Otaku Witch

Chapter 139 121. Spider Teacher is a fraud

At Brust Academy, in the inconspicuous courtyard of the Automated Mechanical Civil Engineering major, the group of upperclassman sisters landed together, alighting from their brooms.

And Spider Teacher wasn't holed up in her workshop as usual today; instead, she had been waiting in the yard for them since early morning. She had even tidied herself up a bit; the already stunning woman now looked like the newlywed bride who just moved in next door, her voluptuous figure and aura almost intoxicating at a glance.

However...

"Tsk, seems like all the 'big sisters' in this world have something off about them; they're all looks but no substance."

Dorothy glanced at her squinty-eyed discount teacher and thought to herself.

She used to be a firm believer in admiring mature women, favoring the good-looking 'big sisters.' But ever since she came to the Witch World, every 'big sister' who met her expectations and stirred her heart a little turned out to be weirder than the last.

Senior Mia might look like a gentle and wealthy matron brimming with motherly love, but in reality, she's an incurable sadistic Mother Tyrannosaurus.

Disciplinary Committee Chairwoman Madeline looks like the old-fashioned, conservative Female Knight, but get to know her and you'll find succubi will always be succubi, their nature unchangeable.

And even the Hat Senior Sister perched on her head right now...

Alas, such a beautiful woman with long black hair; too bad she's mentally ill.

And now this squinty-eyed teacher who seems quite bashful, recalling her double standards and the strength is virtue attitude, Dorothy couldn't help shaking her head and sighing.

"Sigh, I feel like my sister complex is almost cured."

"Dorothy, I think you were just thinking something rude just now?"

Overhead, the brim of Hat Senior Sister's starry hat formed a big eye that stared down at its master and asked in an unfriendly tone.

"No, no, no, you're overthinking it, Senior. I was complimenting you on your charm, it's almost changed my mindset completely," Dorothy replied with a face unflushed and heart unperturbed as she "honestly" answered.

This response left Hat Senior Sister unsure of how to react for a moment. Her ability to sense lies told her Dorothy wasn't lying, but a deity's intuition kept making her feel something was off.

So...

It was terrible, she resorted to glaring with her eyes.

That's how Hat Senior Sister's starry gaze fixed firmly on her, and just when Dorothy was almost overwhelmed by the deity's eye, about to let a flaw slip, Spider Teacher approached.

"Here are your student IDs; keep them safe. The positioning at the opening ceremony later will depend on your student IDs."

Noelle Rose handed them two spider-shaped badges, instructing them as such.

However, afterward, her gaze lingered on Dorothy's hat for a while, then she spoke in a complex tone.

"Nice hat, who gave it to you? Well, now I'll have to choose a different graduation present for you."

The Triangular Witch Hat always holds special significance for witches and isn't something that little witches can just wear casually, as such hats often represent a witch's independent social status.

Typically, only when a little witch comes of age and her abilities are acknowledged by her elders, will the elders grant her a Triangular Witch Hat as proof of recognition that she is now capable of standing on her own.

Well, basically, it's like a little witch's coming-of-age ceremony, kind of like the coronation ceremonies in the country where Dorothy lived in her past life.

Usually, a little witch's first hat is gifted by family or a teacher. Dorothy knew that her father, Adam, had long prepared a beautiful witch hat for her. It was a high-level item custom-made by a master, along with her previous magic bag. He had kept it hidden from Dorothy, apparently planning to surprise her with it after her graduation from the Witch Academy.

Unfortunately, Adam, as a weak human mage, never knew how terrible witches could be. Just as he always thought he had hidden his private savings well, but in fact, his stepmother Annie knew exactly where he kept them.

Whenever Dorothy got into her chuunibyou phase and wanted to try on her future hat to cosplay as a Great Witch, she stumbled upon her petite stepmother secretly checking her husband's expenses at home several times.

Afterward, she and her stepmother came to an unspoken agreement to pretend they hadn't seen each other.

Hmm, the strange friendship between stepdaughter and stepmother grew.

And now, Spider Teacher felt a curious sense of loss upon seeing her favored disciple already in possession of a witch hat that clearly looked high-level, as if a privilege that should have been hers had been usurped by someone else.

Sigh, it was the first time in her life she had a disciple she was fond of, but why wasn't it her who gave the disciple her first hat?

But then again, considering the extraordinary knowledge of this little disciple, it seemed unlikely that she was entirely self-taught. Aside from herself, she must have other teachers as well.

Oh, the one to take on the troubled role turned out to be me.

For a moment, Spider Teacher felt mixed emotions.

On the other hand, Hat Senior Sister was somewhat surprised to be discovered. She extended two little tentacles to tug on Dorothy's ears, then the tips of the tentacles split into small mouths and whispered softly.

"Wow, Dorothy, your teacher has got something, she can actually see me, confirmed, she's a strong one, you didn't lose out with this one."

"emmmm, but she does seem familiar, I should have seen her file before, she really left an impression on me as a pretty powerful Great Witch, let me think...." Explore more stories at empire

"Oh, I remember now, her name seems to be Noelle Rose, known as the Puppeteer of the Deep Boudoir, the Eight-Eyed Thousand-Handed Silk Demon, the Moving Calamity Fortress, the one-woman army War Empress...."

"Wow, you're not just breaking even, you're making a killing. I saw her in the list of Great Witches up for promotion; she won't take long to reach the Peak."

Should this be credited to the future Fourth King? It seems like Hat Senior Sister knows quite a few top-secret pieces of information.

Only, Dorothy: "..."

The homebody witch was silent for a moment. Should she be happy now?

Good news, the cheap teacher she had recently pledged to was about to get promoted, her backing was becoming stronger.

Bad news, it looks like she has been duped again. Wasn't this supposed to be a research-focused profession?

Dorothy looked at the Spider Teacher in front of her, bewildered, wanting to ask how those titles that sounded so violent and martial came about.

Wasn't it agreed before she became an apprentice that you were a double master in architecture and puppetry? Shouldn't this be a research type?

Is it still possible for me to drop out and change teachers now?

...The little witch is doubting her life choices.....