Oops, I became the witch's substitute

It seems that she had encountered some kind of misfortune in the past, which left her with a psychological trauma. Well, witches will more or less encounter such a world. There is indeed not much place for them in this era.

Then Fili and Irene each gave their own reasons, one spoke well of humans, and the other tried hard to refute them. Only Charlotte yawned silently and walked out alone.

Charlotte opened the door silently: "It seems that you two can become very good friends, but if you don't leave now, you will be late for the party tonight."

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Irene was so angry that she bit her hair. "Ah, I'm so angry. This guy doesn't understand the malice of humans at all. He will definitely suffer in the future. For example, the fox-like man in the hotel was actually pretending to be an ordinary person."

Fili always put on a half-smiley expression: "I know, but he also provided me with a lot of conveniences. It's a win-win cooperation."

Fili thought that if she went to the witch's banquet alone, she might make mistakes, and finding a witch to travel with would help her prove her identity.

Who knows whether the witches who organized the night banquet will be able to verify their identities or something. Maybe they have some special methods?

It turns out that Fili sometimes has too many thoughts. Witches naturally have their own ways of distinguishing whether someone is a witch or not.

When approaching the destination, Fili saw the forest described in the letter with butterflies flying all over the forest. The glowing butterflies and fireflies lit up the forest. Animal minions of all sizes jumped up and down. The Scarecrow and the Tin Man patrolled in the forest. It was a peaceful scene.

In this peaceful scene, there was also a noise. Continuing forward, Fili saw a woman surrounded by several witches.

"With your skills, you still want to fish in troubled waters?"

"Since you like wearing women's clothes so much, why not just turn you into a woman? Live like this for the rest of your life!"

Soon the surrounded woman screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and then she was given a magic potion and thrown into the forest.

Witnessing this, Fili couldn't help but twitch her lips. This was the result of being exposed.

Fortunately, I am a high-level illusionist, a deceptive phantom, and it is okay to deceive Charlotte and Irene and sneak into the night banquet. I wonder what kind of existence the great witch is?

If he goes in and is discovered, Filin's life will be over. But he has come this far and his goal of borrowing the witch's power is within reach. How can he give up so easily?

Irene saw what happened just now and couldn't help complaining: "These spies are getting more and more aggressive. They used to just monitor from the outside, but now they want to sneak into the banquet directly. It's really unreasonable. You see, Fili, people outside always want to spy on our secrets. If they know everything, they will definitely drive us away again."

Fili pretended to think: "Your idea is a bit extreme. If the witches really cut off contact with the outside world and became a group of world-weary and lonely loners, that would be the beginning of their demise."

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Charlotte replied slowly: "Irene is always noisy and has too many ideas, but you are also very naive, Fili. I never understand what humans are thinking."

Irene spread her hands, as if she was showing off her luxurious ornaments at every moment: "Have you never encountered a witch hunt? The witch hunters are even more extreme. How many companions have been killed by them so far?"

Fili knew about witch hunting and sighed. This was indeed an extreme persecution. She decided to avoid the battle: "At least we should live a new life in this country. What's the point of staying in the forest all day long? Are there many wild mushrooms?"

Irene and Charlotte suddenly answered at the same time: "It's a lot."

I see. It seems that when playing a witch, I have to show interest in wild mushrooms, otherwise I will be suspected, right?

Soon her thoughts came true.

The word "banquet" in the Witch's Night Banquet means there must be food and drinks on the scene. Here it is more like a tea party, with several tables set up, and each table has tea and snacks, as well as simple stewed mushrooms.

Irene looked eager to make a move, but she didn't rush forward. The witches around her were also staring at the mushroom soup, but they were all waiting for something.

Charlotte crushed her lollipop to make room for the mushrooms: "I think the mushrooms should be properly handled this time."

Irene said uncertainly: "Probably."

Seeing them like this, Fili felt very panicked: "Well, why are you so guilty?"

Charlotte explained in a slow voice: "Lady Hecate is very good at all kinds of magic, but she has no talent for cooking and has no ability to distinguish between wild mushrooms. She also collects some mushrooms that are dangerous to witches. Last year, a hallucination incident occurred at the banquet. The witch who was poisoned said that there were little people dancing in front of her eyes for nearly three days."

Irene also rubbed her head and said, "I thought I had escaped that time, but when I found the mushrooms in the bowl urging me to eat quickly, I knew I had been infected."

Fili was upset after hearing this. What kind of witch skill is this? Speaking of playing so many celestial witches, it seems that she really thinks of herself as a witch. Today, she came in her true form. "He" does not have the same fungus resistance as a witch, not to mention that even the witch herself can't stand it.

"Well, everyone is here. This year, there are a few new faces of good kids. What's going on? In previous years, everyone has already picked up the spoon, right? Why haven't you eaten yet this year? This is the mushroom soup I prepared for four days and carefully cooked. Everyone, please try it. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

At this time, a plain-looking little witch walked out from among the witches. Her face was temporarily covered by a big witch hat, but her voice was exceptionally clear and pleasant.

None of the witches took action: "..."

"You don't think something like last year will happen again?"

Fili heard someone in the crowd mutter, "It's true that it won't necessarily happen again. The victims are chosen completely at random, so they have to wait for others to eat first."

After hearing such complaints, Fili wanted to sit at the table where no one would eat.

Hecate looked around. Fili was a little tall, so she could only see the witch's hat spinning. "What an unlovable bunch of kids. Does anyone want to try the mushroom soup first?"

The witches slowly took their seats, but most of them were sipping tea, looking elsewhere, or eating snacks. Only a few newcomers were eager to move, but were held back by their companions.

The new witch also felt uneasy in this atmosphere.

Suddenly, Fili felt someone pushing her, and she suddenly rushed out of the crowd.

"Huh?" Looking back, he saw Irene's grimace and the guy even made a victory gesture.

Fili was numb, but saw Hecate walking towards her.

"Hey, hey, are you the new kid? Come and try my special secret mushroom soup. It's only available once a year and it's very delicious." After saying that, Hecate used magic to guide the bowl and spoon to float and served Fili a bowl of mushroom soup.

All the witches around fell silent at the same time, stopped their previous pretentious movements, and stared at Fili.

Fili sighed to the sky. This might be the biggest threat to her besides her family.

Chapter 24: Good Witch and Bad Witch

You may not believe it, but the witch’s mushroom soup is... so bland.

Fili drank the dried mushroom soup with the determination to die, and Hecate served another bowl in a blink of an eye.

No, do you think it's strange that I didn't faint? Fili looked at Hecate in confusion, but Hecate was smiling, like a kind elder who advised his granddaughter to eat more.

After eating two bowls of mushroom soup, Fili felt that her life might end here. She returned to Irene and Charlotte, who both looked at her with admiration.

Everyone thought you could only take two sips at most, but you ended up showing off two bowls in a row?

Irene clapped her hands softly. "Although it's not a pleasant experience to meet you, I have to admire your courage. Let's talk about the gemstones later."

Fili looked exhausted: "What gem?"

The double mushroom soup tasted even worse than water, and there was nothing good about it except nutrition. No, regarding nutrition, these witches also took the premise that they would not die from eating mushrooms. Who knew if the mushrooms he ate were poisonous?

Irene put the topic aside for now: "We'll talk about it later. Let's drink mushroom soup first."

At this moment, the witches were talking and laughing. Perhaps seeing that Fili was fine, they began to share the soup.

Soon, the witches at the next table all pounced on the table.

This year's mushroom soup is still fierce.

Irene sipped the mushroom soup in small sips: "This is what I admire most about Lady Hecate. It's the same mushroom soup, but it can poison different people."

What kind of otherworldly cooking is this?

Charlotte seemed confused for a moment: "I remember that Lady Hecate wanted to learn how to bake cookies. No, I seem to have lost my memory. I don't have that memory anymore."

What kind of cookies did you end up eating?

About five minutes later, Fili realized that she was not able to escape unscathed. She began to cover her mouth and stomach. Her limbs felt weak and her head felt dizzy, as if she was drunk. The scenery around her seemed to have turned into a picture book style. The witches around her were either figurines or paper figures. She felt terrible.

As expected, ordinary people's resistance is not enough to resist the witch's mushroom soup.

Fili felt that she was going to be exposed today, and the consequences would be terrible. She might be forced to drink drugs by the witches and become a girl forever. Wait, does this mean that I can be a witch legitimately? No, no, wake up!

At this moment, Fili's head sank suddenly as if she was dozing off, and she suddenly woke up. It seemed that something in her body loosened, and the heavy curse on her body weakened a lot. The negative impact of the mushroom soup disappeared just like that. Not only that, the mushroom soup seemed to bring an increase in magic power, which was very magical.

The same was true for the other witches. After drinking the mushroom soup, their magic power increased slightly, even the table that failed.

The magic power enhancement effect seems to be temporary. From this perspective, this mushroom soup is more like a magic potion than food.

"Ahaha, as expected, it's a blessing to be able to drink steaming hot mushroom soup at any time."

"It's a pity that Lady Hecate insists on simplicity."

“That’s what we call authentic, right? Maybe we’re drinking an intangible cultural heritage that’s thousands of years old.”

"Are you calling Lady Hecate an old-fashioned old-fashioned?"

The witches were chattering and their noise added up like five hundred ducks. This scene reminded Fili of her school life in her previous life. The classroom was almost as chaotic when the teacher was not around.

The night banquet was held in almost such an atmosphere. To outsiders, the witch organization seemed to have a strange and mysterious aura, but that was actually the case after joining.

The topics they talked about included gossip and even love. Some witches were curious about the so-called love, while other witches were both positive and negative about it.

In addition, there are many witches doing business. They want to exchange materials from other witches through bartering, and the items of trade can also be strange magic.

For example, someone came to Charlotte to buy magic that could make food taste sweeter, and the reward was four thick books of cookie and dessert baking recipes.

As long as the witch agrees to the price of the exchange, the deal can be made.

In addition, Fili heard dangerous news among the witches.

"It seems that some dangerous guys have been roaming around recently. People keep disappearing at the border, and then they spread rumors that it was us witches who did it."

"That's not a rumor, because it really could have been done by a witch."

Fili pricked up her ears and moved closer to listen to their description. Some monsters that had transformed into human beings appeared. These monsters were destroying and causing trouble everywhere, and many vicious cases had already occurred.

Fili joined the chat group of the strange witches: "I also found two monsters here, the Rock Dragon and the Poison Dragon. After killing them, they turned into innocent girls."

A witch sighed, "It was the same for me. When I was looking for mushrooms in the forest, I ran into a Nightmare Dragon. It beat me up and almost crushed me to death. Fortunately, I managed to divert the trouble and let the young dragon run into Charlotte's candy house before escaping."

The witch looked serious: "I have tracked this incident specifically. After investigating three scenes, I found that the traces of magic power belonged to the witch. I took advantage of this night banquet to observe carefully. This magic power does not belong to anyone present."

Charlotte joined the conversation and looked at the last witch: "So my last candy house was so bad, stop right there!"

They were obviously discussing a serious matter, but with Charlotte joining in, it turned into a joke and soon the discussion could not continue.

Fili shook her head slightly. These witches were no different from ordinary girls. Even though their average age was much older than hers, they were still innocent and lived in their own world.

At this moment, Fili seemed to meet the eyes of Hecate in the distance, who waved at her as a friendly gesture.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot the main purpose.

At the night banquet, many eager-to-learn and ambitious witches came to Hecate to ask about magic. Some simple magic was easy to ask, but if it involved secrets, Hecate would stop abruptly.

"This is a secret. If you want to know, what secret are you willing to exchange with me?"

That’s right, asking Hecate for advice was also part of the witches’ deal at the night banquet. Fili worked hard to squeeze from the outside to the front and finally got close to Hecate.

Obviously Hecate had to look up at Fili, but Fili finally showed the long-lost majesty. This majesty was somewhat similar to that of her father, but it did not feel oppressive, but rather kind.

"How are you, little girl? Are you satisfied with today's mushroom soup?"

Of course I am satisfied. Now my waist and legs don’t hurt anymore and my body feels much more relaxed.

"Very satisfied. Thank you, Master Hecate. May I ask..." Fili hesitated and changed the question temporarily, "Can I ask for the recipe of today's mushroom soup?"

Hecate raised her witch hat and said, "This is troublesome. Every year, I collect mushroom soup from my travels. I don't remember the names, so I just throw them into the pot and cook them carefully."

Can the words casual and serious really be used together?

Seeing Fili's serious expression, Hecate's tone became more serious: "So what secret are you going to trade for it?"

Fili pretended to think about it before saying, "I know something about the Morgana family's blood curse."

Chapter 25 Secret Exchange

Hecate is a respected witch who has been taking care of the local witches for some years. She has managed to gather the relatively loose witches together, and being able to gather once a year is a huge progress.

Among the many great witches, Hecate is one of the easier types to meet, but dealing with her is not easy at all.

Hecate was a little surprised. The Morgana family was a rather annoying force. If you didn't mess with them, they would mess with you. Sometimes, in order to monopolize the star beast, they would even kick passing dogs. Naturally, the witch didn't have a good impression of them. "It's really interesting, but what use is there to me about the secret of the blood curse? If I exchange it for the mushroom soup recipe, this secret is obviously too valuable and will cause unnecessary trouble."

Fili tried to seize the opportunity: "Perhaps this secret is useless to you, so further, the Morgana family is actively investigating the witch?"

Hecate did not give in: "Then it depends on whether they have the strength. Little girl, say something useful."

Fili tilted her head: "To be honest, I can't think of any secrets that can help you for now, but I can do something to improve the reputation of witches, bring more witches into contact with society, and prevent everyone from getting into trouble with ordinary people."