I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot."

Duke subconsciously stuffed the pure white, cute underwear into his pocket, a move that further aroused Cecil. Her already flushed face turned even redder with embarrassment, and in her feverish state, she even seemed to radiate a conspicuous holy light.

Just then, the system, which had been completely silent for a long time, added to the chaos by sounding a notification tone and issuing a daily task with two choices:

Please select one of the following tasks.

[Task 1: Put Cecil's panties on your head in front of her.]

[Task 2: Steal the other piece of underwear Cecil is wearing.]

Duke: "???"

Why don't you just stop calling it the Witch Conquest System and start calling it the Perverted Simulation System!

He clearly couldn't possibly do either of those things... Wait, something's not right!

Duke paused slightly, the two system task prompts leading him to an unexpected path. He immediately stopped, turned sharply, and raised his hand to Guangbao, saying:

"Don't move, or I'll activate Spell Thief again."

"what?"

“Think carefully about what you have left on you, hehehe!” Duke let out an extremely villainous laugh, his gaze fixed on her barren chest, and threatened wickedly, “I wouldn’t mind stripping you completely naked!”

Whether it was shame that made Guangbao realize something, she immediately understood what Duke's threat referred to. She stopped in her tracks, covered her chest, and stared at Duke in astonishment. Her cheeks, already flushed and burning with shame for going braless, puffed up even more, and her eyes welled up with pitiful tears as she spoke in a voice on the verge of sobbing:

"You... Duke, you pervert!"

Cecil is usually a dashing female knight, a majestic Valkyrie in battle, a hero of the weak when upholding justice, and a self-righteous fool when she is tricked (?). But it is precisely because of these tough girl images that when Cecil softens and reveals this cute and petty side, there is a sense of contrasting charm, making people want to continue to bully her.

Historically known as the "contrast-cuteness trap".

Duke had just stepped into this trap. After his threat had worked and calmed the hot-blooded Cecil, he was supposed to return the panties to Guangbao and let her calm down. But when he saw Guangbao almost crying from being bullied, Duke suddenly didn't want to stop.

If I really strip her naked, will the child actually cry?

This twisted thought momentarily occupied Duke's brilliant mind. His gaze wandered over the area hidden by Cecil's hands. This impulse, similar to "This girl is so cute, she'd probably cry for a long time if I punched her," seemed to make Duke hesitate.

Cecil saw through his thoughts and quickly looked around. When she confirmed that no one was watching them, Guangbao breathed a sigh of relief. But even without onlookers, being stripped naked by someone you like in a public place was still a very perverted thing.

However, at this moment, Guangbao had a strange feeling, a feeling mixed with fear, shyness, and... anticipation.

Her misty eyes gazed at Duke, and she murmured in a barely audible voice:

"don't want……"

Sometimes, when a girl says "no," it means the opposite.

Sometimes, the word "no" that a man hears can have the opposite effect.

Duke swallowed hard and opened his mouth slightly:

"steal……"

But at that moment, a third party's voice broke the strange and ambiguous atmosphere between them.

"Meow, what are you two doing, meow?"

Chapter 230 Separated by a pitiful layer of reproductive isolation

"Meow, what are you two doing, meow?"

Duke and Cecil both jolted awake from their strange and ambiguous mood and looked at the third person who had made the sound.

It was a black cat.

Its tail swayed casually, its black fur blending into the ground like a shadow, while its jewel-like vertical pupils looked curiously at Duke and Cecil, repeating its question:

"What are you two doing, meow?"

"No...I didn't do anything!"

Feeling guilty, the two quickly tidied themselves up and pretended nothing had happened. They never actually crossed any line.

Watching their actions, the black cat tilted its head curiously, then whispered (at a volume loud enough for Duke and Cecil to hear):

"Humans are so strange, meow."

"...Are you Little Black?" After overcoming his embarrassment, Duke quickly recognized the kitten and asked in surprise, "What are you doing here? No, how did you learn to talk?!"

“That terrifying woman taught me, meow.” Little Black licked its paws and continued, “She said it makes communication easier, meow.”

"A terrifying woman?"

"Meow, it's that terrifying woman named Annie, meow."

Xiao Hei's voice was filled with coerced fear; clearly, it still vividly remembered being chased half a street by Annie and forced to hide in the witch's game. However, the reason Xiao Hei was here was also because of Annie:

“Terrifying Annie said that if I don’t find you, she’ll kill me and make soup.”

As Xiao Hei repeated Annie's words, it trembled all over—it seemed unaware that it was actually an elemental creature, and even if it were killed, there would be no flesh and blood to make soup.

"So, you're going back to report that you found us?"

Duke tilted his head and came to a conclusion.

But Xiao Hei quickly shook his head, leaned closer to Duke, and said ingratiatingly:

"Meow, Duke, I believe you can protect my meow. I will never reveal your location to that terrifying woman, don't worry meow. Even if she has delicious dried fish, I will definitely... meow, I will definitely hold out for a few more rounds and try to earn more dried fish meow."

"?"

You stubborn little black cat, you think a piece of dried fish is enough to betray your country?!

"Duke, what's this talking kitten?"

Cecil, who had composed herself, looked at the adorable kitten with shining eyes, barely managing to resist the urge to rush over and hug it: "Do you know it?"

"You don't remember?" Duke asked in surprise. "I found it when I asked you to have a drink. I kept it for a few days, but Eve, that cat lover, took it away."

“Eve is indeed a serious cat lover. I heard she used to have several cats, but she later said that a cat only lives for a little over ten years. Every time she gave away a cat, it felt like giving away her own child because it was too heartbreaking, so she stopped raising cats.” Cecil nodded, her gaze fixed on the cute little black cat. “I don’t remember, which time?”

"It was the time you got drunk."

"……what?"

Well, did he drink himself into oblivion?

Oh wait, Cecil was drugged by Annie that time, right? No wonder she doesn't remember anything.

Duke clapped his hands: "In short, it's not actually a cat, but an elemental being."

“I see, it’s Eve’s cat that she can’t keep alive.” Cecil nodded knowingly. “Didn’t she try to take it away?”

"...Judging from the results, she has succeeded."

After that, Cecil never saw Black again. On the one hand, she was busy being a partner of justice and didn't have time to visit Duke's house. On the other hand, Black was kept at Duke's house for too short a time; Eve took him away after only a few days, which meant the two of them never met.

“No matter what, it still went through a lot of trouble to find you, didn’t it, Duke?” Cecil couldn’t help but sit down next to the cute creatures as soon as she saw them. Facing the adorable little black one, she immediately began to speak up for it, “You should repay it properly.”

"understood."

Duke sighed and took out the Demonic Woody Root from his inventory, wanting to use it to comfort the hardworking Little Black. But at that moment, Duke suddenly realized something was wrong... The door to his sealed memories suddenly opened, and he recalled the scene of the day he met Little Black.

What happened the last time he took out the demonic wood lily and fed it to Xiao Hei?

Grass, it's "Transformation"!

Duke quickly put away the Demonic Woody Neem, but it was too late. The Demonic Woody Neem still left its scent in the air, and Xiao Hei sniffed out the unique scent, became excited, and pounced on Duke.

In mid-air, as it pounced, its body trembled slightly, transforming from a cute little kitten into a naked, black-skinned catgirl. Luckily, Duke ducked to avoid the black catgirl's attack and, with lightning speed, pulled out the Lazy Man's Magic Wardrobe from his inventory, slamming it down in front of the black-skinned catgirl and sternly commanding:

"Put your clothes on!"

"Hey, why meow?"

"I'll only give you the Demonic Woody Gynostemma if you wear it!"

"Oh……"

Cecil, who witnessed this scene, suddenly looked at Duke differently.

Duke asked somewhat guiltily, "What's wrong?"

"No wonder she's the famous 'witch slayer' of Floating City, the enemy of women," Guangbao exclaimed. "You don't even spare cats?"

"I'm not, I'm not..."

"I have to remind you that humans cannot make cats pregnant, nor can humans make elemental creatures pregnant. There is a sad reproductive barrier between you and it—I remember Amber explaining this to me."

"...I have no interest in elemental creatures, and I have no intention of getting them pregnant, thank you!"

Cecil tilted his head:

"But I remember Amber's comment at the time was: 'Can't get pregnant? Isn't that even better?!'"

Duke: "???"

……

"Achoo!" Amber sneezed, rubbed her nose, and muttered, "Who's missing me and my dirty jokes? Is it Duke?"

Annie rolled her eyes: "Nobody's going to miss your dirty jokes, is they?"

"That's not necessarily true!"

Princess Lust held up a finger, ready to improvise a dirty joke on the spot, but just then, a commotion came from not far ahead, and Annie quickly signaled her to be quiet: "Shh."

You mean Talia is back?

"Yes, I saw her with my own eyes."

The conversation of the people ahead immediately caught Amber and Annie's attention.

Chapter 231 Gathering Together

Duke turned his head to look at his two sides.

On the left is the Radiant Witch, still completely naked. Poor Cecil, of course, couldn't possibly put on the panties she'd snatched back from Duke in broad daylight, so she had no choice but to remain as she was for now. But true to her carefree nature, she'd already started bouncing around, seemingly completely forgetting she was still naked. Duke watched with bated breath, terrified she might accidentally expose herself, ruining the Radiant Witch's reputation. Fortunately, she was wearing a mask, so even if she did, at least no one would recognize her.

On the right is the black catgirl who has just put on clothes. Because the clothes generated by the lazy person's magical wardrobe are completely random, neither Duke nor the user, Little Black, can control them, so they can only wear whatever clothes appear. And perhaps the magical wardrobe knows that Little Black isn't used to human clothes, because what it generates is less like clothing and more like a curtain with several holes, barely enough to cover the black catgirl's petite body. Even in such shabby clothes, she still shifts uncomfortably every now and then, wishing she could throw the rag away.

With two female companions on his left and right, Duke, sandwiched in the middle, felt like a pervert.