Otaku Witch
Chapter 822 - 822: 535. Turning the tables by using someone's plan against them

The next few weeks were quite peaceful for the Homebody Witch.

She usually handled those tedious government affairs every day. When she got angry with the rebellious citizens, she would go outside the city to hunt a Luck Disaster Beast to improve the household meals. Finally, she mainly trained the two Lolis at home....

Oh, no, it's actually three Lolis now, though Noah is just a pseudo-Loli.

Everything in the Magic Republic has basically fallen into place. Each department has been managing these last few slices of Pure Land under the apocalypse quite well.

The citizens' lives are much harder than before, but at least they are clothed and fed, able to eat and stay warm, not suffering from hunger.

However, as the apocalypse progresses, the atmosphere in the city grows more oppressive.

After all, all clear-sighted people understand that they will eventually die, even though the Prime Minister manages this refuge well. Human effort has limits in the face of divine power.

When the final day of the apocalypse arrives, all life will head toward extinction.

Thus, in this hopeless situation with not a hint of hope, the survivors' spiritual state is generally low, and there is nothing the witches can do about it.

They can use magic to provide supplies to the survivors in the refuge, but it's hard to heal the people's mental wounds. Some more fragile-hearted witch students are inevitably affected by this overall environment and become despondent.

On the Magic Network's private forum exclusively for witch students, someone often posts complaints about these mortals holding them back.

"Ahhh, so annoying, why do we have to assist these mortals every day? I'm tired of it. I want to go and fight the Angels, not dig holes in fields every day."

"Exactly, these mortals are really weak. They're not dead yet, so why are they so fragile, always lamenting their fate? It's irritating."

"Mortals are indeed a weak species. I don't understand why the God King and the young lady are so insistent on saving these mortals. What use do they have besides holding us back?"

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These new generation witches have been treated as "deities" by mortal races since childhood. Being treated as gods for a long time naturally makes them believe they are truly gods.

Hence, among witch students, looking down on weaker races below Gold is a widespread sentiment.

Although the witch clan originated from humans, so witches generally show humans some similar preferential treatment as distant relatives.

To the oldest witches, they might genuinely perceive humans and witches as kin. But to these new generation witches, humans are just some unfortunate distant relatives. They have never lived as mortals, so they cannot empathize with them.

The new generation of witches still give preferential treatment to humans, but that's just out of respect for their elders. In their hearts, they somewhat look down on these people.

It's like a person who started from the bottom worked hard for many years and finally became a tycoon. If he meets a childhood neighbor selling groceries on the street, he might be happy to chat warmly with these childhood friends, ignoring the differences in their status and careers, and enjoy reminiscing about childhood memories.

But when he tells his son to call this vendor uncle, his son, a privileged kid, might politely call him uncle, yet actually care little for him and even disdain the messy stall.

How does this privileged kid feel when he sees his father giving the toy originally bought for him to this vendor's son?

The new generation witches' attitude is similar to that privileged kid's. They feel little emotion towards these poor relatives.

Daily aids within their capability are given out of respect for their elders, but if this assistance exceeds certain boundaries or harms their own interests, they become unwilling to help.

Position determines perspective, race determines stance. Witches and humans are now two different races. Even though they share roots, they have ultimately split. Most new generation witches cannot empathize with humans.

Of course, this is under normal circumstances. If the tycoon goes bankrupt and returns to the old house with his privileged kid, it may change the kid's thinking, just like the current witches being demoted to humans.

"Ah yes, humans are a burden, a drag, a cumbersome load. But why don't you think we witches are also burdens to the God King?"

"Everyone, you shouldn't say that. Considering the era, among these human burdens you speak of, there might be your ancestral elders."

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On the forum, some witch students also speak up for humans.

After all, now being demoted to humans and facing the apocalypse together, working with humans for several months, there are witches who re-understand the fact that, at least in spirit, they are no different from humans.