Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Fili quickly found the local lord, who was also the mayor of the city. When they met, the mayor was supported by the succubus, with lipstick marks on his face and noticeable dark circles under his eyes.

Yes, the lord looks very healthy.

"I'm very sorry, Lady Fili. I'm afraid I can't help you. It's ridiculous that as the lord of a city, the control of the city does not seem to be in my hands..."

Fili interrupted him: "You don't need to explain so much, I just want you to cooperate, I don't want to care how much you took from them throughout the year."

"How do I need to cooperate?"

Fili took out a pre-written letter from her sleeve: "I hope you can help spread the news. Just say that the representative of Lady Hecate wants to invite the leaders of various organizations to negotiate. That's all."

The lord took the letter and then smiled bitterly: "But these foreigners, if I may be frank, they are very unique and difficult to manage."

Fili waved her hand: "It doesn't matter, I'm not the only witch here."

The lord was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the rumor. Could it be that there were really a large number of witches moving around in groups? It was impossible, right? He was a noble of Miriam, and he knew a little about witches. Would those little girls really come out to work?

Whether the lord believed it or not, Fili would try her best. She already had an idea and would continue until the next day.

In the morning, a fortune-telling house appeared on the street in the east of the city, where a witch provided dream interpretation and fortune-telling services.

At noon, a candy store opened in the west of the city. It was said that it was run by the witch Charlotte herself.

In the afternoon, a witch caught a thief on the south street of the city.

At night, in the back streets and alleys in the north of the city, the witch uncovered a contraband smuggling case.

The next day, residents of the border city suddenly discovered that there were more sightings of witches in the past few days, and the witches that were not very friendly in the past seemed to be seen everywhere.

But, only the person involved knows the real reason.

For example, Serena was holding a cute dress and worrying, "Fili... no matter how cute the dress is, I don't look like a witch..."

Fili was lying on a pile of scripts she had just written. She couldn't help scratching her hair after hearing the complaints. "Just think of it as helping me. Don't you want to see your country return to peace? This is a test for you. Anyway, just say that you are a witch born later in life. With the lord's endorsement, there will be no problem."

Serena sighed, slowly unbuttoned her clothes, and was about to change them on the spot: "But this can only mean that a witch has appeared, right? Will those foreign organizations accept your invitation to negotiate?"

Fili shook her head. "Miriam's witches have gained their reputation through the efforts of Hecate and other top forces. They have not been integrated into Miriam's political system. In reality, they have little influence. But in the royal family's propaganda, Miriam still relies on the power of witches as the foundation of the country. Our existence still occupies a great cause, and Miriam's local forces are willing to support us."

To put it bluntly, witches can help them maintain their power without sharing it.

Serena tilted her head, "So?"

Fili concentrated on writing at her desk. "So I have to pick the right spots. To put it simply, I have to examine the failed traditions of the past, accumulate old market experience, and implement comprehensive attribution by focusing on the key points... I mean, we have to use a quick and easy approach to address the pain points."

At this point, Fili looked around and picked up a stack of bills. "Remember when we came here? The things about the bandits and the Chamber of Commerce? They achieved point-to-point fast transactions in the wild, bypassing the border cities' zero supervision and management. A large number of commodities and luxury goods lied about their prices. No matter which industry, there are cases of tax evasion and concealment. Even if they abide by the law, there are suspicions of monopoly. As long as you look carefully, there will be no problems that cannot be found. And I will play the role of the investigator...ah, put on your clothes quickly!"

Serena looked at Fili in surprise, not understanding what was wrong with her and didn't care at all. She just leaned over to take it when she saw Fili handing her something. The girl's pure figure caught Fili's eyes, and the latter quickly looked away.

"Well, well, well, well! Just be careful not to catch a cold." Fili felt that she was abnormal, and hurriedly continued the topic to divert attention. "Anyway, leave this matter to me. I am the person designated by the great witch Hecate to take charge. Who dares to ignore me? Unless they want to see their warehouses searched hundreds of times every day, will they still be able to do business?"

"You always make a fuss about strange things, but I'm used to it." Serena took the materials and put on her clothes. She lowered her head to scan a few lines of text and then raised her head again. "How did you collect this information?"

Fili was absent-minded. Yes, appearance can be deceiving, but the body cannot.

Serena's well-trained body, with curves that swayed freely when she bent over, was like plump grapes, not particularly big, but extremely attractive. So Fili began to feel annoyed by the hormones in her body. She could say that she was not interested in women, but her body did not think so.

It only took a few seconds for Serena to put on her clothes, and Fili put the scene behind her. There was no need to panic. At worst, she could take off her clothes too and show them to Serena, and then they would owe each other nothing.

"What do you think my purpose is in creating witches' appearances these days? While running around, I sneaked into many warehouses and chambers of commerce."

"Infiltrating the investigators sounds dangerous..."

"I am the best at covert operations. The ones who are really in danger are the criminals."

Fili sat up straight and crossed her arms, "Serena, tomorrow I will use magic to hide your true appearance, and you will use your identity as a witch to destroy these dens."

When Fili was sorting out the intelligence, she singled out a few human traffickers and warehouses of contraband. These were small fry, and taking them down was mainly to demonstrate her presence, to make it look like the witch was beginning to interfere, and only then would Fili, the big boss, reveal her identity.

"Improving public order is a long-term process. What we can do in the short term is to eliminate the most conspicuous guys. Those large organizations naturally have their own order, so we need another set of methods."

After all, those powerful large organizations are not fighting for the sake of destruction. Their business departments are really here to do business so as to provide logistical support to their comrades on the front line. In a sense, they are also willing to create a stable environment.

But the cake is so small, and there are obviously too many people sharing it, so you have to fight for it even if you don’t want to.

Then Fili had no choice but to start the bidding mode, completely dividing the size of the cake, and handing it over to several qualified organizations in her official capacity as a lord. As for other organizations, they were not allowed to do anything if they did not obey, and would be kicked out if they dared to cause trouble.

After listening to Fili's idea, Serena was still a little worried: "It sounds reasonable. It's equivalent to dividing the sphere of influence for each organization. But what if other organizations don't obey and don't listen to our arrangements?"

Fili spread her hands and said, "The lord has already said that the big organizations have obtained the 'legal' operating rights. If the lesser forces dare to cause trouble, it will be a provocation. At that time, we don't need to take action, the big organizations will drive out the irrelevant people."

Serena still felt a little uneasy. Fili's plan sounded good, but the only drawback was that there were only two of them.

Chapter 84 Stage Succubus

As time passed, the security in the border cities improved slightly. It seemed that after hearing that the witches were beginning to gather, some organizations had restrained themselves. Of course, not everyone was well-informed, and there were still many people who took risks.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that not many people responded to Fili's invitation. Currently, only the succubus has responded and expressed great interest.

Succubus, Fili remembered that their leader seemed to be called Arabelle, a succubus with good strength. As succubi who have been working hard in the local area for many years, their attitude is of course very important. At the same time, their competition with nightmares is also one of the reasons for the chaos.

These monster girls won't harm ordinary people, er, maybe a little? But they only fight with words in public, and fight with fists at night.

As for why there are armed conflicts, generally speaking, knocking down the opponent's top player can effectively undermine the opponent's operating efficiency. It can only be said to be a simple and effective business struggle.

Serena didn't expect the competition in the service industry to be so fierce, but her mission for the next two days was to play the role of a messenger of justice and fight criminals in the city. Fili was also quite busy, so as soon as she had some time she went to talk to Arabelle.

"Ahaha~ It's Fili after all, we are destined to be together." Arabelle has a good attitude, her clothes are bright and cool, her charming temperament is completely engraved in her bones, and her every move is seductive. This kind of temptation is the same for both men and women, but it will pale in comparison with more beautiful people.

Fili exchanged a few pleasantries and then got straight to the point. She still had many questions to ask Arabel, the local boss: "I think we are destined to be together. I didn't expect to see you again."

Arabelle opened her fan and covered half her face. "This moment is different from that moment. What do you want from me?"

Fili didn't mention the issue of public security first, and directly threw the fictitious legend to Arabel: "The Holy Nation has dug up a sleeping star beast. Frankly speaking, this border is no longer safe. The star beast is at risk of waking up at any time. What do you think?"

Arabelle was not in a hurry at all: "We succubi always go with the flow. If there is danger here, then we can run away."

Fili pointed at Arabelle and said, "How heartless! Since you can give up this city, why don't you stop fighting with the nightmare from now on and make the city peaceful."

Arabelle shook her head. "One thing is one thing. We will fight the nightmare to the end."

Fili asked curiously, "Why?"

Speaking of succubi and incubi, there is actually no feud between them. A long time ago, the two sides could be considered one race. Now that they are split, why do they dislike each other?

Arabelle did not hide it and slowly explained the reason. It turned out that last time, a group of nightmares were framed for the wanted criminal incident. The nightmares did suffer some setbacks, but they quickly reviewed their old tactics, iterated industrial upgrades, crossed the point-to-point service model, carried out self-research on multiple products, achieved in-depth co-construction, and formed a combination of punches.

Arabelle slowly broke the fan. "They launched a new dream service. Guests write down the service content on the wish list, and they are responsible for making the dream come true. This service has quickly become popular in the city and has even been well received among female groups recently."

Fili analyzed it and frowned slightly: "What about you? Didn't you launch any new services?"

Arabelle spread her hands and smiled. "We disdain to imitate the nightmare. We have only recently launched some preferential packages and role-playing services, but it seems that we are not as influential as the nightmare. Of course, we did not give up. We tried to do some charity. We also called young people of our tribe to do therapeutic massage, and went to orphanages to do charity."

Fili tilted her head, feeling that compared with the group of robbers who had provided warmth and charity a few days ago, the struggle between succubus and nightmares was so down-to-earth... at least they were really doing it.

But you guys are too reserved. It's about making money, which is not shameful. Even if the succubus's dream technology is not as good as that of the nightmare, at least it can be done. It's better to seize the market share as soon as possible than now.

The businessmen in this world also have strange self-esteem.

At this time, Fili seemed to notice a strange detail. The succubi led by Arabelle seemed to be "floating up" except for their original services, while the succubi were "sinking" in the market. The two sides opened up different business models.

Maybe it was just a twitch in the head, Fili muttered: "Arabelle, do you want to go ashore?"

Arabelle was suddenly startled, put away her fan with a snap, and held Fili's hand: "You really noticed it, right? That's right, the red-light district is just a side street after all. My belief is that succubi don't need to rely on any group. We can be self-reliant and strong. The first thing to start with is changing the outside world's view of us."

Speaking of succubi, even Fili felt that Sesei was the first to come to the fore. She had never expected Arabelle to be such a serious succubus.

Maybe she had come into contact with strange things in her previous life, or maybe she wanted to make a living in another world. Fili said inexplicably: "Why don't you try to develop live broadcasting and become a virtual idol? No, maybe you can just develop into an idol and eventually become a star that thousands of people admire."

Arabelle wondered, "What is that?"

Fili coughed and gave Arabelle a brief introduction to idol management. She believed that with the succubus's level, she would be able to comprehend the inner skills quickly and become an idol master.

Arabelle found it interesting when she first heard it, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it might be possible. Succubi are used to relying on others and they also like to enjoy the feeling of being sought after by thousands of people. Becoming a star or an idol seems to give them more freedom, but they can also sense some danger.

Arabelle pinched her chin, her eyes flickering. "Fundamentally, it's to make the audience feel that their favorite idols have grown. If these idols can improve visibly, the audience will gain a certain level of achievement on a spiritual level, and they will feel that their investment has helped the idols."

Seeing that Arabelle accepted it, Fili encouraged her to do her best and finally asked, "So, can you help me contact the nightmares? I want to talk to them, too. I hope that your two families can stay quiet for a while and bring peace to this city."

Arabelle felt somewhat satisfied. "That's not enough, Fili. I'm not sure how the stage you described will work. How about this? You plan the stage performance and I'll provide all the financial support. If it's really profitable, I'll agree to negotiate with the nightmare."

Fili sighed, but agreed for the sake of the overall situation, and then asked, "No problem, I'll prepare it. By the way, let me ask you one more thing. I saw something strange on the way here. Why are there some bandits, uh, let's call them bandits, who intercepted the caravan and bought all the goods at a price higher than the market price? Are they here for charity?"

Arabelle's eyes widened. "You mean the Shadow Bar? They will repackage the goods and sell them under their own unique brand. In addition, there is the Lich Bar. These two are buying up goods and distributing them. It seems that they both want to squeeze the other side out of here."

Fili had a headache. "Are they trying to monopolize the market? Their fight has also caused serious chaos in public security. Rumors about the increase of bandits on the border are growing day by day. So I want to talk to the leaders of the two organizations. Is there any way to contact them?"

Arabelle thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there is. A fighting competition will be held in the city in a few days. The two leaders have announced that they want to win a place in the fighting competition. It's not too late for you to sign up now. As long as you can make it to the finals, you can talk to them."

Fili held her forehead with her hand: "Is it all pure meritocracy?"

What Fili hates most is fighting.

Chapter 85: Magical Power Loss

When Fili is serious, she is not just for show. The order in the border city is recovering quickly. At least no one will fight in the streets or cause massive damage and then disappear.

After receiving the help from the witches, the Marquis of the Border naturally sent a thank you letter to the royal family. Then the royal family was puzzled. Are there so many witches in the border? The royal family was not worried that too many witches would pose a threat, but worried that the witches would be in danger, so they went to consult Hecate.

Hecate was also stunned for a few seconds when she saw the letter from the royal family. She wondered why no other witches were allowed to go except Fili. Could it be those nosy children? Thinking about the many things that had happened recently, she also started to write letters to inquire.

Many witches fell silent after receiving Hecate's letter. Did Hecate think everyone was too careless, so she wrote a letter to hint at them? Now many witches felt embarrassed to stay at home. Thinking that the recent rumors were too outrageous, especially the threat to Miriam, many witches discussed it and went to Miriam together.

As for Fili, she was unfamiliar with witches and was too embarrassed to call her friends. As a result, many witches gathered in the border city unknowingly. They came to look for those non-existent partners, but after meeting each other, they all thought that other witches were those non-existent partners.

In the end, some witches complained, "It's because you are too hardworking that no one else can be lazy," but they still actively participated in the work of maintaining order, which directly led to Serena's unemployment. After all, when it comes to investigation and exploration, knights are indeed no match for mages.

Fili was so busy that she had no time to observe the situation around her. If there was a big map or something, she would be surprised at how so many witches gathered around her.

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In order to make the succubus obey her arrangements, she quickly prepared the stage and randomly thought of some repertoire for the performance, including piano pieces and ACG pieces. In the final analysis, it was all for the performance to sound good, so Fili did it as easily as possible.

Arabelle was deeply involved in it, and after realizing the feasibility, she decided to be the first succubus to try it out and joined Fili's rehearsal activities.

They quickly sold out tickets for the first round of performances through Succubus’ coupon service, and their repeat customers filled up the first day’s seats without any pressure.

An idol performance is not an opera house performance. Fili made full use of everyone's characteristics and chose gorgeous clothes. Soon everything was ready except for the east wind.

"Okay, lights, accompaniment, everyone get ready. This is the last rehearsal. Don't make any mistakes when you go on stage tomorrow."

"Okay~!"

The succubi were quite enthusiastic, but Fili looked very tired, because she had to participate in the martial arts competition trials tomorrow morning and then perform in a concert in the evening, so time was quite tight.

Arabelle was still memorizing the lyrics, and she was very serious about it. She had more than one song to perform tomorrow, and time was tight and the task was heavy. When she heard Fili's order, she hurried onto the stage, glanced at the empty auditorium, and felt excited at the thought that the auditorium would be full tomorrow. Is the era of succubus coming?

"Arabelle, cheer up. Three, two, one, start."

Following Fili's command, many succubi took their positions and began to work. The light of magic illuminated the stage, and the prelude of the song enveloped the stage. Fili and Arabelle walked out from both sides, holding hands and dancing to the music of the prelude.

Serena in the audience was holding a bucket of popcorn, which was her reward. Fili asked her to take a break today to watch the rehearsal and see how the show was going, but she started to puff up her face as she watched.

"A slender flame ignites at the edge of my heart~? I don't know when the passion will spread~? I turn into a butterfly and hover erratically~? I scatter scale powder on your palm~~?" Fili held Arabelle's hand, and their faces got closer and closer.

Then Arabelle gently opened her mouth and sang with Fili: "Let go of our intertwined fingers~?"

Although the lyrics say so, the two of them did not let go of each other at all. Serena clearly saw that Fili tried to pull it apart twice but failed, so she couldn't help but take two big bites of popcorn and then took a big gulp of juice.

"From lips to tongue~?" Arabelle looked at Fili with eyes full of affection. "The more forbidden and unallowed something is~? The more intensely it will burn."

Although Fili had goosebumps all over her body, she still maintained her professionalism. She felt like she was going to collapse when she thought about having to do another show tomorrow: "I want to hug you tightly~? I want to confirm your existence~? Let me know that there is no misunderstanding~?"

Arabelle leaned in again. "Excuse me~? Want to cover your lips with my color~? Like this, indulge in the charm~?"

Some people singing on the stage are suffering, and some audience members in the audience are about to vomit. How come Fili was kidnapped again after not seeing her for two days? Last time it was an elf, and this time it was a succubus. Will there be more strange women in the future?

In short, the succubi themselves thought this performance was good. Many succubi focused their attention on Fili, their eyes sparkling with anticipation. Just watching Sister Arabelle interact with her made them feel envious.

……

Soon, it was the next day, and Fili seemed to have a dark cloud following her head as she walked into the registration hall of the martial arts competition with Serena Arabel.

The arrival of the three beautiful women naturally attracted attention, and of course also attracted some malicious glances. However, some people disappeared as quickly as eggplants hit by frost after seeing Arabelle, while some outsiders insisted on squeezing over to chat with her.