The Little Witch’s Daily Struggle – Chapter 1516

Chapter 1516: Borrowing a Womb to Birth a Child

She did not speak. Instead, the baby in her embrace reached out to me. I heard a chilling voice: “Big sister, play with me.”
The voice was like crying, sharp and indistinct, sounding like a baby babbling. Hearing this, all the surrounding specters took a step back. Even they were unwilling to provoke a dead infant.
This dead infant was one of the most terrifying specters. They were originally blank slates, blackened by resentment. High-level specters generally possessed a certain degree of divinity and judgment. Only dead infants operated entirely on resentment and hatred.
But she had already fixed her gaze on me. The child’s laughter and cries echoed in my ears. Her undeveloped face turned towards me. Although her eyes were not yet open, I felt as if she were looking at me.
It seemed I couldn’t get away without giving something. I thought about what would be suitable to play with for a child. But I had come for transactions, bringing only valuable items.
First, I ruled out monster blood and bones, as they would only incite the dead infant’s ferocity. Silver coins were certainly suicidal. Gold coins could be considered, though children might like shiny things.
“Little sister, here you go.” I took out a diamond and handed it to the dead infant. The specters nearby watched with pounding hearts. Dare they even come into contact with a dead infant, fearing they would get something unclean on them?
“Hee hee, hee hee.” The baby took the diamond and let out a laugh more unpleasant than crying. She happily played with the artificial diamond.
I no longer wanted to be involved with them. Gritting my teeth, I asked, “Madam, I’ll offer ten gallons of monster blood. Are you willing to trade for the Cemetery Black Rose?”
At this, the woman finally looked up. She must have hanged herself, as her neck was unnaturally long. I didn’t know if she had committed suicide by hanging or was strangled. Her tear-stained eyes looked at me and she shook her head.
“You don’t want monster blood? Then what do you want? I can see if there’s anything you’d like to exchange,” I continued.
She still didn’t speak. Instead, she raised a finger and silently pointed at me, specifically at my lower abdomen. I immediately felt my hair stand on end.
The surrounding specters retreated again, collectively moving three steps away from me. A kind specter warned me, “Don’t agree to it. She wants to borrow your womb to give birth!”
“Hiss!” The specters who hadn’t understood until now gasped. The dead infant wanted to be reborn by borrowing a womb; this was a forbidden act that violated the laws of life and death.
Putting aside other considerations, carrying a dead infant would lead to the mother’s body being eroded by resentment and death qi. Even if the birth were successful, the mother would be gravely ill and half-dead.
I also knew this. My knowledge told me that for a dead infant to be reborn, a very high-quality mother was needed. Otherwise, if the rebirth failed, the dead infant might vanish completely. Since she had chosen me, did she think I was qualified?
“I’m sorry, I refuse. I have no intention of giving birth to someone else’s child,” I firmly refused. As for who I was willing to give birth to, that was obvious, wasn’t it?
The female ghost still didn’t speak. She lowered her finger, but the resentment radiating from her body began to spread outwards. I instantly felt as if I had plunged into an ice cellar, my whole body growing cold and unable to move.
The resentment continuously eroded my body, yet I had no power to resist. This female ghost could strip me of my ability to resist without even moving. What terrifying resentment! What I had felt earlier was less than a tenth of what I was feeling now.
“Hehe, haha, hehe~” The dead infant’s laughter echoed in my ears. She extended her small hand as if to touch me. Even more terrifying was that I felt a slight pain in my abdomen, as if a small hand were touching my uterus from within my body.
Over there, Via and Sherris had noticed something was wrong. As they stood up to help me, I suddenly felt a burning warmth in my abdomen. That familiar aura, it was Older Brother Jayad!
“Yaa!” The dead infant abruptly retracted her arm, and the female ghost’s resentment was instantly shattered. The previous coldness and suffocation vanished without a trace. I could move again. The female ghost looked at me with terror, seemingly wondering what had just happened.
The surrounding specters were also confused. The female ghost’s resentment, like a vast sea, had clearly enveloped the person before them, and she was about to borrow a womb to give birth. Unexpectedly, the resentment had dissipated.
Due to the isolation of the resentment, they didn’t know what had happened inside. They only saw the resentment dissipate in a very short time, as if the female ghost had merely intended to make contact and test the other party.
But I knew very well what had happened. The Holy Light Older Brother Jayad had left within my body had repelled the resentment. Holy Light was indeed the most effective attribute against specters. Even a small amount was enough to dissolve such thick resentment like snow meeting the spring sun.
The problem was, when had he left it? Why hadn’t it appeared from the start, but only emerged after the dead infant touched my lower abdomen? I couldn’t figure it out.
But now was not the time to think about such things. I looked up and questioned the female ghost, “What do you want? A transaction requires willingness from both parties. I already refused!”
The female ghost still didn’t speak. Her hair instantly elongated and reached out towards me, as if she intended to make a move. Was I afraid of her? I immediately prepared to take out my magic wand. Specters nearby seemed to want to dissuade her.
But she didn’t attack me again. Instead, she rolled up the large bottle of blood I had placed on the ground, took the bottle, stood up, and walked away, humming a lullaby as she went.
So she could speak. Her voice was quite pleasant. Wait, she seemed to have left the Cemetery Black Rose behind.
The female ghost took my things and left the Cemetery Black Rose. Did this mean the transaction was successful? Although I had initially offered ten gallons, she only took a little over one gallon. Was she scared away by Older Brother Jayad’s Holy Light?
Seeing that the surrounding specters had nothing more to say and some had dispersed now that the show was over, I reached out to take the Cemetery Black Rose. No one objected, so I returned to my seat with it.
“Parul (Sister), what happened? Was that female ghost trying to test you? She actually enveloped you with resentment,” Via asked.
“Don’t talk about it. I had no idea this specter trade fair was so dangerous. I was almost forced into borrowing a womb by that crazy woman just now. She actually wanted me to help her give birth to a dead infant.” Whenever I talked about it, I felt uncomfortable all over.
“Ah? She dared to do something like that? Then you should have told the staff. It’s strictly forbidden to attack other guests in the bar. If caught, you’d lose more than just skin.” Sherris said in surprise.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier? So she just ran away? And she was singing a lullaby. I thought she was really that composed.” I said in astonishment, having been fooled by that female ghost.