Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Fili is going to perform a ritual to summon water veins, but this land is barren and lacks earth magic power, so she needs to make extra efforts. How can she get this in exchange for more than just 200,000 silver coupons?

Lord Optimus understands, Serena understands, but the eldest son doesn't understand.

Even though Fili is a fake substitute, her clothes are real. But this ceremony is different. Before that, she needs to wash her body and cover it with magic power.

In fact, this is what is called offering pure women as sacrifices in ancient rituals.

After Fili made these preparations, she changed into a white dress. If you were to look at it wrongly, you would think it was a pure white bridal gown. "Serena, come with me to a good place today. When I surveyed the terrain, I found that there is a place near the castle that is suitable for the source of spring water. You must protect me well."

In fact, it is an ancient wedding dress, and the reason is that it is dedicated to the elf bride.

However, this rumor was debunked by later generations. Elves simply liked magic power. They neither liked women nor liked to eat people.

Serena readily promised: "I will protect you with my life."

Fili walked slowly, bringing with her a scent from the incense burner. "Take seven days' worth of food with you, and protect me for these seven days. No matter what happens, don't let anyone or any monster get close to you. Animals don't matter, even if lions, tigers, or giant bears come. Can you tell the difference?"

Serena lowered her head and thought: "Some kind of ritual to call upon nature?"

Fili nodded with relief. Serena was different from her uneducated eldest son. Not only had she read books, she had also read many magic books. Although she could not compare with the big families, her horizons were broader than ordinary people.

After the two informed Optimus Prime, Selena took her six followers out and came to the previously selected location.

This is a slope not far from the castle, one of the few places with green plants remaining. If a spring is born, it will flow down into the river and will not rush into the houses.

Fili knelt on the lifeless grass, which was overgrown with weeds and withered green, but it was the only suitable place.

Serena ordered her followers to disperse in all directions, and she picked up her sword and shield, ready for battle.

Soon, Fili developed a huge magical power, and the clouds in the sky were pushed aside, revealing the blue sky. It seemed as if a beam of light visible to the naked eye fell on Fili alone under the sunlight.

Fili began to concentrate, becoming extremely serious.

The magic power was successfully condensed, the ritual was guided normally, the ancient ritual was recorded in classics without error, each step was strictly followed, and the magic power began to connect to the earth veins, sending out a voice calling the spirits from farther away.

The reason why a ceremony is called a ceremony is because it cannot be completed overnight.

Next, she needed to continue to output magic power. Fili took a deep breath and recalled the results of her past practice.

First, condense the magic power between the heart and lungs, expand it throughout the body, and blend it into the blood for harmonization. When the magic power fills the whole body, the mind will feel calm and satisfied. The magic power will not escape from the body. Gather the magic power to the extreme and form a circulation with the earth veins.

The beginning of the whole ceremony is the most important. It took Fili more than ten hours to complete this step, and even the "Filin" clone was sleeping. Oh, by the way, the hotel restaurant service was closed because Flin turned into a cat~.

When Serena saw the magic power displayed by Fili, she could only describe it in four words: amazing. To put it in a cruel way, she was already very powerful at a young age, and her magic power was among the best among ordinary people and in this territory, but she was still a magic apprentice.

At this time, the flowers and plants around Fili began to grow again. The unusual red spider lilies formed a flower field, dotted with only scattered plants such as foxtail grass. In front of Fili, the originally half-dead sapling grew into a big tree that one person could barely hug in a few hours. The tree canopy sheltered Fili, and there were no more strange phenomena in the sky.

At this time, residents of the entire Desette territory noticed the changes here, and there seemed to be moisture in the air.

Serena was more intuitive. The Fili she saw was now shrouded in fog, hazy and mysterious. A group of birds flew over, and hedgehogs, squirrels, and roe deer appeared one after another from nowhere.

There were even tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves that slowly came over and lay quietly around.

Witch, only witch is extraordinary, holy, beautiful and desirable. At this time, Serena could not think of more words to describe Fili. She only thought that Fili had the appearance of a flower, the voice of a bird, the spirit of the moon, the posture of a willow, and her skin was as white as ice and snow when she invited her to dance, and now her posture was as beautiful as autumn water, which made Serena feel a mysterious yearning in her heart.

Fili, under the attention of the knights and animals, was like a moon surrounded by stars. At this time, she slowly stood up, with bells in both hands, but she just danced without making any sound, like a black phoenix singing——

"Water spirit~? Now it is living in this prayer song~?"

"The origin of all life~? Entangled with the soul~? Accompanying us~~?"

"The grass and trees swaying in the storm~? The power of the air flow~? Become the protector of this land~?~?"

Pause, take a deep breath, and now a drizzle is slowly falling in the sunny sky.

Serena looked up at the sun shower, her face full of disbelief beneath her helmet.

The singing continues.

"The sound of reincarnation connects the sky of longing~? The melody of prayer will always ring~?"

"At this moment~? Weaving the oath of hope here~?"

"If I am granted a miracle, I will be grateful~?"

"I always believe~?The destiny of singing is everything......~?"

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The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and this was only the first day.

Chapter 18: The Cat's Delay and the Call of the Scumbag

Fili's original body is holding a ceremony to pray to the water spirit. Theoretically, the real Fili and now the false clone are in a miserable situation.

Not only did he turn into a cat, but because of the huge expenditure of magic power and the long distance, he fell into a state of high delay.

Fortunately, he turned into a cat and could write with his claws, which explained the reason, but the business of the hotel still came to a standstill.

No, or rather, letting Scathach take the lead now is simply reverse management. You can suspect that she was sent by a friendly competitor to cause sabotage.

First of all, the restaurant could not be opened, and secondly, the hotel could not be cleaned. After the few residents experienced Scathach's service attitude, they all gave good reviews -

It’s a pretty good hotel that gives guests the greatest freedom. They can even clean up after themselves, which is safer... safer... safer.

Yes, safe!!!

Scathach is a fool. Without Fili to keep him under control, he simply doesn't study well. During this period of time, the beans bought for his practice alone have become an expense that needs to be recorded in the account book.

Is it because I am not a good enough brother? Feilin also doubts himself.

To be honest, I have been a little bit schizophrenic during this period, and this state started from the mission to expel the Rock Dragon.

Didn't I reflect on it when I came back? The tones of Fili and Filiin were too similar. Filiin decided to make Fili more lovely, and when playing the role of Fili, I imitated the ideal girl in my mind.

The effect is outstanding.

But he was trying to do two things at once. Once, because of a delay, he even said this to Scathach.

"I'm having a hard time, too. Can't you be a little more understanding?"

This directly shocked Scathach, so much so that she became obedient for a whole day, and even made the silly girl reflect on whether she had put too much pressure on Filin.

It’s even better now. Filin has been turned into a cat and the condition cannot be reversed for the time being, so Scathach has become even more lawless.

Fortunately, Scathach still had a bottom line and never went out, but she still bullied Filin, often grabbing him by the back of the neck or holding Filin's cat head.

"If you want to keep a cat, keep a tabby cat. Tabby cats are really good."

Scathach developed an inexplicable interest and no longer objected to hugging Filin in this state.

"When will Sister Fili come back..."

"Meow." It's still early.

"today?"

"Meow." Dreaming.

"noon?"

Feilin thought about it for a moment, and since he couldn't speak, he stopped meowing.

While the cats are closed here, the ceremony of calling on the spirits is still going on there.

Feilin thought he could relax for a while since he was far away from home, but if nothing unexpected happened, an accident happened.

The call from her blood suddenly came. As her real body, Fili felt her blood burning. The mark left by her father moved without her permission. She felt that her heart was being controlled and she had to respond to this consciousness.

Fortunately, after years of practicing deception magic and learning to parallelize consciousness, Fili's consciousness was not interrupted. Instead, she was able to multitask and accept the call of her bloodline.

"Filin, it's a shame that my blood is flowing in your body. What have you been doing all this time? I don't care about the witch's photosynthesis or the so-called artificial dragon stone. What I want is the information about the great witch and the research direction of the star beasts over there! You should be ashamed of your laziness."

“…I’m very sorry. We’re only in contact with the outer circle of the witches. It will take time to get close to the core circle, but we have already got the clues.” The real feeling of suffocation spread due to the engraving. Fili was suddenly sweating profusely. While suppressing the punishment brought by her father’s engraving, she maintained the ritual.

"What an idiot! That's why you are still an apprentice. Reflect on your actions. If you cannot bring news about the Great Witch next time, you should return to your family. At least your blood is more valuable than you."

"...Yes, I understand."

The call of blood ended, and Filin breathed a sigh of relief. His deceptive ability also slowed down, and he focused on the current ceremony.

He secretly hated the fact that the sense of relief brought by this period of time disappeared because of this call, and the freedom he had finally gained by leaving his family received a loud slap in the face.

Even after leaving that place, I still have the dog leash around my neck to remind myself.

Family, shackle clan.

But, haha, my father is just like that.

This was the second time he emphasized the Great Witch. The so-called Great Witch is actually a witch. It is a respectful title among witches. She is a leader recognized by many witches. Maybe her strength is not the strongest, but she is indeed the most admired and revered witch.

The reason why Old Man Xie wants to investigate the Great Witch is that as a fellow god, he has always regarded those Great Witches as competitors. Competition means fighting and struggling in preparation for obtaining the star core of the star beast.

Whether you can win the battle and reduce your own losses depends on the acquisition of intelligence. If you find out the talents and magic of the witch, you can gain an advantage in future battles.

There are a total of four great witches known to be still active today.

The Secret Witch Hecate, the Forest Witch Dorothy, the Disaster Witch Pandora, and the Root Witch Abigail all maintain a sense of mystery and are the subjects of the family's investigation. It is preliminarily judged that they are gods like his father, and his father has always been worried that one of them will become a ruler.

Although it may sound vulgar, I still need to explain the noun.

Being an apprentice of magic is like building a bucket for yourself. The five practices of meditation, spiritualism, soul tempering, perception domain, and upgrading are all indispensable. Only when all of them are reached to the extreme can one become a transcendent.

And those who transcend are the first step on the path. Everyone will find their future direction at this stage.

Becoming a transcendent is no longer a question of being strong or not. This step is already the initial stage of the fight between gods. The next step is to recognize your own path and be promoted to a hero.

And Filin’s true rank is hero.

He had a firm belief in his talent for deception and was extremely skilled in the art of deception, and even though it was his first time playing the role of a witch, he became more and more proficient, even fooling himself.

Precisely because of his increasing proficiency in the power of Tao, Filin has the confidence to carry out the plan of "The Deceitful Witch Fili Muse".

The purpose of contacting witches is not to deal with them, but to make more friends.

Since his old father and family have left him with the mark of blood, he will get means of counterattack from his new friends.

Recalling his conversation with Optimus Prime a few days ago, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Even if they are kings, most fathers love their sons, cherishing their eldest son while also hoping that the other children can survive. (I am talking about the majority here, and I will not mention the exceptions.)

Dynasties may come and go, but families are eternal. In big families like theirs, children are just capital for business, even in declining families.

There is no way. When Filin, who has lived two lives, thinks of this family, his blood pressure goes up.

But just as he was in a trance, a concerned voice came to his ears, pushing away the clouds.

"Are you okay?" As Fili spoke, she found Serena standing beside her, holding an umbrella for her. "You looked very painful just now."

Fili now forced a smile: "It's okay, it's just a fluctuation of magic power, it's been resolved. How about it, do you like this rain?"

Although the elves have not yet appeared, the ritual has already brought heavy rain to the territory.

The rain hit Serena's armor, making crackling sounds, but she didn't care at all: "In my memory, I rarely see rain. Encountering such heavy rain is like meeting you."

"Same?"

“It’s the first time for everyone, which makes people feel trustworthy and at ease.”

Fili gently pushed aside the umbrella: "Then trust me, let me continue to stand here. The water elves prefer to see the appearance of the girl in the rain, which is similar to their appearance. Trust me, nothing will happen."

As she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at the sky. The rain hit her face and flowed down her cheeks. The contrast made her sad.

Serena, who had known her for less than a month, was particularly concerned about her.

His own family enslaved him.

No matter how strong I am, I really want to cry when I see such a comparison. Fortunately, it is raining.

This call of blood shattered his beautiful dream and revealed the scars that had just healed.

Serena was skeptical. After her umbrella was pushed away, she seemed to be hesitant to speak. After a moment, she seemed to have made a decision.

"According to the contract, you will solve the water problem for my territory forever. As part of the repayment, I will become your knight... So, can I protect you? Right by your side."