When Lillian slowly set down the photo in her hand, she gradually pulled herself out of her thoughts.
Though it had only been a moment, it felt as though she had remembered many things she had once forgotten.
They were meant to be nothing more than passing acquaintances, yet it was precisely because of that nun that she had gained another perspective to understand this world—one that had not been indoctrinated with the ideologies of being a succubus.
However, perhaps it was also because of her—a single, simple sentence—that Lillian had developed a desire for this beautiful world.
Opening her eyes, Lillian slowly rubbed her temples, seemingly trying to stop herself from dwelling on distracting thoughts.
‘Maybe it’s because working at this desk and grading documents is too stifling, causing my thoughts to become cluttered…’
Lillian continued to rub her head, deciding not to worry about those matters anymore.
After all, changing the characteristics of an entire race was not something that could be resolved in one or two days.
If it were truly that simple, she would not feel like such an anomaly.
Despite being of the same race as the succubi, she always felt out of place.
The succubi viewed her as their master, but in the end, they were merely controlling the power in their hands.
Rather than being a unique race, each individual succubus felt more like a segmented identity branched out from a swarm.
In the beginning, succubi did not even have their own written language.
They would only use their long tails to touch one another to understand each other’s inner thoughts, or they would stab them into an enemy’s body to extract their knowledge.
To solve the communication issues among the succubi, she had implemented the Succubus Larvae Education Plan.
Although there had been some improvement, it was not much.
Feeling frustrated, Lillian ran a hand through her hair.
She turned slightly to look at the view outside the window, and the tip of her finger slowly rose.
[Legion Magic: Displacement]
At that moment, several miles away from a city on the border of The Holy See, a succubus was carrying out her surveillance mission.
She had been planning to enjoy admiring the figures of the nuns within the city.
However, before she could even react, the dense forest before her eyes instantly transformed into a room piled high with documents.
The succubus girl sat in a chair, still holding the quill she had been using to record notes, clearly failing to realize what had just happened.
In the blink of an eye, Lillian had left her original fortress and arrived outside the bustling city.
Overlooking everything within the walls, Lillian’s Legion Magic allowed her to swap positions with any of her kin.
She could even swap the positions of her kin with each other.
This ability alone was a troublesome existence for The Holy See, and it was often just one of the many unreasonable powers a Witch possessed.
‘It really is quite prosperous. I wonder if Teacher is there…’
Lillian’s figure stood atop the trees in the forest like a ghost.
She wore night-black attire, and her fiery red hair was like the light of a candle in the darkness.
She gazed at the distant city, her complex inner thoughts unreadable.
Lillian claimed she did not care, but after all, this was the first friend she had ever met.
How could she truly be indifferent?
‘If possible, I really would like to have a friend…’
‘But I won’t force it…’
Lillian spoke these words, but as she looked at the distant city, her mind seemed to have already reached a conclusion.
Since their respective identities made even friendship a luxury, then this would become her desire.
The city would become nourishment for her race, and she would become an existence different from her kind.
As for the bodies that stood in the way between the two of them…
Lillian thought of this, and a slight smile appeared at the corners of her lips.
‘As long as The Holy See is gone, won’t the opposition between our identities vanish?~’
Lillian twirled a lock of hair around her finger, a trace of fanaticism appearing in her eyes.
Soon, however, she returned to her usual composure and began to calculate when she should present this surprise.
“Continue to enjoy yourselves. When desire spreads, it will pull you into the abyss while you sleep…”
***
[Ding!]
[Witch detected]
Lillian was still planning to execute her scheme when the target was at their most relaxed, never expecting that her meticulously arranged plan would be disrupted by another variable.
Inside a room in the cathedral, Zhou Qingqing looked at the prompt before her with a look of pure distress.
She had finally managed to send Bai Shuang away and had not even had time to catch her breath when this trouble-making panel suddenly appeared.
‘Detected a Witch? You’ve got to be kidding me, I just traveled to this world!’
‘Are Witches as common as cabbage? What kind of starting level is this?’
Facing the prompt on the panel, Zhou Qingqing felt a literal headache coming on.
In the game, every single Witch was harder to deal with than the last.
Running into an Ice Frost Witch who had not yet fully matured could be considered lucky.
But now, before she could even finish dealing with the Ice Frost Witch—having only pulled her favorability up to 81—and before even leaving the beginner village, she had encountered another one.
Zhou Qingqing looked at the panel before her, her fingertips hesitating to touch it.
However, if she simply avoided reality, she would likely have zero information when she eventually ran into the Witch.
Witches generally did not like to get their hands bloody, but their methods were more direct than anyone else’s.
Back when she had failed to romance the Ice Frost Witch in the game, she had been frozen in a block of ice.
The Witch called it “eternal love,” but in reality, she had just become an ice sculpture.
Thinking of this, Zhou Qingqing really wanted to curse this dog of a System.
Nevertheless, her finger obediently landed on the panel as the information instantly appeared before her.
Looking at the contents of the panel, Zhou Qingqing was stunned.
She had thought it might be some passing Witch who happened to trigger the System’s detection, but when she saw the information, she could no longer remain calm.
[Status Window]
Name: Lillian
Race: Succubus
Faction: Chaotic Neutral
Identity: Desire Witch, Ruler of Succubi
Order Level: Second Order
Favorability: 0%
[An enemy you absolutely cannot deal with. If you become her target, running away now might be your only choice…]
[Of course, you could also choose not to run~]
Zhou Qingqing was dumbfounded looking at the “Second Order” title, especially after seeing the taunting words at the bottom.
She felt as though she were being toyed with.
“The Desire Witch??!”
The trace of wishful thinking in Zhou Qingqing’s heart was completely extinguished.
If it were any other Witch, she might have hoped they were just passing by.
But it was this specific one—the one who had been difficult to deal with from start to finish, a Witch who was something of a shut-in.
‘If it’s her, she definitely isn’t just passing through. Wait? Does that mean… I live right next door to her?’
After looking at the name “Lillian” on the panel, Zhou Qingqing took two steps back.
She looked again to make sure she hadn’t misread it.
A bitter smile appeared on her face, and she flopped onto the sofa in defeat.
Although she had never successfully completed her route in the game, she still knew the general plot.
‘Lillian, the Desire Witch, creator of the Land of Desire… in the later stages, she directly occupied one-fifth of The Holy See’s territory…’
‘I actually live right next to her. Heh, just destroy everything already. I’m exhausted…’
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