"Witch Miss~ Since I gave you bread, how about helping me with a little favor?"

Xila squinted with a sly smile.

She looked utterly untrustworthy.

After all, she was the Demon King from the original game—definitely no saint.

Though Xia Xin had no right to say that herself.

"What favor?" Xia Xin asked.

"Tia Cervantes, Holy Knight Commander. A once-in-a-millennium genius." Xila drew a finger across her throat. "Help me eliminate her."

*Dream on!*

If she could take down that brutal woman, would she be pinned here now?

If caught by her, Xia Xin would definitely be tied up in the basement for "training," until both her body and mind...

"No! Absolutely not!" Xia Xin refused flatly.

"Eh~ With your power, Witch Miss, handling one human should be effortless." Xila tilted her head. "Even I’ve heard whispers of the Calamity Witch."

Well... lore-wise, the Calamity Witch *could* wipe out the entire Holy Knights. But reality was cruel—

She was useless!

Xia Xin couldn’t even cast a Fireball Spell. Any random Holy Knight would crush her.

No way she’d charge out to throw her life away.

"Is Witch Miss... afraid? Quite unlike the legends," Xila murmured, faintly surprised.

"So I can’t do what you ask," Xia Xin said, crossing her legs on the chair.

*If I just lie flat, no one can use me.*

"What a pity," Xila sighed. "Then I’ll have to invite the Holy Knights over... Ah~ The wicked Calamity Witch threatened poor little me! She locked me here—how vile!"

*Hey! That’s a move?!*

*Demon Kings really are scum!*

If only she could cast magic now—Xia Xin would make her taste her *magic*!

"If you do that," Xia Xin snorted coldly, "I’ll expose you as a Demon Spy."

*Starting an era of intimidation? Think I’m scared?*

*I’m the Calamity Witch!*

"Eh~ But would Holy Knights believe a Calamity Witch?" Xila grinned. "And you saw my spell earlier—I can vanish the moment magic flares."

*...Era of intimidation over. She’s got me cornered.*

*The Calamity Witch is so weak.*

"Pfft..." Xila burst out laughing. "Your expression is priceless, Witch Miss~ Don’t worry—I’ll help. Like this."

She pulled a scroll from her pocket and handed it to Xia Xin.

"What is this?" Xia Xin frowned.

"Just look."

"Oh. Right."

**[Magic Scroll · Forbidden Spell · Hellfire]**

**[Type: Consumable]**

**[Tear to activate. Releases "Hellfire," a Forbidden Spell capable of erasing a city in an instant. Vanishes after use.]**

*Gulp... Looks terrifying.*

"With this, you’ll feel secure," Xila smiled. "Just lure her close, shove the scroll into her body—*boom!* Problem solved."

"Lure?! Do I look like someone who’d do that?!" Xia Xin snapped.

"The Seductress Sorceress’ reputation is legendary."

"Ugh..."

"Go boldly!" Xila patted her shoulder, thumbs up. "Return victorious, and I’ll give you more bread."

"Who wants your bread! And what about *me*?!" Xia Xin yelled. "At that range, I’ll be vaporized too!"

*Judging by this scroll’s description, I won’t even leave ashes.*

"Well... ehehe~" Xila stuck out her tongue.

"What’s ‘ehehe’ supposed to mean?!" Xia Xin crossed her arms, turning away. "Hmph. I’m not going!"

*No way I’m doing something this dangerous.*

*Besides... with this scroll, escaping might work better.*

"Anyway, I’m leaving if there’s nothing else." Xia Xin glanced outside. *Good. The Holy Knights haven’t found this area.*

"Ah... You’re troublesome, Witch Miss." Xila gripped her shoulder, whispering in her ear: "Truth is—I added a ‘little something’ to your bread... Hehe. Guess what happens~"

"Gah! What did you do?!" Xia Xin froze. *The bread did taste odd...*

*At least use black tea!*

*Grrr!!! Damn Demon King! I’ll punch you someday!*

*(...Someday. When I’m not powerless.)*

"...Fine. What do I do?" Xia Xin mumbled weakly.

"That? I don’t know." Xila shrugged.

"So you have zero plan?!"

"Which is why *you’re* doing it, Witch Miss." Xila grinned.

"Despicable Demonfolk!" Xia Xin slammed the table. *She’s throwing me into the fire!*

"You can refuse." Xila held up a potion, eyes narrowed. "If you don’t want the antidote."

*So infuriating!*

*No choice... Fine! I’ll risk it!*

"Alright. I’m going." Xia Xin strode toward the door.

"Hmph~ So easy to handle, Witch Miss~" Xila watched her back, smiling. "If you *were* the true Calamity Witch, eliminating the Holy Knights would be simple. Or at least... you could bewitch Tia Cervantes into obsession~"

...

...

Xia Xin walked boldly down the street.

*Kill Holy Knight Commander Tia Cervantes? Impossible.*

But she couldn’t solve problems—only *problem-solvers*.

That Demon King wannabe, Xila, seemed strong. Fighting her directly? Hopeless.

But if Xia Xin sold her out instead—using this scroll as proof to drag the *entire* Holy Knights after her...

Especially with the overpowered Commander Tia leading them...

*Hehe. If I die, I’ll take you with me.*

*Sister’s switching to the light side.*