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Chapter 4: Witch City and Identity Cards
"It's been a while since I came to the city; it's really lively."
The two sisters landed at the port of this massive floating island city, named Haiyue City. After tucking her broom into the spatial satchel at her waist, Dorothy looked at the bustling crowd around her and sighed.
Powerful animals rarely live in groups; they always possess a certain territorial awareness, and Demonesses are no different.
Therefore, even though her beloved stepmother was considered upper-middle tier among Demonesses, their family's floating island was located in the suburbs far from the city, not in the city center.
In her stepmother's words, a fierce tiger never fears walking alone; only lambs gather under the wings of the strong for protection.
The living habits of Demonesses were indeed like this; most Demonesses' floating islands were suspended in the suburban areas of the city, while those living in the urban areas were more often the subordinates or servant races of those Demonesses.
Having stayed at home for so long, Dorothy hadn't seen so many people in a long time, and for a moment, she found it quite novel. She looked with interest at this magical city, which was very different from the cities of her previous life in her memory.
Firstly, of course, were the pedestrians on the road. Unlike her previous life where the streets were full of humans, at most differing in skin color, the races in this world were diverse. Giants, elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, and even Little Fairies the size of a finger with wings could be seen on this street.
Besides these humanoid races, there were many non-human but intelligent Different race. For example, at a snack stall not far away, a pig was protesting why there was pork in his meal, speaking with such tears and snot. However, Dorothy looked at the pig's red and swollen eyes and vaguely read three words from his gaze.
"I need compensation."
Such a dispute also attracted the attention of passersby. Among the onlookers, a Manticore and a Cerberus seemed eager to join in, but soon the city's law enforcement team arrived on brooms. They took away the pig, who was still crying injustice, and the onlookers, seeing no more drama, quickly dispersed.
"Let's go, Sister. The Witch Specialty Store is this way. We'll take the teleportation channel."
Seeing that there was no more drama to watch, the two sisters turned and headed towards the city center, with Alice leading the way.
The transportation system in Witch City was quite diverse. The most common, of course, were the flying brooms everywhere, and then there were more advanced and comfortable modes of transport like flying magic carpets and magical beast carriages. These were somewhat similar to Dorothy's private cars in her previous life; they were much more expensive than the cheap and easy-to-use brooms, and maintenance was a bit troublesome, but they were quite prestigious to drive.
However, the city center generally had flight restrictions; only locals with flight permits could fly freely. The two sisters were not city residents. Although they could easily obtain flight permits with their Demoness identities, Dorothy was too lazy to move; she hadn't even gone to the city hall to register until today, as she rarely left home in the past year.
Alice did have a flight permit, but the cute younger sister would naturally not abandon her silly older sister. The two sisters had no choice but to take the city's public transportation.
While the Witch City's public transportation also had systems equivalent to buses from her previous life, those were actually a bit pretentious—both expensive and slow, with very low cost-effectiveness. Generally, only those who were bored, foolish, and rich, or tourist groups looking for a city tour, would take them. The most common and widespread public transportation was actually the teleportation channel.
Dorothy looked at a bronze gate standing not far away on the roadside. Well, the gate was actually just a decoration; what was truly useful was the energy vortex-like thing under the door frame—that was the entrance to the teleportation channel.
"Beep, Demoness Card. Welcome to Haiyue City. It's a pleasure to serve the esteemed Demoness."
Alice ran to the bronze gate, pulled out a card, and swiped it on the door frame. Immediately, an eye grew on one of the two open door panels of the bronze gate, and half a mouth on the other. The two half-mouths opened and closed, uttering fawning sounds.
Dorothy was already used to this, after all, in this world, Demonesses were the highest noble class, and everywhere they went, other races would fawn over them.
She calmly took out her own identity card and swiped it on the door frame.
These cards were essentially identity cards in the Witch World. Every Demoness received one after birth. Identity cards were issued by the official Demoness organization, the Demoness Council. The cards were constantly inscribed with advanced appraisal magic, faithfully detecting and recording various data of the bound Demoness and updating it in real-time on the card surface.
Hmm, it was pretty much like a character information panel in a game.
In addition, this identity card also served various purposes like a bus card, bank card, etc., so it was quite convenient.
Dorothy glanced at her identity card, and immediately, magical patterns unfolded on the card, which was originally the size of a bank card. These meaningless patterns, which no one could understand, were compiled through a special program and finally projected a virtual information panel into her vision.
The first thing that came into view was a headshot of her, followed by some basic information below the photo.
True Name: Dorothy
Age: 16
Race: Half-Demoness (Human Hybrid)
Rank: Elite Witch
Talent: Diligence Can Make Up for Weakness (SR), ***** (SSR), Otherworld Soul Body (SSR)
Specialties: Mana Control (SSR), Multiple Thinking (SSR), ****** (SSR)
Skills: ***** (SSR), New Age Witch Six-Edition General Spellbook (R), Self-Created Witch Series Spells (SR)…
Total Mana: 10,000 Mana
Next to that headshot was a hexagonal attribute growth panel.
Strength: A
Speed: A
Constitution: A
Spirit: S
Inspiration: S
Precision: S
Dorothy nodded in satisfaction. Her sixteen years of diligent cultivation had not been in vain. Look at these magnificent stats.
However, when her gaze swept over the asterisks used for shielding on the identity card, her previously satisfied mood suddenly became somber, feeling rather dull.
Those were all things she had chosen to shield, after all, this part of her power came from her overly free cheap mother. Since her mother chose to abandon her and her father back then, Dorothy was too lazy to bother with these talents inherited from her.
Out of sight, out of mind, was best.
"Sister, quick, let me see! Let me see how much you've grown!"
Beside her, Alice's head suddenly poked over. She seemed to be trying to peek at her sister's identity card information, but unfortunately, identity cards had information locks, and only the owner or someone approved by the owner could see them. The little girl only peeked at nothing.
"What's there to see? Your sister is just a pathetic Half-Demoness; I don't have your luxurious attributes. Let's go, let's go."
Dorothy silently put away her identity card. She rubbed her sister's head, then ignored the bronze gate's flattery and walked first into the energy vortex-like teleportation entrance.
"Ah, Sister, wait for me!"
Taking a step, after a moment of darkness, a new scene appeared before the sisters' eyes.
However.
"Ugh!"
As soon as she exited the teleportation channel, Dorothy skillfully found a roadside trash can and began to vomit a rainbow.
"Sister, are you alright? Your teleportation sickness hasn't gone away yet."
Alice skillfully pulled out water and tissues from her bag, handing them to her useless sister, with a hint of pity in her eyes.
Alas, in a world where teleportation gates were everywhere, being prone to teleportation sickness was truly pitiful.
"I don't want to be like this either. It's because I have a space-time sensitive constitution. It'll be fine once I master some space-time spells later."
Dorothy argued defiantly.
"Yes, yes, Sister, I believe you."
Alice humored her.