Becoming a god by raising witches

"I'm sorry, I'm still thinking about Dimo. Locke, I absolutely have no feelings for you, please don't misunderstand."

Angela said awkwardly, then turned and slipped down from the attic.

Locke then went downstairs and saw that Eileen was still sleeping in the master bedroom. He couldn't help but walk over and rub the black cat's head.

"Lazybones, get up."

"Meow~"

Eileen let out a plaintive cry, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Locke picked her up and carried her downstairs.

"Given that I have to report to church in two days, we must visit Finnie Salles' grave today."

"Can't you let your servants go with you, Rebecca and Alice?"

"Alice has to go protect Hannah, and Rebecca is still withdrawn because of childbirth. I think you are the most suitable."

"What a clingy pet owner."

Eileen sighed, stretched, broke free from Locke's embrace, and jumped onto his shoulder.

"Why would Renis make you the head of the task force? With your qualifications, you should be the worst investigator among them."

Eileen suddenly asked.

"Because of my charm, she, like you, cannot resist my fatal charm."

Locke raised an eyebrow.

Eileen rolled her eyes. "I have to admit, spending too much time with Rosalia is making your personality resemble hers, turning you into an incredibly narcissistic person."

"You don't believe me? Even Queen Katerina couldn't help but exclaim, 'Ah, this young man is so special, I want to get close to him,' when she saw me."

As Locke spoke, he walked into the kitchen and began preparing breakfast.

Hannah, Eileen, and their breakfast: Today, they'll opt for the simplest option—a sandwich.

Locke made the simple sandwich in just a few minutes.

After successfully feeding Eileen, he gained a skill he had always dreamed of.

Chapter 188, One More Sacrifice

[Ding! Successfully fed the witch!]

[Randomly acquire one of the witch's abilities]

[Retrieving data...]

[Forest Guardian: Your power comes from nature. Wherever there are trees and flowers, they can provide you with healing power. When your health drops below 10%, you will begin to heal automatically, restoring 1 point of health per second until you have restored 50% of your health.]

[Path to Advancement: Use Forest Guardian 1000 times to upgrade to Nature Spirit.]

[Spirit of Nature: You are favored by nature and can draw upon its power. You are a natural user of dark magic, with your dark magic talent increased by 200%, dark magic buffs increased by 200%, and healing power increased by 100%.]

Forest Guardian! I've finally mastered a healing spell!

This way, we won't have to rely on Eileen completely.

Surprisingly, the path to advancement for the Forest Guardian, the Nature Spirit, is to enhance one's talent for dark magic.

In this world, there are two types of things known as black magic.

The first type is magic that obtains power from evil gods, called black magic.

The second type is power obtained from non-divine sources, such as invoking the power of nature, also known as black magic.

The biggest difference between black magic and white magic is that they are difficult to control and have significant side effects.

Because both evil gods and nature are uncontrollable factors, and it is not possible to avoid losing control simply by having devout faith.

According to Boyd's teachings, basically 99 out of 100 dark wizards will inevitably go out of control, but this is nothing to be afraid of for Locke.

After all, there's the system in place, providing comprehensive protection.

"What are you so happy about?"

Eileen felt that sandwiches were tasteless and a waste to throw away. If Locke hadn't personally fed them to her, she would have preferred to go hungry and wait for the delicious lunch.

"Xiao Ai, you are so amazing."

Locke hugged Eileen and kissed her.

boom--

Eileen transformed into a black cat, using her black fur to conceal her blushing face.

'This servant is getting more and more outrageous!'

'Okay, I'll let him off this time since he fed me a sandwich.'

Alice watched with envy, her eyes reddening, imagining herself being the one being kissed.

'Wait, does Master like furry things? Then I can! I can turn into a bat! And that's furry too.'

Alice immediately put her plan into action, transforming into a little bat and flying towards Locke with anticipation in her eyes.

She hoped Locke would also give her a bite on her hairy face.

'Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me and find me a great demon, I want to suck all their blood dry, hahaha!'

Locke slapped away the flying bat and sent Alice flying against the wall.

"Woo——"

Alice slid off the wall and fell to the ground, letting out a painful whimper.

Hannah watched the couple's intimate actions and imagined Locke walking down the aisle with the black cat, only to have a bat rush out and stop them from getting married. She shuddered, feeling that something was wrong.

"Locke."

Hannah coughed twice, which caught her brother's attention.

"Hannah, what's wrong?"

"I suspect there are indeed members of the Knowledge Cult within the Mystery Club."

Hannah said seriously.

"Then you need to be even more careful. If you feel it's dangerous, then you don't need to go."

Locke said with concern.

Hannah shook her head. "No, I've only just come across it, and it's possible I'm mistaken. I need to find out."

"Okay, let me know if you have any questions."

Locke said.

Hannah nodded.

The siblings chatted for a while longer before leaving the apartment.

Locke and Eileen went to find the cemetery, while Hannah and Alice continued to attend the Mystery Club's gatherings.

Locke's clone, Ming, was responsible for watching over Angela and then joined the task force.

The clone continued to confuse Martin, causing him to pass on false information to the upper echelons of the Knowledge Cult.

As for the autistic member of the family, Rebecca said she would remain autistic unless Locke compensated her by finding the last third of her soul.

With two clones, Locke had more time to do his own things.

Locke, carrying the black cat, walked towards the steam station.

Amidst the rumbling noise and black smoke, a steam train with a metallic aesthetic slowly approached, its locomotive adorned with gears and swords symbolizing the Alchemist Church.

"Let's go, today we're going to a place called Holman Town."

Locke said with a smile.

"I looked up the information and found that the town of Holman was named after a poor girl whose mother died when she was very young. Her father sent her to the town and never inquired about her again. But unexpectedly, the kind-hearted Holman won the love of the whole village through her hard work. And because of Holman's beauty, the town was renamed Holman Town."

Eileen glanced at Locke and said calmly,

"You know nothing about the real story."

"Of course I know."

Locke sat down by the window, placed the black cat on his lap, waited for the train to start, and continued speaking.

"The truth is that the impoverished Holman had to do all sorts of odd jobs in town to support himself. At first, the townspeople liked the hardworking and kind Holman because he couldn't say no. Gradually, they let Holman do all the chores around the house."

Because of her inability to refuse and her submissive nature, men began to covet Holman's beauty, while women began to envy her.

One day, a farmer finally couldn't resist and assaulted Holman. Poor Holman had a miserable night, and afterwards, whenever she went to work at the farmer's house, the farmer would rape her.

The farmer's wife discovered this and began to hate Holman. She not only drove Holman away, but also spread rumors throughout the town that Holman was a whore who seduced the farmer.

The women's jealousy turned into contempt and hatred. They began to increase her workload and slandered and humiliated her.

This made other men in town restless, and every night different men would sneak into her humble home to humiliate her.

Holman finally couldn't take it anymore and wanted to escape the town, so she gave all her savings to the town's only coachman. The coachman took the money but didn't take Holman away. Instead, he took her to the woods, raped her, and then pulled up his pants and left.