Mystery: But the Witch's Path

Chapter 66 Two taels for eight taels

Looking at himself in the mirror, Altair felt a mix of emotions.

If it weren't for the fact that Altair and Vivian knew each other very well, she would have suspected that Vivian was teasing her on purpose, given the current situation.

"Transforming from male to female" is like deliberately stabbing her in the heart, making her uncomfortable.

Altair turned to Vivian beside him and said with a smile, "From the moment I was born, my fate was sealed. I could either live an ordinary, uneventful life, or pay the price to become extraordinary, and that price is my current appearance."

"We both know that this is inevitable."

After saying that, Altair asked again, "What, don't you like how I look now?"

"Of course not." Vivian frowned and said, "Just as you said, I am well aware of the price of taking witch's potions. After all, you are me in the past."

As for whether I like you the way you are now? You just need to know that I like you as a person.

"And don't forget, I changed my name last night. I'm Vivian Sheffield now."

"I'm just curious why you're more beautiful than me. Did you take some beauty potion? Tell me where I can buy some, I want some too..."

Altair was quite moved by the first part of Vivian's speech. But the second part instantly wiped away her emotions, leaving her speechless and unsure how to respond.

While she remained silent, Vivian crept closer and said with a mischievous grin:

"I'm curious, how are you going to deal with me from now on?"

"Don't forget, extraordinary items exist in this world. I just need to find one with the relevant abilities."

In fact, Altair had already thought of a solution to this problem. All he needed to do was find any extraordinary attribute of either the "Faceless Man" or the "Rose Bishop" and craft them into an "Extraordinary Item".

Although they cannot turn Altair into a male, they can modify her flesh and blood.

Altair changed the subject and asked, "Vivian, when you were taking the witch's potion and advancing in rank, did you hear countless whispered murmurs?"

"Of course it has," Vivian replied affirmatively, then nodded casually and said:

"Actually, you don't need to worry. Hearing babbling is a normal phenomenon. When I advanced, I specifically asked my mother about it. She told me, 'This is a test set up by the Primordial Witch.'"

"As for what the test is, I don't know. My mother didn't say, and I haven't specifically investigated it."

"However, I suggest we leave it at that and don't investigate further, since this involves the true God. Besides, for people like us, sometimes knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing."

Altair completely agreed with Vivian's words. Although the knowledge in this world cannot be said to be entirely "poisonous", once it involves the extraordinary, high-level beings, or Outer Gods, then the knowledge is bound to be "poisonous".

After all, this is a world created based on the Cthulhu Mythos, and knowing too much is not a good thing.

The thing she should be thinking about most right now is how to play the role of a 'witch'.

However, the thought of Western cultural stereotypes about "witches" gave her a headache.

The gaunt old woman had a hunched back, a face covered in wrinkles, a hooked nose, and sharp little eyes. Her hair was gray and messy like straw. She wore a pointed black hat and a tattered black robe, and held a flying broom made of old tree branches.

They are skilled at cursing and poisoning, bringing disease, disaster, and even death to people.

Fortunately, she has a former witch by her side, so she can ask Vivian for advice and learn from her experience.

Altair asked疑惑地问道, "Vivian, how did you manage to play the 'witch' back then?"

Vivian looked at Altair with a mischievous grin and said, "It's simple. The cult has already popularized this role-playing method. Witch, witch, the word 'woman' comes first, so it's definitely about fully showcasing the female image."

"From daily attire, speech, behavior, aesthetics, and every other aspect, you must live like a woman. This is essential, otherwise you will lose control. In short, the closer you are to the woman, the better."

"As for 'witchcraft,' it's not too difficult. Just act a little mysterious and have some magical abilities in daily life, and that's enough."

"But please don't forget that 'witch' also means disaster, so you must continue to spread disaster."

After saying this, Vivian thought for a moment and said to Altair, "My suggestion is that when you go to the Bridge District, just find a few clueless scoundrels, get their blood, and curse them for a long time."

"This way, you can hone your newly acquired skills and also 'play a role'—it's a win-win situation."

After hearing Vivian's method of acting, Altair nodded.

In her heart, she was thinking, 'The Witch Cult is so ruthless to its own people, spreading a role-playing method that lacks core elements, requiring people to live entirely like women, without explaining that they need to remember they are male, and that their female appearance is merely a role.'

Isn't this blatant scheming against their own people? It allows some witches to become so engrossed in their female identities that they lose sight of their true selves, leading to mental breakdowns, and then being overwhelmed by their extraordinary traits and losing control.

Thinking about this, Altair could understand why "Madame Sharon" would be affected by "Sealed Artifact 008: The Pen of Alshogod" and risk her life to forcibly drain Councilor Maynard of the digestive potion.

However, considering the conservation law of extraordinary properties, Altair can understand that the total number of extraordinary properties for similar pathways is conserved, with more high-order sequences resulting in fewer low-order sequences. Conversely, each pathway has a strict upper limit on the number of positions.

If we don't design traps to ensure that everyone successfully advances to the higher ranks, then there will be no lower ranks along this path, and the extraordinary traits will eventually be exhausted.

It seems that not only the "Church of the Righteous Gods" is suppressing the number and sequence of extraordinary beings, but the "Organization of Evil Gods" is doing the same thing.

One method of acting without dissemination, and the other method of acting with missing dissemination, both share the common ground that "they only require true geniuses," not consumables.