Volume 1 Chapter 89

Volume 1 + Chapter 89: Now You Understand

“Now you should understand what I was trying to tell you, right?”

Eve restored Alice’s vision back to normal. At this moment, in Alice’s beautiful eyes, a lively light flickered.

After witnessing the boundless vastness of the Empire and the immense magical presence of her father the Emperor, she seemed to have realized something.

Listening to Eve’s earnest teachings, and recalling her own formerly ignorant and lazy ways—

Alice couldn’t help but lower her head.

“I’m sorry, Miss Eve, I’ve woken up too late.”

Alice took a deep breath, and even her tone became solemn. Compared to the frivolous way she usually acted around Eve, it was like she had become a completely different person.

“It doesn’t matter. As long as you’re willing to begin working hard, it’s never too late.”

Looking at Alice before her, Eve couldn’t help but feel a little gratified. It seemed this child had truly grown up.

“As long as you’re willing to learn, I can teach you any kind of magic.”

“Alright, I’ll definitely study seriously!”

Alice nodded earnestly, her face full of determination. She deeply regretted wasting so much time before.

If only she had studied properly earlier, graduated smoothly from the Church Academy, at least she would have built a solid foundation for herself.

Then she wouldn’t be so embarrassed learning magic now…

If only she had known how useful magic was, Alice would have studied diligently long ago.

Just like this magic that allowed one to overlook the entire Empire at will—if she learned it… wouldn’t peeking at Miss Eve in the bath be as easy as lifting a finger?

At this moment, Alice almost wanted to slap herself.

Why did you realize so late? Even if you start now, it’ll still take over a month to learn…

A whole month later before you can freely peek at Miss Eve bathing—how much time would be wasted in between?

If only you had laid your foundation earlier, would it even take a month?

Alice furiously cursed her own uselessness in her heart.

“Can I learn that magic from earlier?”

Alice looked at Eve with expectant eyes.

“Of course you can. It’s just that your foundation isn’t very good, so you’ll need to start by building it up. That magic is called the All-Seeing Eye, and it’s exclusive to witches. Humans can’t even come into contact with it.”

“This magic isn’t just for overlooking a region. It can even pierce through obstacles. If used on the battlefield, combined with long-range destructive magic, one could cut down an enemy general straight from within a host of ten thousand soldiers.”

Listening to Eve’s explanation, Alice’s delicate cheeks flushed red with excitement.

Seeing how interested Alice was, Eve began introducing the magic to her without reservation.

Placed in human society, this kind of magic would absolutely be considered a world-ending weapon. Possessing it would be like planting spies in every corner of the world.

As long as your magic was strong enough, you could even idly count the eyelashes of enemy monarchs for fun.

But Alice’s concern wasn’t any of that.

For her, overlooking and seeing through… didn’t that mean not only could she peek at Miss Eve bathing, but she could even know with perfect clarity what color underwear Miss Eve was wearing today?

No, wait! What are you thinking? If you can see through, why just look at underwear? Wouldn’t it be better to see something more exciting… hehe.

“Alice?”

“Ah?”

Eve pulled Alice, who had fallen into her fantasies, back to reality.

“What are you giggling about? Look at you, your drool is running down. Let me wipe it for you.”

The innocent Eve still didn’t realize Alice’s wild thoughts, thinking instead that her guidance had finally taken effect.

But for Alice, it wasn’t guidance taking effect—it was desire driving her.

As the saying goes, lust is the primary productive force—and for Alice, this held true as well.

“I want to learn right now.”

“Take it slow, step by step. That’s enough for today. I’ll leave you with some foundational exercises. Stick with them, and if you pass next time, we’ll continue on.”

Eve was surprised things had gone so smoothly this time. It seemed showing Alice that there are always higher heavens and stronger people really was effective.

Next time, she would prepare some even more dazzling magic for her.

“Alright, leave it to me!”

Alice puffed up her chest proudly, looking as though she was determined to succeed.

Seeing her so serious, Eve felt a bit strange. Was this really the same child? Today she was so obedient?

Normally, whenever Eve tried to leave, Alice would cling to her arm like a koala, whining and pestering to keep her from going.

But this time, not only did she let Eve leave quietly, she even promised to practice magic diligently?

It seemed her education really was working.

Eve left Alice with some basic magic to practice. They weren’t difficult, but she wanted to help Alice find some confidence.

First build her interest in learning, then continue deeper.

After finishing all this, Eve left the palace.

Chancelianne really was generous—three hours of private tutoring, and they actually gave her three whole gold coins.

For Eve, earning these three coins was almost too easy. She even felt a little embarrassed holding them in her hands.

But since Chancelianne insisted on giving them, Eve couldn’t refuse such kindness.

The only thing she could do was work even harder to teach Alice, to live up to her sky-high hourly pay.

An hourly rate of one gold coin—truthfully, that was already higher than what ninety-nine percent of ordinary people in the Empire could ever earn.

With some spare money in her hands, Eve’s mood lifted considerably.

She decided to stop by the commercial street, buy some ingredients, and cook something delicious for Leah and Zhizhi.

And while she was at it, see if Umi was around, and invite her too.

Although Umi was always reluctant to speak at Eve’s dinner table, when it came to eating, she never held back.

In fact, she ate more than Leah and Zhizhi combined.

“Witch Eve?”

Just as Eve was humming a little tune, thinking about what to cook for her darlings tonight, she heard a voice in a side alley that made her hair stand on end.

Eve froze, almost stopping in her tracks instinctively.

“You’re… the Crimson Witch Eve, aren’t you?”

It was a crisp and pleasant childish voice, tinged with fatigue and hoarseness.

Eve turned her head almost instinctively, and saw a filthy little girl standing in the dim alley.

At her side was a black cat so thin it was skin and bones, and the little girl herself didn’t look much better.

The two small figures were both dirty and frail-looking, pitifully weak—evoking compassion.

“You are? How do you know…”

“I’m hungry.”

The little girl didn’t answer directly, but instead stared straight at her, softly speaking those words.

Although Eve was surprised this little girl knew her true identity, as a mother, she couldn’t bear to hear a child around Leah’s age say something like that.

All the more when the child before her was already showing severe signs of malnutrition.