Linghu Lan's eyes darted around, neither confirming nor denying, and she laughed, "Ha, witch! If you think I'm really naive enough to believe your nonsense, you're wrong. I once passed through the Dark Forest and overheard the dwarves saying that a woman stole a magic book from their house. I know it was done by the wicked queen in the fairy tale of the Princess and the Pea. That's why the Princess and you were able to get the magic book later. So, the magic book originally belonged to the dwarves. As for where the dwarves got it from, I have no idea."
The dwarves were immediately in an uproar when they heard this.
"So it was that woman who stole the magic book. How utterly despicable!"
"Fortunately, she is dead, but that was our magic book, you must return it to us."
"This is a magic book we dug up from underground. It's a book that symbolizes both light and darkness. I never expected you would dare to read it. It's outrageous! We've had it for so long and never read it."
“That’s right. When we dug up the spellbook, we also dug up the boots of fire, the ones you’re holding.”
The little dwarfs chattered incessantly.
Linghu Lan thought for a moment, then took out a magic book from her person and tossed it to the dwarves. "Please be quiet for a moment, gentlemen. I have a personal grudge to settle, is that alright?"
"Of course!" the dwarfs answered in unison.
“We love to see them kill each other!” the fifth dwarf added.
Linghu Lan: "..."
"So what? So what if the spellbook belongs to the dwarves? Is that your reason for 'committing suicide'? You're a smart girl, you should know that doing this is completely unreasonable." The sea witch continued to patiently persuade her.
Linghu Lan laughed and said, "Of course not, why would I 'commit suicide' for such a reason? I 'commit suicide' because of you!"
"If there's anything you're not satisfied with about me, I can change it!"
"You can't change it. You can't control yourself at all, just like you can't control me."
The sea witch kept her mouth tightly shut and didn't speak, a hint of fear flashing in her eyes.
Linghu Lan smiled, no longer afraid. She said softly, "Once I came to the Dark Forest and startled the house of the Seven Dwarfs. I happened to learn their secret: they were originally just one person, but later they split into seven people due to personality split."
The dwarves started shouting again.
"When did we ever tell you our secret?"
"How did you know? My God, I can't believe it! She actually knows our secret! Who leaked it?"
Linghu Lan didn't reply to the dwarves' words. Instead, she glanced at the oldest dwarf and asked with a smile, "However, dwarves, I think you're hiding something from me. Not all of you split off from the first dwarf, right? There must be other dwarves who split off from other dwarves, right?"
The dwarves immediately fell silent, their eyes wide open.
"You're the devil!!!"
“If you don’t ‘commit suicide,’ we will kill you with fire boots.”
Linghu Lan: "..."
A real grumpy little dwarf.
Linghu Lan ignored the dwarves and calmly said, "I have no ill intentions, and I will not harm you. I just want to tell the witch that since the seven dwarves who obtained the magic book suffered from personality splits, there's no reason why the Princess and the Pea who obtained the magic book wouldn't suffer from personality splits, right, witch?"
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