Chapter 890

Turn off the lights and protect your eyes, small, medium, and large.

Watching the duck that was already in her mouth—bah, no, the teacher who was right beside her—actually get cold feet, Dorothy naturally couldn't endure it.

"Teacher Spider, I already said I'd take care of you in your old age, so what are you still hesitating for?"

The Home Witch took a big step forward, her tall Dragon Witch physique looming like a wall as she approached Noerose, who was of average build, forcing the Spider Witch to look up just to gaze at her apprentice's face.

The sense of oppression was maxed out.

For a moment, Noerose couldn't help but recall her student days when she first met Senior Sister Yufiliya; back then, she herself had been in her rebellious phase, dressed like a delinquent girl, and possessed a personality that was jealous of the family she came from, constantly comparing herself to others and bullying them—a standard villain character.

Then, one day, while she was bullying another junior sister, she was spotted by the passing Senior Sister, and then...

And then, there was no need to say more.

Back then, Senior Sister Yufiliya had walked up step by step, full of such oppressive force, cornered her, and then delivered a suffocating wall-slam with one palm.

That was truly suffocating; after all, the Witch Academy's buildings were of high quality and met the witches' living standards, so logically, even a Grand Witch would find it hard to smash a wall with one strike, but Senior Sister's wall-slam back then had shattered the entire wall with a single palm.

Yeah, shattered into dust—it was terrifying, alright.

Plus, at the time, she was still being suppressed by Senior Sister's dragon might; it's shameful to say, but she really almost peed herself from fear back then.

However, Senior Sister hadn't actually done anything to her back then, just given her a warning that if she ever saw her bullying other junior sisters again, she would beat her every time she saw her.

Anyway, Noerose had really been a bit cowardly back then, but how could the Jealous Witch give up so easily when facing such a situation? The Arachne family's Black Widow tradition was that if you couldn't beat the prey for the moment, you quietly approached them, found a way to get on their good side, tricked them into trusting you, parasitized them, and finally, once you'd sucked them dry, you kicked them away.

So, the Spider Witch really followed this tradition; she pretended to have turned over a new leaf and found Senior Sister, saying she was conquered by her heroic bearing, truly admired her, and wanted to be her follower or something.

In short, it was the old Arachne family tradition: first get close, then use a beauty trap, and finally dominate the other party, turning them into your puppet.

The only problem was that her young self back then was truly blind and completely failed to see what a steel-straight woman Senior Sister was.

Laughing to death, what beauty trap? If she dared to act coquettishly in front of Senior Sister, the next moment she would be sanctioned by Senior Sister's righteous iron fist or a big slap to the face.

Cherish the fair and pity the frail? Those four words didn't exist in the dictionary of a career-oriented witch like Yufiliya; her standard for everyone was just two words: fairness, fairness, and more damn fairness.

Therefore, let alone dominating Senior Sister, Noerose's entire student career was dominated by this dictatorial tyrant Senior Sister; under Senior Sister's nose, she couldn't pull off any tricks at all.

Plus, the Spider Witch didn't really approve of the family tradition anyway, so she simply gave up and let herself go after realizing it wouldn't work.

After all, she discovered that hanging out behind Senior Sister Yufiliya was actually pretty good; Senior Sister was capable and could always take on high-reward missions, so she could tag along and benefit, and originally she thought just drinking some soup behind Senior Sister would be enough, but the fair Senior Sister really shared the meat.

She really, I'm crying to death.

Anyway, those days studying at the Witch Academy counted as the most carefree time in Noerose's life; there was no need to scheme and compare with others, no need to be wary of so-called friends stabbing her in the back, no need for meaningless internal friction; all she needed to do was complete the tasks Senior Sister gave her, and she would naturally receive a reward commensurate with her efforts.

Fair trade, equivalent exchange—it was as if the laws of heaven were just like that.

So, Noerose ultimately failed to realize her ambition of dominating Senior Sister; instead, she was influenced by Senior Sister in reverse, and later, after graduation, she dared to resist her family and break away from them; this bit of courage came from the independence and self-confidence she learned from Senior Sister.

Although she only learned a half-baked version, after all, being self-reliant occasionally was quite refreshing, but being independent and self-confident all the time, having to carry everything on your own, was really exhausting, and she didn't have Senior Sister's firm career ambition.

Still the same saying, she was actually a character with no big ambitions, just wanting to slack off and play with dolls; before, when she was dominated by her family, she wanted freedom, but after really tasting the bitterness of freedom, she actually felt a bit masochistic, thinking it would be nice if someone could keep her.

Yeah, in short, waiting for a home-invading romance.

It's just a pity that her lair fortress was perhaps built a bit too sturdily, and the security strength of her puppet guards was also too high; anyway, she'd been waiting for over a hundred years and hadn't waited for that expected home invasion.

Sigh, it's just a pity that Senior Sister Yufiliya's career ambition was too strong and her personality too overbearing; she really wasn't the type for her lazy self, otherwise Noerose felt that perhaps hanging out with Senior Sister all the time would have been a good choice.

As for the other best friend in the trio, Yae Zi.

Forget it, that viper-like person was too gloomy; spiders and snakes were both poisonous creatures, like repelled like, and there would definitely be conflict if they met.

If it weren't for Senior Sister Yufiliya's strong mediation back then, Noerose didn't think she would have become friends with that snake-hearted Zi; the two were more likely to have developed into rivals or even enemies.

But now...

Looking at the Dragon Witch gradually pressing in before her, Noerose inexplicably felt her heart rate accelerate.

After all, this overbearing and majestic figure was truly exactly the same as the Senior Sister of the past, but unlike the Senior Sister who was also ambitious in her heart, the Spider Witch knew very well that the nature of her own apprentice before her was actually a salted fish similar to herself.

The reason she favored Dorothy, this apprentice, so much was actually that good talent was only one aspect; more importantly, the master and apprentice really hit it off, both liked playing with dolls, both liked architecture, neither had any big ambitions, just wanting to live their own little lives well; back then, the most important point was that both were talented and good-looking.

This really couldn't be blamed on her for even having the evil thought of playing at raising her.

This apprentice was just like her name, truly just like a treasure bestowed upon her by the gods; flawless, tailor-made, simply a living, breathing ideal type.

"Hmm?"

The Spider Witch had just thought this, and before her gaze could even start to blur, a fierce look from the side plus a familiar dragon might had already swept over, making her body shiver.

Wuwuwu, alright, alright, I know, Senior Sister, don't look at me like that, I was really just thinking about it, just thinking about it, I wouldn't dare to move, I really wouldn't dare to move.

Noerose hurriedly spat out silk with her magic, weaving a white flag on the spot and waving it at the Senior Sister who was eyeing her covetously from the side.

Sigh, this precious apprentice is good at everything, it's just that she has an evil dragon mother at home who watches her closely.

Damn it, Senior Sister, "guard against fire, theft, and best friends" really isn't used like that.

The evil Spider Witch, who had ideas about her best friend's daughter, thought with such grievance.

She really was still so fond of double standards.

Turn off the lights and protect your eyes, small, medium, and large.

And Dorothy on the side didn't know about the invisible clash between her mother and her teacher in private; the Home Witch just naively thought that perhaps the chips she offered weren't enough to move her teacher, so she directly increased the stakes.

"Teacher, actually, I have a total of six wonder workshops like this, and they can also complete a super combination of six-in-one, transforming into a super workshop that transcends wonders; this is a concept you've always had, Teacher, and I've already realized it."

The Home Witch leaned in front of her teacher and said this right against her ear.

She didn't notice the momentary trembling of the Spider Witch's body when she leaned over, nor that her jade-like earlobes suddenly turned crimson.

Of course, Noerose's stress-induced shyness only lasted for a second before she was quickly attracted by her apprentice's words.

"What? You actually have not just one, but six such extravagant workshops? And the most critical thing is that they can even combine and transform?"

The Spider Witch's eyes went straight as she listened.

Come on, what architect and puppeteer could refuse the temptation of a super-large building that can combine and transform? This is super cool, alright? It's even cooler than cats that can do backflips.

No, this time I have to go; Dorothy, you bad child, you've really grasped my vital point.

A super-giant fortress that can combine was Noerose's long-standing vision, and the reason it had always been a vision rather than a result was because she was truly short of money; her personal savings of a mere hundred years couldn't afford a super-giant wonder construction of this scale.

Before, she had only mentioned this vision when chatting and painting cakes with Dorothy; her original intention back then was just to let her apprentice know how amazing she was, establish her teacher's dignity, and enjoy her apprentice's worship or something.

But Noerose never expected that she would just say it casually, and yet her apprentice would tell her that she had already created it in just a few months of not seeing each other; this was absurd.

Even if you are the legendary Forest Witch, you can't be so willful; that kind of super-large project requires a huge construction team to be completed in such a short time.

Even if her own fully automated mechanized civil engineering major could use puppets to replace manual labor, letting the building build itself, a project of this specification couldn't rely on puppets alone, especially since Dorothy hadn't finished her apprenticeship and she hadn't taught her many advanced puppet arts yet, so she needed manual labor to make up for it.

Yeah, this would at least require several peak witches, dozens of titled Grand Witches, hundreds of elite Grand Witches, thousands of normal Grand Witches...

The Spider Witch subconsciously calculated the scale of the construction team, and then she remembered that her apprentice was the lord of the Yingzhou Island, under her command were countless experts, talents emerged in large numbers, everyone respected her like a god, and she even had a moon rabbit servant army from the moon...

This is the holy body of a destined contractor.

Fine, the people are there, but what about the building materials? Even if Senior Sister Yufiliya was willing to throw money to support this daughter of hers in squandering, but the allocation of so many high-end building materials in a short time...

Noerose's gaze swept to the Golden Princess on the side again.

Then never mind.

Then such a huge project also needs a qualified person in charge to coordinate and manage, to connect with various departments...

The Spider Witch looked again at the former student council president of the Witch Academy who hadn't graduated long ago.

Fine, using this leadership to lay bricks is really a waste of talent.

"Then I have no opinion, but Dorothy, you said yourself that you're willing to support me, so don't go and dislike me for being troublesome again, spending too much money, and then driving me away; if that happens, I..."

Noerose thought for a moment and found that she really couldn't find any reason to refuse, so she finally nodded and said this.

She really wanted to say a few harsh words, to get the ugly words out first, after all, she didn't want to experience being driven out of her home by her family again.

But the harsh words reached her lips, and looking at her apprentice's sincere eyes, she couldn't say them.

For one, she truly loved her apprentice before her to the extreme; the Demon Witches walking on the path of original sin are actually mostly mentally ill, and she is naturally the same; she appreciates everything about this apprentice so much that even if she were really betrayed by her apprentice, she probably wouldn't be able to hate her.

After all, in the family of jealousy, the strong devour the weak, and the weak are the nourishment and stepping stones for the strong; this is common sense.

The nature of spider demons like the Black Widow is just like this; they are cruel and cunning, jealous of everyone indiscriminately, can't stand others being better than them, but sometimes they are also terrifyingly selfless.

Among mates, after completing mating, they will voluntarily be eaten by the female spider, but after giving birth to little spiders, the female spider will also voluntarily become the little spiders' first prey.

Although she is a single spider with no cubs, if one day Dorothy, this apprentice, really needs to use her as a stepping stone to step onto a higher path, Noerose feels that she seems to be able to accept such a fate.

She might even be quite happy.

Secondly, she doesn't seem to have anything left to threaten this apprentice of hers whose wings are gradually filling out; after all, unknowingly, this apprentice is already a truly big shot.

"I will cry, you know."

The Spider Witch could only say this softly and unworthily in the end.

"I wouldn't let you cry, Teacher? You are my important teacher."

Dorothy said this affirmatively.

Oh, being squeezed dry until crying doesn't count.

After all, you are my teacher, compiling a textbook or something is your duty, hurry up and teach me, I haven't studied for several months, my study addiction is about to kick in.

Hehehe, now that you're always by my side, Teacher, let's see what excuse you find not to write the textbook; don't worry, all other trivial matters can be left to me, you just need to write the textbook wholeheartedly.

The Home Witch thought this in her heart.

"Then do you have the confidence to help me move? My luggage is still quite a lot."

Noerose resigned herself to her fate and said this.

"Of course, whether it's tearing down a house or moving, I'm a professional."

Dorothy said confidently.

In the shadows behind her, a hundred ghosts paraded at night.

Thus, very soon, the long-sealed Spider Witch's fortress lair was opened from the inside out, welcoming its first official guest since the fortress was built.

... Home Witch entering the room...