House Witch

 So, do we really want to kill people?

Dorothy looked at the two monsters with animal faces and human bodies in front of her. She was trembling with fear on the surface, but she was thinking about this problem in her heart.

Although the appearance of these two monsters is quite intimidating, she has just observed their walking postures and is used to their pace, and she can roughly judge the target's strength from the small details that are inadvertently revealed during their actions. This is a warrior. basic skills.

Well, it’s really a basic skill. The otaku witch had already mastered this skill before she traveled through time.

Hence, based on the looseness of the legs and the frivolous movements of these two monsters, Dorothy basically concluded that they were novices.

They may have strength and speed far beyond ordinary people, but at least there is nothing commendable in terms of skills.

Just like the boss in the novice village in the game, the attack power may be quite high, and a newcomer may be able to kill him with just a few bites, but the moves are fixed and the routines are rigid. As long as you are familiar with the skills, you can pass the level without any damage. Just hand.

Therefore, these two monsters may indeed be difficult for an ordinary little girl to defeat, but if measured from the perspective of numerical strength, they are not absolutely invincible.

Dorothy was just debating whether to follow the subtext of the letter just now and kill the monsters with an axe, and then set fire to the wooden house to complete the final "exorcism" ritual.

There is no doubt that this should be the correct process for clearing the level. The difficulty is how to subdue these two monsters with the body of a weak little girl.

 It’s just that the otaku witch is not very willing to follow this process.

  After all, according to the description in the letter, the two monsters in front of him were "my" parents.

So, "I" really want to accept the fate of this "filial piety" dead person?

This is where Dorothy struggled.

Of course, judging from the description in the letter just now or the words and deeds of the two monsters in front of them, these parents are complete scum, the kind who would not regret their death.

　　Dorothy was not so soft-hearted that she could not even touch such a scumbag.

She just felt a little sorry for the little girl she was playing. This very good and strong little girl should not have to bear this kind of sin.

 After all, no matter how normal a person is, once he is saddled with the sin of parricide, his future fate is basically destined to fall straight into the abyss.

These two scumbags can die, but "I" shouldn't do it.

The otaku witch thought for a while and finally made up her mind.

Although she doesn’t know if not following the game prompts will cause any plot changes, and then increase the difficulty of the game or something, but it doesn’t matter, just be happy.

Dorothy was not a person who liked to take the ordinary path. What she hated most was to act according to other people's arrangements. She just wanted to do what she wanted to do.

Then, "I" can be saved by me.

 The otaku witch thought so in her heart.

At this moment, because they had not waited for an answer for a long time, the scary and weird faces of the pig-headed man and the snake-scorpion woman who were approaching gradually showed angry expressions, and they immediately slapped them with their hands, one from the left and the other from the right.

Boom.

With the sound of the wooden wall panels breaking, the storm outside also blew in through the holes in the wall, causing the pig-headed man and femme fatale woman to subconsciously raise their hands to block them.

However, the next second, they were stunned.

Because a rusty ax has been placed on the pig's neck, and the sharp poisonous scorpion tail behind the femme fatale's **** has been cut off, and the scorpion tail needle with cold light is also pointing at the femme fatale. The position of the eyeballs on the face turned 180 degrees due to pain.

Hmm, the pig’s head was just a hair away and the snake’s brain was punctured.

“Hey, can you two understand human speech? Can you communicate?”

 The thin little girl asked, holding an ax in one hand and a scorpion-tailed needle in the other.

 Some of the creatures in the spirit world purely act according to the rules, while others are intelligent and can communicate. Dorothy does not know which type of these two monsters they belong to. She hopes it is the latter, otherwise she will not be able to be so gentle today.

Fortunately, although the pig-headed man and the femme fatale woman did not speak, the witch was still keenly aware of the uncontrollable trembling in the bodies of these two monsters.

 They are afraid, terrified.

 But if you know fear and know fear, it will be easier to handle.

"We are a family, and we shouldn't be so casual with each other, do you understand?"

 She said with a smile.

The little girl had a bright smile on her face, like an angel.

 “Then Dad, you must have brought a gift for your lovely daughter, right?”

She asked the pig-headed man.

 The pig-headed man was silent for a moment, and finally reached out and touched in his arms. Finally, he pulled out a red cloak, and then handed it to Dorothy.

The house witch frowned slightly at this, but she didn't say anything. She put away the red cloak, and then turned to look at the trembling femme fatale with the same smile.

“Well, Mom, I’m hungry. How about we have a good reunion dinner as a family one last time?”

In this regard, looking at the scorpion tail needle right in front of her, how dare the snake woman refuse, so she had to carefully tap the snake head.

 “Well, great, I like my parents the most.”

 The smile on the little girl's face suddenly became a little brighter, and she put away the ax and scorpion tail in her hands.

The two monsters, the pig-headed man and the snake-scorpion woman, who had regained their freedom, looked at each other, but had no intention of resisting.

At the look of the witch, the pig-headed man sat down on the previously destroyed wooden wall, using his fat body to block the wind and rain outside the house.

The femme fatale woman came to the stove cautiously and started to make a fire to cook with some unfamiliarity.

Dorothy put on the newly acquired red cloak. As soon as the cloak was put on her body, a message suddenly came.

　　【Red Cloak of Courage: This is a reward given to those who dare to resist fate. May it always fill you with the courage to move forward. 】

 “Hey guys, this is really like a game. You can even explode equipment by defeating monsters.”

Dorothy complained in her heart.

Thinking about it, the normal way to obtain this red cloak is through defeating the pig-headed father.

But complaints are complaints, after putting on this red cloak, she felt her body warmed up a lot, as if there was a fire burning in her heart, and at the same time, her physical strength and strength seemed to have been greatly increased.

Well, although she is still a mortal and has not recovered her magic power and witch body, she is finally no longer the powerless little girl she was before.

　　Okay, everything is fine.

Looking at her father, who used his body to block the wind and rain, protecting the warmth of the home, and looking at her mother, who was busy at the stove, creating a warm home, the house witch nodded with satisfaction.

 She returned to the desk before and picked up the letter written in blood.

There are only a few lines written on this large piece of paper, and there is a large blank space.

Dorothy thought for a while, and then cut off the scorpion-tailed needle in her hand with an axe. This hollow-structured scorpion-tailed needle could barely be used as a pen.

 She used the scorpion tail needle to **** a little blood from the scorpion tail, and then she picked up the pen and wrote a sentence on the letter.

“My parents do still love me. Everything before was just a misunderstanding. After some friendly exchanges, I now have a relatively happy family.”

“There is nothing more important and precious in this world than family.”

 “Every little girl should have a happy and complete family.”

Although she didn’t know if there was any point in doing so, the witch didn’t like tragedies, so since she had nothing to do, she might as well give this unfinished letter a good ending.

However, just after she completed this sentence, the next moment, the original handwriting on the letter disappeared, and then the ugly handwriting like a dung beetle appeared again.

However, this time it’s not words written in blood, but words written on carbon strips.

"The demons in my parents suddenly left, and they seemed to have changed. My father stopped drinking. He found a job as a dock porter and began to make money to support the family. My mother no longer went to play cards with people every day. , she started to learn cooking skills, and she cooked a lot of delicious food every day, which is really good."

"Mom also asked me to send some freshly baked bread to my grandma outside the city tomorrow. Grandma runs an orphanage by herself outside the city. It's very hard. I don't know if I can help out tomorrow. busy."

 Dorothy: "."

 Ah, this, do I pass the first level?

However, looking at the new content in the letter, she nodded with satisfaction.

Although this may also be part of the plot of the haunted house game, the sense of accomplishment of avoiding a bad ending and reaching a good ending still makes her quite satisfied.

“It seems like this game has quite a lot of branching routes, and it’s quite exquisitely done. If it weren’t for forcing people to play and not giving them a logout button, I would definitely give it a good review.”

The otaku witch thought so in her heart.

 She really thinks this game is somewhat interesting now.

“I just don’t know what happened to the sisters. We should meet them in the next levels.”

Dorothy thought of her lost sisters.

 She was slightly worried about the safety of her sisters, but the sisters all had extraordinary backgrounds and had many life-saving means on their bodies, so nothing would happen to them. She only hoped that as the game progressed, it would be better for everyone to unite as soon as possible.

At this moment, the aroma of bread came.

The snake mother came over carrying three bowls of thin broth and some freshly baked bread.

 “It’s time to eat.”

 She looked at the daughter in front of her with some fear, and then said this in a low voice.

 “Yes, thank you, mom.”

Dorothy also put the letter away again, and then answered sweetly.

Since she decided to play an action-playing game, she naturally had to act as a qualified "I". She had to be part of the game and couldn't mess around.

So, the mother and daughter came in front of the pig-headed father, and the family sat together for a long time, enjoying this dinner that was not really that delicious.

After all, the family is so dilapidated, how can there be any good conditions? The meat for making broth is already the best ingredient in the family. It is only a small piece, but the snake and scorpion mother is very "pityful" and gives the most meat to her. In the bowl of the house witch, her and the pig-headed father's bowls were almost filled with clear soup.

As for the bread, the black bread mixed with stones and chaff is really hard and chewy.

But it doesn’t matter, for children, it’s enough to be able to eat together as a family, isn’t it?

"Originally, your grandma said she planned to take you there, but now I don't know if you are still willing to go. If not, forget it."

During dinner, Mother Snake hesitated for a moment, and finally said this hesitantly.

On the side, the pig-headed father who was chewing bread froze when he heard this. The two monsters looked at the witch in fear.

 Dorothy said nothing about this.

  After all, she had just seen the next plot from the information in the letter. There is no doubt that the next level should be played in her grandma's orphanage.

As for what Snake’s mother just said about grandma planning to take her there.

 Sigh, it’s better not to delve into the details of this kind of horror game. It’s easy to get scared and get in a bad mood just by thinking about it.

In this world full of evil people, the grandmother who is not sure whether she is the real grandmother is probably not a simple character.

 According to the normal game difficulty, after leaving the novice village, the strength of the monsters will become more and more powerful. Then grandma probably will not listen to others' advice like this "mom and dad".

 But she had no choice but to continue following the plot.

 “Well, I will go. I haven’t seen my grandma for a long time.”

 The little girl nodded and said so.

 “I think it’s best for you not to go.”

 At this time, the pig-headed father suddenly said this.

Dorothy looked up at him in surprise, but he just continued to bite the hard black bread.

 “Always have to go.”

  The otaku witch shook her head, then turned to look at the snake and scorpion mother.

 “Mom, do you have anything to bring to grandma?”

 She asked.

“Hmm, there is plenty. You can take these breads over there. There are many people in the orphanage over there and there is not enough food.”

 Snake Mother Snake showed a scary smile on her face, then nodded and said so.

 In this way, the peaceful and warm day passed.

 The next day, early in the morning, Daddy Pig Head walked towards the dock early. He was going to be a porter from today on.

The viper mother with an apron hanging on her waist also handed a basket of black bread to Dorothy, and then told her the direction of the grandmother's orphanage.

“Just follow this road and you’ll be there, but no matter what you hear on the way, don’t look back. There are wolves outside the city, so be careful.”

 She warned like this.

Dorothy naturally nodded, put on the hood of her red cloak, and then walked out of the house carrying the basket.

However, when she was about to leave the city and passed the window of a store, she suddenly remembered something.

“I don’t seem to know what I look like. This is the animal world. I should be an animal too. I don’t know what I am. Could it be that I am a harmless little rabbit?”

The otaku witch thought curiously.

Well, my parents are not very good-looking, so I can’t just follow them.

 So, she looked at her reflection in the window, but she was stunned when she saw it.

 What was reflected in the mirror was the face of a cute little girl with red lips and white teeth, as cute as a little angel.

Well, she turned out to be a real person.

It’s just that he’s a human being. The most important thing is that this face looks so familiar to her.

 “Send it, Artie?”

The house witch was shocked