Otaku Witch

She now confirmed that the Dragon King truly understood her, almost as if he were her soulmate, delivering a pillow when she needed rest.

In fact, when the Dragon King invited her to choose ingredients from the Secret Vault, she was still hesitant. Considering her current strength as a Great Witch, many high-level ingredients were beyond her ability to handle. Even if you gave her dragon meat of Ancient Dragon level, she wouldn’t be able to cook it properly.

But now, look at that, isn’t the Strange Fire here now?

The Dragon King’s World-Ending Dragon Flame, gosh, using it for cooking is truly extravagant.

Although the Dragon King, as the founder of the Combat Magic System, is renowned for being invincible in Combat Magic, as the Witch King, he is undoubtedly a Sage and a master of all Nine Systems. He is simply strongest in the Combat Magic System, which doesn’t mean his other abilities are lacking.

In fact, before the Dragon King developed the Combat Magic System, his strongest ability used to be in the Evocation Series.

Well, because most Evocation series involve explosions, how can any Armed Witch not learn from the Evocation Series? At least basic Fireball skills must be a given.

Of course, the Dragon King would definitely not be so mundane as to only be capable of summoning Fireballs. He...

Oh well, Dorothy pondered some historical records and realized she couldn’t continue bragging.

The Dragon King indeed doesn’t summon Fireballs, he breathes Dragon Breath instead.

Nowadays, records of the Dragon King’s battles usually describe someone challenging him, and the Dragon King defeating them with a simple punch.

But in the past, the stories were about someone challenging him, and Nidhogg reducing them to ashes with a single breath of Dragon Breath.

All in all, the summary of the Dragon King’s life is just two words—invincible.

From a young age, he was invincible. In the past, if he didn’t like someone, he’d huff a breath of Dragon Flame, and now he just suppresses them with an iron fist.

But from the records where he spits and those who dare challenge die, it shows the power of his Dragon Flame, more than ordinary Dragon Breath; it is the fusion of all Dragon King’s Evocation School’s mastery.

Up to this day, with the Dragon King’s status and strength, his Dragon’s Breath Flame could absolutely be called the strongest Strange Fire in the Western Universe, truly possessing world-destroying power.

However, the Dragon King is willing to share his Dragon Flame with her today, clearly very fond of her culinary skills.

Dorothy felt a surge of emotion at being valued by one who understands her, deciding to creatively use this Dragon Flame to develop some advanced cuisines for the Dragon King to try.

As a Dragon Chef, she needs to live up to this title of feeding a Great Dragon.

Unlike one who may dislike tending horses, she certainly doesn’t dislike feeding dragons as a Dragon Chef.

At this moment, Dorothy curiously stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers.

Instantly, a fierce black dragon pattern flickered on her right arm, followed by a small flicker of black flame appearing at her fingertip, quietly burning.

Obviously, it was just a small flame, much like a candle’s flame, seemingly about to be extinguished if blown upon, at most capable of lighting a cigarette. Yet, the homebody witch’s sisters, upon seeing this black flame, felt their scalps tingle, even one as powerful as Sophia felt it.

Fate warned the Pure White Witch at this moment that even a trace of this Dragon Flame should not be touched, or else one would instantly be burned to nothing.

Dorothy gazed intently at this World-Ending Dragon Flame, noticing how the air around the small flame seemed distorted, much like the distortion seen in hot summer air, indicating extremely high temperatures indeed distort air.

Simply put, it was not only air being distorted in front of her but also the space itself.

Considering this is the Witch World, a Calamity World, where sturdiness isn’t comparable to other worlds, yet, even so, it couldn’t withstand such a small flame, showing how terrifyingly hot this World-Ending Dragon Flame really is.

However.....

The homebody witch took out a pot from her pocket and placed it over the tiny flame, praying it wouldn’t melt.

Seeing her action, other sisters were speechless, because such a terrifying flame couldn’t possibly be controlled by an ordinary pot, it would melt instantly.

Yet, surprisingly, the pan, made of ordinary spiritual materials, cooked over the flame for a long time without incident, which seemed highly unscientific. The Dragon Flame couldn’t possibly be a sham, could it?

Sophia also furrowed her brows, her eyes flashing with golden light, discovering that the Dragon Flame harbored the strength of the Fate System.

"Not bad, the whole world says that the young lady is the top genius, and now I believe it. You’ve mastered the essence of my Dragon Flame so quickly."

Nidhogg observed somewhat surprised and commented.

This time, she wasn’t acting, genuinely amazed.

She initially expected this sister to take a day or two to get familiar before mastering it successfully, but unexpectedly, she excelled immediately.

"A believing heart is true magic, Your Excellency, is that what you wanted to say?"

Dorothy responded somewhat smugly.

After all, this World-Ending Dragon Flame resulted from a titular talent, not her own strength, she merely input Magic Power, which then converted into World-Ending Dragon Flame by the Dragon King’s imprint.

Therefore, she only half-understood the principle behind the World-Ending Dragon Flame, in truth, she couldn’t quite figure it out.

Yet upon wielding the Dragon Flame, she intuitively grasped how to control this powerful fire: it relied on the heart.

This Dragon Flame burns anything and everything as one desires, what it burns and how it burns all depend entirely on the controller’s heart.

She withdrew the iron pot, directly reaching her hand into the black flame.

"Little Fairy...."

"Sister...."

"Elder sister....."

"Young lady...."

Her sisters were startled by this gesture, trying to stop her, except for Sophia who seemed composed, though her eyes betrayed a momentary panic.

But Dorothy’s hand had already touched the black flame, and nothing happened.

Her fingers remained long and straight, joints distinct, white, and tender, not reduced to ash by the fire.

Because this World-Ending Dragon Flame’s target for burning is entirely dependent on the heart of the Flame Master. It burns only what the Flame Master wants to burn.

It’s a noble capability for avoiding allied injury.

On real battlefields, fear of friendly fire is a real concern, especially for Artillery Witches, who often end up sending their allies to the Underworld along with their enemies with a single strike.

After all, reality isn’t a game, where allies can be protected from damage.

Now, the Dragon King’s Dragon Breath defied common sense, achieving what is essentially in-game effects.

A believing heart is your magic.

Watching the flame in her hand, Dorothy came to a deep realization about the truthfulness of this magical concept.

"Ha ha ha, indeed I meant to say exactly that."

The Dragon King laughed out loud upon hearing those words, laughing more heartily than when enjoying a good meal earlier.

After all, "A believing heart is your magic" was originally said by the person in front of her in the distant past, and now, when an old companion energetically repeated those words in front of her, even Nidhogg felt a surge of uncontrollable emotions.

Indeed, the power of magic originates from the heart.

Back then, in that dilapidated chapel, when Dorothy developed magic for the first time, that’s how she showed off to her and Denisha.

And she engraved this sentence in her soul, and precisely this conviction allowed her to withstand the refinement in the ancient Primordial Nether River, gaining rebirth. Even if she once forgot everything post-rebirth, she never forgot this phrase.

Among the three sisters in those days, she was the dullest, far less smart than Dorothy or Denisha. Yet, some things just can’t be achieved by the intelligent; only she, as a Fool, could accomplish them.

Denisha was just too clever, too clever to deceive herself, she couldn’t forget her sin of killing Dorothy with her own hands.

But Nidhogg. Emola was different, she always firmly believed that one day she could create a future where everyone could be happy.

And now, the world conforms to her will, everything unfolds just as she desired.

People believe her greatest strength is in martial prowess.

He-heh, mastering martial prowess is actually about mastering the heart.

The Power of the Heart, capable of reshaping all creation, reinventing the future.

I am Heaven’s Heart.

This is Her authority.

...the Dragon King laughed heartily...