So I became a witch

Anyway, no matter how big the city is, it is not enough for everyone to live in.The rest of the people set up houses outside the city walls—after all, it was better than living in the wilderness and being eaten by those drifting monsters at any time.Over time, this country has formed a triple ring structure with the holy capital Hertis at the center, the imperial capital Trashul in the middle, and the outermost layer is the place where civilians live.

Then, even in the outermost slums, the places that are considered the most humble and dark, are the slums.In this world that has lost order, all laws and regulations seem to be irrelevant, and the slums are just such a place where all the dark sides of people's hearts gather.There are all kinds of criminals and abandoned orphans mixed here, and murderers may only be charged with the lightest crimes, and even formed a "rule" that belongs to this place alone.Someone once said that if you dare to step into it unprepared, you may be able to see your remains at the door the next day.No one knows whether this sentence is true or not, because the person who said it disappeared after that, and no one has seen him since.

It is such a dangerous and smelly place like a sewer, but today it ushered in an uninvited guest.

It was a man whose whole body was tightly draped in a cloak, even his face was wrapped in a bandage, and only one eye was exposed. He slowly hid his figure in the darkness, keenly looking at the crowd Shuttle through the waste alleys full of garbage and rancid smell.

He didn't feel relieved until he confirmed that there was no follower behind him, and knocked on the broken wooden door in front of the door according to the agreed signal.

After a while, the wooden door was opened, and a fishy smell different from the outside came over his face. He frowned involuntarily, but walked in calmly, and sat down on a seat that was covered in blood. .

This is a small restaurant, but the hygienic environment is far worse than any place he has seen.A few flies were flapping their wings under the only light bulb in this small space. There were at least 1cm of unknown rot accumulated on the floor, and it felt like walking in mud when stepping on it. The seats and tables were also full of It was the vomit and excrement of various unknown creatures, and the smell of low-quality cigarettes filled the air, which made him feel sick. If it weren't for that person's special instructions, I'm afraid he would have been in this kind of monster lair. I can't wait for a second.

The arrival of the cloaked man didn't bring much change to this place. Although he was dressed suspiciously, in the slums, this was the most normal attire.The other guests who dined here just glanced at him, and chatted with their companions on their own.

After hesitating for a while, he lifted up part of his cloak and sat on the chair. Suddenly, the rotten chair let out an overwhelmed scream.After a while, a waitress with scantily dressed—or no clothes at all, just wrapped a few strips of rags around her waist came to his side. Her hair was quite messy, and her whole body was stained with unknown The foul-smelling liquid, only the face seems to have been specially washed.The waitress leaned down slightly, exposed her chest intentionally or unintentionally, and asked in a flattering voice: "What would you like to order? Lamb or beef? Also, a batch of fresh chicken has just arrived recently, which is also good. It’s a choice. If you don’t need any of these, there’s still monkey meat…”

The strong smell from the female servant made him shrink back involuntarily.If it wasn't for the mission, he would have pulled out his sword and hacked up all the places that made him mad. In fact, this idea has been circling in his mind now.However, in the end he took a deep breath, and pretending to be a regular customer, he took out a kingdom's copper coin from under the cloak and slapped it on the table: "Then let's have chicken."

After seeing the coin, the female attendant's eyes flashed a certain light, she glanced at the cloaked man again, with a flattering smile on the corner of her mouth, and put the coin into the crack of her chest calmly: " OK, please wait."

While waiting, he boredly explored the surrounding environment again.The other people more or less covered most of the features of the body like him, maybe this is the characteristic of this place.Compared with the glorious streets in the empire, this place is like another world. It is unbelievable that there is such a disgusting place in the world.

"Please eat." Soon, the waitress brought a plate of fried meat and a glass of yellow water with suspended particles visible to the naked eye.Although it smelled okay, neither the plates nor the cutlery had any traces of washing, which made it hard for people to put their chopsticks down.

"No, that's still..." He was about to refuse, but he found that the eyes of the whole store were all on him.

Is it exposed?He subconsciously wanted to pull out the weapon hidden under the cloak, but reason told him to give up this choice.For some reason, the instinct of being a knight kept reminding him that there was something terrible lurking in this shop, and using force was not a good choice.

"What's the matter, guest, are you not satisfied with the dishes?" the waitress said with a false smile on her face.

"...No." After hesitating for a moment, he still raised the knife and fork, and put a piece of meat into his mouth.Not much seasoning was put into the meat, after all it was just a slum restaurant, to be honest, food with meat alone is pretty amazing, let alone seasoning on top of that, although not No matter how delicious it is, it is not so unpalatable that it cannot be swallowed.It's just that the taste of the meat is a bit strange, and it's not the same as the food he knows.

Chapter 84 Shadows

The eyes of the others were still fixed on him, apparently they would not let him go until he finished eating.After making such a judgment, the cloaked man slowly swallowed the meat in his mouth, and then extended his knife to another piece of meat on the plate.

"That's it." The wooden door was opened without authorization, and a petite figure appeared at the door. His whole body was also tightly wrapped, and there was a sense of coldness in his purposely lowered voice.

"I took this person away." He said, ignoring everyone's gaze, walked straight to the side of the previous visitor, and dragged that person out with a force that didn't match his appearance.The waiter seemed to want to say something, but he froze after catching the coin he tossed and seeing the pattern of the coin clearly.

"Wait, you are..." After being pulled outside the door, the cloak came back to his senses, "Hey, I said you are..."

"You talk too much." The petite figure said coldly, "In this place, if you want to live longer, just keep your mouth shut and don't do unnecessary things at the same time."

Shocked by that momentum, the cloaked man's voice dropped: "You are..."

"The person who came to pick you up." The voice said, and he took out another rusty coin. On the obverse of the coin, a pair of black wings were engraved.After doing all this, he closed the door of the tavern behind him, and reintegrated into the darkness with the cloaked man.

The speed of both of them was very fast, their steps were very light, and they shuttled between the ruins and the trail without making a sound.For the cloaked people who have never been to the slums, this small city that only exists in dark corners is simply a natural labyrinth. The places that were once occupied by monsters left many potholes and half-damaged buildings. At the end of a dead end, I don't know where a new road will appear.He could only follow the figure in front of him stubbornly, for fear that if he accidentally lost track of him, he would be completely lost in this dark city.

Finally, I don't know how long it took, the speed of that figure gradually slowed down, and after walking out of the tunnel that was once called "Underground Supermarket", the two of them leaned against an abandoned telephone booth for a short rest: "The words here , even if you are out of that guy's territory. Well, it's a good thing you can keep up."

"...According to what you said, don't you want to leave me in this kind of place on purpose?"

"That's right." The other party replied heartily, "Although I don't know why you came to this kind of place, but you will obviously be a trouble, and it is the best policy to solve it as soon as possible."

"You!" The cloaked man glared at him, suppressed his anger again, and the two of them walked slowly on the wide street, chatting softly while walking, "Forget it, now, can you tell me what happened just now?" What's going on?"

"That place is Bob's territory. He controls the gates of the slums and the outside world. On the one hand, he prevents the guys inside from coming out, and on the other hand, he prevents the guys from outside from entering."

"Sounds like a cop role."

"Police?" The petite figure sneered, "No, he is the biggest executioner in the world, not only has contacts with nobles in the imperial capital, but also has relationships with 'monsters' in the extra-legal realm, anyway He has done everything that violates crimes, well, although there are no laws that can be obeyed in today's world, it is another matter. All in all, he is an extremely dangerous guy."

"So, in the restaurant just now..."

"It's no ordinary restaurant. In a way, it's the most dangerous place in the slum, and it's also the safest place in the slum, as long as you don't do anything, you're safe, but if you do, it's troublesome." It’s right. But you, an idiot, took out the currency of the imperial capital, as if you were shouting, ‘There’s a fat sheep here, come and kill me’.”

The man in the cloak was a little unconvinced: "Hmph, no matter what, I'm also from the Imperial Knights Academy. With those guys alone, I won't be my opponent."

"In this world, the guy who survives to the end is never the strongest." He said meaningfully.

"You mean, there's something wrong with the meat?" The cloaked man frowned, "Speaking of which, even in the imperial capital, the animal husbandry industry has only been revived in recent years. How can there be beef and mutton in such a remote place?" Advanced stuff? Could it be replaced by something?”

"...Well, you don't want to know what kind of meat that is."

"Could it be a mouse?" The cloaked man frowned even more tightly.

"No, it's a human."

"...People?" He didn't realize the meaning contained in the other's words.

"Beef represents the adult man, mutton the adult woman, chicken the child and monkey the old man."

"Human...meat?" He suddenly recalled the plate of fried meat in front of him, his stomach twitched, he knelt on the ground, and retched, "That kind of thing... how is it possible..."

"Is it strange? In this kind of world full of darkness, ordinary crops can't grow at all, and those 'high-end foods' produced in the empire are not affordable by ordinary people, so in order to survive, we must How to do it, don't you need to say too much? Or, as a noble knight, don't you even understand this little thing?" The other party said lightly.

Although the stomach is still very uncomfortable, the dignity of being a knight forced him to stand up again: "Impossible, the empire should have issued an order to strictly prohibit the occurrence of similar things. Does he not want to live? Well, this matter must be reported to the group leader and the others..."

"Forget it, the laws of the empire can't control this kind of place. And do you really think that those nobles don't know anything? Let me tell you, Bob, he has very close contacts with the great figures of the imperial capital. Close. He is responsible for providing those big people with some contraband that cannot be obtained in the imperial capital, such as slaves, or food. And those big people provide him with protection and some things that civilians cannot have. If you want to use force to make trouble there, you have to It will be a dead end." The petite figure sneered disdainfully.

"This kind of thing...impossible... How could those nobles in the imperial capital..." He was shocked by the other party's words and repeated the same words, and it was hard to believe that everything he said would be true "Why would they do that?"

"Who knows, everyone has desires. For those high-ranking big shots, the feeling of being able to control other people's life and death is even more addictive. Of course, it is impossible to do this kind of thing on the surface, so I entrust Bao Guys like Bob. By the way, the most popular of them all is 'Spicy Meat', from guys like you from the Empire who want to sneak into the slums for whatever reason, or because they've committed a felony, or It was the noble young lady who eloped, and someone's secret agent, all of them were slaughtered after being played with their bodies and dignity in that place. Compared with the guys in the civilian areas, the guys who have been pampered in the imperial capital are obviously more It's much 'cleaner', so you don't have to worry about the curse. If I hadn't gone early, you would have become a piece of 'fragrant meat', lying on the dining table of some unknown nobleman." The petite figure paused After a pause, he condescendingly looked down at the man in the cloak who was lying on the ground behind him and was hit hard, "Remember, this is the first thing I want to teach you. If you want to survive in this damn place, you must first The only thing is to make sure that your value as a human being is not less than your value as food."

Chapter 85 Stronghold

Is it a little too serious?He thought to himself as he walked ahead.After telling the other party the cruel truth, the guy in the cloak followed him silently, not knowing what he was thinking.But anyway, he is also a guest greeted by the boss himself, if the boss finds out that he is bullying him... Thinking of the consequences, he who is dressed in black shudders.

"Well, but if you're careful, this place is still safer than the outside world, and the guys living there are the real barbarians, just a group of monsters who only know how to kill..." He added a little guilty, secretly He glanced at the reaction of the people behind him.

"This is the first time I have left the city." The figure in the cloak said suddenly, with a low voice, "My parents have been busy with work, so most of my impressions of the outside world come from my grandmother. She told me that the world used to be not like As it is now, the sky is blue, and the night sky is full of bright stars. Although there are wars, people can live together as equals and friends, and they don’t have to worry about limited resources. They can pursue their dreams. However, living in the city But I have never been able to leave that small land. So I have always wanted to leave the city and see if the outside world is as beautiful as my grandmother said."

"It turned out to be even worse, didn't it?" He shrugged, "A noble young master like you should stay in that protective cover honestly, at least he can spend his whole life in peace."

"Maybe so, but I still believe that the world my grandmother told me is real. This is also the answer you have been looking for, isn't it? Black Feather Cult." The cloaked man said firmly.

"...Hmph, I didn't expect the guys in the capital to know us quite well. Well, this is it." The man in black who was walking in front suddenly stopped.

"Huh? But this place is clearly an open space..." Before he finished speaking, pairs of eyes suddenly lit up in the surrounding ruins.He was surrounded unknowingly, but he didn't feel any abnormality at all. This situation made him shudder.

"Yo, I'm back." The man in black who had been leading the way slowly took off his hood, revealing his long black hair.She turned out to be a woman, which did not match her words. She had an immature face, about fourteen or fifteen years old.After hearing her words, those eyes hiding in the ruins came out one after another, and the cloaked man saw that those eyes turned out to be more than a dozen ragged children, the youngest was only two years old, and the oldest was only two years old. But seven years old.

One of the little girls quickly ran towards the girl and hugged her waist tightly.While stroking her head, the girl turned her head and said to the cloaked man behind her, "There's no need to hide your identity when you get to this place. You don't feel comfortable wearing that, do you?"

The man in the cloak hesitated for a moment when he heard the girl's words, but he took off the windbreaker outside, and his perfect body curve was completely exposed to the dark night. She then untied the bandages wrapped around her face, revealing her beautiful His face and short dark golden hair shimmered faintly in the dim light around him.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and looked her up and down: "I thought it was some kind of strong man when I heard it was a knight, but I didn't expect it to be a woman... No wonder you are said to be the slave of some high-ranking official?"

"No!" The female knight blushed slightly, I don't know whether it was anger or shame, "Although it is true that there are rumors that there are female knights who do'that kind of thing', but I got the title of knight entirely by my own strength of!"

The girl shrugged her shoulders: "Well, at least we can feel relieved." Saying that, she stretched out her right hand towards the female knight.

"This is?" The female knight looked a little confused.

"Take it as a greeting. When we met for the first time, my name is Suzu. And this child is Yin."

"Uh, hello. I'm Leila Greet, just call me Leila." In order to show her kindness, she extended her hand to the little girl who was hugging the girl.

The little girl didn't reply her, but looked at the girl again after seeing the knight girl, and asked softly, "Food?"

"No, this guy can't be eaten, because it's the boss's favorite."

"Well." The little girl's mood was obviously a little down.

"Well, I know you're hungry, but there should be news from the hunting team after a while, so just be patient."

"Okay." Yin replied with a crisp voice, she turned around, and disappeared into the ruins in the blink of an eye.

"Well, that's it." The girl turned her head and said to the knight Ji who was frozen in place, "Anyway, go see the boss first, and we'll talk about other things later."

"Ah, good." Leila finally recovered from her stiffness, and replied bluntly.

"This place used to be a high school, but it was completely abandoned after the doomsday catastrophe. Because it is close to the Dead Sea, and it used to be a void beast's lair, no one wanted to approach it, but then the boss brought We cleaned up the area, and this place has become our stronghold. Don’t worry, as long as it’s here, even Bob won’t dare to act recklessly.” After closing the iron door behind the door, I don’t know if it’s a display. Behind the door, the two had finally entered the stronghold.Most of the buildings in the school were destroyed, and the collapsed waste formed a natural pothole. Those children hid in the crypt built by the waste stone slabs and pits. If you don’t observe carefully, it is difficult to It was discovered that such places still exist in those garbage dumps.The school is filled with a faint light element, although it is impossible to be as bright as the daytime in the imperial capital, but it is enough to see the road at night clearly.Unexpectedly, there were magicians in such a place, Leila made a silent judgment in her heart.

Ling led her in the direction. There were only a few intact buildings in the entire academy. Even in such a dark night, patrolling personnel could be seen everywhere. Most of them were underage boys and girls holding dilapidated The weapons in their eyes are extremely firm, and they are not inferior to those veteran knights who Leila has seen in the academy. It is hard to imagine what kind of hell they have to go through at their age. Will show such a face.

"When I heard the 'Black Feather Cult', I thought it was a strange religious group, but it turned out to be a military base?" Leila couldn't help complaining.

"For us, the meaning of the church is nothing more than a belief of working together. And in this era, it is impossible to live without strength. This is it."

Chapter 86 Negotiation

After nearly a hundred years of wind and sun, the houses here have become very old, but it seems that because of renovation and maintenance, at least the appearance is still clean.Ling pushed open the door of the room in the teaching building that was supposed to be the teacher's office, and suddenly a damp breath rushed over. This small room was filled with all kinds of cardboard boxes and sundries. If Ling hadn't walked so resolutely, After entering, Leila mistakenly thought that she had come to the wrong room.

"Boss, wake up, the guests are here."

After hearing the sound, she lay down on a table, and the unidentified object covered with a cloth moved. Just when Leila was wondering what it was, the cloth was suddenly lifted, and a shadow jumped out of it. , instantly threw the bell to the ground.

"Danger!" Leila stretched out her hand to the saber at her waist without hesitation, but froze in place again.For safety's sake, her weapons were handed over to those teenagers for safekeeping after entering this territory, and now she couldn't even make a decent counterattack.

Compared to her anxiety, Ling seemed extremely calm. She patted the shadow sitting on her body lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Hey, Boss, are you sleepy again?"

The lights in the room were turned on silently. In this world where the sky was filled with black mist and the sun was lost, the former civilization was almost destroyed. Until the dynasty of the imperial capital created an "artificial sun", people had no choice but to Not relying on ancient tools such as oil lamps and torches for lighting, such as electric lights, which need to rely on a certain technology tree to provide power for lighting, is really rare in today's society, and I am afraid that only the Royal Academy of Sciences Only in China will we retain these gadgets from the last century.

But with the help of the light, Leila finally saw the appearance of the assailant.It turned out to be a young girl with nothing on, her pure white snow-like skin was completely exposed to the air, and her slender waist further accentuated the huge chest, showing the envy of countless women. , the perfect curve coveted by men, and the soft and flowing black long hair hanging down to her thighs, covering half of her body.

She raised her head and looked at Leila, who was standing behind her right, with her body leaning back slightly.Her face was set against the long black hair and snow-white skin. Among the half-opened eyes, one was as deep as a black abyss, while the other was like a jewel, shining with a captivating red light.

In Leila's impression, even among those ladies known as the "Flower of the Empire", there has never been a comparable existence.Coquettish and innocent, beautiful and simple, these contradictory words have been perfectly balanced in the girl, her beauty has surpassed the worldly understanding, as if——

——Like a witch.

From the perspective of Leila, who is also a woman, although she is also famous among boys, she is probably nothing compared to girls.I'm afraid no one would have thought that there was such a beautiful rose hidden in this slum called a garbage dump, which made her both a little depressed and relieved.

"Ah, has it reached this time?" The girl grabbed her long fluffy hair, stood up from Bell, and at the same time stretched out her hand to pull her up from the ground.

"So, who is this?" She turned to look at Leila.Although her eyes were beautiful, if she was looked at like that, she always felt like being looked into the bottom of her heart, which made Leila feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ah, I'm sorry, because no outsider has been here for a long time, so I subconsciously ignored it." The girl turned her head and squatted down, searching for something in a pile of cardboard boxes. When she stood up again after a while, her right eye was closed Putting on the black eyepatch, the discomfort that caused Leila just now disappeared, "In this case, there should be no problem, right?"

"Hello, I'm Leila, and I'm also serving as the second princess's servant. May I ask who you are?" Although she already had the answer in her heart, Leila couldn't help asking.

"Steller. And, although it's embarrassing to say it, I'm the guardian of the children here, the leader of the Black Feather Cult." The girl said heartily, her voice bright like a shower in a summer night.

After spending a while, several people moved to another classroom, and Steller also got dressed.An ordinary short skirt and a white coat, although it looks a bit old, but it is quite clean, her hair is also tied into a single ponytail, and she has transformed from an innocent girl to a sophisticated OL image.

"Let's get straight to the point. As the second princess's servant, what is the purpose of finding us?" Steller said in a deep voice, the gaze in his eyes suddenly became much sharper, and it was not the same as the sleepy one just now. They look like two different people.As expected, for a person living in such a harsh environment, no matter how beautiful she looks, if she is underestimated because of this, I am afraid that she will suffer a considerable loss.

Oppressed by her aura, Leila took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I have heard such rumors... You guys have left the Rockefeller dynasty and gone to other places, right?"

"So?" Steller's face was neither sad nor happy.

"Please tell us what the outside world is like, and... what did you guys find?"

"It's just a hell." Steller said lightly, "Even a slum like a sewer dump is much, much better than the outside world."

"I heard that there are other countries besides the dynasty, right?"

"It's just a group of beasts in human skin. Don't get too close to them, otherwise, they will be literally eaten up. I'm glad I live under the Rockefeller dynasty. , In that kind of hell, even death is a luxury."

"...Is it already that serious?"

"Who knows. The outside world is not like here, with the protection of 'God'."

"Can you please take me out?"

"Impossible." Steller refused very flatly, "I've said it all, it's hell, only people who have lost their minds would want to go back there."

"Please, this is very important to us. Correspondingly, we will try our best to provide what you need, supplies, weapons...even residence permits."

Steller's eyes narrowed slightly: "I remember that the name of the second princess today is... Celia Rockfield, right? She is just a vase, why did you let you find us? Why do you believe that you have such great authority?"

Facing Steller's rude words, Leila did not get angry, and said with a sincere face: "It is true that I serve Sir Xilia, but as for the one I am really loyal to... I am sorry that I cannot name him. name. Of course, in order to make you believe me, I didn’t come here empty-handed this time. Please accept this as our sincerity.”

Chapter 87 History

She took out a few sheets of paper from her plain clothes and spread them on the table. There were only a few pens written on the thin paper, but what really attracted Steller was the coat of arms on the signature.

That is, the royal family's exclusive coat of arms.

Steller took a deep breath. In this world, no fool would dare to forge the coat of arms of the Rockefeller dynasty, so it can only be explained that this document is authentic.

This is an occupancy permit representing the residents of the imperial capital.

It sounds quite cheap, but these few licenses are enough to drive the entire slums and civilian areas crazy. Even for the great nobles of the imperial capital, it is by no means a sudden existence.In this era, owning it is equivalent to having an absolute life-saving talisman, which means that your life is directly protected by the royal family. Unless you have committed a considerable crime, it is impossible for even the royal family to make Thing that endangers your life.However, it is extremely difficult to obtain such a license. Only a dozen or so licenses are given out every year, and only those who have made great contributions to the country can obtain it. Their offspring seek rights, because the residence permits they have can only ensure their own use. If the children cannot obtain the residence permit before the age of ten, they will be forcibly demoted to the civilian area.

But in the hands of Knight Ji, she directly took out three permanent giant pillar permits.