Otaku Witch

Chapter 326 294. Perplexed Mechanical Heart

As the Fallen Angel and the Home Martial Soul were discussing forming a group for their debut, not far away, on the nearby floating island, Dorothy's grand house-building venture was progressing spectacularly.

Deep within the forest, the Fairytale Tree House was slowly taking shape.

Senior Mia, Audrey, and Sidwell were diligently transporting building materials, arranging them according to the positions indicated on the ethereal 3D architectural blueprints, while Dorothy herself was fully focused on constructing Magic Circuits within those Anti-Magic Materials.

This job was not easy, as the anti-magical properties of the materials themselves dictated that magic couldn't be used to cheat or assist, thus making the task of creating those barely visible, intricate Magic Circuits within the tough materials extremely challenging.

But if magic was out of the question, wasn't there still martial arts?

At this moment, Dorothy's expertise as a Martial God came into play. She lightly touched the Demon-Breaking Materials, and an invisible force penetrated and permeated the materials, effortlessly creating a network of delicate Magic Circuits within the originally solid materials. This exquisite control over inner strength was so impressive that even the Homebody Witch, under whose hat Hat Senior Sister resided, exclaimed it was abnormal.

"You're too much, you know. No witch your age should be able to do this,"

senior Fanny complained.

Even she couldn't achieve something so preposterous, considering she was merely a regular twenty-something Genius Witch in every aspect except for her unreasonable magical power and the authority of the Dream Realm, Despite having studied the Combat Magic System, which she was quite good at, she was still a bit short of reaching the Martial God Boundary.

So now, witnessing this scene, Hat Senior Sister felt like she must be seeing a ghost; this just didn't make any sense.

"What's excessive about it? It's quite simple, really. Just envision the route in your mind first, and then control the inner strength to follow it. It's as easy as copying homework."

Dorothy tilted her head, speaking as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Copying homework might be easy, but making it exactly like the original handwriting, that's not easy at all,"

senior Fanny muttered under her breath about this absurd Master, then stretched out a tentacle to input magic power into the building materials where Dorothy had already created the Magic Circuits.

Thus, when the magic power flowed through those Magic Circuits, the building materials, which were merely stacked together without any adhesive material, naturally fused into one.

This magic bonding process should have been powered by a Magic Furnace, but Dorothy couldn't afford the expensive Magic Furnace, though Senior Mia had sponsored her a high-level Dragon Heart Magic Furnace. However, the frugal Homebody Witch was reluctant to start it up.

After all, running a Magic Furnace required burning Witch Gold Coins, literally burning money.

As the core of witch construction, akin to the heart, the Magic Furnace was as crucial as an engine to a car. However, just as an engine needs gasoline, the Magic Furnace also required fuel, and this fuel was straightforward — Witch Gold.

Was that really burning money? It was essentially burning Dorothy's life.

Furthermore, there was already someone at home with an excess of magic power and nowhere to spend it; why not use it to power the system?

And for her part, senior Fanny had no objections, as she was also a member of this club. Contributing her part was only appropriate. Moreover, maintaining the magic power to operate a floating island was nothing more than a trivial task for her, hardly even a favor.

Seeing this Master, who was now driven mad by poverty, almost ready to shove her straight into the Magic Furnace for power, Hat Senior Sister chose self-preservation and tossed a small segment of her tentacle into the Magic Furnace. The magic power contained in this tiny piece, equivalent to one of her hairs, was enough to last for several thousand years.

Time passed, and as the sun began to set, the originally imaginary blueprint of the Fairytale Tree House materialized into a solid form. Finally, with Dorothy handling the last brick, senior Fanny's Magic Power activated the entire island. Suddenly, a powerful burst of Magic Power erupted, and an invisible barrier enveloped the entire island.

"Uh, Dorothy, did the Magic Circuit you designed also include a protective formation for the island?"

Hat Senior Sister had only realized this when the formation activated, and she asked, somewhat surprised.

"Of course, otherwise it would have been such a waste to spend all that effort just on the plumbing and electricity for the house."

Dorothy nodded, proudly responding.

"This was an inspiration I came up with just last night. I modeled the Magic Circuits after the human body's meridians and acupoints, turning the entire island into a gigantic human body. It's a pity it's still in a vegetative state right now. Next, I need to install a brain and see if I can bring the entire island to life."

The Homebody Witch took out the still dormant Mechanical Heart and approached the ancient towering tree at the center of the island.

Then she lifted the Sealing Skill from the Mechanical Heart.

Immediately, the liberated Mechanical Heart unconsciously tried to flee, but after scanning its surroundings, it froze.

Where am I? Who am I? Where am I? What was I going to do?

The Mechanical Heart fell into the three existential questions of life.

In the past, it could only be regarded as a diligent intelligence program, possessing certain instincts but not independent consciousness. It wasn't until it merged with the Mechanical Heart earlier that its self-awareness fully awakened, essentially gaining a soul.

However, since it possessed memories from the past several hundred years, even though the soul was newly born, its first instinct upon waking was still to flee, even though it didn't understand why it felt the need to flee, it felt like it was done, as if a voice from a Divine Revelation was telling it to run.

But now, that voice inside had disappeared, leaving it slightly forlorn, like a child separated from its mother, yet at the same time, it felt freer as if a chain that had always been pulling it forward had finally broken.

Freedom was liberating, indeed, but it also left it without a purpose, unsure of what to do next.

The Mechanical Heart simply floated in place, then its surface projected a virtual screen aimed towards Dorothy.

It remembered that this person was the one who had captured it, so since it didn't know what else to do, it decided just to watch and see what this person who had captured her wanted to do.

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Mechanical Heart: "???"

The virtual screen displayed a string of question marks.

In response, Dorothy revealed a brilliant smile and began a grand deception.

"You've finally awakened, my new family member."

...The Homebody Witch continued her deception...