Otaku Witch

"Who are you?"

Madeline looked at the nun before her, who was even more beautiful than her own sister, so beautiful that it was almost indescribable. The instincts of a succubus almost went berserk.

Luckily, she had strong self-control and immediately closed her eyes, then somewhat puzzledly asked.

"The young lady's beloved?"

The succubus witch had seen this face before, though only once, but if someone could be this beautiful, anyone would remember her the moment they laid eyes on her.

During the new recruit review at the Judgment Court, when she confessed her feelings to the young lady, the young lady had rejected her on the grounds that she already had a beloved. At that time, the young lady had even shown a photograph, and the beauty pictured was the exact image of Miss Nun standing before her. (Chapter 321)

"Um...."

Dorothy was stunned and did not quite understand what Madeline was talking about. When did she claim to be her own beloved?

The homebody witch had completely forgotten how she had bluffed her way through earlier conversations, and she was slightly puzzled. Fortunately, she quickly retrieved that memory, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Well, indeed, to cover up one lie you indeed have to keep telling more lies,

"Okay, I confess, I was babbling before, but I wasn't lying, because I do really like myself."

Dorothy scratched her head, but did not continue to deceive. Confidently, she laid her cards on the table.

"Oh, young lady, you admit it. I thought you would keep bluffing, and that's why I deliberately played along."

Now the succubus witch was a bit at a loss.

Just as Dorothy could recognize her identity from the tactics employed during their brief encounter, so too did Madeline realize from their earlier exchange that this nun must be the young lady herself.

For high-level martial artists, recognizing someone through martial arts is much more accurate than recognizing them by face.

Especially since Madeline was a succubus, how could a succubus possibly fail to recognize a prey she had marked before?

She had not laid her cards on the table immediately—wasn't that just emotional intelligence at work?

After all, if you bluntly expose the lies of your beloved, embarrass them, and make them lose face, wouldn't that just ruin your chances? How could you then continue pursuing them?

In such situations, the best strategy is obviously to feign ignorance and happily play along with your beloved in their act.

Although Madeline was an atypical succubus, so unique that she could even change jobs to a paladin, some things are just instinctual due to hereditary bloodlines, needing no one's teaching.

It's just unfortunate that the young lady didn't follow the script, making the succubus girl showcase her emotional intelligence all alone.

"There's nothing much to deny. Audrey has already seen my face. It was just a matter of time before our stories would clash and expose the truth to you. I mainly deceived you to make you back off initially, but then you even expressed willingness to be lovers, what else could I do?"

Dorothy readjusted her veil and spoke with a hint of resignation.

Though she said this, she discreetly moved a few steps back, distancing herself slightly from Madeline.

No choice—how could she now, a frail and powerless mortal, match up to a succubus? She was worried Madeline might not be able to restrain her succubus instincts and actually overpower her.

Now she felt vulnerable indeed, and the thought only added to her embarrassment.

In their brief exchange earlier, she had initially tested out how effective her Star Absorption Technique was, but ended up feeling lonely; had she not reacted quickly, Madeline might have reversed it on her.

No way around it—for replenishing magic, in the entire Western Universe only the Nine-Tailed Fox clan could barely compete with a succubus, and her attempting to showcase her skills in front of a succubus was really misplaced; her pirated Star Absorption Technique just didn't work.

"It was you who filmed that fox woman just now, huh? I really didn't expect such a coincidence."

Dorothy began to shift the topic.

"Not me, I'm not that kind. It was Audrey; she is now also a mixed-race foxfolk."

Madeline shook her head and responded with a smile.

Then, the succubus girl briefly shared their current identities and their experiences over the past month.

The succubus sisters remained sisters in this lifetime, similar in status to Alice, also demon's descendants in the City of Sin.

Their mother is the succubus queen of the City of Sin, an influencer commanding most of the city's entertainment venues.

Yes, that kind of man's paradise well understood by all.

The succubus queen, a mother to many children of various mixed races, considers Madeline and Audrey just two of her more unremarkable progeny: Madeline is a human-succubus hybrid while Audrey is a succubus-foxfolk hybrid.

Currently, the sisters have been tasked with managing a theater under the succubus queen's name, which rather suits their skills.

"I see."

Dorothy was somewhat surprised to hear that her little junior sister was also involved.

It seemed, however, that their identities as initial testers weren't randomly assigned but bore some connection to their original identities.

"I wonder where Sophia and Senior Mia are now?"