contrast of clubbing in a bar one second and then playing the piano and chess the next made people a bit unaccustomed.

"We're here, Senior Sister, that's my home in front."

However, the one who might be unaccustomed was probably Dorothy herself; anyway, Audrey beside her seemed to have long been used to this, and the little fox pointed to a huge floating island in front of the window, then her little puppet shouted excitedly.

Dorothy also looked in the direction pointed by the little Junior Sister, and then was silent for a moment.

Although she knew that the little Junior Sister's family was very wealthy, she truly didn't expect it to be so extravagant.

Hmm, there was indeed a floating island clearly visible in front; even among the many luxurious floating islands in this inner city area, that one was outstanding and stood out from the crowd.

Firstly, because of its foundation, this floating island was the center of this inner city area, occupying the absolute C-position.

Just as the Tower of Radiance was the center of the Witch Academy, this large floating island was the center of Haiyuecheng, located on the zero ring.

Secondly, it was because of the majestic magic power fluctuations in the center of the floating island.

As a professional Civil Engineering Witch, the Home Witch saw the reason for this magic power fluctuation at a glance.

My civil engineering soul is stirred; there must be a wonder on this island, and it's a great wonder at that.

Dorothy began to feel a bit restless.

Hehehe, can I touch your wonder?

*Cough cough*

She wiped the tears flowing from the corners of her mouth, then became serious and solemn.

And the White Dragon Battleship arrived unimpeded at the entrance of this central floating island; on the apron at the entrance of the floating island, a large group of witches dressed in maid outfits had already been waiting here for a long time.

After waiting for the battleship to stop steadily, the cabin door opened, and Dorothy was speechless for a moment when she saw the long line of thousands of maids arranged in two rows on the road.

Damn, is this what a top-tier wealthy family is? There have to be thousands of maids at home?

And these were all witches; if you counted the different-race maids, heaven knows how many people they had to support.

But this was also normal; after all, the maintenance and care of this kind of large floating island were also quite troublesome, and if there were too few people, it would be impossible to take care of it at all.

"But as expected, there's still no need for such a big battle, right? I can't quite handle it."

Although she understood the reasoning, being stared at by so many beautiful maid young ladies suddenly, the Home Witch was really a bit shy; she retreated silently behind Ma Ma Xier, then whispered complaints to the Succubus Witch.

"I also didn't expect that the mothers would make such a big scene, but Big Miss, you also have to understand; after all, for so many years, this is the first time Audrey has brought a friend home as a guest, and the mothers are probably overjoyed."

Ma Ma Xier also looked helplessly at her own younger sister hiding behind the Big Miss.

Clearly, she had returned home, but as soon as she saw this long line of maids, Audrey's social anxiety immediately flared up again.

Hmm, this younger sister was even afraid of her own maids.

If it weren't for the fact that the Succubus Witch was also in the Witch Academy and she had seen with her own eyes how her younger sister made friends under the guidance of the Big Miss, she would probably be as ecstatic as the mothers when she heard that her younger sister could actually bring a friend home as a guest.

Dorothy: "..."

Hearing the Succubus Miss's words, and then looking at the gratified expressions of "my little princess finally has friends" from those beautiful maid sisters below, some of the more emotionally rich maid young ladies even burst into tears on the spot.

With this reaction, the Home Witch didn't know what to say for a moment.

She turned around and looked at the little Junior Sister who was nervously clutching her clothes because of this maid group, and had no choice but to reach out and hold her hand, then lead her off the ship.

It was just that, to her surprise, as soon as she reached out and held Audrey's hand, and the little fox didn't resist, but instead was led along very obediently.

Someone in the maid group below suddenly couldn't help but scream in excitement, and then more people burst into tears of joy, and some even showed expressions of "I've shipped it."

Dorothy: "..."

*Sigh*, take my advice, shipping everything will only harm you.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being the center of the entertainment industry in the Witch world; the people here really can fan over anything.

The Home Witch rolled her eyes, then walked forward with big strides while holding the little fox's hand.

And the little fox, who was still a bit afraid, read the various desires of "shipping CP" in the hearts of the maids around her at this time, and her little face immediately turned red, directly turning into a steam girl.

She was so shy that she didn't have the face to see anyone.

And following the guidance of the maid team, everyone arrived at the entrance of a super large manor castle.

This was a very luxurious and beautiful building, but at this moment, probably no one would care what this house looked like, because as soon as they approached, everyone's gaze seemed to be attracted by a magnet, firmly attracted by the two figures in front of the castle.

*Turtle turtle*, what great two ladies.

Cao Thief is exerting force...

(End of chapter)