Chapter 2155 - 1088: Small Fry, Tiger, and Swan
Time rewinded to a few minutes ago.
At the banquet.
Sophia skillfully handled the numerous guests who actively greeted her.
Only title-level sorceresses and above could enter this banquet hall, naturally making them significant figures in the Witch World.
For these distinguished figures to actively come and converse, it was actually a highly sought-after opportunity, as it indicated that your connections would expand greatly and highlighted your own immense potential with a boundless future.
Amidst the clinking of glasses, the guests lavishly praised the Pure White Witch’s excellent talent and formidable strength, congratulating her on becoming the champion of the youth duel tournament. Others mentioned their own experiences, such as having been the president of the student council at the Witch Academy during their student days.
However, often after just a few words, the topics from these distinguished guests turned to the young lady and Stars Industry.
Clearly, that was their true intention for the conversation.
The Pure White Witch had already anticipated this.
Having been the student council president at the Witch Academy for so long, her social skills were naturally maxed out; she’d long mastered the art of speaking differently to different audiences.
She could tell at a glance the true thoughts of these sly old foxes.
Heh, if it were just about her, the mere title of youth duel tournament champion might attract some guests wanting to invest in her early, but it wouldn’t bring so many people at once.
The real attraction for these usually aloof figures lied in two key points.
One point was that the award was personally presented by the Dragon King. The Dragon King, who had remained hidden for tens of thousands of years, reemerged to present her with an award, naturally drawing attention from some keen individuals.
Although the Dragon King was present at the venue, besides the Sage Level figures and a few Supreme Peak bosses daring to greet the Dragon King, no one else dared to approach directly.
They simply weren’t qualified yet.
Therefore, if they couldn’t directly approach the Dragon King, they’d take a detour and reach out to this young person who had caught the Dragon King’s eye.
After all, just saying hello and expressing goodwill wouldn’t cost anything, so why not?
The second point was the young lady.
The young lady was already well-known, albeit for infamy, but since the establishment of Stars Industry, everything changed.
These significant figures were mostly well-informed, especially among the Dragon Witches who, via various channels, had at least somewhat learned about the progress of Stars Industry. They knew that a Legendary Battleship might have already been completed and that the young lady managed to recruit the famed Witch of the Forest.
Whether it was a Legendary Battleship or the Witch of the Forest, both promised profit, so the young lady formerly feared by all was now sought after by everyone aiming to establish connections.
Unfortunately, during today’s banquet, the young lady kept close to the Dragon King, so guests dared not approach her, having to settle on secondary targets among the Stars Industry executives.
Ah, in the adult world, everything boils down to interest.
Sophia stole a glance at her other sisters and saw they were similarly surrounded by people.
Senior Mia was doing fine though; this Golden Princess’s social skills far exceeded Sophia’s, allowing her to handle things with ease, even negotiating several major deals with some wealthy merchants and establishing cooperation projects.
However, the other sisters weren’t faring too well.
Take Alice and Audrey, for example.
The former did not understand adult conversations at all and only found the crowd of strangers around her noisy and slightly bothersome.
The latter was already shivering, her social anxiety kicking in.
Fortunately, Madeline was always by the two little witches’ side, with the Succubus Witch shielding them from approaching guests.
Ah, the young lady truly has become the new nobility of the Witch World.
The Pure White Witch pondered this sentiment while her gaze turned toward the center of the banquet hall.
At this moment, in the center of the banquet hall, the Dragon King was conversing with a few uninvited guests.
Concerning those recent guests, Sophia felt complicated emotions, for aside from Mammon, the other three also had connections with her.
In the timeline of Ruthfiel, the Proud Demon God Lucifer was actually her godfather, and it was under his protection that Ruthfiel thrived, eventually becoming the second-in-command of the Proud Faction, enjoying rights equal to the Crown Prince as the top heir, and being a candidate for the future Proud Demon God.
Although these were matters of another timeline, after merging with Ruthfiel, the Pure White Witch naturally received some influence from this incarnation of Fate.
And those two guests from heaven.....
Lord Gabriel of the Glorious, nothing much to say—she was her birth mother by blood.
And the other....
Well, also a birth mother.
Though she was her mother from a past life.
Even though that figure wore a mask and hid her identity, Sophia still recognized her instantly.
The God King indeed.
Thinking about the portion of memory she awakened from the Holy Sword of the God King regarding the predecessor Saint Heir Messiah, the Pure White Witch’s emotions grew complex again.