Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Even in this world, people are prejudiced against female swordsmen. After all, it is natural that their strength is inferior to that of men on average. Without scars on their faces, people will subconsciously think that they have little combat experience. Now Yue Lan has the ability to play the pig and eat the tiger.

Then Fili made tea and desserts for the two of them. After a while, a messenger came to visit.

"Ms. Serena, the master of the family is hosting a banquet tonight to celebrate the first year of the territory."

"Okay, I see."

Chapter 200 The first to strike will suffer, the last to strike will gain strength

"Father, we can't go on like this. Don't you realize that Serena is out of the family's control? She will definitely kill me!"

Serena's brother is a complete idiot, just the eldest son, who has lived a life of luxury. He couldn't stand up when the family was in the most difficult times, and was filled with jealousy and fear when his sister stood up.

Originally Serena was only a person of outstanding personal strength, but she was still a mortal. Now she has achieved transcendence and brought back soldiers who have experienced battles. Any eldest son of a small family would be unable to sleep if he were in her place. Things like the fish in the banquet, the stone statue in the river, and the fox howling in the middle of the night kept flashing through his mind. He could not sleep or eat well, and he would think that Serena was going to punish him if there was any slight movement at night.

As the saying goes, when people are trying to frame you for having dangerous goods, you'd better really have them, otherwise you will be caught with a hundred reasons.

Optimus Prime glanced at his child, regretting his neglect of discipline over the years. "Selena would not do such a thing. She is my daughter and your sister. She has been loyal to the family for so many years, working diligently to protect the family territory and eliminate bandits. Haven't you seen all her contributions? She has never taken credit for herself and has always made silent contributions. Several promoted knight commanders have obeyed you. What else do you want?"

The eldest son was very anxious: "Things are different now, father. Look, she doesn't even listen to your orders now..."

Optimus Prime shouted angrily, "Shut up! I never asked Serena to do anything! She has grown up and has the right to make her own choices. She has been recognized by the witch and has made achievements in Kalan that even I dare not imagine. She deserves everything she has now."

The eldest son was still anxious: "Does it include the position of heir?"

Optimus lost his patience: "You are such a fool! You are my eldest son, the future of the family belongs to you, and nothing will change. Serena will not compete with you for it. This place is too small for Serena."

Because this is just a viscount's territory.

Optimus has a few titles as a knight, the highest of which is Viscount. The rest are awards for meritorious service. They are just honors without actual land, so how could his family be willing to give away such a small piece of land?

It is no exaggeration to say that Serena's current strength is comparable to an old cliché - 200,000 cavalry stationed in a village.

In Optimus' opinion, Selena will have to leave in less than a month. She is not a little woman who stays in a corner. Otherwise, she would not leave the territory to look for the witch, would not bring Fili to drop nectar, and would not pursue power and seek opportunities in Kalan.

But in this matter, no matter how others persuaded him, the eldest son simply wouldn't listen.

The evening banquet was held as scheduled. Except for not living in the family castle anymore, Serena still obeyed her father's words at other times. Fili was a little envious of their loving father and filial daughter.

Look at others and look at your own family. There is no harm without comparison. The harm caused by Abils is real and continuous harm. Even his death makes her upset.

Viscount Optimus met Fili, greeted her warmly, and received her with the highest standards.

Last year, Fili was unknown, but this year she has become a hot witch. It is worth celebrating that the family can produce a transcendent like Serena, and establishing a connection with Fili will ensure a worry-free life.

The party went on as usual, but Fili didn't want to dance today, which disappointed Serena. She couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it possible for me?"

Fili complained for a while and then evaded the question, then stood at the edge of the banquet with Serena as a scenery. Yue Lan came to participate in the so-called aristocratic ball out of curiosity, but soon got bored.

Yue Lan sighed, life is not easy: "Swords are still exciting, Serena, let's go to the training ground and fight each other for a while."

Serena dressed in men's knight clothing: "Yue Lan, etiquette and culture are part of self-cultivation. I admit that our lives cannot be without swords and force, but we should not completely abandon social interaction and civilization. Holding a sword in one hand and a flower in the other is my dream. There is no better way to be a perfect knight than this."

"I agree with Serena." Fili nodded. She was accustomed to the age of computers and mobile phones, and she was not disgusted by the barbarity of the magic world. Although life was not very safe, the fights were all Unreal 100 full-scale engine games, so it was not too boring. "It's good to make some money while saving the world. It's okay to sing and dance after the battle. Our self-discipline will not make us weak in comfort. When we need to fight, we can pick up the sword and move forward bravely."

Serena agreed: "It all comes down to personal choice."

Is it a personal choice? Yue Lan fell into thought. She really had never been exposed to such life.

But at this moment, the sound of swords rubbing was heard from the banquet hall, and a group of armored soldiers holding weapons broke into the banquet. There were no markings on their leather armor, and they seemed to fit people's stereotype of thieves.

This group of people had a clear goal. They drove away the screaming nobles and headed straight for Serena.

And then nothing happened. The strength gap was too great and this group of people were subdued by Serena and Yue Lan with their bare hands, turning it into a farce.

That night, Selena, Viscount Optimus and his eldest son confronted each other in the castle.

"Serena...what do you think?" Optimus Prime no longer had the authority of a father, and his tone was even a little uneasy.

"It's unreasonable, incomprehensible, and I don't want to deal with it." Serena characterized the situation and then walked up to her brother. "You did things without a plan, and you didn't have any room or backup for the future. You gave up resistance after failure and even betrayed those who supported you. What is the value of everything you have for me to take away? Father, please remove me from the family, so that my brother can rest assured."

What Optimus Prime was most worried about happened: "Selena, you..."

Serena raised her hand and said, "Father, don't worry. This is the land where I was born and raised. I will not ignore it during my lifetime. I just want to pursue a broader space. I want to follow in Fili's footsteps. I can't keep transfusing blood for the family, and I won't be bullied by this incompetent brother. If a hundred years later, my brother does something wrong in the territory, I will have no scruples to send him down and give him the revenge he deserves."

Optimus nodded: "What are you going to do in the future? Build your own family?"

Serena hasn't thought it through yet: "Let's take it one step at a time. My power is still quite strong in these small places. I will ask the kingdom for legal development qualifications and work for Lady Fili."

Optimus Prime sighed, "You've changed a lot this year. It's good that you don't have to endure this bastard's bullying anymore. You've grown up. Go make a name for yourself. As for the family, I'm still alive."

An immature murder, reckless and unwise. Even with such a huge gap in strength, he still dared to do it. I don’t know who gave the eldest son the courage. This incident accelerated Serena’s departure, and Fili also needed to advance her own layout faster.

Chapter 201 News from Hecate and Dorothy

Something unpleasant happened in Serena's family. She could have killed her stupid brother with a knife, but she still gave face to her father, although she didn't know how such a stupid person could be in charge of the family.

Serena voluntarily expelled herself from the society and left. There was nothing dishonorable about it. Instead, she went out to start her own family and to pave the way for her subordinates.

When Fili asked Miriam for the qualification to explore, the royal family was very welcoming and directly granted Serena the title of knight. After all, as long as she did not overthrow the royal power, Serena would serve as a barrier to expand the territory of Miriam's kingdom. Later, depending on how much land Serena could enclose, she would be granted a corresponding title based on her actual territory. As long as the royal family could afford it, there would be no upper limit.

Fili wanted to conquer the neighboring country, of course, she was just joking.

Yue Lan looked at Serena's expression and felt that she had to stand up for her friend in this situation. "Are you okay? If you're unhappy, I'll find someone to tie that guy up and beat him up."

Serena smiled and shook her head. "To be honest, my brother made me laugh. I just don't understand since when did he become so hostile to me? He was clearly at a disadvantage, but he never concealed his hostility. Even today, with such an overwhelming power comparison, he still wanted to use ordinary people to assassinate me. I was so foolish that I couldn't feel any emotion."

Fili crossed her arms and said slowly, "This is a typical example of why you rebel, brother. Not only did you fail to see the situation clearly, but you also staged a farce that even a three-year-old child would not do, because children are at least afraid of being beaten."

Serena gently held her forehead and said, "To be honest, in that situation, I was afraid that I would hit my brother and I would have to help him up and ask him not to die. It was like a scam."

This farce was treated as a joke. Fili was quite satisfied with Viscount Optimus' attitude. At least he was not the kind of father who would say, "Your brother is ill, you should encourage him."

Optimus felt sad about his family's misfortune. The drought had just ended and the family was in a state of disrepair. His eldest son had already grown up, and seeing this cowardly and jerk-off behavior, he finally realized his past negligence.

The big one is ruined, so while your health is still okay, you should quickly get a small one?

Since Selena and Yue Lan had to preside over the military dispatch, Fili left first and returned to the Black Cat Pavilion. There were still some chores to deal with. At this time, Carol's products were also optimized to create high-quality products with the cheapest possible raw materials.

Of course, when it comes to cosmetics and skin care products, sometimes you really get what you pay for. If you pay for it, you will get the best product. A 100-year-old man can act like he is twenty years old. In the past lives of many female stars, it was difficult to see the signs of aging. But when they came to their senses and discovered that they had really grown old, and then looked at the male stars of the same generation, it was hard to describe.

Carol excitedly introduced her alchemical achievements, saying that she could start making money now. At this time, a businessman appeared outside.

"Here is a letter from Mr. Filling. Is he here?"

"Filin lives here. Just give the letter to us."

"OK……"

This merchant was a traveling trader related to the Morgana family. Like before, he was responsible for delivering letters and was not directly involved in espionage work.

After Fili and the others left, they opened the letter. It was from Enil. She first expressed her resentment, and then said in a relieved tone that her brother was finally willing to contact her. She thought she would have to hide forever. Finally, she mentioned that Hecate and Dorothy had caused some trouble for the territory recently.

It wasn't a big problem. They just forced their way into the main house in order to save the real dark witch Morgana, and mingled with the deities stationed in the family. Everyone celebrated the New Year in a lively manner.

"The Stral Empire is mediating now. Our original intention was to release Morgana, but the elders in the family disagreed and refused to tell us the reason. It seems that Morgana has a deep connection with the family. Hecate and Dorothy have a tough attitude and are putting pressure on the family. The Stral Empire still has to give face to the two gods."

Because the matter of Morgana is an old account, and the origin of the family name, but there is an explanation as to why it was named after the witch. If it was to steal the other party's power or knowledge, it would be a big blow to the family's prestige.

Fili didn't know whether there was a scandal or not. Even if there was, it might be an option for her to do a favor as the current head of the family, take the initiative to clarify the mistakes and seize the initiative in public opinion. Otherwise, Hecate and Dorothy would come to the door, and continuing to detain Morgana would only add more enemies. Why bother?

If the relationship continues to deteriorate, Fili will become a Khitan with a husky tattoo on her chest. Should she help her family or the witch? It has been three months. If the situation continues, both Fili and Fili will have to go back in person. Then humans will help humans and witches will help witches. They will investigate the truth and trace the source.

"Why, there's no good news in the letter?" Carol was eager to try. She was quite happy today.

Fili's power of transformation can help her carve special magic circuits, which requires a lot of money. After the product is successfully developed, it is foreseeable that she can make money by following Fili's business strategy. Can she, an alchemist who has invested in technology, be kicked out? She and Fili have a life-long friendship.

Fili raised the letter and said casually, "Hekate and Dorothy were entangled by the Stral Empire. They went to rescue the witch Morgana and had a conflict with that family. The two sides were deadlocked in the negotiations, and both sides were very determined."

Carol asked, "What does it mean by the person who wrote to you?"

Fili answered, "There is now a faction of young heirs and a conservative faction of traditional elders in the family. With the disappearance of Abilus, some secrets have been lost, and those old guys are not speaking clearly, so there are some unpleasant things happening internally. However, the Morgana family is very united. Even if there are disagreements internally, they will still stand united against the outside world. If Morgana is not released, they will definitely fight to the end."

It is true that Hecate and Dorothy are pure godheads, but the Morgana family also has quantity and quality.

After Orufa gradually came to power, Enil and the others gained freedom and began to receive more resources. The materials that they had to be very cautious to obtain before could now be used at will. Moreover, the elders also hoped that the younger generation would grow up quickly and raise Orufa to the position of godhood as soon as possible.

Let's deal with the family affairs later. Fili took Carol's hand and said, "We have to start testing the products you researched. We don't have a factory at the moment. Let's go and negotiate with the border succubus Arabelle to get them to sponsor and invest to accumulate our first pot of gold. With this money, I will start to support Serena in leading the army to expand new territories from the border. The Miriam royal family has offered generous conditions. The larger the territory Serena can conquer, the greater the title will be. I want to give her the opportunity to fight for the border marquis."

In the past, all kinds of large-yield weapons required time to deploy, and nuclear bombs could not be used whenever they wanted. But it is different in the magical world. Each of the heroes is a mobile firepower point. If work requires blowing up a mountain, it is just a matter of waving their hands. If they are a little enthusiastic, they can act as human tunnel boring machines. The strong can change the direction of a local war.

In addition to paying attention to magical productivity, Fili also did not underestimate personal strength. Serena's wave of expansion was to enclose land. If there were not enough people, they would make up for it. They would call on a few more elf friends for help, and even call on Marian to enclose as much land as possible, regardless of the population, and just build up the territory.

By then, in the real territory, the foreign ethnic groups will not be killed all, and it will not be particularly difficult to absorb them as mercenaries and labor to become residents. The Karans who follow Serena to make a living will not complain about the bad environment.

It was happily decided.

Chapter 202 Helping the Succubus to Teach the Scumbag a Lesson

Arabelle, the border succubus, was a nickname that Fili had given her without her permission and she only used it among her own people.

It has been mentioned before that this succubus queen is a capable person. She leads her succubus to flourish in the border city of Miriam. She has connections in the black market and runs a regular service industry. She used to run a tavern and restaurant business, and her business was very good. Later, after communicating with Fili, she began to develop literature and art.

I went out of the house and turned left to Dream Demon's house. They were very professional.

The succubi in this world are not big red-skinned goats. They are all cute and beautiful girls with good looks and long lifespans. After careful training and study, they can achieve high cultural attainments. Now Arabelle has led the team to enter the opera house and achieved success, but the style has been slightly deviated by Fili.

While others are singing the soprano in the La Traviata performance at the opera house, the succubi are singing the soprano in the opera house and the band is playing Kasuga Shadow. However, the form of pop music is trying to invade this world culturally by combining it with the style of another world. People don't understand the new art form, and the succubi are just working hard in silence. Although the audience is not large but fixed, they must have subtly attracted a group of bored adventurer fans. Anyway... it's weird.

Two days later, Fili and Carol arrived at the border city, and were greeted by a succubus as soon as they entered the city.

"It's been a long time since we last met. I missed you so much." Arabelle said, with a look that said, "Don't underestimate my intelligence network." "Great Witch of Deceit, Great Alchemist Carol, welcome to both of you."

Every time Fili saw Arabelle, she felt that this succubus had a good life. In this world, if she didn't fight, study magic, or delve into curses, she would probably live for a long time. "It's been a long time since we last met. It seems that you have gained something since Kalan."

Arabelle rubbed her hands and said, "Don't be ridiculous. The investment I made in Kalan hasn't paid off yet. Now I just get some reputation, nothing substantial."

Fili nodded: "So I'm here to give you some real goodies, take a look at these."

As she spoke, Carol handed two suitcases to Arabelle. The actual contents were not golden Buddhas on jade thrones, but were filled with cosmetics. Fili had already designed the packaging for them, and Carol had also made beautiful bottles.

Arabelle picked up a vial. "What is this?"

Fili pretended to be mysterious: "It makes women crazy..."

Arabelle immediately drove: "What kind of medicine?"

Fili emphasized: "Cosmetics."

Fili simply copied the packaging of cosmetics from her previous life, and most of it did not need to be modified. It was just right after being slightly improved to suit Miriam's atmosphere. The only drawback was that Arabelle almost thought it was a dessert. She was attracted by the sweet taste and licked the milky white cosmetics.

Arabelle's first reaction after getting the serum on her fingertips was to taste it: "It tastes pretty good."

Fili looked like a ragdoll cat that was kicked by a mouse, with a blank expression on her face. She subconsciously thought that a normal person would rub the cosmetics on the back of their hand.

Carol covered her face, just like an alchemist refining medicine, and watched what she had researched. "Fortunately, what I extracted was plant essence, so there won't be any strange reactions after eating it, but I still don't recommend eating it. Or do you succubi want to lick the white liquid when you see it?"

Arabelle didn't want to reinforce people's stereotypes about succubi: "It just reminds me of the paint that construction workers used to use. No matter what color it was, it looked bright and I couldn't help but lick it."

Talking about this, none of the three of them were sleepy anymore. Fili brought up the topic of witches' obsession with mushrooms to make fun of themselves, Carol talked about some funny accidents that happened in alchemy, and then Karabell mentioned heather tea. It seems that some succubi really drink this kind of tea.

The three of them were quite happy drinking tea and chatting. Afterwards, Fili explained her purpose, hoping to use Arabelle's relationship to promote cosmetics and to open shops in the local industry by uniting those poor spies of the Morganna family.

"Okay, this is definitely a profitable business. I, Arabelle, will invest in it." Arabelle agreed without much thought. She will send the complete contract to Fili for a detailed discussion in a while. Then she put down her teacup and said, "Fili, I want you to help teach a man a lesson. I don't want to take his life, but I just want him to die socially."

Fili looked down at the tea leaves in the cup and said, "Is this person of high status?"

If she didn't have any special skills, Arabelle and the others would probably have taken care of her. How many rounds could an ordinary person last against a succubus?

Arabelle simply told a story about a sea king pursuing a beautiful woman: "The influence of the band I organized expanded a little, and the girl who served as the lead singer was pursued by a famous magician. They fell in love for a while. The girl was coaxed by the magician's sweet words to the point of eloping. Just when they were about to discuss marriage, the magician broke up with her. Because he didn't succeed, he insulted the girl in various ways, which made her very sad."

So Arabelle's succubus are very unusual. They insist on integrating into the secular world. Because of their racial identity, they maintain more traditional and conservative ideas than humans.

It would be fine if the wizard and the succubus were truly in love, but from Arabelle's description, it can be understood that the other party is a handsome sea king, and he didn't cause much substantial damage, so Arabelle planned to punish him.

Having nightmares and getting beaten up was feasible, but it didn't feel very satisfying, and she didn't want her girl to get back together with Aquaman, so Arabelle wanted to seek the witch's wisdom.

"I hope this man is ruined in Miriam."

"I can take it, but I need to investigate what you said first."

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

Fili clapped her hands gently, asked specifically who the other party was, and turned back to begin investigating.

After all, Fili is not a devil. Before taking action, she should confirm the character of the magician. It is really Aquaman who is playing with the feelings of the succubus girl. There is no harm in helping her partner to teach the other party a lesson and earn Arabelle's favor.

Carol said she had learned it: "She is quite skilled, so she owes you a favor. I'm afraid your future cooperation will be difficult to break."

Fili agreed: "That's why Arabelle was able to make her succubus bigger and stronger, and suppress the local nightmares so that they couldn't make any waves."

Later, Fili switched to Fili's identity and went to the intelligence base to check the work. However, the situation in this intelligence base was really weird. They were the young backbones carefully selected by the family intelligence chief. They had to have combat experience and good looks, as well as work experience and good looks. They came here to abduct the witch, but ended up being fed potions.