Becoming a god by raising witches

Eileen and Rebecca exchanged a glance and suddenly felt a sense of kinship.

"Rebecca, what are you saying?"

Locke and Hannah ended their friendly interaction as siblings and looked at their unruly devilish maid, Rebecca.

"Don't you think this is a trap? Don't you feel like you've been used? And you're still feeling smug about it."

Rebecca longed to lie on the sofa, tilt her head back, and look down at Hannah and Locke, but the elegant black cat was already there, making her hesitant to approach. Instead, she sat on the mahogany chair and tried to raise her chin as she spoke.

"What do you mean? How did I get used? What kind of trap is this?"

Hannah asked, puzzled.

Locke was carefully considering Rebecca's words.

Their downfall of Lloyd was so smooth because Lloyd's case implicated the editor of the Tumen Times, leading to an investigation of the editor and ultimately the removal of the member of parliament. It all seemed to be driven by an invisible hand.

Anna Lalo, from the Lalo family, is a newly emerging noble family in recent years and one of the Queen's confidante families.

Therefore, the Queen is the force behind it all.

The Tumen Times is different from other newspapers; it plays a pivotal role in the press. The fact that the Queen's person became the editor-in-chief is tantamount to the Queen taking back the power of public opinion.

In addition, the sale of Baker Food Company shares due to the previous West End water pollution incident led to the purchase of Baker Food Company shares by members of the Food Association, who then resold these shares to the Dorren family, who were also newly rich families supported by the Queen.

This is equivalent to the Queen regaining control over food pricing before regaining control over public opinion, and using this to acquire a large amount of low-priced food from Baker Company.

Furthermore, the enactment of the new Alchemy Act gave Locke a vague sense of conspiracy.

If the person playing chess is indeed the Queen, then he and Hannah must be nothing more than insignificant pawns on her chessboard.

And it could be a piece that mistakenly entered the chessboard.

At present, Anna LaRoch's overtures to Hannah probably indicate that the Queen is quite satisfied with Hannah, this unexpected pawn, and has no intention of removing her.

But if Hannah and herself were to infringe upon the Queen's interests, it would be extremely dangerous.

Those in high positions are playing chess, and ordinary people at the bottom suddenly intervene. If they don't understand the situation, they will definitely be used as cannon fodder.

So the key right now is to figure out what the Queen is doing! What is the purpose of her move?

Food supplies, public opinion—what's next?

Just as Locke was pondering, Rebecca answered Hannah's question.

"Didn't you notice that Johns wanted to use you to curry favor with Anna LaRox? Anna LaRox has just lost her husband, and Johns wants to take advantage of her vulnerability by recommending you to her to win her favor."

Rebecca confidently stated that she had never lost in the realm of gossip.

Locke broke out in a cold sweat. So this was what Rebecca meant by being used and trapped.

Of course, this did not affect Locke's thinking.

Locke decided to discuss it with Eileen when they went to bed that night, believing that with her understanding of the nobility, she would definitely be able to detect the queen's conspiracy, or rather, her scheme.

“Rebecca, how do you know about Anna LaRoch’s private affairs?”

Hannah looked at Rebecca in surprise.

Rebecca raised an eyebrow. “What’s so difficult about that? When Ms. Anna Laro saw you, she was clearly not in a good mood. Her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had been crying for a long time. She was wearing her wedding ring, a black dress, and a white mesh hat, with a white rose on her chest. There was also a photo of her and her husband on her desk, with another white rose next to it. That’s the best proof.”

Hey, hey, hey, stop showing off your reasoning skills, you've given yourself away...

Locke covered his forehead with one hand, mentally criticizing Rebecca.

Hannah narrowed her eyes, put her hands on her hips, and looked at Rebecca.

"How did you know that Anna LaRox was dressed like that when I met her? And how did you know what her office looked like? You've been following me, Rebecca!"

"Locke asked me to follow you."

Rebecca swallowed.

Hannah turned to look at Locke and asked in an accusatory tone,

"Locke, why did you have Rebecca follow me?"

"Hannah, don't be angry. I just wanted Rebecca to learn how an independent and strong lady can get out of a slump and look for a new job with a positive and optimistic attitude. I wanted her to observe your every word and action and learn from it, right, Rebecca?"

Locke smiled and looked at Rebecca.

Rebecca nodded reluctantly.

"Really?"

Hannah looked at Locke suspiciously.

Locke nodded. "Of course, I can't possibly let a girl like Rebecca protect you, can I?"

"That's true, but don't follow me again next time. Following a reporter can have serious consequences."

Hannah said seriously.

Rebecca rolled her eyes. "If you found yourself being stalked by a demon, you'd probably think the consequences were really serious."

"demon?"

Hannah looked at Rebecca with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, I am the devil."

Rebecca proudly raised her head.

Hannah clutched her stomach and laughed.

Locke laughed along.

Just as Rebecca was about to transform into a smoke demon in her anger, Eileen gave her a cold glance, calming her boiling blood and making her decide to swallow her anger.

"Rebecca, you've been corrupted by Locke; you're making jokes like this now."

"Heh, yes, Locke is really bad."

Chapter 113, The Witch Hunter

After sharing the good news of her return to journalism with Locke, Hannah went back to her room to sleep with peace of mind.

Goodnight, Locke, sweet dreams.

Goodnight, Hannah, sweet dreams.

Locke went up to the master bedroom on the third floor.

Eileen stared at Locke with lifeless eyes.

Judging from her appearance, she's most likely just getting ready to go to sleep.

Locke guessed that she wouldn't answer any of his questions unless he showed some sincerity.

So Locke took out some fruit-flavored fructose from his pocket and handed it to Eileen.

Eileen tilted her head, and Locke unwrapped the candy for her and held it to her lips.

Eileen stuck out her tongue and rolled the candy into her mouth. As the orange flavor bloomed in her mouth, her eyes brightened slightly, and she seemed to regain a little bit of her spirits.

[Ding! Successfully fed the witch!]

[Randomly acquire one of the witch's abilities]

[Retrieving data...]

[Long Hair Art: Your hair can change length according to your will, carry a portion of your will, and possess a certain degree of aggression.]

[Path to Advancement: Kill 1000 people using your hair to advance to Long-Haired Assassin.]

[Long-haired Assassin: Can control other people's hair, even to the point of making the hair kill its owner.]

[Due to the extraction of a duplicate ability, proficiency +100]

I actually drew the Long Hair Art!

That's right. My own witch, Miss Irene, has completely merged with Sherria's witch heart and gained new power. So theoretically, I can also extract Sherria's abilities from Irene.

Locke's eyes lit up. He had only managed to raise the proficiency of Long Hair Art to 315 after several battles recently. In comparison, the proficiency gained from feeding was not only more but also easier! It seemed that there was hope of upgrading Long Hair Art to Long Hair Assassin in the near future.

"Why aren't you sleeping in your attic so late? Tell me, what do you want to ask me?"

"Eileen said, wagging her cat tail."

"The mistakes of the Compass Water Company led to the contamination of the West End's water sources, which allowed the Queen's new noble family, the Dorron family, to intervene in the Baker Food Company. The Queen regained control over food pricing and also purchased a batch of stored grain at a low price."

As Locke spoke, he peeled open another candy and fed it to Eileen.

"News mogul Bill Harper and MP Bowman Bister also stepped down. On the surface, it was because the Queen wanted to ensure the smooth implementation of the Alchemy Act that she took action against Bowman Bister, and Bill Harper was only implicated. In reality, the Queen used this opportunity to reclaim the largest institution that controlled public opinion, the Tumen Times."

[Ding! Successfully fed the witch!]

[Witch favorability +1]

[Witch Irene Mostia's current favorability rating: 76/100]

Because I've been constantly dealing with unexpected tasks lately, and sometimes I'm not even home for the whole day, I haven't had time to feed Eileen, so her affection level hasn't reached 80 yet, but it's not far from my goal of 100.

Eileen licked her lips, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

"So what do you want to ask?"