Chapter 2068: Chapter 1047: The Blooming Teacher (Part 2)
She genuinely felt that this Disciple Dorothy was just too amazing, absolutely a perfect Disciple who could inherit all of her knowledge and then, on top of that, surpass her in new ways.
After all, she had only just finished the Elite class, and this Disciple had already built these six workshops, wonders so High Level that they were no worse than what she herself could construct if she personally took action.
She didn’t even dare imagine what level this kid would evolve to after squeezing her dry completely.
But looking at it now, being too much of a genius didn’t seem to be such a good thing either, because being too much of a genius also meant never having suffered setbacks, and a genius who has never hit a wall will inevitably become arrogant and conceited, putting nothing in their eyes.
In Spider Teacher’s eyes, the current Dorothy really had gotten swollen-headed; as a teacher, she couldn’t just turn a blind eye to this. She had the responsibility and duty to educate her Disciple properly and lead her back onto the right path.
Only, faced with Noelle Rose suddenly flexing her teacherly authority, Dorothy didn’t argue back or refute anything. She just quietly tossed over that thick warship design manuscript in her hand.
"Teacher, take a look at this. This is the plan given by Lady Witch."
The Homebody Witch first glanced at the Puppet Dragon Marionette placed on the table in front of her, then said so.
"Uh, the Witch of the Forest? Isn’t that... oh, then I’d better take a good look."
Noelle Rose’s brows also furrowed.
After this reminder from her Disciple, she finally remembered that this precious Disciple of hers also had a terrifyingly strong Overpowered persona. She’d just been thinking this girl was getting cocky, and hadn’t expected that the girl actually did have the qualifications to be cocky.
After all, the title Witch of the Forest was just that terrifying.
Honestly speaking, even now, sometimes she still felt it a bit unreal that the Witch of the Forest was actually her own Disciple’s persona, so unreal that she’d subconsciously ignore it because it was too absurd, and because she didn’t dare believe it, she ended up deceiving herself.
But since Dorothy had once again brought out the title of Witch of the Forest now, Spider Teacher had no choice but to take it seriously; she decided to first take a look at what was inside this Grimoire.
Right then, she just casually tossed out a "Witch’s Fast Reading Spell."
Mhm, this was yet another classic Magic of the Witch of the Forest, one that saved you from the process of chewing through books page by page. Cast it once and it crams the contents of the entire book straight into your head, and then, based on your IQ and level of comprehension, it auto-adjusts into either a rough impression or a detailed one.
This was also one of the more popular products among Witchcraft, used by top students to learn faster, and by slackers to cram for make-up exams and so on; everyone who used it said it was great.
And this was also one of Noelle Rose’s favorite Witch’s Spells in daily life. She’d just used it subconsciously.
Only, after finishing the casting, the Spider Witch inexplicably felt a little guilty, because as a teacher using Magic created by her Disciple, it just felt kinda weird.
Furthermore, although everyone thought that, as the most talented Research Witch before the Witch of the Forest appeared, her relationship with the Witch of the Forest, who stole her spotlight, wasn’t very good, in reality she herself was actually Witch Powder.
Mhm, at the beginning she really did find this upstart Witch of the Forest an eyesore, and truly had the urge to compete with her, but if she wanted to treat the other as a rival, she had to first get to know her, right?
So she bought the full set of Witch’s Spells as research material, planning to know both herself and the enemy, and then...
And then it turned into "so fragrant"*.*(TL note: slang for "ended up loving what she thought she’d hate.")
There was nothing she could do—Noelle Rose had never been someone with great ambition, and as a homebody, she was pretty lazy, the sort who wished she could spend all her time on meaningful hobbies and didn’t want to waste time and energy on other things, like Housework, socializing, and so on.
Come to think of it, her Puppetry Technique had reached such an extraordinary level precisely because she herself was too lazy to move, always thinking of using Puppets to serve her. If a Puppet could be moved, she wouldn’t bother doing it herself; that’s how she truly reached the point where Puppets moved like her own limbs.
And among the Witch’s various Daily Life Spells, Noelle Rose smelled the scent of her own kind. She found that every single Witch’s Spell felt like it was tailor-made for homebodies like her, hitting every pain point perfectly, and using them felt ridiculously good.
So, after she realized this, her original sense of rivalry vanished, replaced by a feeling of "hate that we met so late" between kindred spirits. If the Witch of the Forest wasn’t so mysterious, Noelle Rose would even have been willing, for once, to actually leave the house to visit this soulmate she’d never met.
She felt the two of them would definitely get along really well; who knows, there might even be some blush-inducing, heart-pounding romantic developments. After all, just from the Magic alone, Noelle Rose felt the Witch of the Forest was literally her ideal partner from her dreams.
And reality proved that the two of them really did get along; the only problem was that this former soulmate idol, dream lover, had inexplicably turned into her own Disciple.
Tsk, what the heck is this supposed to be.
Noelle Rose shook her head, cheeks a little flushed, shaking off the strange fantasies in her mind, then prepared to accept the information she’d rapidly read with the Reading Spell.
Mhm, with her intelligence and comprehension, of course it went straight to a detailed reading, detailed to the point where she could directly master it.
She drove the Magic with full confidence, and then....
Bang.....
A sound like a pressure cooker exploding rang out, startling everyone. Dorothy then stared in shock as her own teacher’s head burst open like a flower, red and white bits everywhere, the "pistil" still emitting smoke and giving off the aroma of roasted brain.
"Teacher, Teacher, are you okay?"
Dorothy immediately stopped fooling around. With a flash, she appeared at Spider Teacher’s side, ready to try and save her.
But when she caught hold of that gradually collapsing headless corpse, the sensation of extreme softness yet unusual heaviness made her realize something was off, and taking a closer look at that severed "pistil"...
Damn, another Puppet body.
The Homebody Witch was a bit speechless.
Seriously, my dear teacher, are you really that lazy? You even use a Puppet body to show up for work?
Before she could complain a couple more lines, the conference room door was suddenly kicked open, and another Spider Teacher ran in.
Dorothy carefully sized up this newly arrived teacher.
Mhm, disheveled hair, still in pajamas—judging from the look in her eyes, this seemed to be the real body.
"Teacher, you really don’t need to be in such a hurry. You can read it slowly."
Looking at Noelle Rose’s obvious just-rolled-out-of-bed, makeup-free face, clearly having rushed over without even tidying up, the Homebody Witch handed over the headless corpse in her hands while advising her like this.
"How could I not be anxious? It’s all your fault, you wicked Disciple. After letting me see something like that, how could I possibly hold back?"
The Spider Witch waved a hand and put away her overloaded, exploded Puppet body. Then she stood on tiptoe, reached out, grabbed Dorothy’s shoulders, and spoke anxiously.
Mhm, at this moment her cheeks were flushed, eyes burning hot, looking as if her heartfire was blazing, like she really wanted to devour the Disciple in front of her, which was pretty scary.
Only, after actually reaching out and pressing down on her Disciple’s shoulders, after this genuine skin contact, Noelle Rose suddenly froze, then smiled.
"Yo, not bad. You really are my good Disciple. You’ve learned my true essence. I actually hadn’t noticed before—you almost managed to fool me."
She carefully eyed her Disciple from head to toe, that scanning gaze like that of some lecherous old pervert.
In response, the Homebody Witch put on a "I don’t understand what you’re talking about" expression at her teacher who had discovered her little secret, then expressionlessly shifted the topic.
"Teacher, you should have finished reading that design blueprint by now, right? Don’t let your head explode again."
"What are you talking about, child? That was just an accident, okay."
Noelle Rose also blushed a little. That Puppet body just now was a combat-specialized type, its head structure not meant for research; the overload blowout just now really had been an accident. This time she’d swapped in a research-specialized body, so there was no way she’d blow up again.
"Mhm, I agree with your proposal. The shipbuilding plan can begin."
She turned and addressed the people seated at the conference table like this.
...Spider Teacher’s approval in progress.....
