Chapter 34 It's for You, Not for White Flour

“Huh!”

What is this!

Cecilia screamed in shock, her smile froze, and she nearly kicked the bag in front of her. She unconsciously took a step back, her mind swirling with excitement.

Cecilia was completely unprepared, so she leaned in very close. When she opened the bag, she discovered it was filled to the brim with the corpses of thorax beetles. The densely packed brown-red carcasses seemed to be threatening to drown her...

Ellis was attracted by his mother's strange cry and turned his head to look.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped moving.

"ah!!!"

Sure enough, Ellis's scream came as expected.

Catherine was not surprised by Ellis's reaction and could not help but shake her head secretly. However, she did not expect Ellis to faint.

Perhaps it was because she was too weak recently due to the serious injury she had sustained some time ago. She frantically used her body to catch her fallen boyfriend.

Cecilia turned her head in shock and looked at the witch. Wasn't it said that this witch was a rare good witch? Then why did she collect such horrible insect corpses, and in such an astonishing number!

It's just weird and evil to the extreme.

Shen Jiang felt Ellis's pulse and whispered to three pairs of worried eyes, "He just fainted from shock. He's fine."

Seeing that her daughter and Catherine didn't care about the bag of terrible bugs, Catherine didn't forget to step forward and tie the rope of the bag of bugs tightly. Cecilia almost didn't recognize the two young girls in front of her.

Catherine explained, "These are the witch's medicinal herbs. The last time Ellis was injured, he was cured with these insects."

She also described in detail how the witch crushed the beetles to extract the juice, which made Cecilia's stomach turn sour.

"Ellis is covered in the juice of these insects..." Cecilia was so shocked that she couldn't continue. She couldn't help but think about it. She was able to recover in just half a month. Could it be that...

Ellis just applied the juice of the insects on her body, but she drank the juice for more than ten days!

What is the potion she drank made of? Will it contain... dead insects?

“…Ellis is most afraid of these little bugs with tentacles and hard shells. If he knew, he would go crazy.” Cecilia murmured.

"Then don't let him know." Shen Jiang looked at the tall Ellis on the bed. She never thought that his weakness would be this. She couldn't help laughing.

I don’t know what the Black Dragon Godwin is most afraid of. It would be interesting if he is also afraid of insects.

"I can wake him up right now. Do you want to learn?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Shen Jiang said suddenly.

Three pairs of arms of different skin colors were raised without hesitation.

Ellis was awakened by the pain. As soon as he woke up, he saw his sister pinching her lips hard and shouting excitedly, "Wake up, wake up! Oh my God, have I learned another black magic?"

Catherine was a little disappointed. She didn't expect Ellis to wake up so quickly. She had originally wanted to give it a try.

Ellis pointed tremblingly at the familiar sack at the door, "Can anyone give me an explanation?"

Cecilia hurriedly explained, "It's all my fault. I was too curious and opened the bag."

"No, not that." Ellis avoided the dreaded sack. "I remember that thing was sitting at the end of my bed for a week! Beatrice, what did you say then?"

God knows when he just woke up he was wondering why there was a bag there, but then his condition got better day by day, and the bag became bigger and bigger. My sister told me that the bag was cast a spell by the witch, and as long as he didn't open it, the things inside would continue to emit magic power until he got better.

Could it be that he was healed by these densely packed insect corpses? Ellis felt as if his head was a little dizzy again.

His face almost twisted at the thought of having spent a week in the same room with a bag of... horrible insect corpses.

Receiving Beatrice's pleading gaze, Shen Jiang said sternly, "Ellis, didn't you say you wanted to do something for me? If you're even afraid of dead bugs, I have to doubt your ability."

Ellis was stunned.

His sister, Beatrice, was only twelve, yet she had secretly collected such a large bag of Breast Beetles. In terms of courage and determination, she was indeed much stronger than he appeared. The black witches needed to refine potions with a vast array of ingredients. If something more disgusting than Breast Beetles appeared in the future and he was asked to collect them, would he be able to do the job for the witches?

Catherine took the opportunity to say, "My Lady Witch, I'm not afraid of these bugs. Not only can I collect chest beetles for you, I can also apply for a job as a cook or other job at that manor. I don't think anyone would doubt an insignificant maid."

Shen Jiang looked at her unconcealable beauty and felt that her word "inconspicuous" was inappropriate. They all had straight noses and deep eye sockets, and looked like the foreign models she had seen. They were extremely eye-catching.

"I'm glad you're all willing to work for me, but heading to the manor in the north of the city is a very dangerous mission. I don't want you to die for a few bags of white flour. You know, saving someone is not as easy as you think."

Shen Jiang's expression was serious, and he rejected their frivolous decision without any objection.

"No, it's not just for the flour." Ellis didn't smile playfully this time, but rather looked a little embarrassed.

"Um?"

"I want to repay you for saving my life. If it weren't for you, I... I wouldn't be standing here alive. I voluntarily follow you and serve you."

"Me too," Catherine said seriously, "You saved my mother before, and this time, I also want to make a contribution to your family."

She also remembered that the witch mentioned that she was looking for the big-eared deer because of her unconscious grandmother.

"Add me," Cecilia said with a smile. "I haven't been out for a long time. Compared to you, no one will care about an old woman like me. When it comes to infiltrating, you don't have my natural advantage."

Shen Jiang looked at their sincere faces and felt a warm feeling in his heart.

She saved them out of convenience and selfishness, but she never thought of asking them to take such a big risk for her.

Shen Jiang only had one silver dragon scale left, with two uses left. Clearly, relying on it alone, it was highly unlikely that she could obtain the musk unscathed. She couldn't guarantee that the scale would teleport her to the deer, surrounded by guards, or even to the nearest location—like when she first met Catherine.

"Let me think about whether there is a feasible way to ensure everyone's safety. Before we act, I need to make sure everyone has something to protect themselves and save their lives."

Aside from the immensely powerful Ellis, all of them were ordinary human women with no fighting power. Young Beatrice, of course, couldn't participate in this operation, but she could gather intelligence in advance. How could they infiltrate that manor unscathed and escape safely?

*

More than a month has passed since Fanny solemnly promised the Queen that she would hunt a dragon for the Rose Empire.

In the magnificent marble corridor of the outer hall, the guards stood at their posts in an orderly manner.

Bang!

A crisp sound was heard.

"Fanny, do you remember what you promised me?!"

"Please calm down." Fanny half-knelt down uneasily.

"Do you know that the ministers are very dissatisfied with the recent campaign to suppress the black witches? It even alarmed His Majesty the King. We mobilized so many manpower and resources, and in return, what did we get? Nothing! We even lost an elite member of the Knights! Now many people even suspect that the so-called dragon you mentioned is just a lie you made up!"

"No," Fanny hastily defended herself, "There was indeed a black dragon that attacked me in the Misty Forest. I heard it say with my own ears that it was a believer. In order to protect its master, the black witch, it even killed Nemo. I almost..."

"That's enough! Stop making such ridiculous remarks. Do you really think there are black dragons in this world who would be willing to be followers of a black witch?"

Fanny lowered her head and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction. She had seen it with her own eyes, so how could it be fake?

As long as the black witch is captured, the black dragon will belong to the Rose Empire, and their lineage of fire magicians will be the biggest beneficiaries of this action.

"Children have been missing in the city recently. Did you know about this?"

Fanny shook her head. She didn't care about such trivial matters. "It must be those civilian children who had too much fun and forgot to go home. Why should you worry about such a trivial matter?"

The queen sighed softly, "Fanny, do you know that the dark witches have begun to work together now? Perhaps I shouldn't let you be so willful."

At this moment, someone suddenly hurried into the inner hall.

"Queen, the young master of the Samantha family has also been kidnapped! The black witches demand that the royal court immediately stop the slaughter and persecution of black witches. Otherwise, they will not only kill Master Gallup Samantha and those children before, but will also unite to launch a new generation of endless revenge against the nobles of the Rose Empire, including... including..." He didn't dare to say anything else.

Fanny grabbed the guard by the collar and cried out, "What did you say?"