Entering the old castle, there were already many Maids in the grand hall on the first floor, all of them of different races—more accurately, monster girl Maids.
The moment the unfamiliar Chu Yin appeared, the Maids shot him cold, hostile glances.
But as soon as Spider Sister emerged from behind him, all those icy stares vanished.
Misunderstanding resolved—it turned out he was a friend.
“Is this child Lady Xuejin’s new servant? Or am I imagining things? He seems to be just an ordinary human child,”
the Maid Commander inquired.
She had a pair of demon horns, and the bustier of her Maid dress was trimmed with lace, just enough to cover the equator, while the northern hemisphere stood high and proud, exuding an imposing aura.
Not just the Commander; the other Maids were also uniformly dressed in northern hemisphere bustiers.
As they walked in white silk high heels, Chu Yin couldn’t help but think of ice cream snowballs—two big scoops stuffed into a single cone, full to the brim, pressing against each other, seemingly ready to bounce out at any moment.
Spider Sister’s aura in the bust dimension was no less impressive. She pulled Chu Yin to her side and introduced him:
“Yes, he’s a child I took in by chance. The Master is very fond of him. By the way, are there any other witch ladies here? If so, I should go pay my respects.”
“There aren’t. Do you need to arrange a new room for this child?”
“He can just stay with me.”
After this simple exchange, Spider Sister led Chu Yin to a guest room.
This was her assigned room in the witches’ gathering place. Even though Lady Xuejin hadn’t visited with her servants for many years, this room was always reserved for them—outsiders would never be allowed in.
But then again, it was rare for outsiders to ever come to this old castle.
Besides the star-witch’s Maids, the rest were witches scattered across the lands.
Chu Yin adapted to the new environment for a while, soon relaxing and diving onto the big bed, giving his review:
“This Velvet Bed really is soft, but it’s still not as comfortable as the Suspended Bed that Spider Sister wove for me~”
Spider Sister chuckled and said,
“You say it’s comfortable, but you’ve been complaining all week that you can’t sleep, insisting you have to sleep in the Master’s arms.”
“Hehe, that’s not the same! My naps are always on the Suspended Bed!”
After he finished, Chu Yin curiously asked about the castle’s Maids:
“Aren’t they really strong? They seem even more powerful than that electric-tailed leopard we ran into before.”
“Yes, you could think of them as… the Star Witch’s Daughters.”
“Daughters? That many?” Chu Yin was startled.
What surprised him even more was their varied races.
In the hall just now, you could hardly find two Maids of the same kind. If all of them were the Star Witch’s Daughters, then she must have too many husbands—and quite a range of them, too.
At this point, she shouldn’t be called the Star Witch, but the Sex Jade Witch…
Spider Sister didn’t realize he was letting his imagination run wild. She explained:
“They’re not born, but created. Every witch has her own way of easing her magical power. The Star Witch refuses to leave the astrology platform even half a step, so she creates powerful Daughters to expend her magic.”
“So that works too.” Chu Yin was enlightened.
“All right, little one, time for bed.”
Spider Sister had no intention of chatting any further. She grabbed him by the collar, tucked him under the covers, and turned off the lights to sleep.
The next morning, Chu Yin’s internal clock woke him up.
He used to greet his witch aunt every morning, but now, looking at this lavish and unfamiliar ceiling, he felt completely out of place.
After sitting up and looking around, he ended up crawling back into Spider Sister’s arms.
The woman stroked his black hair, laughing softly as she said,
“Now that the Master’s not around, you’ve decided to laze about and indulge yourself?”
“No, I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing.”
Chu Yin knew in his head that he had lots to do—he could practice Sword Technique and so on—but he lacked the motivation to get out of bed.
He never would have expected that having no familiar face nearby would sap his drive so much!
“If you don’t know what to do, drink your potion first and think about it later.”
Spider Sister pulled a bottle of magic potion, still warm from her body temperature, out of her deep cleavage—probably to keep Chu Yin’s stomach from getting cold, she’d kept it warm for him all night.
Chu Yin thanked her, unscrewed the cap, and gulped it down.
He caught a pleasant milky scent at the tip of his nose, but as soon as it hit his mouth, it was bitter magic potion—a big letdown.
This batch of potion was called [Potion of Hundred-Eyed Storm], capable of improving his vision in all directions, but the side effect was temporary blindness.
After drinking it, Chu Yin’s vision grew hazy and dim, but with focus, he could make things out clearly again. Even Spider Sister’s caresses looked like they were happening in slow motion several times over.
“Until the side effect wears off, little unlucky one, you’d better just stay put. With your luck, you’d trip and fall just walking a few steps.”
“True,” Chu Yin admitted honestly. “Spider Sister, what did you usually do when you lived here before?”
“Chatted with the Maids, helped out with their work—the time goes by quickly, and before you know it, you’ll be able to go back.”
“Let’s hope so~”
While waiting for the side effects to fade, Chu Yin pondered his plans for the next half-year. He couldn’t just waste all this time playing around.
Now that raising his witch aunt’s favorability had been put on hold,
cultivating his own strength had become the top priority.
“Potions, Sword Technique… what else is there for me to study?”
“The only thing left is magic.”
“There’s a Magic Library here. I can start with the most basic spells. Even if I can’t master them, I can at least become knowledgeable.”
Knowing more about magic would at least give him something to talk about with his witch aunt.
Otherwise, whenever she and Spider Sister discussed such things, Chu Yin could only sit there wide-eyed, unable to follow a word.
“And there’s Astrology Magic—I should find some beginner astrology books to study, and maybe I’ll get a chance for the Star Witch to give me some pointers.”
After spending several long days at the witches’ gathering place, the drowsiness called “Awakening” finally returned to Chu Yin.
Right after drinking the [Potion of Hundred-Eyed Storm], he was lying on the bed, waiting for the side effects to pass.
How convenient.
He shut his eyes and fell asleep.
When his consciousness returned to his body, Chu Yin opened his eyes to utter darkness, his chest feeling heavy.
His heart skipped a beat in alarm!
No way, did he bring the potion’s blindness side effect back with him?!
How was he supposed to explain this to Aunt Wen? First he’d had a fever, then sore eggs, now his eyesight had gone—waking up to a new disaster every day.
But wait—in the dream, his vision was only blurry, not totally gone. Why was he completely blind upon waking?
As Chu Yin thought this over, he realized he was running out of air. Driven by the urge to survive, he instinctively twisted his neck and struggled.
When he finally pulled his head free from Aunt Wen’s embrace, Chu Yin’s world was flooded with light—
Turned out the whole family had been using him as a body pillow. Wen Chunhan and Yan Lingqi had both snuggled up, completely covering his head, and even Aunt Dongnuan was sleeping on her side, blocking the light from the side as well.
Chu Yin let out a sigh of relief—he’d nearly thought he was really blind.
“……”
Turning to look at his cold, aloof aunt’s sleeping face, he softly said,
“Yo, Auntie, long time no see~”