Chapter 835

"Good fellow, are you three mother and daughter playing an Infernal Affairs game?"

Looking at the confused Alice and her mother not far away, Dorothy blinked her eyes, then looked at her stepmother, who was also frowning beside her, and asked.

And Annie was also frowning at this time; it was clear that she only learned of this "ex-wife's" identity as an Inquisitor at this moment; this was indeed hidden deep enough.

However, this was not the time to dwell on this; besides, the past is the past, the two had already broken up long ago, and what was between her and Hati was just a momentary impulse of youth and ignorance; now Adam is her true love, so what identity this "ex-wife" has naturally has nothing to do with her.

"Werewolf witches are inherently the most loyal lackeys of the Demon King; it is not surprising at all that Hati would be an Inquisitor."

Stepmother said with a calm expression.

Dorothy nodded upon hearing this; she had the same thought.

She had learned the secret behind the werewolf witches overthrowing the blood witches from the opera "Lies and Tricks" long ago; the reason why the werewolf witches were born and gained power was entirely due to the bet between the Demon King and the Sage of Lies, and it was that True Yae Shizu Blood Diamond stolen by the Phantom Thief that granted the werewolf witch ancestors the power to resist the blood witches.

Hmm, classic same-source enemy and self.

However, the truth she later learned from Holmes was another version; back then, the Sage of Lies and the Demon King did not get their hands on the real True Yae Shizu Blood Diamond, and the lucky werewolf ancestor who gained power in the story might also have been a plant for their Phantom Thief group.

This makes one not know which version to believe.

But regardless, the werewolf ancestor had a deep relationship with the Demon King, and the werewolf witch clan has indeed always been a die-hard Demon King faction.

Werewolf? Wrong, it's the Demon King's running dog.

"However, Annie, she seems to be much stronger than you; how did you two become rivals back then?"

Dorothy felt the incomparably tyrannical magical pressure on Mrs. Hati and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Hmm, the Fairy King's big mouth is still performing steadily.

In her perception, the power of this paternal mother of Alice was not inferior to the Vamptra Grand Duke just now; this is definitely a top-tier peak.

And back then, this Mrs. Hati and her own stepmother were known as the Blood Moon Twins, which means that back then, the two were at least evenly matched, but now...

Hmm, the magical aura on Hati is about 800,000 Total Mana, while the magic on Annie is barely 600,000.

Don't look at it as if there is only a 200,000 Total Mana gap; according to the principle of magical aggregation, there is actually a several-fold gap between the two.

One is an upper-level peak, one is a lower-level peak; they are worlds apart.

And Alice is only thirteen years old now, which means the two have only been broken up for about thirteen years; a mere thirteen years is just a snap of the fingers for a witch, so how did such a big gap open up?

"Tsk, you'll know when you have a child yourself in the future and voluntarily bear the double magical consumption."

Feeling that she was looked down upon by her stepdaughter, Stepmother rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay attention to this person's gossiping heart.

"No, no, having children or something, that is forever impossible."

Dorothy, who was retorted, hurriedly shook her head.

Are you kidding? The reason she refused the Dragon Mother's arranged marriage for her and Sophie Liya before was that she was afraid of being too weak and being pressed under the Pure White Witch to become the maternal side.

Being on the bottom is impossible, it's impossible in this lifetime.

However, double the magical consumption?

Even Dorothy, who should only have strength in her eyes in the Fairy King state, was stunned at this moment.

She knew that reproduction between witches requires paying a huge price; nurturing a witch cub requires vast magic, and this huge magical consumption needs to be borne by the two mothers.

And it's not an ordinary consumption like casting spells; the magic absorbed by the witch cub is unrecoverable, which means you will lose that part of your magic forever, that is, your blue bar limit is sucked away.

For witches, for whom magic is the foundation of everything, this is obviously a huge price.

Therefore, generally speaking, this consumption is shared equally between the two wives.

However, this does not necessarily have to be shared equally; it's just that doing so makes the consumption for both relatively smaller, and in some special families, the price of this reproduction is borne by only one person.

That is, one side of the couple pays all the consumption for nurturing the cub alone.

And this is really harmful to the body; if one is not careful, a peak might drop a level after giving birth to a cub.

Of course, this refers to magical level dropping; after all, the peak certificate is something that is lifelong once passed and will not be withdrawn casually.

Thinking about it this way, the huge gap between Annie and Mrs. Hati is understandable.

However, this behavior of letting the partner bear the consumption alone is honestly a bit too irresponsible, this...

Hmm, in the Witch World, people like this are generally called scumbags.

Ah this, isn't it said that werewolf witches are mostly extremely loyal to their families and partners? It seems that the rumors on the Total Mana Web are also unreliable.

Dorothy thought to herself.

"Don't overthink it, this was my own request; Hati didn't agree at all back then, but she couldn't beat me at that time and was powerless to resist me; after the trouble led to the breakup, she just felt that my bearing the price alone like this hurt her self-esteem."

Although the two had already said goodbye, Annie still spoke up to defend this "ex-wife."

At that time, she didn't know what was going on, anyway, she inexplicably wanted a child very much, as if she were possessed, and finally, regardless of Hati's opposition, she forcibly knocked her out and then held the ceremony, successfully becoming pregnant with Alice.

Thinking about it now, she was indeed too overbearing and too strong back then; she really felt sorry for Hati, and the final breakup of the two was indeed her own fault.

However, if she were given another chance, she would definitely still make the same choice; after all, Alice was what she wanted, not what Hati wanted, so the price should naturally be paid by her.

The rising period of a witch is very precious; at their age, it should be the age to desperately become stronger, wishing to practice one second as one hour; giving birth to a child at this point is simply self-destruction of the future.

Although both are genius witches, this delay might end up with them becoming mediocre.

In Annie's view, since it was her own willfulness, she should take responsibility for it; this is the best result; she becoming a loser alone is much better than two people becoming mediocre together.

And regarding this, Dorothy looked at her stepmother speechlessly.

She could somewhat understand Mrs. Hati's anger afterward, especially since she, in the Fairy King state, felt it deeply.

Although she could understand that Annie was doing this for the other party's good, once standing in Mrs. Hati's position, this is really hurtful.

This is completely not treating the two as true family; always dividing things so clearly; in the end, this is always a lack of trust in the other party, truly a bit of being together in body but not in heart.

Dim lights, eye protection, small, medium, large

"Annie, you are completely treating people as tools; this is not love at all."

She complained speechlessly.

But regarding this, Annie did not refute, but nodded seriously, expressing agreement.

"Hmm, it's indeed not; thinking about it now, the feeling when I was with Hati back then is completely different from when I am with Adam now, so that's why they say that's being young and ignorant."

Stepmother showed a look of recollection.

When she was with Hati back then, she felt more of a resonance of blood, a call between bodies, but after she met Adam, that call from heart to heart made her understand what true love is.

And Dorothy, who was on the side, thought of her own birth again.

Speaking of which, because Adam is just a weak human, he couldn't bear the magical consumption of nurturing a witch at all, so the magic that nurtured her back then was all borne by the Dragon Mother alone.

And from the situation where Annie dropped a level to give birth to Alice, the price the Dragon Mother paid to give birth to her back then would probably only be greater.

But Mother never mentioned these things in front of her; if it weren't for complaining about this with Annie now, Dorothy wouldn't have even realized this problem.

Thinking of this, the Dragon Witch suddenly felt ashamed in her heart; she seems to owe Mother more and more.

Sigh, sure enough, once things here are handled, she should really find time to go home and visit.

She thought to herself.

And while the two were chatting, the Inquisitors had already handled the affairs of the banquet hall; more than forty Grand Inquisitors had arrived in front of her, waiting for her instructions.

Seeing this, Dorothy had no choice but to shake her head, hiding the shame in her heart, and then adjusted her emotions.

She glanced at the hundred ghosts in the banquet hall, and then the shadow under her feet suddenly expanded, taking all the hundred ghosts into it.

"Three, then I'll trouble you to lead the way."

After finishing everything, she looked at the three sisters of her stepmother on the side and said so.

And the cold imperial sister Camilla didn't say anything, directly leading the way in front; it was the gentle imperial sister Elizabeth who smiled at this cheap niece.

"We are just obeying Mother's orders, but the Hall of Holy Blood is after all the holy land of the Blood Race; please try not to destroy it too severely later."

As blood witches, the two were actually unwilling to take these outsiders, who were clearly going to smash the place, to the holy land, but since it was Mother's order, the two had to obey, only hoping in their hearts that the ancient holy land, which had been passed down for more than 100,000 years, could continue to exist after this incident.

It should be able to, right?

Thinking of the many predecessors and eleven dukes sleeping in the Hall of Holy Blood, and then looking at these fierce Inquisitors beside her.

Sigh, that holy land is about to become a battlefield; it probably really will become history from now on.

Elizabeth thought with some sadness in her heart.

"Try, I will try; Miss Elizabeth, please rest assured, even if it's the worst result, we will help you repair it afterward."

Looking at the worry on the faces of these two cheap aunts, Dorothy was also a bit embarrassed.

She seems to have been acting as a demolition office recently; this makes it seem like wherever the Clown goes, there are ruins everywhere; this won't do; only demolishing without building damages my professional ethics as a Civil Engineering Witch; this wave must start to reverse the reputation.

However, she was a bit curious about where the Hall of Holy Blood is now.

Originally, in the era of the City of Sin, this Blood Race holy land was in the center of the city, but the center of Venus City today is the Witch Opera House, and she didn't know where the blood witches had hidden the Hall of Holy Blood.

And just when the Dragon Witch was a bit puzzled, Camilla, who was walking in front, suddenly dissipated into a mist; this thick fog instantly enveloped everyone.

This strange change immediately made everyone alert, thinking that this strongest Blood Race Marquis wanted to take action against them.

After all, turning into mist is one of the two major signature skills of the Blood Race, as famous as turning into a bat.

Fortunately, Elizabeth explained in time.

"My lords, please don't be nervous; the location of the Hall of Holy Blood is special, and generally only blood witches can enter; Sister is preparing to wrap you all up and take you in together."

After the misunderstanding was cleared up, everyone relaxed a little; they indeed didn't feel any hostility or danger from this mist.

And after Dorothy heard this explanation, she curiously reached out her hand, trying to grab two wisps of mist to study.

She felt the aura of space magic in this mist.

Wow, didn't expect this Aunt Camilla to be a user of space magic; this means I must get closer to this aunt later.

However, just as she thought this in her heart, her head was suddenly knocked by someone, and then the cold aunt's voice sounded in her ear.

"Don't touch randomly, it's quite ticklish."

This is Camilla's voice.

Now this mist is transformed from her body; Dorothy is playing with grabbing the mist here, which is simply like touching her randomly.

In fact, this mist is just a manifestation that looks like fog; in reality, it is a high-level application of space magic; theoretically, it should not be touched by anyone, but who knows what means this cheap niece used; Miss First Marquis actually had the feeling of being truly touched.

The only two explanations she could think of were that this cheap niece used some special spell she didn't know about just now, or that this guy's space affinity physique is high enough to touch space with her bare hands.

Hmm, it should be one; after all, two is a bit too outrageous; where would anyone have such an exaggerated space affinity physique.

And after being quietly warned, Dorothy was suddenly a bit embarrassed; fortunately, she was in the Fairy King state at this time.

"Sorry, Aunt Camilla, it's just that this is too fascinating, I couldn't help myself; please be sure to have more in-depth exchanges with me later, I want to learn space magic."

The Dragon Witch has always been direct.

Hmm, this space mist is really fascinating.

However, this originally white mist suddenly became scarlet, as if it carried a bit of blood, and Dorothy's head was angrily knocked a few more times.

"Get lost, you ungrateful wretch, you really have wolfish ambitions and are not a good thing."

She heard such an angry rebuke from that cold aunt, but the cold voice was somehow a bit anxious.

This made the Dragon Witch couldn't help but curl her lips.

Tsk, if you don't teach, you don't teach, why hit me, hateful.

However, in fact, whether to teach or not is not up to this Aunt Camilla; after all, as long as she casts spells in front of her, traces will always be left.

Everyone in the mist stood still, but as the mist rolled, Dorothy's soul, which is very sensitive to space-time power, keenly sensed the fluctuations of space movement.

However, why is the aura of this destination so familiar?

Spirit World?

Dorothy guessed.

And soon, the mist surrounding everyone dissipated, and the disappeared Camilla reappeared, but her face was a bit flushed with annoyance.

However, no one cared about Miss First Marquis's face; everyone looked at the destination in front of them, but their expressions were stunned.

Ah this, didn't take the wrong road, right?

Dorothy also looked at the various facilities in front of her in surprise, her expression a bit strange.

This is an amusement park?

She looked at the roller coaster and Ferris wheel not far away, confused, with a series of question marks rising above her head.

No, just now it was so mysterious, saying that only the Blood Race could enter, and it turns out to be this?

She just wanted to ask her stepmother or Aunt Elizabeth beside her what was going on, but suddenly narrowed her eyes, because she saw a sign not far away.

Mamen Paradise.

This is like a lingering ghost, right?

Dragon Witch narrowing eyes