Otaku Witch

Chapter 2054 - 1041: Underworld Guards

After Dorothy entered the Holy Palace, she didn’t encounter any trouble. On the contrary, along the way, whether it was guards or civil officers, they all looked at her with eyes full of admiration. Whenever she passed by, they would all stand up straight, chest high, looking as if they were soldiers undergoing inspection.

This did make Dorothy feel slightly uncomfortable.

Fortunately, although Pandora City of the Underworld is countless times larger than that small town in Witch’s Night, the structure of the Holy Palace, as the core institution, is almost unchanged.

Relying on her memories from Witch’s Night, Dorothy quickly found her good sister’s office area. However, when she arrived at the door, she found the office door tightly closed, as if there was a meeting inside.

"No wonder I didn’t see Denisha waiting for me when I entered today."

That’s what Dorothy thought in her heart.

In previous visits, she always saw the familiar silhouette of "Bai Wuchang" as soon as she opened the door, but today, seeing nothing at the entrance, made her feel a bit unaccustomed.

She was quite worried that her good sister was still angry, hence the coldness, but now she realized she misunderstood.

"Prime Minister, do you need permission from Your Excellency?"

The attendant nearby proactively asked.

"No need, my matters are not urgent, I’ll just wait outside."

Dorothy promptly stopped him.

Although the sisters haven’t revealed themselves to each other, their mutual "impermanence" identities remain hidden, yet they both understand each other well.

The homebody witch naturally knows her good sister is the Witch King and Lord of the Underworld, definitely busy with numerous affairs, unlike her leisurely self. Naturally, she feels embarrassed to interrupt her sister’s work, as she came purely for Alice’s little personal matter today.

Thus, Dorothy sat in the guest area, and as soon as she did, several attendants immediately served tea, water, and various high-level snacks, treating her to the fullest. If the guest area had better conditions, Dorothy would suspect they might prepare an entire national banquet for her.

Dorothy: "....."

Being treated like this by the attendants made the homebody witch unable to self-delude anymore.

Although she had already experimented with the veracity of Witch’s Night, mostly confirming it was not a simple student trial but had transformed into a reality due to some abnormal change.

But now, you Underworld witches don’t even pretend anymore? I’m truly not ready for direct exposure yet.

So...

"Do you all know me?"

The homebody witch directly caught a capable-looking attendant witch to ask.

This attendant witch is a ghost witch, about 175 cm tall, dressed in a modified nun’s habit, with an exceptionally graceful translucent figure.

Hmm, not attached to a mechanical body, but able to move independently in spirit form, indicating this attendant witch is at least not a freshly deceased undead, but has worked in the Underworld for a long time, possibly originally a civil officer witch cultivated in the Underworld Eternal Pure Land.

Such a candidate is quite well-informed about the Underworld, making her a suitable inquiry target.

Being caught for questioning, this attendant witch was momentarily startled but then showed some nervousness before eventually responding.

"Prime Minister, all undead witches of the Underworld are followers of the Mechanical Church. How could we not recognize you, the Holy Pope? Although this is the first time young witches like us are seeing you in person, we’ve grown up hearing about your deeds and teachings, which inevitably excites us, perhaps causing some disturbance to you, for which we sincerely apologize."

She apologized somewhat anxiously.

Homebody witch: "..."

Young witch?

Dorothy looked at the attendant lady before her.

Although the attendant lady indeed looks quite young, probably about twenty-seven or eight in terms of appearance, she is a thriving big sister in her prime. However, judging by the magical pressure on her, she’s a Peak Witch, and there aren’t many genuinely young Peak Witches.

Moreover, although casually catching an attendant being a Peak Witch might make one feel Peak witches are plentiful, the issue is she’s now in the Underworld Holy Palace, which, along with the opposite Mechanical Church, forms the power center of the Underworld.

The guarding forces here actually correspond to what in reality is the Royal Palace in the capital, Pandora.

Though Dorothy hasn’t personally been to Imperial City Pandora nor seen what the current Demon King’s Palace guards look like, based on descriptions she’s seen on the Magic Network.

Let’s put it this way, even gate guards at the outer wall of the Royal Palace have to be Peak Witches.

Guards responsible for the Royal Palace are known as the Imperial Guards, a special battle group independent of the witch army system, not sent to frontline combat or participating in battle group rankings.

They have but one mission, which is to guard the dignity of the Witch King.

The personnel composition of the Imperial Guards is somewhat similar to the Judgment Court but is more stringent than the standards for Judges.

Judges follow a family or master-disciple inheritance system similar to Brocade Guards, but are actually raised freely when young, recommended for examination only upon reaching a certain level.