Chapter 22: The Dragon Witch
In this world, items belonging to ordinary Witches are usually inscribed with some personal or family emblem of their owner, much like how one likes to write their name in a notebook. This is even more true for Witches of great renown.
At this moment, the ultra-luxurious carriage parked on the floating island at home bore a clear emblem: a badge depicting a giant dragon roaring with spread wings.
This emblem is very famous in the Witch World, to the extent that basically anyone who isn't illiterate would recognize it, because it is the family crest of a very prestigious Witch family. This Witch family has also held a pivotal position throughout the history of Witches, making it a mandatory topic for history exams.
This is the symbol of the Dragon Witch Clan, a top-tier noble family that once produced a King of Witches.
Although the highest decision-making body in the Witch World is the Sage Council, and there is no officially established position of a so-called King of Witches on the surface, a King of Witchesdoes indeed exist in reality.
This is an alternative title for the Head of the Thirteen Sages, the leader of the Sage Council, the Chief Sage, and thus the most powerful Witch in the world.
The Witch World has a history spanning hundreds of thousands of years, but throughout such a long period, only three true Kings of Witches have ever appeared.
They are the Original King—the God King, the Eternal King—the Dragon King, and the current Final King—the Demon King.
The God King led the Witch Clan from obscurity to rise, the Dragon King led the Witch Clan from ignorance to glory, and the Demon King further solidified the Witch World's unshakeable position as the strongest race among all realms.
And from the honorific titles of these Three Kings of Witches, one can discern the power templates they wielded.
The God King took Angels as her template; she gathered the power of all beings to counterattack Heaven, forcing the Angels, who prided themselves on their arrogance, to submit to her will.
The Dragon King took giant dragons as her template; she dominated Long Island with absolute violence, making the unruly giant dragons bow down to her.
The Demon King took Demons as her template; she conquered the Abyss with desire and contracts, forcing the chaotic and disorderly Demons to also obey the order of the Witches.
Under the relay of the Three Kings, the Witch Clan's position as the strongest race below the gods became unshakeable.
However, after such a long time, the God King and the Dragon King, who had long completed their missions, have been in reclusion and disappeared for tens of thousands of years. No one knows where these two Kings are now. If it weren't for the current Demon King occasionally appearing and maintaining her presence in the news media, the legends of the Three Kings might have been categorized as myths.
However, although the Three Kings are rarely seen, the families and forces they left behind are deeply rooted in the Witch World. Among them, the Dragon Witch Clan is the legacy left by the Dragon King.
Even with the Dragon King's reclusion and disappearance, this family still ranks second in the Thirteen Sages Council, and its influence is stronger than that of the Angel Witch Clan, which inherited from the God King, second only to the Demon Witch Clan, where the Demon King resides.
Of course, while referred to as a family, it's more accurately a territory, as the structure of Witch society is composed of countless Witch Territories of varying sizes.
The Sea Moon Witch's witch Territory is merely a floating island city, but the Dragon Witch's territory is a vast confederation formed by the combined Witch Territories of numerous family members.
Such a vast power would naturally be unmanageable without enough people to administer it. Therefore, the Dragon Demonesses have always been recruiting new members externally. Any Witch who evolves with a dragon as their template can apply to become a resident of the Dragon Kingdom, and if one is lucky enough, they might even be noticed by a beautiful, wealthy young lady who inherits the Dragon King's blood, thus embarking on the pinnacle of life.
While this might sound a bit unrealistic and fantastical, like a plot that only appears in novels, reality is often so unreasonable. In any case, Dorothy knows that this legend is true, even more bizarre and exaggerated than the legend itself.
If you ask her why she is so certain?
Hehe, her very existence is proof.
The legend at least stated that only Witches might be able to marry up to a beautiful, wealthy young lady of the Dragon Witch Clan, but the reality is that if one is lucky enough and handsome enough, even a mortal mage might be able to try. Who knows, they might just be noticed by some overly free and appearance-obsessed young lady.
Therefore, upon seeing the Dragon Witch's family crest, Dorothy more or less understood who the sudden visiting guest was.
Who else could it be? It could only be her birth mother, whom she had only met a few times in this life.
As ultimate races, Demonesses are basically born with knowledge and begin to remember things from birth. Although Dorothy, as a half-Witch, was not as powerful as a pure-blooded Witch, the bonus from her Transmigration made her more precocious than a pure-blooded Witch.
Yet, even so, she only remembered meeting this birth mother once. This Dragon Witch, who was overly free, even ran off to the battlefield to expand territory immediately after giving birth, without even feeding her child once.
Heh, it truly lives up to the Dragon Witch Clan, where everyone is an Armed Witch. Is pioneering and combat even more important than one's own daughter?
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Dorothy was an orphan in her previous life. In this life, she finally had both parents, but she ended up with such a mother. It's impossible for her not to resent her. It's hard to say whether her strong resistance to becoming an Armed Witch isn't partly due to her resentment towards this battle-crazed mother.
In short, seeing this familiar yet unfamiliar family crest, Dorothy's face immediately darkened.
"Since you've been gone for so long, why not disappear forever? What's the point of showing up now and disturbing my peaceful life?"
She thought this to herself, feeling a sudden reluctance to go home. She didn't want to open the door and see the person she didn't want to see.
But in the end, she sighed and pushed the door open.
"Delaying the meeting makes it seem like I'm afraid. I don't owe her anything; she owes me. She's the one who should be flustered, so it's time to settle things."
When the two sisters left earlier, no one was home; both their father and stepmother had gone to work. But now, the house was uncharacteristically lively.
Well, actually, it wasn't that lively; the atmosphere was quite cold instead. As soon as the sisters opened the door, they saw two parties silently confronting each other on the large sofa in the living room.
Sitting on the sofa facing the door, where the sisters could see them as soon as they entered, was a handsome, refined middle-aged man. Beside him sat a petite, cute-faced Witch, who, despite her appearance, wore mature makeup and exuded a powerful aura.
These two were Dorothy's father, Adam, and her stepmother, Annie.
"Father, Mother, did you get off work early today? I finished buying school supplies with my sister. Do we have guests?"
Alice, completely unaware of what was happening, greeted her parents cheerfully.
But Dorothy's gaze went directly to the two figures sitting on the sofa with their backs to the door, who had been confronting her parents.
The white-haired one she didn't recognize, so she ignored her, but the black-haired one...
"Youfeiliya, what are you doing here?"
She asked impolitely.
Hearing her question, the figure with her back to them stood up and turned her head.