Laura was changing into men's clothes behind the door. Gladys stood outside and kept knocking on the door. "Are you ready? Are you ready?"
[Ding Ding~ The host is desperately urging the little princess to change clothes. Increase the abuse value by 10 points~]
"Little Princess Lola has turned into a man. She must be very frightened when she sees her body while changing clothes. She needs some time to calm down. I am urging her so urgently. Doesn't Lola want to beat me? Why is it only 10 o'clock? Can't you give her a little more..." Gladys whispered softly, and then her heart paused.
Laura, dressed in men's clothes, walked out.
The loose wizard robes covered his body, outlining his tall frame.
His golden eyes looked at me quietly.
At this moment, Gladys clearly realized that the Laura in front of her was Laura who had turned into a man.
Gladys didn't expect that Laura would look so well in this wizard robe, as if he was born to be a wizard in the dark.
His beautiful appearance has not changed, but there is a sense of oppression...
"My Lady Witch, I have changed my clothes." He walked towards Gladys.
Gladys had a conflicted expression as the male version of Princess Lola came towards her with hormones...
Gladys suddenly said, "Wait! Don't move!"
Laura: “Oh?”
"Where did you go this morning? Did you go out while I was sleeping? Trying to run away?"
Laura didn't expect that Gladys would go around in circles and end up back at the original question.
Laura glanced at her troubled face.
The time he spent chatting with Gladys in his spiritual consciousness was actually very brief...
After sending Gladys's consciousness away, He suddenly felt bored.
so......
The man slowly tugged at the collar of his hood with his fingertips and answered Gladys' question, "My Lady Witch, I did go out while you were sleeping, but I didn't intend to escape."
Gladys immediately became alert, "Were you called out by the devil?"
Laura was surprised, "How did Your Excellency the Witch know?"
He wondered, could it be that Gladys already knew his identity?
"There's nothing I, the evil witch, don't know... What does the devil want with you?" she said.
Laura: For a moment I didn’t know what she grew up eating.
Laura pondered for a moment.
After hearing the news of his awakening, the demons who supported him wanted to sacrifice some sacrifices in an attempt to unlock the seal of his body, allowing him to return to the abyss and sit on the throne of the Lord of Darkness again...
Seeing Laura fall silent, Gladys's heart was alarmed. No way, Laura was starting to get tangled up...
Gladys felt that Laura must have been bewitched by those male demons with beastly hearts.
"You can't go with a dog man, especially not with a devil." Gladys said seriously.
Gladys grabbed Laura's arm and said sincerely, "The world outside is dangerous, and society is sinister."
Laura: “Really?”
"Really." Gladys nodded. "If you follow the devil today, he will take you to the abyss. The abyss is extremely terrifying. You are too fragile. The abyss is simply not a place for you to stay."
In the original book, Princess Lola was once captured by a demon and taken to the abyss. The demon wanted to take her by force...
The original book describes this passage as follows:
"The fragile little Princess Lola was locked in a golden palace in the abyss. As the demon approached her, her face turned pale, her shoulders trembled, and her eyes filled with clear tears... She was terrified. Fortunately, her childhood sweetheart, the knight, arrived in time and rescued her.
However, on the way, the prince of the Beast Kingdom saw the beautiful Princess Lola. He was shocked. How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world? The Beast Kingdom prince fell in love with the little Princess Lola at first sight, so he kidnapped Princess Lola... "
To sum up, before meeting the evil witch, Princess Laura was either abducted by various male supporting characters or on the way to being abducted.
"Lola, remember, you are safest when I, the evil witch Gladys, lock you up in a high tower." Gladys said firmly.
Laura: "Yeah, okay."
After hearing Princess Lola's obedient answer, Gladys felt relieved.
Gladys ordered Laura in a self-righteous tone, "Okay, it's time for you to make breakfast for me. I want sweet and soft mushroom soup today. Remember, you must use freshly picked mushrooms from the yellow basket in the cabinet on the left side of the kitchen. Don't use rotten mushrooms."
"Did you hear that clearly?"
Laura looked at her with lowered eyelashes, and subconsciously curled her lips: "I heard it clearly."
Following Gladys' instructions, Laura went to the kitchen and started cooking mushroom soup for Gladys.
Looking at Laura's back in the kitchen, Gladys thought, little Princess Laura was turned into a man by her evil witch, but he did not show any dissatisfaction and still cooked for her obediently and docilely... Little Princess Laura is really a good person!
Gladys stared at Laura's back for a while.
She discovered that after Laura became a man, his waist was still very thin...
Also, were Laura's shoulders originally so broad... Was this due to changes in Laura's body after she became a man, or were the little princess's shoulders just that broad?
Gladys' eyelids twitched and she hurried back to her bedroom.
Gladys suddenly realized a problem.
"System, is there no main mission today?" Gladys asked.
"No, because the host turned the little princess into a man, the main quest is temporarily stalled."
Gladys: “…”
She didn't allow the mission to stall because of her actions.
Gladys immediately picked up her wand and went down to find Laura to turn her back into a woman.
[Host, wait a minute, don't you want to see what's happened to that ancient black box?]
Gladys was suspicious, "System, are you deliberately trying to stop me?"
System: “Yes.”
"The system plans to use this time to upgrade."
"As the host completes the main quest, the host's witch level will increase, and the system can also be upgraded."
The system upgrade wasn't a bad thing for Gladys. When she first linked to the system, the system panel was completely bare, with only a set of equipment for an apprentice witch. All other functions were added after the upgrade. The system upgrade would help her complete her mission... So Gladys said to the system, "Okay, then I won't let Laura turn back into a woman. Let's rest for a while."
"Remember to upgrade and update quickly."
System: “Okay.”
Gladys picked up the ancient black box from the window.
After a night of moonlight charging, the appearance of the ancient box changed.
Golden lines appeared on the surface of the black box, revealing a faint light, like the indicator light when the battery is fully charged.
Gladys thought the golden pattern on the box looked familiar, but she couldn't place it where she'd seen it before. It looked like a PNG of gold patterns in the art library, and Gladys couldn't immediately identify what made it so unique.
As soon as Gladys placed her fingertips on the box, it opened automatically.
"Key?" Gladys took out a key from the box. The key was pitch black, with a hollow top and gorgeous carvings of flowers and trees... If you look closely, you seem to see a ferocious face hidden in those hollow patterns.
"System, where is this key?"
System: "Sorry, I don't know. I didn't find any matching information in my database."
"Once I complete this upgrade and expand and update the database, maybe I'll know."
Gladys was on her own, so she threw an identification skill at the box.
Identification skills display:
【The key to an unmentionable place.】
Gladys: “…”
It is impossible to mention again.
Then, Gladys discovered that after she took the key from the box, the box underwent strange changes.
A layer of misty liquid floated inside the box... It was like the box was filled with water, and there was a thin golden pointer lying horizontally on the water surface.
Gladys shook the water and found that the water could not be poured out. The pointer on the water surface seemed to be fixed and did not move at all.
"System, didn't you say there would be a tutorial for beginners after booting up? How do I use it?" Gladys asked with a frown.
The system whispered: "Host, think about it yourself?"
"...This box seems to be quite useful, so the senior system recommended that I issue this task reward."
"There should have been a tutorial for beginners. If it's not there now, maybe it was lost. Or maybe... it was washed away by the fluctuations of time and space when the rewards were distributed?"
The system felt guilty for having lost the manual. "Host, I'm sorry, but my level is not high enough now. I can't help you copy a new manual."
Gladys: "It's okay, I'll wait for you to level up."
Gladys chose to use the identification skill.
Identification results:
[A compass that guides you to visit **************@%! %@￥ (blocked because of lack of permission to mention the name).]
Gladys: "Oh, I see. It's a compass."
Then she closed the box and put it away.
After Gladys put away the box, she did not stop, but took out the task reward [a mysterious letter of admission].
"System, unlock the invitation letter with 1,000 Witch Crystals."
System: “OK~”
The moment 1,000 witch crystal coins were consumed, Gladys's fingertips were able to peel off the wax on the invitation letter.
She pulled a scarlet piece of paper from the invitation envelope.
After seeing the contents on the paper, Gladys fell silent.
There wasn't a single word on the paper.
"What's going on?"
System: "...I don't know, host. My database still can't find the corresponding information."
Gladys pondered, unable to rely on the system. She flipped through the paper, examining it carefully as if playing a puzzle game. Then, her expression paused, "Wait, system, do you see a hole here?"
[Let me see...yes, there is a hole.]
Gladys began to wonder, "What is the purpose of this hole?"
[Maybe for decryption?]
Gladys: "You have a point. I guess this could be a keyhole."
System: “......?” Is there any connection between what we said?
Gladys pulled out the key from the box and continued, "I guess this key is the one that corresponds to the hole on this piece of paper."
System: "...How about you try it?"
"Wait." Gladys' tone became alert.
"Lola! Laura! Come here! Don't cook yet! I have something new to tell you!" Gladys opened the door and called Laura on the stairs.
After a moment, Gladys hid behind Laura.
She pressed the key into Laura's thin, pale hand.
Then, hand him the scarlet paper as well.
She poked her head out from behind Laura and ordered, "Put the key in and see what happens."
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