Otaku Witch
Chapter 879 - 879: 557. Unleashing the Beast Nature

Dorothy was currently in a slightly high state.

First and foremost, it must be emphasized that, as a family knight who loved peace and a civil engineering witch who disliked combat, she was absolutely non-violent. She was genuinely a harmless homebody witch, but at this moment, she was feeling somewhat uncontrollable.

Every person has an animal nature; it's a biological instinct that's unavoidable as long as one is alive. However, the rationality of wise beings often suppresses their animal nature, making them civilized. This is the biggest difference between wise beings and beasts.

Just as pets confined in cages are often more irritable than those raised freely, when the inner beast is continuously restrained by the cage of rationality and its animal nature isn't released for a long time, it gradually accumulates, becoming more vigorous and brutal.

In such cases, once the cage of rationality is opened and the inner beast is set free, things can become very dangerous.

For instance, the anger of usually gentle and harmless people is often terrifying.

The more rational people are in daily life, the more extreme they tend to be when they lose control. They are truly people of few words but fierce actions.

Therefore, as a harmless homebody witch, the inner beast of Dorothy was slightly stronger by an impressive margin, which was entirely reasonable.

Moreover, Dorothy was a Dragon Witch. The animal nature of a Dragon Witch with the Great Dragon as their evolution template is much more vigorous than that of ordinary witches, and the higher the talent of a Dragon Witch, the stronger their animal nature.

Under normal circumstances, there's no Dragon Witch as mild or as much of a shut-in as her.

Impulse, violence, greed, desire, dominance, and arrogance are the typical traits of a Dragon Witch. These are influenced by the innate Dragon Nature.

This is also a form of wear and tear.

Though, as the witches' powers strengthen, the evolution template instinct's influence on them gradually weakens. Once they become Great Witches, they can essentially become immune to this influence.

However, the rational traits of a person usually form during adolescence, and once formed, they are difficult to change. Therefore, except for the few extraordinarily gifted individuals who become Great Witches early, most Dragon Witches are inevitably affected by their Dragon Nature.

Even if they eventually reach the level of Great Witches and can become immune to the influence of Dragon Nature, it would be too late. The wear and tear have already taken place, and their personalities have long been set.

The world has always been like this; equivalent exchange is the eternal truth. Dragon Witches gain the strength of Great Dragons but must be worn down by their Dragon Nature.

To gain power, one must pay the price. This is very fair.

However, Dorothy kicked over the scales of equivalent exchange. She took all the benefits without paying any price.

After all, adolescent personalities aren't fully formed, making them easily permanently influenced by Dragon Nature. But as a homebody witch, she's a transmigrator. She was born with a complete worldview and rationality, enabling her to consciously avoid this invisible wear and tear.

What's more, her father Adam taught her the "Oath of Heart" early on to prevent wear and tear.

The Dragon Nature within Dorothy has always been strong, as her talent was indeed excellent. Though she inherited only one talent from a Dragon Witch, she managed to take the most core talent, "Dragon's Breath," directly from the card pool, which is like taking the most valuable card from the deck.

Naturally, she was supposed to pay a higher price than others. Her innate Dragon Nature was many times more vigorous than other Dragon Witches, enough to wear her down into the shape of a Great Dragon, making her gradually grow into a humanoid dragon wearing a witch's skin.

Well, that was how things should have been. But unfortunately, when this Dragon Nature prepared to sink its teeth into Dorothy's soul, it was instantly melted in the sunlight radiated by her witch's soul, as bright as the sun.

Of course, as long as a person lives, they can't escape the basic instincts of eating, drinking, and desiring. Hence, animal nature, as a basic survival necessity, is indestructible. No matter how many times it is beaten down, it will keep coming back.

Although the soul in Dorothy's conscious space shone like the sun, the tenacious shadows formed by Dragon Nature never gave up. They continuously charged forward, getting purified, reborn, and charging again, in an endless cycle.

This conflict caused Dorothy a great deal of trouble.

But don't misunderstand, she wasn't afraid that Dragon Nature would affect her. On the contrary, she felt a bit disdainful that the Dragon Nature was so weak and barely sturdy.

After all, human nature is the balance between animal nature and rationality. Both exist, but rationality slightly suppresses animal nature, making one human.

Once one loses animal nature, leaving only rationality, they ascend towards the state of a "god."

After all, if you don't want to eat, don't want to earn money, don't desire anything, this is ascending to godhood, isn't it? Though this godhood is certainly not what witches pursue as Omniscient and Omnipotent True Gods, but rather the cold stone statues worshipped in temples and churches.

Dorothy did not want to become that kind of stone deity or Buddha; she still very much needed animal nature.

Every time the Dragon Nature within flew towards her soul like a moth to a flame and self-destructed, the homebody witch would enter a period of "God-Buddha State." Unlike the desire-less "Sage Time," this so-called "God-Buddha State" was more tedious.

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