Oops, I became the witch's substitute

The witch Fili grabbed a ghost by the scruff of the neck and pressed it hard into the water tank. The ghost first made vague gurgling sounds for mercy. After being pulled out, it saw the sheriff and his team and screamed for help, which made the sheriffs all confused.

Everyone fell silent. They had never seen such a scene in their lives.

Everyone stood up straight and witnessed this physical exorcism, then watched the ghost escape from the inn in tears and pass by them. The whole process was far from the mysterious magic they had imagined, and in the end they could only sigh at the wonder of magic.

Tonight, the neighbors are witnesses of the ghost, and the sheriff is a witness to the extermination of the ghost. Starting tomorrow, the hotel can gradually resume business. As for the existence of the witch, her character still needs to be managed.

This self-directed and self-acted ghost farce did not stop here. Next, Filin had to satisfy the curiosity of the sheriffs. His idea was to play the role of an ideal witch in people's minds.

As the saying goes, appearance is justice, a witch must be good-looking and beautiful. The substitute created by the deceitful magic is the ideal woman carefully created by Filin, which combines all his beautiful fantasies about witches. Next is gentleness to others and a straightforward attitude towards life.

Fili walked over and bowed to the sheriffs. She was humble and polite. "I'm sorry, the ghost's chaos disturbed the neighbors. There will be no such trouble in the future. The souls that lingered here have left. There will be no resentful spirits or curses. I also ask you to tell the neighbors nearby that such things will not happen again in the future."

The sheriff was slightly stunned, and the young man was glanced at by Fili and looked away in panic.

Even though Fili's identity as a witch is still in doubt, the combination of exterminating ghosts and using magic already makes her look like a witch. Besides, such a beautiful girl should be a witch. The captain of the security team quickly confirmed Fili's identity in his mind.

"No, no, if we can solve the haunted house case, we are the ones who should be thanked. Ordinary people like us have never dared to investigate these strange things. We will definitely tell our neighbors."

"Well, it's already late. If there's nothing else, everyone should go back and rest early."

"Oh, yes, yes, let's go. We won't disturb you anymore. Please have a good rest, witch..."

The sheriffs were quickly persuaded to leave by Fili's few words. After everyone left, the two figures in the inn made synchronized gestures of thinking, and then Fili's figure slowly disappeared.

After thinking about it, Film felt two strange emotions at the same time.

Heaven is on the left. I suddenly feel that the identity of a witch is very useful. I can easily gain the kindness and respect of others. I am beautiful and dignified and can be regarded as the perfect woman in people's hearts. People believe whatever I say. How can I have such treatment in the family over the years?

Hell is on the right. From the beginning, he, Filin, was completely ignored by the sheriffs. After Fili appeared, the sheriffs' focus was completely on this substitute.

Forget it, just treat it as a rehearsal today. I’ll have to get used to it in the future.

Chapter 005 The Charm of the Witch

What is a witch?

Great strength? Beautiful looks? Strong character?

All of the above are correct, but Feilin thinks that the most important thing is that others believe that he is a witch, so she is a witch.

Become the ideal witch in people's hearts.

It would take some time to correct the rumor that the hotel had become a haunted house. Having just expelled the ghost, Filin planned to clean up the house and prepare for business, while at the same time finding a lucrative job using Fili's identity.

It is impossible for him to run such a big hotel by himself. By the way, I want to complain about Mr. Ma Wen. There is not even a beautiful girl among his employees. No wonder his business has been bad.

In the future, we must find ways to make the hotel bigger and stronger and create brilliance.

Before that...

It was a new day, and the streets of Miriam's capital were filled with busy people coming and going. Fili came to the adventurer's notice board in the tavern again, looking for valuable commissions.

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Even in this crowded occasion, the people around seemed to intentionally avoid Fili, leaving more than one person's space around her, more than enough for her to move around. This was also a false illusion.

Deception is a talent that can greatly enhance magic related to illusions and affect the senses of other creatures. In the eyes of people around her, perhaps Fili is now a muscular man, a gorilla or something, squeezed together.

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This ability is only used when there are many people around. Normal conversations with people will eliminate such cognitive barriers and create the illusion that she appeared suddenly.

On the other hand, wouldn't it be a shame if such a beautiful witch was made but no one appreciated her?

It has been three days since the haunted house ghost was exterminated. Fili came here to submit her work. The association will send someone to the hotel to confirm.

This is not a problem for Fili, because an illusion of the real body has been set up in the hotel. As long as it is not attacked fatally, the illusion will always exist and the mind will be connected.

If he wasn't strong enough and his family had a way to break his magic, he would have escaped long ago.

Savile didn't expect that the haunted house commission would be completed in less than three days. He looked at Fili with admiration and said, "That's amazing. Then the commission is officially completed. But Miss Fili, are you really not going to register as an adventurer?"

Fili waved her hand gently. A witch's identity requires a persona, and being an adventurer is a bit restrictive, because a real witch would not be so poor as to become an adventurer: "No, I'm not interested in that. Of course, if anyone needs to translate ancient documents, identify props, or copy magic books, you can find me. I will take on magic-related work here, as well as defeating wanted monsters. If you need my help, I can also assist in places that are not too far away. After defeating the monster, I ask for priority in obtaining materials. In addition, I can also accept some treatment-related work. In short, witches can do a lot of things."

Savile was full of envy: "Great, Miss Filly must be very knowledgeable. She looks young but knows a lot of things."

Fili smiled softly: "That may not be the case, Captain. I am already two hundred years old. I dare not say this when communicating with other witches, or I might get played a prank. I am not very knowledgeable, but I have lived a long time and have some life experience."

At this time, an adventurer nearby heard the conversation and couldn't help but come over and humbly make a suggestion to Fili.

The adventurer hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to start: "Witch-sama..."

Fili waved her hand generously, and faced the adventurer confidently and calmly: "Just call me Fili, what can I do for you? If it is related to the commissioned task, I need to know what to do specifically and how the reward will be distributed."

The adventurer took out a commission from his pocket and said, "My name is Ino. I have organized a team of four. I just received a commission yesterday. After trying it, it was a little difficult. I am looking for a partner. If you don't mind, please join us. The reward will be shared equally. Of course, you will have priority in choosing the materials after defeating the monster."

Fili took the commission and said, "Defeat an adult Rock Dragon. Are you the strongest in your team? If so, this commission is quite difficult."

The adventurer nodded: "Yes, it is difficult to complete the task with our strength. The deadline will be in a few days."

Fili returned the commission letter: "Adult rock dragons usually appear in dense forests and forest edges. They are about 5 meters tall, 15 meters long, and weigh about 7 tons. Their heads, necks, and shoulders are all covered with rocks. Even where they are not covered, their skin is thick and has many wrinkles. Ordinary swords cannot penetrate their defenses. The impact force alone is enough to kill you ten times, not to mention that they can spray an explosive body fluid."

The adventurers were stunned for a moment. This information was similar to what they knew. "Can it spray body fluids?... It actually has such a dangerous ability. Yes, it's hard to deal with just by looking at its appearance. But it looks heavy. As long as we prepare a trap, it should be fine."

Fili enumerated the characteristics of the monster: "In addition to the stone armor all over its body, the Rock Dragon's tail is large, thick, and covered with bone spurs. Normally, it is crisscrossed like a pair of scissors. If you observe it from a distance, you will think it is an ordinary tail. In fact, after angering the Rock Dragon, this tail will become like a sickle and can easily cut you into pieces. However, the Rock Dragon is not very aggressive. As long as you don't actively attack it, it will ignore you. The Rock Dragon has a large range of activities, and you don't have to worry about being attacked for invading its territory. So you are right about one thing. Making a trap is one of the best methods."

This knowledge was easy for Filin to acquire. He had received relevant education since childhood and was proficient in social etiquette, combat skills and monster studies. It was said that he learned so much just to look cool.

As expected, when Feilin introduced the knowledge of the Rock Dragon in detail, the adventurer captain showed a surprised expression, and wanted to pull Feili away immediately: "Madam Witch, please help us. This Rock Dragon often appears on the edge of the nearby village, destroying farmland and attacking livestock. After being attacked, it will run away and appear in other places to cause damage in a few days. It is very troublesome."

Fili held her face in her hands, looking somewhat troubled. "That shouldn't be the case. The Rock Dragon will only look for open-pit mines on the surface to devour the ore to satisfy its hunger. Otherwise, it will fall into a state of fatigue if it doesn't take in enough ore. There's no reason for it to be so difficult for the human village. Well, how about this? I'll temporarily join your team and distribute the rewards normally. After defeating the Rock Dragon, I'll give priority to collecting materials, okay?"

The captain of the adventurers was very surprised. He felt like he had found a treasure. "Of course, thank you very much."

The Rock Dragon is a common sub-dragon species, and the relevant information and activity patterns have long been included in the family. It is naturally easy for Fili to deal with it, but the problem is how to show the witch's strength?

A witch should show overwhelming power in battle, so that those behind her feel safe and have more say when it comes to harvesting materials.

Soon, Fili followed the adventurer captain to meet the other team members. It was a standard four-person team, with two melee professions, a healer, and a scout.

"Captain, who is this?" The scout was puzzled when he saw the captain coming back. After all, he said he was going to find help, so why did he bring back a girl? Then he was curious. After all, there are many strange abilities in this world. Maybe the girl has some unique power?

The captain calmly replied: "This is Miss Fili. Maybe today is my lucky day. I unexpectedly met a witch who is willing to help me. Hehe~."

The scout murmured: "Witch, is it so easy to meet? I feel like your magic power response is so low..."

Fili smiled slightly, and her figure suddenly disappeared. Before the captain could speak, she suddenly appeared in front of the scout, with her hands behind her back and her waist bent, looking at the scout provocatively from below: "Do you think I'm weak?"

The scout screamed, somewhat startled. When he raised his hand, he suddenly found that his bow was gone. He looked at Fili and found that his main weapon was taken away silently. He subconsciously touched his belt and found that the place where the dagger was tied was empty. Fili was holding the sword and swinging it gently.

The scout touched his hair, feeling helpless. Facing such power, he could only surrender. "What did you do?"

Fili had achieved her purpose of showing off her strength, so she returned the weapons to the scout: "Nothing, I just took them down gently, I'm giving them back to you."

The scout was quite embarrassed. He had only been observing Fili based on his experience. Now it seemed that Fili had only concealed her own aura: "Magic is really unpredictable..."

Now the entire team had no objection, and after confirming the supplies, they headed to the mission location.

On the way, Fili speculated about the abnormality of the Rock Dragon. She was sure that this kind of dragon would not actively attack humans, nor would it harass human gatherings for a long time. Even if dragon eggs or cubs were stolen, there would be targeted attacks instead of aimless destruction. This kind of attack, shooting and then moving to another place, was more like man-made destruction.

Be prepared for the worst. On the surface, the one we are going to attack is the Rock Dragon, but in fact, there is a beastmaster behind it.

Chapter 006: The Witch's Traces

Under the effect of deception magic, Filin is now an illusion staying in the inn, and Fili is the real body that follows the team. She explains monster knowledge along the way and quickly gains the trust of the adventure team.

The four-member team that cooperated this time is a group of veterans leading newcomers. Except for the captain who is more experienced, the other three have only been adventurers for a short time. This is their first time to fight a wanted monster.

One of the rules of Fili the Witch is that a witch should be knowledgeable and only dabble in areas that she is good at, and not talk about things she does not understand.

Fili plays a lively and cheerful witch who is not stingy in giving advice to ordinary people. She wants to leave all kinds of good impressions on people. Generally, kind-hearted people are more likely to be recognized. Who says the illusion looks good?

When the first person believes that Fili is a witch, the people who follow her will tend to follow blindly. As long as Fili can maintain her character, more and more people will believe it.

However, because they believed that Fili was an adventurer so much that they wanted to please Fili, they volunteered to prepare a bowl of pure natural wild mushroom soup for the witch.

Rumor has it that all witches like to eat mushrooms.

If Fili knew this news, she would definitely clarify: the rumor is true, it's just that the witch can't kill herself.

Thinking of this, Fili hurriedly stopped talking. She had brought better homemade food with her: "The mushroom soup in the wild is great. Many people became straight for life after drinking it."

"Well, it seems that we were lucky before, or we have never collected mushrooms that we don't recognize. By the way, Miss Witch, cooking wild mushrooms can reduce or even eliminate the toxins, right?"

"No, it can only protect you from some mildly toxic mushrooms. Encountering truly poisonous mushrooms will only give you some comfort and pray that you won't die." No matter what you eat when surviving in the wild, it is valuable experience. For the witch, this has long been recorded in books.

Why are witches worshipped and revered? Because they have a long history, a mysterious, strange and long history. Modern witches probably cannot explain how wealthy their ancestors were.

Back to the adventure, Fili only plays the role of "A Hundred Thousand Whys" at appropriate times, and usually doesn't talk much nonsense. On the adventurer's side, she answers every question to create a friendly impression.

Old adventurers usually charge extra money to impart this knowledge, but Fili taught them for free. Of course, it wasn't really free, Fili could justifiably take the lion's share of the reward for this adventure.

Fili's experience with mushrooms is not just learned from books. Her family has a tradition of training poison resistance. From childhood to adulthood, they take mild toxins every day to improve resistance. Fili has eaten many poisonous mushrooms in the process, so her classification of mushrooms can be said to be based on experience.

Even if these experiences are only repeated once, the adventurers in the team will benefit greatly. How much they can remember depends on their own abilities.

For some unknown reason, these adventurers seemed to have no experience in dealing with large monsters: "Although it may be a bit long-winded, in the battle with the Rock Dragon, you must not relax just because you hit the target. Even if the sword pierces the vital part, you must dodge immediately, unless it directly pierces the brain. Most creatures have about a minute to fight back after being injured. The actual cause of death is blood loss."

The captain thought for a moment and drew his dagger. "It's a bit embarrassing to say that. Even if I were given the chance, I don't have the confidence to pierce the brain of the Rock Dragon. I'm afraid I can't even break through the skull."

Fili snapped her fingers lightly: "That's why we need a witch."

The atmosphere in the team became much more relaxed, and the female healer even came over to ask Fili about some herbology.

Fortunately, Fili is also proficient in basic herbal medicine.

Soon after, everyone came to the vicinity of the village attacked by the Rock Dragon, found traces of crushing, and began to track the location of the Rock Dragon.

"The last time we came here, we only saw the Rock Dragon from afar. It was obvious that the four of us were no match for it. Without magic countermeasures, even breaking the scales of the Rock Dragon would be wishful thinking."

After listening to the captain's words, Fili nodded slightly, tentatively confirming that the target was an adult rock dragon with the expected size. Then she rubbed her smooth chin with one hand and thought about it.

"Everyone, split up and find the Rock Dragon. Don't alarm it. We can discuss it after we find it."

"Got it. Meet at the village entrance at noon."

As for how to deal with the Rock Dragon, there are actually too many ways to do it, and we ultimately have to make a decision based on the actual situation. The goal is to minimize the damage to the village. Otherwise, if we fight with monsters and smash nearby buildings to pieces, what are we protecting?

However, it is not easy to find a monster in the vast forest. No one knows whether the Rock Dragon will appear in the village again. Fili believes that the monster will appear and continue to attack the village, but she is not sure about the time, place and direction.

Everyone scattered to ask the villagers for information, and Fili, under the guidance of the villagers, found the place where she was attacked by the Rock Dragon last time. This time, she took out a candle from her pocket, lit it with her fingertips, and the candlelight flickered, emitting a soft light even in the daytime.

Footprints appeared on the ground illuminated by the light, and traces of the Rock Dragon could be seen at a glance. After rampaging through the village, it returned to the forest.

Fili thought for a moment, twirled her fingertips, took out a magic dagger, and slowly stepped into the forest.

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At the same time, the hotel was undergoing emergency repairs. In the absence of manpower and funds, Phantom Film could only do the work by himself. Phantom's ability was limited, but cleaning the room was no problem. After simply tidying up the room, Film began to calculate the decoration plan. He wanted to decorate the hotel more gorgeously and at a more moderate price, giving people the feeling that a witch would live here.

Style is a skill that Filin learned from his family. Even the people at the bottom of society have artistic talent, and music is not necessarily a service exclusive to the upper class.

In order to make the dishes so delicious that the first-time guests would burst with delight, Filin is quite confident in his cooking skills.

Alcohol and beverages are the key to attracting adventurers and special guests.

Mysticism, strive to make Fili a knowledgeable witch, and equip herself with knowledge from both worlds.

The most important thing is to make Fili, the stand-in, famous and show up in the hotel frequently in the future. The stand-in and the original person can interact and act, and it will feel like running a husband-and-wife shop.

While thinking in two threads, Filin, the fake clone, was in a daze. Just then, a serious-looking female knight walked in. She was covered in airtight plate armor. It was hard to imagine how much sweat she would produce. She made a heavy friction sound when she walked, and her voice was muffled. I was really worried that she would be overwhelmed by her own equipment. "Excuse me, is the store manager here?"

Feilin greeted them with a smile: "Yes, yes, do you want to eat or stay overnight?"

The female knight waved her hand and called for her followers to come in. Several female swordsmen came in carrying their luggage. "I heard that the ghosts and curses here have been expelled? It seems that it was done by a witch. We are here to visit this witch. Where is she?"

Feilin squinted for half a second, then opened his eyes quickly, having already thought of a reply: "Ms. Feili plans to live here for a long time. As a reward for expelling ghosts, this hotel will allocate space for her to build a workshop and provide permanent accommodation services. Unfortunately, Ms. Feili is out on an adventure mission today."

The female knight nodded slightly: "Then we will live here."

The pillow was sent just when I was short of money. No matter how you look at it, the other party seems to be a good person. Feilin clapped his hands lightly and explained the accommodation price. The accommodation price itself was very reasonable, but the food and beverage was a little more expensive.

Feilin is a good cook, and the violent food in this world is of the level of "Looking Up at the Stars", so it can be said that he can easily kill people: "By the way, the dishes in our restaurant are a little different from those outside. They have strong personal characteristics and the taste is absolutely first-class, but the price is a little higher."

The female knight's voice remained unchanged: "What's the difference between the dishes here and those outside?"

Feilin introduced it, "It can replenish a lot of energy. It is definitely a must-have for long-distance travel. The most important thing is that it tastes good, delicious, and delicious."

These words made the female knight turn around and look at Filin.