Otaku Witch

I must say, Frost Snow Lady really chose the right teacher. Any other witch without enough tricks up her sleeve would probably have been troubled by her, but who was Dorothy, after all?

She lacked for nothing except inspiration, and let's just say that was one task she excelled in.

After all, the Witch of the Forest never relied on research to create Spells, it was all about moving with inspiration.

Although she was initially frightened by the ancient Forbidden Curse tablet, as soon as Homebody Witch actually reached out to take it, her once dormant inspiration suddenly sprang to life, and the more she looked at it, the more phantoms appeared before her eyes, as if the tablet was about to tell her a story.

From this, she was certain that she could decode the Forbidden Curse within the tablet, and there wouldn't be a problem.

However, Dorothy didn't rush to decipher the tablet, even though she was indeed interested in the Forbidden Curse described from another world, but she held back her eager curiosity.

As she had said before, this request had already exceeded the scope of the reward.

It was merely a reward for a newcomer's assessment, and in Dorothy's mind, the highest level of reward would be a Nine-Ring High-Level Magic Spell at most, a Forbidden Curse was really beyond the scope, just as the spell she had previously passed to Miss Ghost Mask was just a Basic Attack from the Sword God, not the Secrete Sword Swallow Return that was equivalent to a Forbidden Curse.

This Princess of the Wild Hunt hoped to freeload a lesson on a Forbidden Curse within the bounds of her reward, but that simply wouldn't do, further payment was needed.

Dorothy was now more convinced than ever of the principle of equivalent exchange taught by her mother, even if it was a simple task for her, principles cannot be breached lightly.

"You can really teach me this?"

When Frost Snow Lady, who had been somewhat delighted at the success of her little act of vengeance, heard this request for additional payment, her first reaction was disbelief.

After all, she had also consulted more than one person about this tablet. As one of the few active members in the often insular Wild Hunt Clan, she had traveled far and wide to participate in duels and taken the opportunity to visit numerous Spell Masters. However, even the most established masters who had a name to maintain mostly stated they didn't have enough information from another world to begin with.

And a few top masters had said they could try but would need a long time to research, and they couldn't guarantee success in the end, and might even damage the tablet.

After much consideration, Frost Snow Lady had declined, for on the one hand, she wasn't in urgent need of magic, the ancestral magic of the Wild Hunt Clan was plenty for her to learn from. On the other, it was a gift from her mothers and she'd been fondly handling and playing with the tablet for many years, forming an attachment to it, and really didn't want to risk damaging it.

But now, she had never imagined that a problem that all the academic and research-oriented Research Witch bigwigs couldn't solve had suddenly presented her with an opportunity in the violent institution of the Judgment Court. The surprise came so fast that she was a bit taken aback.

Moreover, she did not quite believe that an Armed Witch from the Judgment Court could solve a problem that so many research witch masters had overtly declared hopeless.

Could it be that this Lord Clown was an Armed Witch from the Path of Omniscience?

That was what Frost Snow Lady surmised.

Although most Witches of the Path of Omniscience preferred to focus on academic pursuits, immersing themselves in study with a relatively gentle nature, even the gentlest witch was still a witch, and witches were ultimately a warfaring race.

Therefore, many leaders who followed the Path of Omniscience were indeed Armed Witches, as both research and academia can be very costly.

What to do when you're out of money?

Of course, one would venture out to conquer and develop another world – that's the most lucrative, and one could also casually study the knowledge of other worlds.

In Frost Snow Lady's mind, this Clown Grand Inquisitor might be one of those who supported their scholarly pursuits through warfare, which could also explain why those Clown Illusions from before had so many Phantom Spells with Saint proficiency.

"Are you an Armed Witch of the Path of Omniscience?"

The Wild Hunt Witches are generally straightforward in character and speak their minds; she directly voiced her own guess.

"Who are you calling armed? You're the one who's armed, your whole family is armed!"

Could Dorothy tolerate such a remark? Not to mention the temperament of the Fairy King, the Phantom King instantly got annoyed, showing a hint of being caught off guard.

Although she was at the Judgment Court now, wasn't this all because of her unlucky roommate, Sophia, that she was forced here? The Judgment Court might have her presence but not her heart; her heart would always belong to the glorious Research Civil Engineering Witch.

"Uh, I actually am an Armed Witch, and my whole family, even my whole clan, is."

The Frost Snow Lady nodded in agreement and even slightly lifted her chin with a proud air.

This made Dorothy feel a bit weary.

Tch, she had forgotten that normal witches take pride in becoming Armed Witches; their worldviews are simply too different to have a conversation.

"Enough with the nonsense; just tell me if you're going to study today or not. If you will, it's going to cost extra."

The Phantom King was infuriated with embarrassment.

"Of course, I'll study; if you can teach it, I definitely want to learn. But can you manage it without damaging the stone tablet?"

At this moment, the Frost Snow Lady also completely forgot her initial motive for nitpicking, nodding with an air that money was no issue.

In fact, for her, money really wasn't an issue. Although her family wasn't particularly wealthy, owning over ten thousand worlds was still a fact, and she could afford the price for a forbidden curse; if need be, she could just sell a few worlds.

Even though trading a few worlds for a forbidden curse might seem expensive, it was not a big deal. To a martial clan like the Wild Hunt, this was military expenditure. A brand-new forbidden curse could increase their efficiency on the battlefield, so from a long-term perspective, it was a profit.@@novelbin@@

"But how long will it take you to teach me? I know research isn't easy, but please try to be as quick as possible... within fifty years..."

The Frost Snow Lady still felt some anxiety and wanted to inquire further.

In her ideal timeline, the process of researching a forbidden curse should be completed within fifty years, which admittedly was a bit short. After all, the time frames mentioned by the masters who had said they would try were from a hundred years upward, but she was still somewhat impatient.

After all, according to her growth expectations, she should be among the top Great Witches in fifty years. If it dragged on, the forbidden curse might not be as helpful to her as she had imagined.

Most of the forbidden curses of these other worlds were at the Ten-Ring level, with few exceeding that, and Peak Great Witches generally weren't satisfied with Ten-Ring forbidden curses. By then, they usually started researching Eleven-Ring forbidden curses.

Therefore, if possible, she hoped that Lord Clown would deliver within fifty years.

"Fifty years, my foot. Go stand over there and don't disturb me while I'm reading. Wait two minutes, I'll be done quickly." Your next chapter awaits on My Virtual Library Empire

Even though the Phantom King, being an energy body, had no eyebrows, Dorothy still arched an eyebrow mentally, wondering if the witches all had some obsession with the number fifty—why were they all so keen on making fifty-year pledges?

Learning a forbidden curse in fifty years? What kind of lackluster learning speed is that? If it's really that slow, by the time senior Fanny starts considering the apocalypse, there would be no point in learning—just lay down and wait for the end.

This kind of forbidden curse with spiritual inheritance is almost like guiding a spell slot—it's not a matter of having hands, but knowing how to use them right?

...The Phantom King is reading...