What Witch? A Deadly Chapter 108 : A Further Step Up in Their Enterprise

Chapter 108: A Further Step Up in Their Enterprise

“Leon? Leon!” Rena called out several tis in front of Leon and even tried shaking him.

Leon remained completely still, putting on a vacant, hollow-eyed expression.

Just a mont ago, a mischievous thought had surged through his mind, making him want to see what Rena would do if he pretended to be hypnotized.

“Is he really hypnotized?”

Rena studied Leon in confusion.

Right after the kiss, she had felt sothing similar to the synchronization of Mana after using a Blood Pact.

But it had only lasted for a brief mont.

That sensation had already disappeared, yet Leon still looked as though he were under her hypnosis.

Could it be that the principle behind charm worked differently?

In that case, did she not need to deliberately stop circulating Mana, and could simply issue a command to dispel the hypnosis?

Rena was a little uncertain.

Legend had it that a Succubus could cast a short-lived charm on soone.

The chard person would obey the Succubus completely, and all mories during the period of charm would be entirely forgotten.

In other words, at this mont, Leon would obey her every word?

“Leon, shake hands.” Rena tentatively extended her hand.

“Yes.” Leon responded in a flat, emotionless tone and took Rena’s hand.

Realizing that the command truly worked, Rena began sizing Leon up with growing interest and then gave another order, “Give

a princess carry.”

“Yes.” Leon reached out and lifted Rena horizontally into his arms.

For him in his current state, the motion was effortless.

Nestled in Leon’s embrace, Rena felt as though she were curled up in a warm cradle.

Curiously, she reached out to stroke the white fur around Leon’s neck.

The fur that had grown after his transformation was incredibly smooth and soft, wonderfully pleasant to the touch.

Being stroked gave Leon a faint tingling sensation.

It was unexpectedly comfortable.

He did not know whether his senses had changed after transforming, or whether it was influenced by the aura Rena was giving off.

“Let

sit on your shoulders,” Rena added.

“Yes.” Like lifting a child, Leon raised Rena high and let her sit astride his shoulders.

The height made Rena instinctively wrap her arms tightly around Leon’s head.

Then she laughed happily and began repeatedly stroking his head.

“Such a good boy!”

Watching the Werewolf Leon behave like a large doll under her control felt incredibly wondrous to her.

Gently stroking the top of Leon’s head, Rena suddenly asked in a soft voice, “Leon, answer

seriously. Do you truly like , or are you just responding to my feelings because I like you?”

Leon was montarily startled.

Thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had never truly expressed his own feelings to Rena.

No wonder she lacked a sense of security.

He gathered his thoughts and replied, “Before I t you, I lived in a muddled haze. Only after eting you and going through so much this past year did I feel like I had truly lived once. When I was at my most helpless, you were always by my side. Of course I like you, Rena.”

Hypnotized or not, these were his true feelings.

He spoke without the slightest hesitation.

Rena was overjoyed upon hearing this.

She happily ruffled Leon’s head in a frenzy.

After quite a while, she said, “Put

down.”

Leon carefully lowered Rena.

Once on the ground, she still looked at him with a bright smile, then stepped forward and hugged him, rubbing her face against his chest.

Like a little child.

Leon smiled helplessly in his heart.

He had wanted to see whether Rena would do sothing strange, yet their interaction had turned out—unexpectedly pure.

Sure enough, even after taking on the appearance of a Succubus, Rena was still the innocent and romantic girl he knew.

That was not bad at all.

“Alright, you can wake up now.” Rena clapped her hands experintally.

Leon put on a dazed expression, blinking repeatedly at Rena as though just waking from a dream.

He looked utterly confused.

“What just happened? Was I hypnotized? What did you do to ?”

Seeing his reaction, Rena revealed a mysterious smile.

“You guess.”

“Did you do sothing strange to ?” Leon patted himself down and even tugged at his trousers.

“You didn’t peek, did you?”

“How could I!” Rena lightly smacked Leon in annoyance.

After doing so, she stole a quick glance anyway.

“So what exactly did you do?” Leon asked, holding back a laugh.

“Nothing. I just touched the fur on your neck,” Rena replied, looking away.

“That’s really all?” Leon confird.

“That’s all this ti. Next ti might be different.” Rena grinned smugly.

It seed Rena truly believed the ability had worked on him.

Perhaps if he acted a few more tis in the future, he could guide her into doing sothing more unrestrained.

Leon mused to himself.

At that mont, both of them began to feel the Mana within their bodies gradually settling down.

“It seems this transformation has a ti limit.”

Sensing it, Leon simply allowed the Mana to recede like an ebbing tide.

His body quickly returned to normal, and Rena also reverted to her original appearance.

“We’ll experint with this ability more carefully later. Don’t let anyone else know. For now, let’s seal that Hidden Chamber and avoid approaching it again,” Leon said.

No matter what, it was a good thing that the power of the Blessing had been enhanced.

This ability might beco one of their trump cards in the future.

“What about the Doppelganger inside?” Rena asked.

The Doppelganger had been struck by Leon’s curse and was still in a state of Petrification.

“After I lift the curse, see if you can control it and have it co out on its own.

I want to carve out a concealed area in the Labyrinth to keep it for observation,” Leon said after so consideration.

A Doppelganger capable of transforming into various people or Magical Beasts could prove useful in many situations if properly controlled.

After going through so twists and turns to finish exploring the Labyrinth, they now had to think about the work ahead.

“Leon, if we’re going to move those Magical Beasts here to raise them, does that an we’ll have to live on this island?” Rena asked.

“There are so houses and a well outside the mine. After so renovation, living there shouldn’t be a problem. It just depends on whether you mind,” Leon replied.

“I don’t really mind. But can you handle everything, Leon?” Rena said.

The quota given by the Earl was several tis the output they had previously produced from the Labyrinth in Hal Town.

To et that target, Rena would need to spend far more energy than before controlling Magical Beasts and refining Mana.

She would also have to prepare and sell Magical Potions, while setting aside ti to research dicine for Saltification Disease.

The breeding and slaughtering of Magical Beasts in the Workshop, as well as processing their materials afterward, would be beyond her capacity.

Leon would have to handle those tasks.

In addition, they would need to consider the storage and transportation of Magical Beast materials and Magical Potions, shipping them from Arend Island through the docks to various places in South Harbor County.

This area would also require long-term supervision to prevent outsiders from entering the Labyrinth again.

At the sa ti, they would need to monitor the Labyrinth for the unexpected ergence of new Magical Beasts—

Clearly, Leon could not manage all of this alone.

On the surface, he was still serving in the Inquisition.

Traveling back and forth between Hal Town and Arend Island would consu a great deal of ti.

Now that they possessed an entire Labyrinth, the scale of production was no longer comparable to the days when they quietly ran a small Workshop hidden within the Labyrinth of Hal Town.

They were now operating a factory, with many vacant positions requiring additional manpower.

Once more people were involved, logistical supply issues would also arise.

Moreover, those assisting inside the Labyrinth would be exposed to their core production operations, aning they had to ensure these people were trustworthy.

At this level of consideration, Leon clearly realized that their enterprise was now entirely different from when they had quietly tucked themselves away in the Labyrinth of Hal Town running that small Workshop.

There were still mountains of issues to handle, but fortunately they were mostly trivial matters.

Leon believed he could manage them.

“I’ll solve these issues. But before that—” Leon looked around the temple and nodded lightly.

His gaze then settled on Rena.

“We should find sothing decent to change into first.”

The two exchanged helpless smiles.

After their transformations reverted, both Leon’s and Rena’s clothes had been torn to shreds.