After these words were spoken, there was an unusual moment of silence in the surroundings.
Old K subconsciously shrank back, blinked, and looked the woman in black robes up and down.
The black robe, as smooth as silk, outlined her shapely figure, revealing her ample bust and curvaceous hips. The woman had large eyes and looked utterly innocent.
"Witch?"
Old K looked at her for a while and said, "How does she look like a witch? Shouldn't a witch be an old woman who is very old, has a fierce appearance, and wrinkled skin? She's not as young and beautiful as you."
"Not at all, you flatter me."
The woman, who called herself a witch, held her face with one hand and waved her other hand repeatedly. "I really am a witch, but not that exaggerated. My grandmother used to be like you described, but she passed away, and I took over."
"Huh? Can a witch take over?" Lida asked.
“If the king can succeed, why can’t the witch?” the witch said.
That statement seems to make sense, but something feels off...
"Um, aren't witches the kind of beings who love young girls' blood, cast curses for no reason, occasionally give princesses a poisoned apple, or turn princes of some country into frogs?" Sazir raised his hand and asked.
"That's amazing!"
The witch's eyes widened, seemingly with a touch of longing. "That kind of witch doesn't seem so bad..."
"That's enough, what kind of nonsense are you asking?"
Kuro rolled his eyes, stepped forward, and said, "Hey, what are you?"
"I'm not a thing, no, I mean, I am a thing, no, I'm a witch, skilled in herbal medicine." The witch was confused by herself for a while before she realized what she meant.
It's confirmed, he's an idiot.
"Are you really a witch?" Old K asked.
The witch nodded: "Yes, I am a witch."
"Then... what about my fiancée?"
Old K looked at Chloe, while Chloe looked at Donald and Sazier.
“Um, I thought that person was the witch…” Donald scratched his head. “Turns out she wasn’t? When I saw her, wasn’t that woman trying to force-feed you poison?”
"No, it's just that I was clumsy and knocked over the medicine bottle, and the smell that came out was so awful that I almost fainted. She was just being kind and picking it up for me." The witch scratched her head, a little embarrassed.
Old K watched for a while, then asked Donald, "Sir Navy, why didn't you bring both of you together? Why did you only bring one?"
"Mainly because we encountered monsters, the enemies were too strong, and I didn't think too much about it," Donald said honestly.
Old K nodded, glanced at Donald, and suddenly asked, "If this kind of beauty is a witch, then the women she kidnaps must be even cuter and prettier, right?"
Donald fell silent.
Sazir thought for a moment, then lowered his head and remained silent.
Only Kikyo looked puzzled.
Lida repeated Old K's words to Kikyo, who then realized what he meant. She nodded vigorously at Old K and said in an admiring and gentle tone, "What a king who values promises."
"I'm not the king yet... wait, what does that mean?!" Old K realized the blind spot.
What does this have to do with whether or not it's agreed upon?
And what kind of tone is that?!
Old K leaned back, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Well, I might as well make a suggestion, this witch..."
"Huh? Me?" The witch pointed to herself.
"Yes, is herbal medicine all you know how to make?"
"Ah...yes, I only know how to make herbs, nothing else."
"Then let's leave it at that. Since you've already encountered a monster and haven't been able to rescue anyone, let's just assume the person you couldn't rescue is a witch. Alright, then let's make this lady my fiancée. Let's go with the flow and this lady will marry me. I don't mind at all."
Old K stroked his curly mustache and nodded, saying, "That's settled then. Someone, bring this... um, what's my fiancée's name again? Let me think..."
“Catherine,” the witch suddenly said.
“Yes, Catherine, from now on you are Catherine,” Old K said suddenly.
Then, he was taken aback. "How do you know her name?"
“Of course I knew her name since we were together. She often said that she came to the Twin Horse Kingdom to marry a member of the royal family. So it was you.”
The witch slammed her fist into her palm and said, "Don't worry, she'll be fine. That lion ape isn't that bored."
"Do you know that monster?"
Kro asked, "You just said the scent of the herbs was leaking from you? And that you were the cause of those wild beasts' frenzy?"
"No, no, no, I was just trying to save them."
The witch shook her head vigorously. "I don't know what's wrong with those animals. They've been inexplicably going into a manic phase for some time now, and the duration of their manic episodes is getting longer and longer. If this continues, sooner or later the animals will become completely manic, which will cause disaster to this land."
"So I dug a tunnel there and spent my days studying the habits of those animals, trying to make an antidote to cure their agitation. As for that gibbon..."
The witch paused for a moment, "I'm not very familiar with it. I've only encountered it by chance. One night, I saw it dancing on the grassland. It was quite beautiful. It's really hard to imagine that such a large body could dance so smoothly."
"It spotted me too, but didn't do anything to me, so Catherine will be fine with me there."
"Why is the king's fiancée with you?" Clod asked coldly.
"It's a thief."
The witch said, "Catherine said she was attacked by thieves, but she managed to escape on the way. It seems the other side mistook her maid for the young lady. How strange... Catherine is such a good person, why do people always mistake her for someone else?"
"Rumors about witches abducting people were actually spread by thieves? What was their purpose in turning it into a legend? Don't they think of them?"
Kro adjusted his glasses and asked Old K, "Your Majesty, has anyone asked you for a ransom?"
Old K shook his head, "Not at the moment."
“That’s strange…” Chloe asked suspiciously, “If they don’t want a ransom, then what do they want…?”
He didn't doubt that the witch was lying, because judging from Sazel and Donald's expressions, he knew that this Catherine was a dinosaur. Who would capture such an ugly woman to suck her blood and have some kind of youth? Besides, that woman and this witch were hiding in a cave at the bottom of the hillside.
The witch didn't know when they would arrive, and besides, she didn't know that she would be the one being taken away, so it was impossible for her to make arrangements in advance.
What she said was true, and that's precisely why everything seemed somewhat chaotic...
The Lion Ape, a thief who captures people but doesn't ask for ransom, a raging beast—it's unclear if they're related.
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