Chapter 54: The Cursed Beauty
Time rewound to early morning. The sleeping girl was awakened by the alarm clock on her bedside table. The alarm, which played the unpleasant squawking of devil crows, was unbearable for anyone who struggled to wake up.
Thus, the girl, unable to tolerate the noise, reluctantly climbed out of bed and reached out to turn off the alarm.
She pulled open the curtains beside her bed, and the faint light of dawn streamed into the room from outside, falling upon her. It was warm and made her comfortably narrow her eyes, revealing a smile.
Two fluffy fox ears poked out from her golden hair, which was even more radiant than the morning light. Behind her, nine fluffy large tails fanned out like a peacock's, collectively enjoying the warm morning sun.
Just then, a small bird flew by outside the window. The bird tilted its head, looking at the Witch by the window. As its bird eyes met the pair of purple eyes within those long, charming fox eyes, with a ripple of her gaze, the bird suddenly froze. An absolute charm that captivated all beings caused the little bird's mind to go blank. For a moment, it forgot how to fly, only knowing how to wildly flap its wings, but it inevitably began to fall.
Fortunately, invisible magic gently supported the poor bird. The little bird, having recovered and taken flight again, looked at the windowsill once more, but only saw the closed window and the girl's departing back.
"Time to get up, Audrey, you have an exam today."
A knock on the door from outside the room sounded, and her sister Madeline's voice came through.
"Got it."
The girl, Audrey, responded and quickly got ready.
First, she changed clothes. She raised her hands, and her nightgown slipped off by itself, revealing the girl's well-developed, curvaceous figure.
The naked girl walked to the wardrobe, which opened automatically. The interior, enchanted with a spatial expansion spell, stored a large quantity of various exquisite garments. The variety and quantity were so immense that one could almost open a clothing store, which often gave Audrey decision paralysis. Fortunately, she didn't have to worry about it today; a simple school uniform would suffice.
So, first, plain white underwear and panties flew out by themselves and put themselves on.
Then, a white shirt and black Witch robe configuration also flew out. The girl only needed to cooperate by extending her hands, and the clothes put themselves on.
Finally, for the lower body, the school uniform didn't have strict regulations, allowing her to choose freely.
Generally, Witches with more masculine personalities would choose trousers, but Audrey had a more traditionally feminine personality. Her choice was bloomers paired with white over-the-knee stockings.
Just like that, the pristine little bloomers climbed up the girl's straight and slender thighs, finally disappearing into the darkness enveloped by the robe.
Afterward, Audrey sat back on the bed, lifted her legs, and her two small, jade-white, delicate feet straightened. Two rolls of stockings came up to meet them. The girl's nimble and cute toes slightly twitched, opening the entrance of the stockings.
Thus, the white stockings spread upward like milk. After enveloping the girl's slender and smooth calves, they still weren't satisfied, greedily continuing upward. They passed her knees and finally stopped just before her round and full thighs, creating a noticeable indentation in the soft, plump flesh of her legs.
In this way, dressing was completed with the help of the "Witch's Dressing Spell."
After checking her appearance in the mirror and confirming there were no issues, the girl entered the washroom.
Gurgle, gurgle.
After being 'bullied' by the automatically flying toothbrush and water stream, directed by the "Witch's Washing Spell," Audrey quickly finished her ablutions.
"The Witch series of life magic is so useful. I'm really curious what kind of person the Forest Witch is in real life."
As Audrey walked to the door, preparing to open it, she couldn't help but think this with a touch of curiosity.
Opening the door and stepping out, she was greeted by a very cozy home layout.
Even though this was actually just a school dormitory, her sister Madeline was a Witch who loved life, and thus always paid great attention to the room's decoration and arrangement. This made Audrey, who had just moved in with her sister, quite happy, reducing the Little Witch's initial discomfort after leaving home for the first time.
However, this was also thanks to her sister Madeline's excellence, otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to get such a large and good living environment in this Witch Academy.
This is the center of the Witch Academy, the second highest floor of the Shining Tower, which is the exclusive room of her sister, the Disciplinary Committee Chairman.
For the students of the Witch Academy, the Discipline Committee, responsible for supervising the enforcement of school rules and maintaining academy order, was a very difficult organization, revered by all. Especially the Disciplinary Committee Chairman, she was practically the great demon king of the school.
Audrey half-agreed with this view, after all, her sister was indeed a demon. Both she and her sister inherited a part of the Succubus Witchtalent from their paternal mother.
When the girl arrived at the dining room, she immediately saw her sister, who was indeed sitting at the dining table, eating bread and drinking milk.
Unlike Audrey, who inherited more of her maternal mother's Nine-tailed Fox talent and thus looked more like a fox-girl, her sister Madeline only inherited her paternal mother's Succubus Witch talent, so she looked more like a Succubus Witch.
With her explosive figure that was impactful at just a glance, long purple hair, curved ram horns, charming face, wings on her back, and that iconic heart-shaped tail, her sister was a Succubus Witch herself, aside from lacking the genuine Succubus Witch's reversed-joint hooves.
It was a pity that all fantasies and wicked thoughts would be frozen and withered by the chilling cold once they met her sister's sharp eyes, as cold as ice.
Although her sister possessed the power of a Succubus Witch, her personality was not at all like one. She was an orthodox Armed Witch, embracing the rule of never speaking more than necessary when action could be taken, otherwise, she wouldn't have the notorious reputation of the 'Great Demon King' in external legends.
Fortunately, her sister had always been quite gentle with her younger sister.
"You're up. Come eat. The school food isn't as good as at home, and I don't like having servants wait on me. I just threw these together casually. Audrey, you'll have to make do for now. If you don't like it, I'll find a chef later."
The Succubus Witch sister smiled when she saw her younger sister, her smile bright, moving, and captivating.
This notorious Great Demon King only showed a hint of a Succubus Witch when facing her family, unlike the cold-faced Rakshasa and iron-blooded maniac rumored by the outside world.
"No need, Big Sister, this is enough. This must be the Witch's Cooking Spell I recommended to you before. I really like these Witch dishes," Audrey said, sitting opposite her sister.
"Hmm, this series of spells is indeed good; they're all quite useful. It's just that Forest Witch is a bit unprofessional. With such talent, she only researches daily life spells. It would be better if she focused more on combat spells," Madeline lamented about her sister's idol.
Upon hearing someone speak ill of her idol, Audrey became unhappy and stabbed her own sister in the back.
This made the Succubus Witch opposite her a bit awkward.
"You're not unaware that I've never been interested in etiquette and dressing up since I was a child. We Witches should conquer battlefields. I really can't learn those boring music and dances. Besides, isn't Audreyhere to take over for them? You are their most satisfied successor."
Madeline looked up at the family photo hanging on the living room wall. The picture showed four enchanting Witches, each possessing beauty capable of toppling nations.
The two young Little Witches in the front were her and her sister, while the two adult Witches in the back were their two mothers, the two most famous Witch celebrities of their time—Bewitching Dancer and Nine-tailed Diva.
However, even though the whole family consisted of rare beauties, the most beautiful was still her sister, Audrey. Unlike Madeline herself, who only inherited the Succubus talent, her sister inherited all the advantages of both parents, possessing the charm of both the Succubus and the Nine-tailed Fox, two famously beautiful races.
She was born the embodiment of beauty and desire. Without the need for background or power, Audrey possessed a peerless aptitude, solely relying on her charm, enough to rival those Apex Witches who had evolved to their most perfect state. And if she were to become an Apex Witch later, Madeline herself, as her sister, couldn't even imagine how beautiful she would become.
Such beauty was what their two mothers had pursued their entire lives; it was the unparalleled ultimate talent in their path of beauty and art. The two of them, once hailed as the most beautiful people in the Witch World, chose to combine to conceive such astonishing beauty, and now they had succeeded.
Before her sister was born, Madeline, as the eldest daughter, had suffered greatly. Fortunately, after her sister was born, she gained her freedom, which was one of the reasons why she doted on this sister so much.
It's just that...
"Audrey, are you sure you want to apply for that Mechanical Civil Engineering major?"
Recalling the major choice her sister had secretly told her not long ago, Madeline's expression grew even stranger.
"Didn't you always want to pursue a career in art? Our mothers are counting on you to be their successor. If they knew you were going to study architecture and deal with mud every day, they'd go crazy."
Looking at her delicate and alluring sister, who looked so pitiable, and imagining such a beautiful sister soon going to a construction site to mix concrete, even a rebellious Succubus like Madeline couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.
"It's Automated Mechanical Civil Engineering," Audrey corrected her sister seriously.
"And I'm not going to study architecture, okay? The main reason is that my Second Aunt went to teach in this major, and I just want to follow her to learn Automated Humanoid Arts to perfect my Humanoid Theater. But learning a little architecture is good too; it can better help me build theater scenes in the future and contribute to my artistic path."
The Fox-eared Witch extended her hand, and a small puppet slid out of her sleeve, moving like a living person. The exquisite, lifelike little puppet meticulously explained to the Succubus Giant opposite her.
"I don't want people to like me just for my face. My artistic path doesn't require showing my face. I hope my audience appreciates the art itself, not the actor's appearance. These puppets will gain the world's recognition on my behalf."
Audrey spoke spiritedly about her dream.
However...
"Oh, come on, Audrey, your social anxiety still hasn't been cured, has it? My sister, who gets scared and can't speak when she sees strangers."
Madeline ruthlessly exposed her sister's lie. She helplessly pinched her sister's face, feeling a bit tired.
Her sister, who could undoubtedly become the most popular Witch celebrity of all time if she performed normally, was good in every way, but her beauty was both her making and her undoing. Sometimes, overly outstanding beauty is a sin, especially for a child. The covetous and greedy gazes of outsiders are enough to make a child become withdrawn.
Her sister, Audrey, was just like that.
Ever since their mothers first brought her onto the stage when she was little, and she was scared by the crazy gazes of the audience, the child became exceptionally afraid of people. Naturally, she, who couldn't even speak when seeing strangers, couldn't stand on stage and perform under the spotlight.
But ironically, her sister did inherit her two mothers' love for song and dance art, for the stage. After becoming like this, the most painful person was actually not her parents, but her sister herself.
This child was blessed with beauty, but also bore the curse of beauty.
Such beauty came at a price.
The puppet theater her sister chose now was actually a compromise born out of helplessness, but how could cold, lifeless puppets compare to living people in the art of song and dance?
This could be seen from her sister's not-so-popular fame.
Otherwise, how could the daughter of a superstar still only be a small internet celebrity on the Witch Net, with her fans mostly being underage Little Witches who liked puppet shows?
Alas, fate...