Chapter 124: 123. A World Where Only I Am Injured Is Born
"Dorothy, does your family have time recently? I think we can arrange a time as soon as possible to finalize the apprenticeship."
After learning that her precious disciple also possessed spatial-temporal talent, Noe Rose was already considering whether to skip the opening ceremony and meet the disciple's parents earlier to finalize the apprenticeship.
She was afraid that if she delayed too long, something unexpected would happen, and this disciple, who was already within her grasp, would grow wings and fly away again.
Of course, if anyone dared to snatch her disciple now, she would fight them to the death. Even if the disciple's family disagreed, she was prepared to directly abduct her.
In short, she was determined to take this disciple no matter what. Not even the King of Witches could stop her.
Cough, cough. Well, the King of Witches was out, and so were the Sages. At most, a Peak, any more and she really couldn't handle it.
As for her teacher's urgency, Dorothy, who had already recovered from the teleportation after-effects, shrugged helplessly.
"Teacher, I can't decide this either. My family situation is a bit special. My father usually doesn't object to my decisions, but my mother is quite busy. I don't even know when I'll see her again."
If it were just the relationship between a student and a teacher of an academy, it would be fine. However, if it was a more formal master-disciple relationship, the Witch World still valued it greatly. It was best for parents to be present as witnesses during the apprenticeship ceremony.
Dorothy didn't think there was much of an issue with her father. Although Adam had secretly taken her away and fled for so long because he was afraid she would go astray and become a warmonger like her mother, in reality, for all these years, he only nagged Dorothy every day about how meaningless killing was bad and that she should pursue truth, goodness, and beauty, right after they first started fleeing.
However, he actually only nagged for less than a week. At that time, because she was too young, she mostly slept and was only awake for a few hours each day. As a result, Dorothy, who was constantly being nagged, became so annoyed that she almost wanted to stop pretending to be a baby and directly retort her father.
Before she could even speak, she saw Adam suddenly slap himself hard. At that time, the Little Witch was completely stunned, thinking that this cheap father had finally gone mad. Fortunately, everything was normal afterward, and Adam never mentioned those nonsensical things again.
Even later, after Dorothy finally passed the infant stage of constant sleep and gradually showed her extraordinary intelligence, Adam let her grow wild and decide things for herself.
He seemed to be consciously cultivating Dorothy's independent consciousness. Therefore, he would only offer advice as an experienced person on matters where Dorothy was indecisive, and during their subsequent travels, Adam would also discuss things with Dorothy, treating her like a partner.
The reason why Dorothy, as a Transmigration, recognized Adam, who was actually only a few years older than her in her previous life, as her father, was because Adam truly fulfilled most of Dorothy's fantasies about the role of a father, having been an orphan in her previous life.
Powerful (the Little Witch was ignorant), wise, righteous, brave, compassionate, and doting on his daughter. The key was that he was also incredibly handsome. Aside from sometimes being too naive in his thoughts due to his excessive kindness, this man had almost no flaws.
Although the days when the father and daughter wandered and fled in the human world were a bit tough, thinking about them now still brought back fond memories.
Well, if Adam hadn't encountered a group of bandits surrounding a pitiful blonde, red-eyed "girl" with ill intentions on their journey that day, and his good-natured habit hadn't kicked in, causing him to directly shout in injustice and stage a hero saving the beauty story on the spot, then Dorothy now might not be a shut-in, but a female adventurer.
It's just a pity that there are no "what ifs" in reality, and this blame actually falls on Dorothy herself.
After all, the poor "girl" who was rescued later claimed to be homeless and then clung to the father and daughter. At first, Adam firmly disagreed, but Dorothy, upon seeing this classic story of a beauty repaying her savior with her body after being rescued, immediately transformed into a troublemaker. She directly went over, hugged the "girl's" leg, and began to cry about all the inconveniences of a father raising a daughter.
In short, her words all conveyed one meaning: she needed a female nanny or a stepmother.
There was nothing she could do. At that time, Dorothy truly believed Adam's deceptive words, thinking that this pitiful handsome father had been abandoned by her scumbag Witch biological mother. To help this father, who had suffered emotional wounds, escape from the shadows of the past as soon as possible, Dorothy worried about things that a daughter shouldn't.
Hmm, anyway, it was definitely not because she wanted to be a troublemaker at the time, absolutely not.
And then, with Dorothy, this close-fitting black padded jacket, as the divine assist, the relationship between Adam and the girl named Annie naturally heated up rapidly. Especially after Adam later learned that this Miss Annie was also a daughter who had a failed marriage and was now struggling to raise a daughter who was studying out of town, both being single parents in similar situations, the spark of love quickly ignited between them.
The only problem was that after the night when the two officially confirmed their relationship, when Dorothy, who had been eavesdropping in the next room all night, kicked open her father's door, ready to continue watching the drama, she was stunned to find that the Annie girl in her father's arms had shrunk into Annie the Loli.
At that time, the Little Witch was completely dumbfounded, wondering if these mages who could use magic played so wildly?
And then... and then there was no then.
Annie the Witch's identity was exposed, so she could only come clean. And upon learning that he had finally genuinely fallen in love, only to encounter a Witch in disguise again, Adam completely broke down at the time.
Fortunately, a woman pursuing a man is like a layer of gauze. Plus, the two already had an emotional foundation. In the end, Adam still couldn't resist the fierce offensive of Annie, who had transformed into an overbearing Witch and used all sorts of threats and inducements.
And then, this was the situation.
Therefore, her father Adam would certainly not meddle in her apprenticeship, and her stepmother Annie, due to her assistance back then, had always been good to her stepdaughter, so she wouldn't object either.
The only problem was her strong biological mother.
Tsk... Forget it. If Youfeiliya knew she was going to apprentice under an Armed Witch disguised as a Research Witch, Dragon Mom would probably be overjoyed. It would be strange if she objected.
Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that this major was chosen by Dorothy herself long ago, she would even suspect that this spider teacher was a shill specifically sent by Dragon Mom to trick her.
Damn it, so everyone is happy with this apprenticeship, and only I am the one getting hurt in this world?
The Little Witch felt exhausted.
Qian Bao, give up. The whole world is full of Armed Witches. They are too many.