I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

"I can't say."

"What should I do? I'm thinking of killing her."

"Wake up, even the two of us combined can't beat her."

……

"Talia, where did you get your body from?"

The man stared in astonishment at the sleeping beauty before him. Over the years, Talia had constantly changed the bodies she possessed, and each time she met him, she would have a different face. It could be said that he had not seen Talia using his face for many years.

Sleeping Beauty Talia.

One of the iconic figures and leaders of the Aphasic Tower, her very existence is the origin of the Tower. She has long been the perfect leader, the only problem being the lack of a body that can unleash her full power.

The man never expected that she would actually find it.

“Of course, it’s the all-powerful Witch Game.” Talia shrugged, then smiled and stared at the man in front of her. “Bugatti, let’s make a deal.”

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"Bugatti, let's make a deal."

Bugatti was slightly taken aback upon hearing Talia's suggestion.

Bugatti was not a Taliban aphasic; he belonged to another faction, the "Common Hearts," which were remnants of the original Common Hearts Society.

Of course, the political environment of the floating city is now completely different from before. Back then, everything in the floating city was in its infancy. If she didn't take extreme measures, the floating city would have been unable to continue. This situation caused widespread resentment among the people, so it was not surprising that organizations like the Common Heart Society, which aimed to rebel, emerged.

Even during the more extreme reign of the second-generation lord, the ideology of the Gongxin Society still existed and had fertile ground for its inheritance.

But now it's the era of the third generation. Although Carol is not very reliable, she has done a good job as the city lord, so much so that the original extreme ideology of the Common Heart Society no longer has an environment to be passed on.

The current Common Heart faction still thinks about rebellion, but the specific reasons and programs are completely different. They also tend to learn from their predecessor Carol's approach and carry out peaceful evolution.

It can be said that the only sporadic connection between the Gongxin faction and the Gongxin Society is their names and their unchanging original intention (referring to rebellion).

In this situation, the sympathetic faction is not the most extreme faction among the aphasic... Compared to the Tower faction in front of them, the sympathetic faction is as harmless as a kindergarten child.

Bugatti and Talia had known each other for many years, but they were not close friends. They were only occasional collaborators, and more often than not, she was his enemy.

After all, the difference between aphasic people and terrorists is that... these guys are even more insane than terrorists. What normal person would dedicate themselves to "destroying the world" every day?

The Common Mind faction is also unwilling to cooperate with these lunatics. They are just still determined to rebel and seize power, not to drag the whole world down with them.

"You're not planning to go to war with the floating city, are you?!"

Upon hearing Talia's suggestion, Bugatti was slightly taken aback at first, then his expression suddenly changed, and he asked in astonishment, "Or is it that you have completely mastered a Crown-level Witch Game?"

"Don't worry, none of that is true." Talia smiled slightly. "However, I really was so close to mastering the Crown-level Witch Game, what a pity."

She was referring, of course, to the all-powerful wish-granting machine, "Cinderella."

"What have you been doing all this time..." Bugatti muttered to himself, then asked curiously, "What do you want to trade with me?"

"Help me stop Carol and Eve for a few hours."

Bugatti: "?"

Why don't you just be direct and let me die?

Carol is a true legend, and her legendary destiny grants her powerful time manipulation abilities, making her virtually invincible. While Eve is only a near-legend, in Bugatti's eyes, she's no different from a true legend… and in some situations, the Witch of Wishes is even stronger than many legends.

Bugatti's decision not to immediately launch into a tirade was quite rational. He narrowed his eyes, didn't refuse, but instead asked, "Since it's a transaction, what is the price you're paying?"

Having known each other for many years, Bugatti knew Talia's personality. Although she was a complete fun-loving person, a pleasure-seeker, and a madwoman, she still had some self-awareness.

Since she's talking about a transaction, she must have enough leverage.

"The soul of Saint Megan."

"Deal! Deal!" Bugatti didn't hesitate for a moment. The instant he heard Talia's offer, he went into a frenzy, grabbed Talia's shoulders, and howled loudly, begging Talia to make the deal with him: "On behalf of the entire Common Heart Faction, I agree to your deal!"

It's just Carol and Eve, not Scarlett. They can hold out for a few hours.

“That’s good.” Talia nodded with a smile. “Then, get ready, Mr. Bugatti.”

……

The next few days passed peacefully.

But Duke knew this was just the calm before the storm. Carol and Eve had been busy these past few days, and Duke didn't know what they were doing, but it was all preparation related to dealing with Talia.

It is said that Talia came from a witch game called "Sleeping Beauty". However, her soul was brought back from another dimension by a member of the Mute Group and became Talia, a high-ranking cadre (one of the leaders) of the Mute Group.

Finding Talia in the vast sea of ​​people in the floating city would be far too difficult, so Carol thought they could secretly slip through their fingers, strike at her heart, and directly swap homes with Talia to conquer her hometown...

In any case, the Floating City is a large and powerful entity, and no force can successfully exchange territory with it, not even the Tower Faction's Silent Ones.

Duke left all the preparations to Carol and Eve, and enjoyed his peaceful daily life, spending most of the days at Amber's house, occasionally playing with Gretel or Lite-On, seemingly reluctant to leave.

However, he didn't forget to take the guild exam. He got the path to advancement from the Wanderers Guild and, following the plan of his predecessors, leveled up two more times in just a few days, reaching level 12. However, he felt that he was also nearing his limit. He had run out of accumulated points and could no longer continue to level up at a high speed.

However, amidst the seemingly calm routine of these past few days, some undercurrents were quietly brewing around Duke.

The first to realize this was Xinghua.

Having only been in this strange world for a few days, she quickly adapted to it. For Little Starflower, the bustling floating city was a good place to live. She had been staying at Amber's house a few days ago, but was soon kicked out by the unscrupulous landlord Amber (Starflower strongly suspected that Amber was annoyed that she was disturbing her flirting with Duke), and now she was living alone in the dormitory provided by the floating city for unemployed witches.

Incidentally, Grete also lived in this dormitory building and became neighbors with Little Starflower for the time being, and they quickly became good friends.

But after living in the dormitory for a few days, Xinghua sensed that something was wrong.

She felt like she had forgotten something?

But she was, after all, a carefree little starflower. Despite the lingering doubt in her mind, it didn't affect her normal life.

However, one morning, Hoshika suddenly realized what the unease she felt came from.

She found two toothbrushes belonging to different people in the bathroom.

Then, Xinghua discovered that many of the daily necessities in the dormitory were for two people, and when she went shopping, she would always subconsciously take two people's worth of things, only realizing it belatedly when she was paying.

Why did I buy a two-person serving?

Xinghua felt as if she had forgotten something, or more precisely... forgotten someone.

who is it?

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Who is it?

When Xinghua went out early in the morning, she looked at the few pairs of shoes in the shoe cabinet and felt a strange feeling again. In her mind, those shoes were all hers, but she seemed to have never worn them... and she couldn't fit into them at all.

She always felt that she had forgotten someone who was very important to her... Well, thinking about this, Xiaoxinghua also had a subtle feeling that he wasn't that important to her.

After all, we've only known each other for a short time, and I've always considered them an enemy... Wait, what am I thinking?

Xinghua scratched her head, a little puzzled, but being a carefree and easygoing person, she didn't think much of it.

Adhering to the "too difficult, can't figure it out, give up" mentality typical of academic underachievers, she quickly abandoned the difficult thinking and happily picked out a pair of her favorite shoes to put on before leaving the apartment.

"Good morning, Xinghua."

"Good morning, Gret!"

As soon as Xinghua stepped outside, she saw Grete, who was also preparing to leave. The two girls had met on the day they followed Duke and Amber, and later became neighbors across the hall. Within a few days, they became good friends.

"Are you going to work today?" Starflower skipped over to Cake Princess, blinking her bright eyes and saying with envy, "You're so amazing! I still have to learn from the witches and I can't graduate yet."

The two walked out of the apartment together and onto the streets of the floating city in the morning. The floating city was a bustling city, and the streets were never short of energetic people. Grete and Starflower walked side by side toward their destination.

They can walk there in about ten minutes.

For people from other dimensions like them, a short period of common sense education is necessary before they can fully integrate into the floating city, so as to prevent the different rules between reality and other dimensions from causing harm to the floating city and themselves.

For example, for Hoshika, at least she should be told that "when a person is killed, they die," instead of just having their clothes ripped off. This was completely different from her previous common sense, making Hoshika feel very uncomfortable.

"There's no other way. If you want to stay here long-term, you'll have to pass the exam," Grete said with a grin. As a cake princess who had officially become a witch, she was practically a senior to Hoshika. "Otherwise, it wouldn't be good for Hoshika herself."

"Oh dear, this is so difficult." Xinghua sighed with a worried look, then asked curiously, "Grete, how did you manage to do something so difficult?"

“…Perhaps it’s because they don’t think it’s a big deal to ‘think cookies and cakes have life,’” Grete muttered under his breath. Then, patting Starflower, he put on a mature air and said earnestly, “Starflower, this kind of thing is very necessary. Good luck, I’ll be waiting for the day you become a witch sister.”

"But I can't be a witch."

"Huh?"

Grete herself was a spellcaster. She brought a special spell from another dimension that allowed her to "communicate with all things," which made it easy for her to become a witch. She was completely unaware that Starflower could not become a witch.

She's not even a spellcaster!

Xinghua was a little dejected. She lowered her head and muttered unhappily, "I'm not someone who can do everything... Hey? Who was that again?"

A name caught in Xinghua's throat just before she could utter it, leaving her with a feeling of something stuck in her throat. This was the second time she had felt this way since early that morning.

This annoyed Xinghua. She shook her head and saw a burly man with a somewhat haggard look holding a stack of missing person notices, which he was posting all over the street.

Strangely, when Xinghua looked at the missing person notice he had posted, she only saw half a blank sheet of paper and a few lines of extremely perfunctory content:

"Missing Person Notice"

"Looking for someone."

"If you have any information, please contact me at the Adventurers' Guild. Once the information is confirmed, there will be a generous reward."

"Joseph the Madman".

Xinghua: "???"

Why would someone say they're looking for someone but not provide their name, age, appearance, or even whether they're male or female? How is it possible to find someone like that?

Xinghua withdrew her gaze with a subtle look in her eyes. Just as she was about to complain to Gret beside her about this, she saw a somewhat familiar figure—Duke strode out from the other side of the street corner, holding a missing person poster in his hand.

He also spotted the two of them and waved to them, but instead of approaching them, he quickly caught up with the burly man from before, said something to him, and received a strong response from the man.

The two men slowly walked away.

"No way... Could it be that Duke can solve these riddle-like missing person posters? He's too amazing!"

Starflower was shocked.

“That’s Joseph, Duke’s friend. He sings terribly.” Grete introduced to Starflower. “They probably have something to do. You don’t need to worry about them. You can only help them after you’ve completed a phase of your studies.”