Your Witch

The Imperial Palace. Even the layout and style were identical to the imperial palace in Nabistin; Yaxiu felt as if he had returned to his loyal Gospel Realm. This was probably the least surprising place to Yaxiu. The Witch was unlike the others. Weixi and Weise were both the type with lofty ambitions and deep desires. As for the Sword Princess, the kinder description was "grounded in reality," while the less flattering one was "insatiable"—before becoming a sorcerer, she had only wanted to become a water sorcerer and noble; after coalescing One-Wing, she wanted to show off; after coalescing Two-Wing, she wanted to challenge the Meteor Calamity; after coalescing Three-Wing, she wanted to keep Yaxiu as a sugar baby; and coalescing Four-Wing was even more formidable, not even putting the Starry Country in her eyes, her ambition growing in lockstep with her strength. But the Witch was different. She only wanted to hold onto what she already possessed, never harboring unrealistic dreams. Leaving the high tower had merely been to save her younger sister Nina; leaving the Gospel had merely been to protect Yaxiu. Perhaps because she had possessed so very little in those past years, she was unwilling to lose anything now—like a child who had finally obtained a balloon, clutching tightly to the string even in sleep, fearing that if the balloon flew away, she would once again have nothing at all. "Daddy, how do I do this problem?" Yaxiu turned his head to look. Lisi was sprawled over a desk studying, blinking her big eyes as she asked him a question. Yaxiu was silent for a moment, rubbing her little head. "Did you forget the last time I helped you with your homework, and the grading system said the person answering was mentally deficient and urged me to get my IQ tested as soon as possible? "What's worse is that I actually went to get tested afterward. But reading the report cost money. I thought that since I'd spent so much time taking the test, it'd be a waste not to look, yet the moment I paid, I realized my IQ really was the problem..." "We've been apart for so long, and yet, Daddy, you still haven't grown enough to help me with my homework?" Lisi made a complicated face and raised a hand to measure her height. "Lisi has grown this— much taller, you know!" Could the Witch in this form still grow? In other words, even if left completely alone, after ten years the Witch would still return to being a youthful, radiant maiden? "Lisi, stop bothering Xiao Xiu." Silken white hair brushed against Yaxiu's cheek, her tone gentle and brimming with maternal warmth. Yaxiu turned his head to see an elegant, noble woman appear beside him. Although she looked very similar to the Witch, Yaxiu could still recognize at a glance that she was the White Queen. "This problem works like this..." The White Queen sat on Yaxiu's lap, explaining the problem to Lisi with clear logic. By the time Yaxiu listened halfway through, even he knew how to solve it. However, the reason he could only listen halfway was that the White Queen was not the least bit well-behaved. Her sacred, smooth, snow-white dress pressed against him as closely as possible, yet her movements were clumsy, as if she were sitting on a rocking chair, possessing the cuteness of a big white cat trying to please its master. "Why? I think it should be like this!" "Why do you always split hairs like this?" The White Queen sighed and turned her head to look at Yaxiu. "Xiao Xiu, you teach her this part about trigonometric functions." The White Queen's expression was so innocent and natural, as though the teasing from moments before had all been an illusion—so much so that Yaxiu felt a pang of guilt just looking at her. With Lisi right beside them, Yaxiu suppressed the stray thoughts in his heart and explained the problem seriously. However, Lisi was equally unreceptive, struggling for quite a while before finally figuring it out on her own and continuing her homework. Yaxiu wanted to slip away, but the White Queen was sitting in his embrace; the slightest hint of wanting to leave would bring about a forceful yet affectionate suppression from her. To avoid making a fool of himself in front of Lisi, he could only obediently stay and keep them company while she did her homework. With great difficulty, Lisi finally finished her homework. Yaxiu thought this torture was finally coming to an end. Instead, the scene shifted, and they arrived at a commercial center. Lisi cheered and dashed into a toy store. Yaxiu breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just window shopping, there shouldn't be much of an issue. "Daddy, Sister Black, over here!" Lisi ran out again. "The clothes here are so pretty!" Yaxiu froze, only then noticing that the person beside him had changed into the Black Butler. Dashing and valiant, the Black Butler gave an emotionless nod and pulled Yaxiu along after Lisi into a clothing shop. While Lisi was picking out clothes, she picked out an outfit for Yaxiu as well. "Ah Xiu, do you like this color?" "Aren't we buying for Lisi?" "If only she gets new clothes and you don't, she won't dare accept them," the Black Butler said. "She is the little sister we created to adapt to a vagrant life. Reading others' expressions is her instinct; she only dares to be happy when the people around her are happy." Yaxiu figured that made sense. In any case, this was merely the Witch's subconscious, so he took the clothes and went into the fitting room to change. But no sooner had he stripped off his clothes than the Black Butler slipped inside. "I've finished helping Lisi change. Now it's your turn." "I don't need—" "Shh." The Black Butler made a silencing gesture. "Lisi is right outside. You wouldn't want her to hear us arguing, would you?" Yaxiu could faintly guess what they were up to, but this time they had truly struck his weak spot. He had no choice but to surrender resistance and hand control over to the Black Butler. She helped him dress, her palms gliding across every inch of his skin, before finally tugging up his tie and pulling him close for a soft kiss. Then she pushed him outside as though nothing had happened. This happened several more times. The Black Butler was no longer satisfied with merely helping him dress; she even insisted on stripping him as well, fond of unfastening his buttons with her teeth. Just as Yaxiu was starting to wonder if he was going to be turned into a doll, the scene finally shifted. "Yay, water park!" In the packed water park, Lisi held a light-crossbow-grade water gun and blasted Yaxiu straight back. But Yaxiu discovered that he was holding a tachi-grade water gun, which shot tachi-shaped jets of water when he held down the trigger, allowing him to trade shots back and forth with Lisi. But Lisi soon grew bored and ran off toward the Vertical Limit slide, standing at the back of the queue and waving at them. "Daddy, Sister Red, hurry up!" Seeing the swimsuit-clad Red Apostle beside him, Yaxiu breathed a sigh of relief. In his impression, the Red Apostle was the most dependable of the Witch sisters, certainly not as willful or mischievous as the White Queen and the Black Butler. Noticing his gaze, the Red Apostle nodded slightly. They reached the Vertical Limit slide and whooshed down behind Lisi at forty kilometers per hour, surprisingly having quite a bit of fun. Only when Yaxiu plunged into the pool at the bottom with a giant splash did this joy come to an abrupt halt. Yaxiu surfaced and looked around. The Red Apostle suddenly emerged beside him like a lotus blooming from water, damp strands of hair clinging to her lovely face. "Xiu," she said, her voice a little airy, "your swim trunks are gone." "You planned this, didn't you?!" "I don't know, but this really is a hazard zone where swim trunks come off easily." The Red Apostle pointed toward a stall by the pool. "They sell swim trunks over there." Yaxiu was somewhat helpless. "What will it take for you to buy a pair for me?" The Red Apostle blinked, paddling through the water toward him like a kitten. Yaxiu's assessment of her had been accurate: she truly was the obedient type, which meant that even when doing something mischievous, she was cautious, ready to flee immediately if Yaxiu got angry. Yaxiu pulled her into his embrace. The Red Apostle instantly blushed to the tips of her ears, slipping from his arms like a mermaid. "I-I'll go buy them right now." When the scene shifted to a bedroom, Yaxiu was nearly moved to tears. He exhaled a long breath, laying Lisi—exhausted after a full day of playing—onto the bed, tucking her under the covers, and adjusting the room's temperature. Sitting by the bedside and looking at her sleeping little face, Yaxiu's heart gradually calmed. He truly had been separated from Lisi for a long time... He hadn't even known she had grown taller. He had promised to be Lisi's family, yet he had never fulfilled his responsibility to accompany her. Though the Witch sisters were certainly suspected of taking advantage of the situation, being able to spend a day playing with Lisi left Yaxiu with nothing to complain about. Compared to Weixi and Weise, the Witch sisters' little schemes actually seemed adorable. "Goodnight, Lisi." Yaxiu smiled faintly, preparing to leave the Witch's subconscious. But just then, a hand reached out from under the blanket, tightly grabbing his wrist and pulling him onto the bed. "Lisi is asleep." Diya straddled his waist, curling up in his embrace like a kitten. "Now it's the Witch's time." "It's not over yet?!" Yaxiu froze. "I thought—" "You only fulfilled Lisi's wish." "None of us are satisfied yet." Not only Diya, but the White Queen, the Black Butler, and the Red Apostle climbed onto the bed as well, like a pack of cheetahs ready to share a meal. Sacred gowns, jet-black butler suits, blood-lotus combat outfits—different colors blossomed across the sheets, one after another. "Diya," Yaxiu said helplessly, "you know..." "I know, I know, I've always known!" Diya suddenly flared up, clawing at his chest and leaving ten finger marks. But in the next second, she draped herself over him again, fingers brushing across the scratches as she whimpered pitifully, "Even in my dreams you're so rigid... Wuu wuu wuu..." "I'll completely block Lisi out; she won't know a thing. Even though I can't do it in reality, this is my dream!" Diya pressed against Yaxiu's cheek. In her subconscious, there was no need to hide her unspeakable, twisted love. "But as the price, I want you to dote on me like a daughter... Okay?" Yaxiu's lips twitched, and he hurriedly changed the subject. "Wait, your other sisters are here too!" "Do you dislike them?" "No—" "Then that's fine." Diya blew warm air against his earlobe, and the witches completely enveloped Yaxiu. "We share one heart and one soul, our senses linked. No one will ever leave me again—neither you nor my sisters. We'll live happily ever after, just like in a fairy tale. "We are your Queen, your Butler, your Apostle, your daughter... "And your Witch."