The breeze blew past her neck, and the girl sat on a white chair and drank tea leisurely.
"I'm hurt when you warn me so much. I'm just a young and cute girl, right?"
"...Sorry, she is a well-known witch after all. It would be strange not to be vigilant."
"I see, that's true. This is my mistake again."
Putting the back of her hand to the corner of her mouth, Echidna chuckled happily
"It's normal for you to be wary, but I hope you can sit down before the tea gets cold."
After saying that, Echidna gestured to the empty seat opposite her. The empty seat with the white dining table in the middle seemed to be ready, and there was also a cup of steaming tea in front of the table.
Sit down, drink tea, and chat with yourself - this is what Echidna wants
"…Where is this place and when was I transferred here?"
"Transfer... Oh, the trick of Yin magic. Unfortunately, you misunderstood. You did not experience physical space movement. You were just invited to my castle for a tea party."
"tea party?"
The inexplicable noun was placed in this place, and Yuexing re-examined the surrounding environment.
The windswept grassland stretches endlessly with the hills as the center, and is unobstructed in all directions to the horizon. The world is filled with a sense of openness, almost like a fantasy.
This lack of reality makes Echidna's argument convincing.
"But there is nothing else in your territory except these collateral tables and chairs."
"Hehehe, you are so interesting. There are only a few people who can talk nonsense in front of me, except for other witches. I never thought that the number of people would increase after death."
Echidna, who was counting on her fingers, responded with a smile.
"After death? This is really a tomb. It's quite unique."
Seeing that the woman in front of her did not exude any malice, Yuexing pulled out a chair and sat down, then raised her tea cup and took a sip.
It's not water, it's not tea, it's not black tea. It tastes incredible, but it doesn't make people feel uncomfortable.
"This is what the witch brought out. What gave you the courage to drink it so confidently?"
"It doesn't matter if you are confident, but if you want to do something based on your ability, you don't have to do anything with the drink. Or maybe there is something wrong with the cup of tea itself."
After waving to the smiling Echidna, he put down the teacup and asked:
"But what I'm more curious about is where this tea is produced. It seems that you don't have anything like this here."
"This is something generated in my castle. To put it bluntly, it's my bodily fluids."
"body fluid?"
Yuexing was surprised, smacked her mouth, and then shook her head
"It shouldn't be possible. You said it yourself. You are already "dead", or this thing was something you had before you were alive."
"What a surprise. I accepted it so naturally. These are the few I have in stock."
Echidna lightly covered her mouth with her hand and said
"Well, anyway, thank you for the hospitality." Yuexing put down the cup in his hand and leaned on the chair naturally.
"You are indeed an incredible person. The fact that you can remain normal like this in front of me is proof."
Echidna looked at the moon and stars and said
"This is your evaluation of yourself. Do you think ordinary people would stop their heartbeat immediately when they see you?"
"No, most people vomit as soon as they stand in front of me. Isn't it funny?"
“Where’s the fun?”
Yuexing rolled her eyes, despised the bad taste of the woman in front of her, and looked at Echidna's figure again.
The white hair that has lost its pigment is like a black mourning dress, with a dangerous immaturity remaining. Her appearance is incredibly gorgeous, and her beauty really makes the viewer feel turbulent.
If you don’t have that vague feeling of oppression on your body,
"Okay, although just chatting like this is very new and joyful to me, don't you think so? Don't you have something you want to ask?"
"Ah... I'm sorry, I accidentally blended in. It's still the same question as before, why did I enter your tomb directly from the ruins?"
"It is indeed a tomb, but this was also my castle."
Echidna's flat answer reminded Yuexing of the feeling before stepping into the ruins - the majestic and solemn atmosphere of the building gave people the feeling of a temple or a tomb.
"This is the witch's tomb where my soul is imprisoned after my death. It is not your body that is invited into this castle, but your spirit. If anything, this is my dream."
"Only the spirit comes in? That means my body is still outside, so how do I get out?"
"The way to wake up from a dream is very simple, as long as you have a strong desire to get up, or you are woken up from the outside, but this is a special dream. If I don't want to wake up, you may not be able to wake up."
Echidna stated emotionlessly, her gaze becoming sharper.
"Is this planning to imprison me inside?"
"No, no, if you want to go back, I can let you go back? After all, I didn't ask you to come, you just ran in on your own."
"You said it wasn't you who called me here, which means that the fairies outside have nothing to do with you?"
However, Echidna listened to his question and just propped her elbows on the dining table and said:
"Unfortunately, even if I look good, I am still a dead person. I don't know what happened outside the tomb, so the goblin you mentioned has nothing to do with me. Are you satisfied with that?"
"It's almost like I didn't ask at all, but that's probably all I asked."
Yuexing stood up and straightened her clothes
"In short, let me go back if you can. There are still two lost unfortunates outside waiting for me to find them."
"It's okay with me, but is it okay with you?"
"Do you mean?"
"Leave my tea party - the opportunity to chat with the lust witch is something that no one but you could ask for."
After being told this, Yuexing realized
Ever since I arrived here, I have been filled with an inexplicable pressure.
Echidna's unfathomable dark pupils are shining with a strange light, as if she wants to know everything about Yuexing
——The true face of what’s wrong comes from Echidna’s endless curiosity
The gaze that looks like a madman staring at a girl comes from the realization of the witch in front of him
"Why are you staring at me with such strange eyes? Am I your long-lost relative?"
"It's a nonsensical question, you are really interesting -"
He responded to Yuexing's teasing with a smile, but the pressure on his body became more and more obvious.
"Since we have to ask and answer questions, we only need each other, so we can save the extra time."
Suddenly, the atmosphere distorted, the vast sky and grassland scenery began to collapse, the sky cracked, the grassland dissolved, and the opposite side of the horizon shattered into dust.
In the world of silent disintegration, Yuexing could not feel the existence of things around her, except for the chair sitting firmly under her buttocks.
"Words are enough. Your thirst for knowledge and curiosity - I will affirm your lust."
In the scene before me, except for Echidna and her white chair, everything else has been eliminated from this world, leaving only heavy darkness.
Echidna returned to the topic and clapped her hands happily.
"Okay, what do you want to ask? Do you want to ask about Daphne, the "Gluttony Witch" who created a beast different from destiny in order to save the world's people from hunger? Or the "Lust Witch" who wants to fill the world with love and give emotions to inhumans
"Carmilla? Or the "Wrath Witch" Minerva who laments that the world is full of battles and uses violence to heal everyone? Or the "Sloth Witch" Saihe who just wants to bring peace and comfort and drives the dragon to the opposite side of the waterfall.
Matt? Or is he the "arrogant witch" Typhon who constantly punishes sinners because of his youth and innocence?"
These are the names of frightening witches
Echidna smiled again and said
"Or is it the desire for all wisdom, the "Desire Witch" Echidna, who becomes obsessed with knowledge even in the afterlife?"
Putting her hand against her chest, she continued as if she was mocking herself.
"——Or is it the "Jealous Witch" who destroys all witches as her own food and becomes an enemy of the world? She came here for that annoying woman?"