Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 299 I've Read Him Through
Huh? Eating?

Charlotte maintained her stance of declaring war for a long time, though her arm was getting a little sore. Nevertheless, her good upbringing made her subconsciously point to the distance.

This is the market area, the most bustling place in Misty Forest County. Its specialty is Misty Antelope milk, which has a sweet aftertaste with a hint of astringency unique to misty weather. There is a Misty Antelope farm in the north of Misty Forest County. Dairy products with the characteristics of Misty Forest County are regularly transported to various parts of the kingdom for sale. Among them, Charlotte's favorite is goat milk curds, which she always asks the maid of the mansion to buy for her from the market...

No, Charlotte, is this the time to be thinking about these things?

She shook her head vigorously, and Ethan thanked her. When she came to her senses, she had already walked away. The proprietress of the Mist Antelope Milk Shop was also completely bewildered. With Ethan's help, she returned to the back of the stall and stared blankly at the goods for a long time, as if she had suddenly remembered that she was the owner of the stall.

"Two large cups of Zhīmǔ à lānghān milk."

"Thank you for your patronage."

This is a conversation that happens every day, but its placement here exudes an eeriness.

Clearly, Charlotte wasn't the only one who thought so; the summoners around her also witnessed this scene—they watched as the "robot" wore a fanatical smile, and the giant Mistweaver Antelope beside him, its belly ripped open, summoned new mist, followed by footsteps echoing from the depths of the mist.

Then, they all witnessed the entire process of the hatchling dragon, which had been contaminated by "machinery," hatching. Anyone could see that this hatchling dragon was the complete opposite of the white dragon that Charlotte was riding, which made everyone's heart skip a beat.

Their destinies intersect here, and they will all become witnesses to the battle between illusion and reality.

That will be an unprecedented battle that transcends everyone's understanding.

but……

The young man who emerged from the mist, seemingly a "robot" superior, had only come to buy goat milk. What happened next was even more astonishing.

Ethan cradled the newborn dragon in his arms as if soothing a child. The little creature stretched out its body and wings contentedly, its tiny claws kicking in the air, just like a baby cuddling with its father.

Ethan fed the newly bought goat milk into the baby dragon's mouth. The baby dragon immediately squinted its eyes and gulped down both large bottles of goat milk. Then it raised its head and let out a faint hiss towards the stall emitting the aroma of roasted meat not far away. Its two mechanical wings rubbed against Ethan's arm.

You dare to destroy the world!

The same thought crossed everyone's mind.

Yes, they also saw a strange white cat perched on Ethan's shoulder, its eyes narrowed into slits with happiness, giving off a strangely sweet feeling of a young couple with their child.

What's going on here?

Although the kingdom had long ago enacted a law on marriage between summoners and monsters, it mostly applied to humanoid monsters or monsters that could mimic humans. They had never heard of any summoner getting involved in such a relationship. This cat-like monster looked so small that it clearly hadn't reached the stage of mimicking humans yet.

"Order the same thing as him."

Charlotte blushed and slid off the white dragon's back to the ground. Her companions didn't seem to have any hostility towards the newborn black dragon. They approached and curiously looked down at this strange fellow, occasionally lowering their heads to sniff the black dragon's wings.

The young dragon had no time to wait for anyone else; its mouth was stuffed full of roasted meat.

Swallowtail joined the two, but she was a vegetarian and only ordered some roasted mushrooms and roasted eggplant.

???

The summoners present were even more confused.

The battle seemed to have ended long ago without them noticing, and the atmosphere in the market area returned to peace; it was now the start of the nightlife.

Lord Phoenix Tail Butterfly, the city lord of Misty Forest County, whom we rarely see, appeared here and was having a barbecue outdoors just like them.

"What exactly is going on with you?"

Charlotte raised the skewers in her hand, and the white dragon standing behind her swallowed them whole, skewers and all. She still couldn't accept that someone would ask where the goat milk shop was with such world-destroying aura.

"This is not good; it can easily cause indigestion in children."

Seeing this, Ethan pointed with the empty skewer in his hand at the mouth of the white dragon that was making "crunch crunch" sounds, and chatted with Charlotte about his experience in raising children.

In fact, he was forced into this role, and he even lost a bag of money to Rowena and Bi'an, and temporarily bore the title of "jinx".

He was woken up from his sleep once again by Rowena jumping excitedly on the table. The reason was that the dragon egg suddenly vibrated and a crack appeared on it. Ethan quickly got out of bed, suddenly feeling the tension of being told in the middle of the night that his wife was about to give birth.

He was so nervous that he subconsciously glanced at Winter, whose eyes were half-closed in confusion. The blanket only covered her upper body, revealing her flat stomach and fair, slender legs.

Kicking off the covers is a bad habit.

Ethan had to emphasize that he was viewing all of this with a doctor's perspective.

Then the problem arose. Among the large group of people in the room, not a single one had any experience in this area. Only Lao An came online at the last minute and pointed out that babies need to drink milk after birth, preferably breast milk.

This suggestion immediately silenced everyone, and the others seemed to instinctively look down.

Everyone unanimously suggested that Miss Chloe should take on this arduous task. However, this time, the magical Miss Chloe looked troubled. She could incubate the eggs, but she could not produce milk. At this moment, Old Ann recalled the ecology of some other monsters. In addition to breast milk, she had also seen a group of people who would eat meat as soon as they hatched from the egg.

It's best to prepare milk and meat skewers.

This is the crystallization of the wisdom of the masses. However, facing the empty room, Ethan's disappointment was like returning to his lair after being hungry all day only to encounter a useless goblin chef. He had no choice but to put on his clothes, take the unborn little life with him, and go out to find food.

He had promised the single dragon mother that he would take good care of the child, so how could he let the child go hungry from birth?

Now, he has overcome all difficulties, but new problems are emerging one after another.

He carefully observed the newborn baby dragon.

He didn't mean anything by it, but from a life science perspective, its scales weren't the same color as its mother's, and its mechanized wings and stiff tail lacked the characteristics of a flying dragon, making it hard for him to imagine who its dragon father, who had left home, really was.

"I have a general understanding..."

Charlotte and Swallowtail Butterfly exchanged a glance and spoke in unison.

They heard a thrilling delivery, and all the vivid details proved that Ethan was not lying.

But there's another problem.

He was far too calm. The battle in the market area just now could only be described as brutal. Any normal person would not be able to remain indifferent in the face of such a situation.

"Didn't you see the riot in the market just now? The summoners were attacked and infected with a disease we've never seen before."

The butterfly pressed for details, eager to know Ethan's stance on the matter in order to discern whether he was friend or foe.

"of course."

"So you don't plan to do anything about it?"

Her gaze suddenly became much sharper.

"How could that be? I had already considered the worst-case scenario. Fortunately, Miss Charlotte arrived in time and woke everyone up in time."

Upon hearing this, the swallowtail butterfly immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems Ethan and that crazy robot aren't on the same side, but... what's the worst-case scenario?

She noticed Ethan's gaze. After speaking, the young man of unknown origin smiled and looked around, completely immersed in the lively atmosphere of the Misty Forest County night market. This must be what Misty Forest County is like on a normal day.

“Ah, yes.” Ethan exclaimed, what a beautiful sight.

Thanks to Charlotte's arrival, he was almost forced to knock everyone unconscious while single-handedly handling the tasks of milking and grilling.

"I forgot to ask you before, what exactly does the Rockets do?"

Charlotte asked.

After she got home, she did a lot of research and found that the organization seemed to have appeared out of thin air and had never been witnessed by anyone.

"Simply put, it's an organization that liberates enslaved monsters and helps them return to nature. You can think of it as an organization that protects monsters."

Monster protection?

She sounds like a decent person, but Charlotte isn't easily fooled. Not long ago, Whitebande told her about her experience searching for the dragon egg. Ethan single-handedly defeated the entire poacher gang, broke the Scarlet Queen's contract, and stole their monster.

Although the man in the white turban has a poor reputation, he shouldn't lie about this kind of thing, and the poachers did indeed lose their partner.

This way of breaking the goddess's rules... is exactly the same as those mechanical monsters!
Charlotte asked, "A poacher gang in Moonforest City reported you for stealing their monsters."

"This is a frame-up."

"False accusation?"

"To be precise, I rescued them from the clutches of evil forces and helped them return to nature. They were very happy and thanked me sincerely before leaving."

Charlotte and Swallowtail Butterfly both fell silent.

They thought Ethan would deny it outright, but they didn't expect him to use such rhetoric.

Helping monsters escape the evil summoner and return to nature—it's unbelievable that he could come up with such a story.

Moreover, this also means that he did not deny that he broke the rules set by the Scarlet Queen.

But Ethan had already prepared his explanation.

"Think about it carefully. Which monster wouldn't want to cooperate with a righteous summoner and be greeted with smiles wherever it goes, instead of being used as a tool of evil forces and suffering cold stares everywhere?"

"The monsters that made contracts with them are all evil monsters..."

Charlotte muttered something to herself.

Even without an evil organization like the White Headband, monsters still attack people in the wild. Patrol teams in various cities are there to rescue travelers in distress. Although these attacks are not fatal, the monsters will steal travelers' valuables and goods.

Wolves and bat-like monsters usually leave such a bad impression.

"There is a fundamental difference between living for survival and plundering."

"Don't be blinded by his sweet talk!"

The man in the white turban, who had been hiding in the shadows, could no longer listen. He rushed to the battlefield. "Those demons were originally of one mind with us. They must have been bewitched by this guy!"

"Isn't that just wishful thinking on your part?"

"You've only seen them once, so what makes you say that? In my opinion, you probably didn't release them at all, but killed them like those mechanical monsters!"

"The alpha wolf mentioned you to me."

Ethan calmly relayed the monsters' comments about the white-banded man: "He said you're stingy, you're stingy with food, and you have body odor. You go out for days without showering, and your body smells worse than mud."

Everyone at the table turned pale at the mention of the tiger. Although it was hard to tell whether Ethan's words were true or false, Charlotte and Butterfly instinctively covered their noses—they were eating and could not tolerate a filthy object that was said to smell worse than mud hovering around them.

Moreover, judging from the white-turbaned man's shocked expression, it was clear that Ethan's words had hit the nail on the head.

"That's...that's what it said?"

"It also complained to more than one buyer that the wild monsters you sold smelled bad, but you all blamed them for getting dirty themselves."

The man in the white headscarf widened his eyes in an instant, speechless with disbelief.

He had indeed been complained about by many customers, but what troubled him even more was the reaction of the swallowtail butterfly. It was a look that regarded him as trash. Although this look made him somewhat restless, her action of frowning and pulling her boots under the stool still deeply hurt the white-headed man's heart.

"According to the rules set by the Crimson Queen, battles between summoners are the best way to understand each other!"

"But your monsters have already rejected you and returned to nature."

“I meant Miss Charlotte.”

The woman in the white headscarf raised her voice, "If Miss Charlotte wants to understand him, why not have a duel between summoners witnessed by the Lord of Phoenix Tail Butterfly City?"

"can."

Charlotte immediately agreed, and her gaze hardened as she looked at the black dragon clinging to Ethan.

"I agree."

The swallowtail butterfly chimed in, "The time is set for tomorrow, and I can provide you with a dedicated battleground."

"……All right."

Since the conversation had already reached this point, Ethan agreed. He was also somewhat curious about the proper Summoner Battle process. The fledgling swallowed all the food on the table in one gulp, then lay down in his arms and fell asleep immediately.

Having received Ethan's response, Charlotte secretly clenched her fist under the table.

The fateful showdown with a formidable rival always gets people excited.

The white headscarf did serve some purpose, at least.

However, White Hood had no intention of letting the matter rest. He and Ethan already had a grudge, and now was the time for revenge. After Ethan had gone some distance away, he spoke up and revealed his long-planned scheme: "Miss Charlotte, you only have one partner. According to the rules, tomorrow will be a duel in which each side can only send one monster to fight."

"So what?"

Charlotte frowned and glanced at him.

"I have a plan that will guarantee your victory."

White Headband fully utilized his observation skills, following Ethan closely and observing him for a long time. "The key is the opponent you choose tomorrow. Although he brought six companions, two of them are just there to make up the numbers—this is common among summoners, who often bring along some weak but cute-looking monsters."

A smile appeared on his face.

He has figured out Ethan completely.

"His weakness is the cat on his shoulder!"

The man in the white headscarf said, "That's definitely a vase-like monster with absolutely no fighting ability!"

(End of this chapter)