Otaku Witch

A successful revolution is never achieved through individual heroism alone.

Alright, to be honest, Dorothy could probably pull it off. If she wanted, she could really fire a signal arrow and call the Judgment Court colleagues outside Japan over to clean house.

Who cares about logic or plot? She could just call down a mechanical god to overpower everything in defiance. Anyone who dares to disagree would immediately be greeted by a Destructive Cannon.

Sometimes reality is just that unreasonable.

But this is about filming the Magic Shadow, after all. Reality might not adhere to logic, but the Magic Shadow's plot has to.

If Dorothy actually did this, she's afraid the audience would roast her alive once the Magic Shadow is released.

Even if the audience didn't, the plot would completely change in tone.

So, she has no choice but to follow the classic storyline.

Yes, at the eve of a decisive battle, there's always a fuse needed to ignite everything.

Usually, at this point, an important character must be sacrificed, offered up to the heavens, to incite one side's fury.

The homebody witch doesn't like tragedies, so she decided to sacrifice herself.

This small account of Tsukimi Kuro has been in the spotlight for too long, and if it doesn't wrap up soon to give the true protagonist from All Nations more screen time, this Magic Shadow would turn entirely into a superhero plot.

The true fruits of revolution should never be a gift from some divine emperor but something fought for by all the people through blood and fire.

A revolution is not a dinner party; it has never been so agreeable or so comfortable.

Revolution is riotous, a violent act by the oppressed to overthrow the oppressors.

Only the precious results achieved through blood and fire make people cherish them, and only these results last, remaining the most complete and successful.

Therefore, Tsukimi Kuro must die.

If she doesn't die, All Nations will subconsciously rely on her, like a spoiled child hiding behind their mothers, never gaining the necessary growth.

"My task is completed."

Thinking this, Dorothy walked toward the direction of Heian-kyo.

She took out a badge in the shape of Angel's Wings and pinned it on her.

This was the resurrection item the Chief Justice of Righteousness gave her (Chapter 584).

Although mastering the Gates of the Underworld now makes resurrection easy for her — she has people beneath her — this full-condition, high-level resurrection item is still precious to her.

After all, the Gates of the Underworld only allow her free entry and exit; they don't offer services like rebuilding a body. If she accidentally dies and her body is beyond recovery, she can't just become a Ghost Witch, floating around all day.

The homebody witch knows a bit about Alchemy and can handle ordinary human crafting. However, given that the Witch's Body isn't a mortal body, especially hers with the high-level bloodline inheritance of the Dragon Witch, normal human crafting won't cut it.

As for the Underworld process of re-establishing an account...

Body reconstruction is billed by bloodline level. Although Dorothy is just a weak half-witch, her lineage from the Dragon King's Lineage, inherited from Mother Dragon, ranks among the noblest in the Witch World.

If this were an infinite flow world, her lineage would be an SSS level; who could afford that?

In her previous Underworld visits, Dorothy curiously checked her resurrection fee at the counter and realized for the first time how wealthy she truly was.

Alas, the astronomical figures with countless zeros really were beyond her means.

It's not just her; other top-tier second-generation witches can't play around with official resurrection either. They generally use their family's Secret Technique to prepare backup bodies, so they only pay basic resurrection fees when they die, a mutual understanding among those top families.

But since Dorothy rejected Mother Superior's inheritance rights, she feels awkward about asking Mother Dragon to use a family Secret Technique to mold a backup body for her.

Though Mother Dragon might not mind, the homebody witch can't bring herself to ask.

She refused the family's duties, so it's awkward to enjoy the family benefits.

Hence, this resurrection item given by the Chief Justice of Righteousness is incredibly precious.

Strictly speaking, this resurrection item was actually intended for Sophia, but the Pure White Witch's resurrection used the Demon Cross previously given to Dorothy by the Grand Judge Pan, so the Angel Wing Medal remained unused.

Initially, Dorothy planned to keep such a precious item as a backup.

But thinking it over, carrying such an item seemed to invite bad luck.

Look at how novels and movies portray it: the moment the protagonist picks up a resurrection item, they're bound to kick the bucket soon. Such items never go unused.

How does that saying go again? If a gun appears in the first act, it's certain to go off by the final act.

Thus, after much deliberation, the homebody witch decided to use it.

After all, in filming a documentary, everything needs to prioritize authenticity, and the meals offered without special effects are plenty realistic, right?

"The cost is indeed a bit high though."

A little bitterly, Dorothy thought to herself.

Just hoping that the Magic Shadow wins an award once it's done, otherwise, it's a major loss. (The previous Magic Shadow Festival's timing was adjusted, moving from one month later to half a year later, breaking the fourth wall.)